The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-06-22
CITY NOTES.

From the morning till the night,
But the bite it cometh not,
And he curseth at his lot;
Still, homeward doth he HE,
With a most enormous lick.
Hon j. ". Whitney, of Satsuma, was
in the city yesterday.
NJ. John Hartridge, of Jacksonville,
was in the city yesterday.
Mr.. Frank Flemming, of Jacksonville,
was in the city yesterday.
A good trade was enjoyed by the Pa
latka merchants yesterday.
Superintendent NJ. r. Moran, of the J.
T. &, X. w. r. r., was in town yesterday.
Capt. VIM. NJ. Husson left yesterday
for New York, and will be absent seve-
raj days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. o. Lever, recently
married in Sanford, are at the West
moreland.
Mr.. A. Gailliard, agent of the steamer
Chesapeake, of Jacksonville, was in the
city yesterday.
J. H. Field, on a charge of being
drunk on the streets, was fined 81 and
costs by mayor Mount.
DR. j. J. Harris, editor of the Sanford
Journal, passed through Palatka last
night. He reports Sanford surely and
steadily progressing.
Mr.. B. G. Payne, of Nashua, has plac-
ed this office under obligations for nice
treat of peaches. They were delightful
and fully appreciated.
We learn the owners of the steamer
Mary Draper will soon put a much larger
and handsOmer boat on the river in her
stead to run between Palatka and Dray-
ton Island.
Messrs. Webb & Thomas, of Thomas
station, shipped a car load of fine melons
yesterday to indianapolis. The returns
from melons this season, we learn, are
satisfactory.
David Tucker, on charge of disturb
ing the peace and quiet of the city, was
fined s. and costs or twelve days on the
Streets by the mayor. He is working
out his fine.
We call attention to the law card of
Messrs. Walker & Vary that appears this
morning. These gentlemen are welt
known attorneys, and enjoy a good prac-
tice in their profession.
The steam yatch Ethel belongs to
| the Putnam Manufacturing and I'm
provement Company" instead of the
Putnam Construction and Improvement
Company" as printed yesterday.
Services today in the Methodist Church
as usual at 1870 a. m. and 7:45 p. m.
sunday school at 4 p. m. Subject for
the morning service: The Friendship of
the world; evening Against God.
The steamer cinderella" running be-
tween Sanford and Roclledge, stopped
at Palatka a short time yesterday ON her
way to jacksonville We learn the wa
ter is so low on her route she has to lay
off for a while.
The little girls were around yesterday
selling tickets to the concert to be given
by the pupils of the academy of the Sa-
cred Heart, on the the evening of the
Both INST. The price of admission has
been fixed at fifty cents.
THE NEWS reporter, while hunting
around for items yesterday, dropped into
the Palatka Dental Parlors, and found
Drs. Estes busy as bees on dental work.
Their patronage is so heavy now that
they work by engagement almost exclu-
sively, and we are told their work gives
most general satisfaction.
If there is anything that is calculated
to make woman dwell on suicide il is
after she has spent twenty minutes fixing
her bangs, ten minutes powdering hel
chin, and five minutes putting her room
to rights, to rush to the door in answer
to the bell and to be met with the inquiry
Buy some nice family soap, madam: Il
cakes for Is cents"
We stepped under the capacious UNI
brelIa of Mr.. J. E. jackson yesterday
morning and walked down Lemon stree
with him to where he is having erected
three handsome four room cottages
They are very near completion and are
substantially built, and will prove to b
Il handsome investment for our friend
He has already procured tenants for the
houses, and the first family will move il
this week.
Grand Picnic on July 4th.
The good people of Crescent City viii