The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-05-17
CITY NOTES.

Inc dmOuS VOlueu Egg NlSdI ID Only
to be had at c. II. Padgett.
Mr.. Colt, representing the Western and
Crescent Insurance Company, was in the
city yesterday.
Mr. S. A. Martin returned yesterday
from a successful business trip down the
Florida Southern Road.
The steamer Florida was delayed sew
eral hours on her last trip down by hay
ing struck on bar up the river.
The steamer "Uncle Sam" passed up
the river yesterday with an engine and
coach. intended for the South Florida rail
road.
The front of Captain Reid's store was
pretty well filled up yesterday with fine
vegetables. He sells large quantities of
them.
Florida has invested, since the first of
January. 81, 1856, 900 in new industrial en-
terprises. A pretty good showing for
four months.
Mr.. w. f. Forward has an advertise
ment in our special column this morning
to which we call attention. This house
has a well deserved reputation for enter
prise and fair dealing.
A rain! rain! The weather for some
time has been too dry for any use, but
delightful slow rain fell yesterday for
L Io ~, l. aT nd
enl;vening the feelings Of all.
If some Yankee would invent an ''old
bachelors needle" he would make for
tune. The needle need not differ greatly
from other needles, except at the eye,
which should be about an inch in dame
ter.
H. A. Meyer & Co. made their first
shipment of goods and fixtures to Ores
cent City yesterday, where they propose
to open a branch of their grocery and
bakery business. AS a matter of course
they will meet with success in this move
ment.
A negro named Daniel Perry, a deck
hand of the steamer Florida, was hunting
an officer yesterday to have some one on
that boat arrested for striking him over
the head with an oar. He had an ugly
cash about three inches in length across
the top of his head.
A house was burned on the other side
of the river yesterday morning. The
only particulars our reporter could learn
was that the house stood just in the rear
of the Griffin grove, but as to who it be-
! lOnged to or the cause and amount of the
loss could not be ascertained.
LET a man with 81 toss coppers, for a
cent a toss, against a man who possesses
800, and it will not be long before one
man will have S101 and the other moth
ing There is no chance about it; it is a
mathematical certainty" The only
trouble is to find the man with 800
Get down the paragoric and prepare
the skillet to stew poultice, for the
troubles of the small boy are about to
| begin. Mr.. J. 7. Dunn bought from a
Mr.. Hines yesterday the first watermel-
Ons of the season, that We're grown at
! PENAL. They had a healthy appearance,
weight about fifteen pounds each and
sold for fifty cents apiece.
Mr.. J. NJ. Quarterman robbed two bee
hives yesterday, taking all from one and
| leaving about half in the other, and OBJ
tanned sixty-four pounds OF honey. This
is handsome yield and goes to show
that bee culture will pay. 1t is a
mystery why more people do not engage
in it. 1t is pleasant and profitable and
| does not require much capital for a start.
The members of the Clabber Club, led
! by Loco-foco McGraw and accompanied
by DR.. Petit, of Drayton Island, and
Major Healey, of the P. & l. R. R.,
called on The News last night, and in
dulged itself in various nominations for
| the benefit of the Democratic party If
! the County Convention refuses to ratifv
these, the warning is here given that the
| Clabber Club will proceed to vote at a
side show and elect its own candidates.
| When these are installed they will be
treated to sour milk and a joke at the ex-
pense of the Club.