The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-08-10
CITY NOTE s.
THE LAY OF THE rHR EE rNsEc7


And 10 oks DER the registers pages.
The coo kroach creeps in the restaurant dim
In scar rh of his favorite diet;
He takes taste of sandwich trim
And TO rever more is quiet
Yesterday, for a dull Saturday in Pa
latka, took the sweetened pastry.
Service at the usual hours this morn
ing and evening in the city churches.
Mr.. NJ. Fl. Dalton is constructing
new and substantial wharf at his wood
yard on River street.
Mr.. Charles A. Ray has returned from
an extended trip to Rhode Island and
other northern states.
Captain r. R. Reid has just opened a
lot of fine cigars, and the lovers of the
weed can secure just what they want in
this line.
Hon. Thomas F. King will be in St.
Augustine for the next two weeks,
where any one having business before
his court can communicate with him.
We hope all will attend the club meet
| ing at the rooms in Griffin's block, on the
18th Important business will be tran
sacted, and full attendance is desired.
We learn. on good authority, that Ma
/ ior S. Y. Finley is with us straight, solid
and always. Such a man could not stay
in the Pope crowd more than two hours
The Gem City Guards excursion to-
morrow night viii go to Welaka, where
dancing and other amusements will be
engaged in at the will of the excur
siOnists
A gentleman and his wife, while row.
ing ON the river night or two since,
came near being lun down by a steamer,
but by hard pulling he managed to get
out of the way just in time.
The telephone between the Florida
Southern and the Jacksonville, Tampa
and Key West railroad depots is now in
working order, and is proving quite a
convenience to the agents here.
Mr. Jos. II. C. Pratt returned from
Sumter county yesterday, where he has
been enjoying a weeks vacation. He
reports good time, and is much i'm
proved i'll appearance by his rest.
A person has computed the number of
different places where a collar button can
secrete itself, and the number is 8O,741
AS yet we have only found $4,000, but
may finish up before the end of the year.
''There is no rose without its thorn, -
said little barefoot fellow yesterday.
But it is not every thorn that has a
rose, and he sat down in the sand and
! pulled an orange thorn out of the bottom
of his foot
Important changes have been made in
the Florida Southern railroads schedule,
which will be published in THE NEWS
Tuesday The mail train will hereafter
leave Palatka at 4p. m. instead of p.
M, as heretofore.
The democratic executive committee
will meet and organize Tuesday night,
and Immediately proceed to the work it
has to accomplish during the campaign.
That its work will be thorough and effec-
tive there is no doubt.
From every section of the county
comes expressions of satisfaction with
the county ticket put forth by the con
vention on last Wednesday. There VIII
be no sulking in the tents by the demo
Gratis of Putnam this year.
The new schedule goes into effect to-
day on the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key
West railroad, as will be seen from an
advertisement elsewhere. There will be
! train TO st. Aug Justine to-day on account
of the ferry boat Louise having to haul
off for repairs.
Yesterday morning as Mr.. Joe Manucy
{ who is engaged in painting the Putnam
r House, attempted to descend from the
1 scaffolding to the ground, the staging
: gave way and he made the journey tC
: terra firma at great deal faster speed
3 than he had calculated upon, bringing
) up on the ground all in a heap. He fell
t about twenty feet, but was not hurt
: save a severe shaking up.
A loose horse came very near running
l over Mr.. Eberstein yesterday afternoon
3 as he was crossing Lemon street. HI
t never noticed the horse, which was com
: ing at full speed down the street, until i
= was too late to get out of the way, whe1
the horse ran against him, turning hin
5 round and came near knocking hin
l down. Besides bruise on the breast ant
e hand he escaped being huIt.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
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