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VOL. XVI.
The circulation of The News is in
creasing; seventeen new subscriptions
in two days this week.
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The truck farmers of Southern
Georgia are making arrangements for
quick transportation for fruits and
vegetables to Northern markets.
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The legislature of Pennsylvania has
a bill before it to prohibit “treating;”
making it a j>enal offence, punishable
by a fine of not less than 850 or over
§100, “for anyone to treat another to
intoxicating liquors.” This is hard on
the genteel, iinjiecunious, spongy to¬
pers.
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The Alliances of several counties
of North-west Georgia are accumu¬
lating a fund something after the plan
of building and loan associations, en¬
abling people to borrow money at
legal interest, so they can make cash
purchases and do away with the time
supply system.
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The great street railway strike in
New York has ended. The principal
effects are, that the strikers, as well
as others, got bruised heads, broken
bones; some were killed, all lost mon¬
ey, many, their situations, and their
wives and children suffer from hunger
and cold, with starvation staring them
in the face. The most cruel and un¬
relentless tyrants in the universe are
leaders of Trades Unions, Knights of
Labor and all similar organizations.
* * * *
Albany, Ga., is on a boom. It has
an electric plant costing §25,000, a
railroad from Columbus will reach
there July 1st; a guano factory is
about completed; new brick stores are
going up, also a freight depot; a daily
steamer comes there on the Flint
river, ami the Chautauqua will open
up in March. Originally Chatauquas
were designed to instruct Sabbath-
school teachers, but now they are
used to boom towns, and kite up real
estate values.
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State School Superintondant Hook
thinks that school funds warrant four
months terms, and advises that con-
tracts be made with the teachers for
that length of time. He is hopeful
that the Legislature in the July meet-
ing will put the machinery in motion
for six months schools. We trust that
term will be reached this year. Ti e la
bor then should be to make education
free to every child in the State;finally
the timo should be extended to ten
months in the year.
The fanners are opposed to the ex¬
periment station being located in
Athens, for fear their boys, instead
experimenting in soil and manures,will
prefer studying medicine, law' or di-
vinity. Thk News suggests that
Dahlonega is a suitable location; a
school is already in operation there,
plenty of land, doubtless will be dona¬
ted; the location and surroundings
are highly favorable; the cost of living
less than in large cities, and the at¬
tractions of city life and enticements
to evil far loss. ^
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Parnell is haring a big fight with
the London Times. His suit against
John Walters, the registered proprie¬
tor of the Times, for libel, has been
dismissed on the ground that Mr.
Walters is only a partner,and suit can¬
not be brought against him personal¬
ly. Meanwhile the times is moving
England, Ireland and America in the
prosecution of Parnell. Its aim is to
crush him by proving that through
Fenian and other organizations, he
has aided and abetted murder and
treason.
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News from Germany indicate that
Prince Bismark’s influence with the
emperor is weakening. It is asserted
that the ladies of the royal house¬
hold are turning against him in his old
age. The empress sympathises with
his opponents, and the ex-empress,
Augusta, blames his action for ex¬
posing to the world family quarrels.
The iron-will of the great diplomat
has been the most potent
factor among European nations for a
generation; "but with the woraen
against him, he may as well give up.
It is doubtful whether his mantle will
fall on his son Herbert.
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A great wind storm prevailed
throughout Nebraska on the 4th. inst.
wrecking buildings and demolishing
things generally. A school house was
blown down at Hastings, killing a
teacher and two pupils. The storm
was electric,disturbing the movements
of watches, and stopping clocks. In
TOCCOA, GA., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1889.
many places the thermometer went be¬
low 40°, freezing the mercury. No,
thank you! We are very much obliged
for your liberal offers of cheap farms
and homes up there, but we prefer
this sunny southland. The cold in
Toccoa and vicinity was just enough
to invigorate and make everybody
feel lively and happy.
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The News is glad to see the inter¬
est of its esteemed cotemporaries in
arcusing the people to active meas¬
ures to induce capitalists to invest in
this Piedmont region. Notably among
these is the Tribune, of Carnesville,
the Sun, of Hartwell, the Star, of El*
berton, and the Free Press, of Senaca.
These excellent papers are stirring
up the people, and we hope to see
great activity in the grand work
throughout this entire country.
IIAItT COUNTY*^ SENSATION.
Sometime ago, a man named Estes
enticed the little daughter of Mr. W.
J. Dyar away, and the heart stricken
father has been searching for her
weary months in vain. He finally got
on the track of the fugitives, eaughti
the villian in Florida, and rescued his
daughter. The following narrative
from the Hartwell Sun will interest
our readers. Mr. Dyar says:
I took the train, and in due time
reached Palatka, a beautiful little city
on the St. Johns river. Here I began
diligent search,but it was several days
before I could hear anything of the
fugitives. Finally I was told that a
man and girl answering the descrip¬
tions were out at a vegetable farm
owned by a Mr. O. W. Young. About
a mile from the vegetable farm is a
post-office kept by a young lady. I
went to the post-office and making a
confidant of the young lady, I asked
her if she had seen a man of Estes’
description. She said a man by the
name of Roberts had mailed letters
there, and that he answered to my des¬
criptions. She told me to whom and
where the letters were sent, and I was
morally certain that it was Estes.
But to make assurance doubly sure I
went out to the farm, taking care not
to show myself. The land near the
house was cleared with only here and
there a bush that I could hide behind.
I saw a man working among the vege¬
tables, and I crept closer and closer;
sometimes crawling on my hands and
knees for 50 yards at a stretch. Sud¬
denly the man turned and started to¬
ward me. I grasped my pistol. He
stopped, however, in a few yards of
me without discovering me, and pick¬
ing up a rake returned to his work.
But I was rewarded for my caution—
fhe man was J. R. Estes. My feelings
can better be imagined than described,
1 felt ver .V much like shooting him
down,but restraining the rash impulse
1 returned to Palatka and reported to
the Sheriff. A warrant was sworn
out, and the Sheriff, who had other
business to attend to, deputized me to
go and make the arrest, sending his
deputy, who was a negro, to assist me.
When we got near the house we found
that Mr. Young and Estes were at
work in the vegetable farm. I knew
it would never do to let Estes know
what was up, as he would make a
break, so I resorted to stratagem. Se¬
creting myself near the house, I told
tne negro deputy to go to the field
and tell Mr. Young and Estes that
the Sheriff was at the house and want¬
ed them to come and witness a legal
document. They were unsuspecting,
and after some parleying came to the
house. As they entered the piazza, I
met Estes with my pistol leveled in
his face and finger on the trigger.
“Throw up your hands!” I thundered.
Instantly his hands w’ent up, as he
staggered backward,as pale as a corpse
Oh! he thought he was’shot! But he
wasn’t, richly as he deserved it. I
told the negro to tie him with a rope
and search him. Found no weapon
but a pocket-knife. Found Betty in
the house, badly frightened. Estes
had told her that I would kill her if
ever I found her. Well there is little
more to tell. Estes was lodged in
the Palatka jail, and with my little
, _ ,
lter cane ome, , ut, , , ,
o
on, what do you reckon the scoundrel
as ^ ei l me to do?
“I have no idea—shoot him and
put him out of his misery, perhaps.”
“No, sir! he wanted me to let them
loose, and come home and say that I
couldn’t find them!”
“And you—”
“I told him to shut up!” said Mr.
Dyar, as he ground hU teeth and
clenched his fist.
Mr. Dyar’s hunt cost him about
$150 in cash, besides over a month’s
The Toccoa News.
time lost.
Application has been made to Gov.
Gordon for .requisition oit the Gov
ornor of Florida for the delivery of
Estes, and in short time he will be
brought to Hartwell and landed in
iail, there to await trial at the next
term of Hart Superior Court for his
cruel abduction of poor little Betty,
OUR COUNTRY.
A party of 70 New England capi¬
talists have invested one million of
dollars in Ft. Payne, Ala., a village
51 miles south of Chattanooga. They
have purchased 32,000 acres of min¬
eral land, at a cost of $750,000.
The bank of J. N. Knap, at Mar¬
quette, Mich., has failed, liabilities
about $50,000.
Colored Republicans of Alabama
are going to have half of the federal
offices under Harrison or leave the
party.
Keelv, the mighty motor power
man, has been release from custoday.
Five thonsand tons of Alabama coal
will leave Pensacola each month for
the West India islands.
Mr. Herbert, of Alabama, declares
that all vessels for our new navy Re¬
cently laid down, would be equal, if
not superior, to any vessels in the
world of similar types.
The Democrats have agreed on a
compromise tariff bill, as a substitute
for the Senate and Mills bills.
There will be deficiency of pen¬
sions amounting to $8,000,000, and
Congress will have to make special
arrangements to prevent the stoppage
of payments.
Gen. Powell Clayton and Judge
Clayton, brothers of John M. Clayton,
who was assassinated Jan. 29th., fur¬
nished a statement*of the circum¬
stances of the murder. They claim
it was political^ that intimidation
was practiced on Republican voters
at the pools; that the ballot box was
stolen containing 697 ballots* 5t2 of
which were cast for John M. Clayton;
for these reasons Clayton instituted
a contest for his seat in Congress.
And so, after he had been engaged
several days taking testimony, Jan.
29th. about 9 P. M. while in the act
of sitting down to write to his moth¬
erless children, he was shot through
the window by a concealed assassin
and instantly killed.
GEORGIA.
They are about establishing a re¬
formatory school for bad children in
Richmond county.
The Douglasville College opened
last Monday with 191 students.
A ban*; has opened in Washington
with a paid up capital of $62,000.
A dry goods firm in Eatonton lias
made an assignment;the reason given
is owing to short crops last season,
they are unable to sell goods for
cash.
Savannah people want an appro¬
priation to deepen the channel of the
river to the sea, 26 feet, the cost be¬
ing about $3,000,000.
Covington has decided to have free
public schools.
A syndicate of local capitalists is
putting out a pear orchard just back
of the old college property at Bain-
bridge.
In Oglethorpe country grave fears
are felt for the safety of the grain
crop after the hard freezes of the past
few days.
The Oglethorpe Granite Company
of Lexington is on a boom. The
other Jay it secured a $500 order from
Athens and has several smaller orders
from parties in Augusta and Atlanta.
All that is needed is railroad facili¬
ties.
Dr. N. A. Williams, of Valadosta,
one of the most prominent dentists of
the state, passed through Americus to
day on his way home with his bride.
He was married in Colodin yesterday
to Miss Winfield, one of the leading
belles of the state.
It is more than probable that a
blacking factory will be started in
Athens, where the best blacking made
can be had. One of the largest fur-
ni:ure factories in the city will be in¬
terested in the enterprise.
It is said that the settlement with
tiie Kimball house finishes winding
up the . estate of . Gen. _ Toombs. m The ^
heirs are four. Toombs Du Bose, of
the . ...... Wilkes Pub. * o Co.; n Dudley ,, r.
Bose, of Atlanta; Mrs. Henry Colley,
of Washington, formerly Miss Camil¬
la Du Bose and Mrs. D. E. DuBose,
of Washington, D. C., formerly Miss
Loulie Dubose. It is said that only
three are interested in the Kimball
h wise settlement.
A. F Ross, -ho took 130 prizes in
six weeks on his cattle and horses, is
making money on his dairy near
Rome. He gets 35 cents a gallon
for his milk, the receipts from each
CO w averaging $i00 a year. He has
one cow that has been giving milk for
7 years. His daily ration for his cows
is8 quarts of ar. equal mixture of corn
meal, ground oats and bran, and four
quarts of cotton seed ineal. The bet-
ter he feeds, the greater his profits.
Lafayette Messenger: In a neigh-
boring section, an unruly cub of
youngster had made himself
ious to a & couple of pretty girls by
sticking them with a pin whenever
they passed him. They held a coun-
cil of war. That night when he re-
tired to his couch he left it with a
shriek of pain. The cruel angels had
gathered a full supply of holly leaves
and placed them as thick as hops un-
der the bottom sheet with the nee¬
dles up. The enemy was conquered.
The Americus correspondent of che
Savannah News writes as follows:
About one year ago, Messrs. Rust &
Neyswinder came from Ohio and
bought the Wade Borlin place, one
mile from this city. They planted IS
acres in oats, and harvested a fine
crop, in fact, Mr. Rust says they were
as fine as he ever saw grow in Ohio.
After the oats Were cut, the land was
broken up and 8 bushels of peas plant
ed. The grass and peas were allow¬
ed to grow up together. 21 tons of
hay was cut off the patch last fall.
The hay is now being sold in our lo¬
cal markets at 75 cents per hundred.
A Sample of Western Energy.
The people of the West appreci¬
ate the value of manufactures, proba¬
bly more even than the majority of
the inhabitants in the most progres*
sive industrial cities of the South,
„„ I hree cities, . . Cheyenne, Denver and .
Omaha, have been competing to se-
cure the location of immense car and
locomotive works, to cost
million .... dollars, . „ and , employ
to about
2,500 hands, which the Union Pacific
railroad will build. The rivalry was
vprv \ery sharn sharp, and and even e\en the the Concrress Congress
men from these cities were pressed
into service and induced to bring all
their influence to bear upon the man-
a K*”° f “7 che y euMsec,,res
the shops, but the terms are not made
jublic. Denver was so much in earn-
est that a special meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce, a committee
was appointed to offer to build the
shops and turn them over to the
company, and a bonus of $1,000,000
and a permanent exemption from tax¬
ation. These people realize the im¬
portance of manufactures and they
are full of enterprise.
The South can learn a lesson from
the energy and liberal spirit display¬
ed by these cities in securing manu¬
facturing enterprises, the for there are
many points in South where the
people have not fully waked up yet.
They do not see that it is the spirit of
enterprise which promoted Denver to
make such tremendous efforts to se¬
cure this great plant that has built
up that city. wonderfully rich and prog¬
ressive Anniston’s offer to the
United States Rolling Stock Co. to
secure the location of their car works,
which, when fully completed, will
largest employ 1,200 to 1,500 hands, is the
we have known any Southern
city to make, though others may have
done as well without it being made
public. Anniston people thought for
a while that they had offered too
much and had been too liberal, but
they never took a wiser step, and
they realize it better now than when
they ra : sed between $300,000 and
$400,000 for this big enterprise. It
is enterprise such as Denver and
Cheyenne displayed which is going
to tell in the future development of
Southern cities.— Manufacturers’ Rec¬
ord.
Yellow Fever microbes, savs a wri-
ter in the Herald of Health, look like
,
three joints of sugar cane. They mal-
tiply by dropping off the joints, ea.:h
joint becomes a new microbe, from
which joints grow and are thrown off.
The parents keep forming and cast-
ing off new joints, the children ditto;
and so they increase with astonishing
rapidity. Some galatine in which
was placed a single microbe, in a few
minutes became a .eethinw mass
the minute monsters. TlS, feed on
the red corpuscles of the bfood. Bill-
ions after billions of them can exist
• drop j of . blood. . * . rn, The
ln one theory * .
is
that these microbes eat up ones blood
and soon take it away. Some men
ca „ s ,„ nd , he IeMin g blood more
than others arid recover.
Diligence is the mother ot luck.
A Gentleman is one who combines
a woman’s tenderness with a man’s
courage,
| A NEW PLANT OF GREAT VAL-
UE 1*0R THE SOU TH.
.
t, Bienville ham> ed;tor of
t c New Era, is trying to
■ introduce the cultivation of the plant
known as the cassava or raanieo plant.
J* not^fbi^itsenornimis ro,n wl, * t wc can le f rn yield.^n^ood * « similar
land with proper cultivation, yield of
sist J' tons per acre lias been obtained,
W * a ^ oml below an extract from a
o^MarTsville. La., who has h^Tcon-
siderable experience with the plant:
*‘J believe no other single article of
'■ on tne face of the globe would
far toward go
stars sustaining animal life as
eat it—hogs a-is » will sra quit
for it.
For puddings, custards, fritters,
and bread, the roots arc grated and
mixed with an equal quantity of
meal or flour In fritters, with corn-
meal mixed with cassava would de¬
ceive an old oyslerman.
* The cassava is undoubtly a great
thing for the farmer. A few acres of
it to the farmer will mean plenty of
lard, pork, bacon, butter and eggs,
and do away with our smokehouses in
the West.”—Times Democrat.
THE CASSAVA.
We have received from Mr. J, L.
Normand, of Hillside Nursery, this
place, a cassava which measured four
feet long and Sor 10 inches in circum¬
ference, The cassava is especially
adaped for cultivation in southern
countries, yielding in rich soil many
tons per acre. It is said to contain
glucose and starch, and its grated
roots are used in puddings, custards,
fritters and bread. Its roots are al¬
so used in stew, where it said to ex¬
cellent in taste and flavor. Mr. Nor¬
mand tried the cassava in fritters and
he speaks highly of it as an article
of food.
But it is not as food for man that
this wonderful plant is more highly
prized, but for stock of all kinds.
Hogs, cows, horses and even chickens
feed on it. If one-half that is writ-
ten of this food plant in agricultural
papers be true, it is the most produc¬
tive, profitable and desirable plant on
the American continent. An acre of
plenty of seal fat lior-
«cs. larders full of bacon and lard,
butter and milk in abundance, and
chickens and eggs in every nook and
corner of the yard, house, kitchen
and hay loft. From the experience
of Mr. Normand with the plant,
an ,j w hat we ourselves have seen of it,
we have no reason to doubt the least
things said in its favor. We are so
favorably impressed with its virtue as
an article of food for “man and beast,”
that we are going to plant one acre
of our truck patch it in next year,
an( l ^hen be safe against any “rise’
- ssk :-tz
margerine butter. Farmers, plant cas-
sava and learn to live at home.—Marks
Bulletin.
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THE VALUES OF BRAINS.
There is romance in the announce¬
ment that the four leading Edison
companies are to consolidate into one
general electric light company, with a
capital of $12,000,000. What a proof
this gives to the value of first-class
human brains! Here is a business ag¬
gregation that springs from the in¬
genious wits of one man. A few years
ago Thomas Edison was a poor and
obscure telegraph operator. To-day,
by devising machinery of advantage
to the human race, he is a millionaire
and the means by which ether acquire
immense wealth. Yet no one is in¬
jured. The new fortunes comes trora
traits of observation and mechanical
wits that lay hid in the brain of one
poor wise man. There are mines of
tue mind that are richer than any
which the geologist finds in the moun¬
tains, aud more precious gems lie hid¬
den there than can be dug from the
rocks or washed from the streams of
the wilderness.—Doyer Democrat.
A PAPER MINE.
Froir the New York Star.
Did any of the readers of the Mar
ever hear of a “ paper” mine? I re¬
cently met Henry Palmer, an old
California friend and one of the Ar¬
gonauts, who told me he had aban¬
doned the west and had settled in St,
Lawrence county. “What are you
doing up there? ’ I asked. He ex-
cited my curiosity by replying
“Working a paper mine/ 'What do
you meanV’ Til tell yon. When I
was a boy I worked in a paper mill
in Camden and became familiar with
tl 16 clays used for sizing and weigh-
^ ,n S paper. I conclned a short time
a ”° leave California and spend the
balance «>t my days in the east.
^ *“ ie ori a v | s, t to St,. Lavrrence coun-
'* ! w ! ^ 1 ! 5 cl1 r ‘ < b ^ vt n = bcen or,e f ' a y idong a new
r “ 1 w ' fur s,,,nc di »'
ta "' :e U ' ru0 « l “, ! ' l»cul,ar i„rrnaticm of
?" y ."'‘"f "*f- l “ f cammed .tcare- I
t . lesTT Ui’l!'
cuiiariy . n 'ii ar l v aiapten a ianted to to paper making.
l haii tests m9Ae hy lnanu f act urers
who re,to ted favorably, so I bought
the land and began mining. We
are now shipping over a hundred tons
a day, and it is rapidly displacing the
clays formerly used, as itsjfibrous na¬
ture makes it a part of the warp and
weft of the paper, instead of sizing
clay. No other such deposit is known
n ttai* country.
A COWETA FARMER.
—:—i
“ Ct 1 d Mr - E - b - t>odds. “f ol Oak •"*
R*^o e . Meriwether county, with whom
I was discussing the question ofdiver-
sified farming, and whether or not a
m * U °° uld raako raonev ,n hi3 county
unt ^ er lhat plan and also it a man
could make’ money in agricultural
business where he made one staple his
1 ie at,t ^ < l uestlon so ' e P™duet was emphatically His answer no, to
a ”d the following statement from him
as to his own experience here in Meri
wether countv is a sufficient Lorrobo-
tamed - uo " r T iuon so long main
Mr. Dodds began farming in said
county, with his two brothers in 1870
with $2,403‘on their J home place
360 acres. At that, time he began
working at fifty cents a day to sup¬
port his young wife'arid children. In
1871 he bought one mule and gave his
note for same for $150, payable in the
fall of that year. The brothers plan-
ted their lands half in corn and half
in cotton, sowing some wheat and oats
making everything onHhc farm nec¬
essary for their own consumption.
They now own 1,400 acres of fine
land in that county, five good gins,
one merchant mill, and are running
twen y plows on their farms. The
place is entirely out of debt'and they
arc now worth $25,000, which they
have made by a diversified syste n o r
Intensive farming in the past fifteen
years, without anv capital to start on,
and a liability of $2,400. That proves
the position of The Constitution that
farming pays in Georgia* if made self-
sustaining.—Constitution.
WIIAT WE CAN SHOW PRESI¬
DENT HARRISON.
Mr Charles Howell who lives near
Howel’s mill, in this county, says;
“When President Harrison comes
to the exposition I can show him the
exact ground over which his* brigade
charged. Jn connection witli some
members of his brigade I have lo¬
cated the detailed route of the charge
and I have on my place the graves of
some of his brigade, perfectly inden-
tified. He will find it very interest¬
ing to go over this ground again.
In the residence of the late Judge
Howell is a picture shot through with
a bullet which was fired in the charge
of Harrison’s brigade.
GOULD AND SON.
The Chattanooga l imes : The well
authenticated report comes from New
York that Jay Gould and his son.
George, have taken 30,000 shares of
stock in the Richmond Terminal sys¬
tem, and thus A seeured an Atlantic sea
board outlet through the Memphis
Charleston and the Iron Moun¬
tain system.
The news of such a mammoth deal
by the Gould’s makes th* matter one
of special local importance. In the
first place, the south will boast of the
principal point on the Guilds stem
at Memphis. The combination would
give Goulds a leverage for east and
west business that would pro. e most
dangerous for their competitors. It
is also urged here that such a deal
would signify the immediate c »> -
struction of the Memphis and Charles
ton railroad from Stevenson to this
city. This short piece of road, being
a lessee of the Nashville,Chattanooga
and St Louis tracks, is constantly
hampered more or less by those bonds
arising from the nature of a lease, aud
the authorities of the lessee road think
they could control a better bu -i less
and do it witli more satisfaction over
their own tracks. It is considered a
matter of course that if Gould has a
‘say so” in the management of the
Memphis and Charleston, be will cause
the road to be
THE GEORGIA AND SOUTH
FLORIDA.
General Bobert Ober. General Clin¬
ton Payne, Mr. Hamilton, a promi¬
nent banker, and Colonel R. W. Price,
also a prominent banker, all of Balti¬
more; Mr. Charles Watkins, a to¬
bacco merchant of Rrcbrobn J, and Mr.
Ed Scheaffer, of Tocc.oa, all stockhol-
era in Georgia and South Florida pas¬
sed through the city last night o their
way to Macon. To-day they will go
over the road—140 miles—on a tour
of inspection.—( o istitotioe.
A man is never so fortunate or so
unfortunate as he thinks.
Partial culture runs to the ornate;
extreme culture to simplicity.
•Jealousy but is the sentiment of pover-
ty, envy is the instinct of then.
Have the courage to prefer
and propriety to fashion in all things,
NO. 5.
Sp£CIAI, CORSESroXDEKCB TO T«E NEWS.
Palatka, Fla., Feb. 5, 1889.
Florida is rapidly recovering from
its long affliction of more than a year.
Yellow Jack first appeared in Key
West in July 1887. Two months la-
ter it entered Tampa; a year after¬
wards it broke out in Jacksonvilhvuul
continued till last December. A large
portion of that long period.our cities
were surrounded by guards, as though
beseiged by a powerful enemy.
Compared to the great plagues
which have at different times visiteVl
the earth, this epidemic was of a very
mild type; the rate of mortality be¬
ing remarkably low.
Tourists are begining to arrive from
the North, an 1 the prospects are, that
as large a number of visitors as ever
before will enjoy the balmy breezes of
fair Florida, inhale the fragrance of
the orange blossoms, and taste the de¬
licious fruit fresh from the groves.
The first vestibule train loaded
with tourists, reached Palatka last
week.
Palatka’sstreet railway is now com¬
pleted,and the merry jingle of the
bobtail car is heard along our streets.
The long looked-for bridge across
the St. Johns river at Palatka is at
last an accomplished fact. The tres¬
tle work is 4,000 feet long, and the
draw is 23J feet in length with a piv¬
ot of 30 feet, which leaves an opening
of 1(X) feet on either side, thus afford¬
ing passage to the largest vessls that
may enter the St. Johns river. This
is necessary as Palatka is at the head
of deep water navigation, so that
large vessels, not only from New
York and Boston, but also from Liv¬
erpool, can bring their cargoes to her
wharves.
The railroad from Macon, Gs., will
probably reach here next fall. Then
thero is a prospect of a ship canal
from Cedar Iveys across the state,ter-
minating in the St . Johns river near
our city. So that the future of Palat-
ka is very bright.
At a meeting of the Grand Lodge
of Free and Accepted Masons,held in
Jacksonville last week, one of the
toasts was the following:
“Incomparable Florida, the oldest
of Territories, the youngest of States;
the blushing June of the calendar,an I
the brightest of the sisterhood of com¬
mon wealths.”
The Palatka Gem Cicy Guards is
the “crack” company of the State.
At a recent election of the officers,
Mr. C. J. Joseph, formerly a Georgia
boy of Columbus, was elected Cap¬
tain.
The Duke of Southerland has a
home in Florida; he is now in th’i
state enjoying the incomparable win¬
ter climate. He is 60 nhlj
ceedingly well preseved; hasa bright
eye, a clear, ruddy skin, elastic step
and deep strong voice. He lately at¬
tended a party composed of all class¬
es from Florida crackers up to the
iroud and haughty dudes.
Many peach and plum trees are in
full bloom; and our winter gardens
are making a fine display, so we are
sure of prophesying correctly in say¬
ing that Palatka will be abundantly
supplied with everything in the veg¬
etable line. In fact there is quite a
supply of early vegetables already in
the market.
Orange shipments continue at the
rate of about 5,000 boxes per day.
A grove of 8 acres in Orlando, be¬
longing to Mr. Jacob Summerlin was
sold for $8,000.
W. J. Rast, of Orange Springs, has
30 orange trees on his place from
which he has realized $500 net thi3
season.
This has certainly been a most fa¬
vorable season for orange growers,
and the crop throughout the State is
very large.
Surely Florida offers great oppor¬
tunities to those who have money to
invest, or who desire pleasant winter
homes in this sunny summer land.
Marjorie.
Praise is sometimes as hurtful cen¬
sure. It is as bad to be blown into
t le air as to be east into a pit.
As a man is known by his compa¬
ny. so a man’s company may he known
by hi3 manner of expressing him¬
self.
It is not tbe ability to be, but the
ability to work, that constitutes hap-
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