The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-10-13
LATE STATE NEWS.

The Methodist college At outueI-
land has 262 students enrolled TINS
year.
Car loads Of green oranges are pc
ing shipped to the north from south
Florida points.
Blk. Thrower, il. and G. ID. Den
mis- have leased 2l,0OO acres in Levy
county and will establish turFen-
tine farm.
Congressman "Bin' Lamar has
sent his personal check for 500 to
MAYOR Bliss OF Pensacola to be- used
in stamping out yellow fever in that
city.
The Gainesville Lodge of EIks, re-
Gently organized, will erect an slS,UOO
building in that city. and the Gaines
willie Sun thinks they are the b. T.
o. E. (best people on EARTH on ac-
count of that fact and other things.
The state board of control has ac-
cepted the plans Of Edwards d Wal
tiers OF Columbia. 5. c., for the new
State University buildings at Gaines
Vile The state will ultimately
spend 81, 10000 on these buildings
The Marion county commissioners
have called local option election to
determine whether saloons shall be
licensed or prohibited. The election
is to be held on November 18th.
The saloon is Il power in this county
and that power will be hard TO break.
Capt. Thos. Lack was drowned in
the Miami river last week. Capt.
Tom was drunk and fell into the
water face downward from his skitf.
When found his head was under WA
ter and hanging over the side of the
boat.
News from Tallahassee is to the
effect that the bond given by the
state printer, assures the people
that the state printing will be as well
and as promptly done during the
next two years as it has been during
the past four" What'd We think %
! that for nerve?
Neil NJ. Alfred leaves today for
| Prescott, Arizona, where he goes to
spend the winter for the benefit OF
I his health His host of friends all
over the state hope that the change
will do him n great deal of good and
that he will be entirely restored t.
health.-Ocala Banner.
! While trying TO save "A child henm
ed in by fire at burning cottage il
Ybor City last Friday night Consta
HE Louis &. COllenburg's neck came
| in contact with live electric lighl
wire aud he was instantly killed
| Previous to that time lie had been
warning spectators against these
wires which were entangled and ly
ing on the ground by reason of tn,
fire.
Joe the Turk is not turhaneC
heather juggler as his name woulC
seem to imply, but Salvation Army
preacher who is holding the board.
at Jacksonville in the interest of thu
gospel of peace. There seems to b.
nothing the matter with Joe but hi
name, and that is trifie off colo
for one of his calling.
Sheriff Fennell and Archie Jack
son went on cat hunt yesterda,
morning, and when II short distanc,
from the city the dogs jumped al
immense cat. After AN eXcitin;
chase the animal was killed. 1t wa
one of the largest caught recently
tipping the beam Mt forty-siX pounds
and measuring five feet from tip t.
tip.-Gainesville Sun.
Israel J. Mccall, eX-clerk of Ham
ilt0n county. short in his accounts q
the county some $500, and wht
nysteriously disappeared from Jack
3 sonville two weeks ago, is still miss
lug. His brother offers reward o
800 for his location and return. Tn
family still think Mccall has beel
murdered, but as he had some 81 40
in cash on his person and was il
trouble, many think he has skipped
to avoid further exposure and pun
ishment.
Friday, Nov. a, has been decided
: upon as Confederate Veterans Dal
at the coming State Fair at Tampa
, and one of the most elaborate pro
I, grams of the entire fifteen days viii
, be arranged in honor of the occasion
/, The Third Brigade, Florida Confede
rate Veterans, will hold its annua
reunion on this day, and a cOrdia
! invitation is extended by that notet
] brigade to every Confederate vete
+ ran, wife, son or daughter in tn
south to attend
: President Roosevelt will visi
: Jacksonville on Saturday of mex
week, Oct. 2lst, and will spend a gool
, share of the day in that city. In til
. evening he will go to st. Anguish
l where he will address the people il
the enclosure of old Fort Marion
: The president will spend Sunda,
? quietly at st. Augustine and in tn
{ morning will attend one of the cit,
! churches, presumably the Memoria
{ Presbyterian. Great preparation
| are being made in both cities for hi
reception. While in st. Augustin
| he will be entertained at the Ponc
5 de Leon Hotel, opened especially 70
his use.
Given unlimited power even ply
! stefan finds no difficulty in playin
2 the fool. Illustration. The follow
2 ing statement from the Jacksonville
4 health officer: ut makes no differ
e ence where bananas come from, o
5 when, reserve the right to fumigat
them, and l intend to do so. No on
E, dares to receive a shipment of thi
J fruit unless am notified, Otherwis
all of them will be condemned |
: this man happened TO be an eccles
E iastic and was given the power, h
5 wouldput the thumb screws to ever
: one who failed to kowtow to him an
I kiss his hand. That kind OF an auto
4 crat ought to be impossible in thi
r country. This health officer say
: there will be no banana business /
D Jacksonville next year.
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