The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-08-17
CITY NOTES.

M. q. - Beacn, OF san -dateO, was
in the city yesterday.
Editor Ed Rurnley was circulating
among his friends in town yesterday.
Mr.. T. d. Bourke, representing the
Walker paper warehouse. Of Philadel-
pFia. was in the city yesterday. t
Drs. Estes, of the Palatka Dental Par
Tors. are re-arranging and making their !
rooms more comfortable and conve- /
nient.
Mr.. Batter Moragne came back 10 !
town yesterday, after several days |
visit to the Penial settlement, where he
has been rusticating.
Services in the Methodist church to-
day at 1890 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sub
iect, morning: The Christians Boasts
and The Christians Danger"
The schooner Sybille, with a cargo of !
ice, viii arrive here to-day from Maine.
Mr. Forward purchased her cargo while !
in Jacksonville, Friday, She brings 857
tons.
Mr.. /. II. Hijliard returned yesterday
from a weeks trip to Sumter and Her
nando counties. lie says there is dead
coolies of good land in that section Of
Florida
1t is claimed that scheme has been
devised tomake it rain to order. If this
is so, some one must have sent III q
large requisition about 4 O'Clock yester-
day afternoon.
MIR. Pierre d'A. Pratt returned to Pa
Iatka last night, after visit of several
weeks to Virginia, Maryland and Wash
ington City. lie looks like he enjoyed
his travels finely.
We have about given up all hope Of
| Cleveland's election The latest catas-
trophe. as related by Mr. ). Fl. Fry, is
that woman in New Jersey says she
will not vote for him,
Mr.. w. w. Hawkins, of Lake George,
writes from North Attleboro, Mass.
that it is very cool and wet" up there.
These few lines will inform him that we
are enjoying the same blessings at this
writing.
Mr. c. J. Joseph will go to Crescent
City tomorrow, where he will open a
general real estate and surveying Office.
He is a clever young gentleman, and we
congratulate Crescent City ON securing
him as a citizen.
A Florids man swears shat he owns q
rooster that has laid an egg. This is not
published as humorous item, but
merely to show that duriug presiden-
tiaI year lying is not wholly confined to
politics. Boston Post.
We learn that Mr., Canova, who is
going to erect an ice mandatory on
Laurel street. has all his machinery
packed up, and viii ship it direct to
Palatka from the north in q few days.
Work on the buildings will doubt
less be commenced Immediately
AS showing how quickly trip can be
made from New York here. we were in.
9 formed yesterday that a lady left New
!, York city Wednesday night at 9:3(
o'clock, and reached Crescent City, Fla.
: on Friday afternoon at $50 O'Clock, max
ing the entire trip in less than two days
w. NJ. Sherburt and John Smith
: thinking they would save the expense O
: hiring a lodging, entered freight car
: Friday night, and went to sleep, where
policeman detected their presence anC
A lodged them in jail The mayor fnet
: them 81 and costs each, yesterday, on ;
J, charge OF trespass.
+ MIR. William Z. Forwards artesial
: well, being sunk on his premises in thi
5 city by Mr. Charles A. Ray, has reache,
:, a depth of y little over two hundred feet
and yesterday was flowing atthe rate o
# about one hundred gallons per minute
II It viii be sunk deeper and the flow in
J. creased. The water has very little O
:. the sulphur taste.
d We received from Crescent City YES
IS terday a fine sample of hops grown b
g Mr.. Dobbins in that city. In Septembe
last he planted vine, from which thre
l. shoots grew, from which he has gathere
more than peck Of hops. The sampl
sent us, which is very fine, was cut fror
l. a shoot, seven weeks cid. at height c
sixteen feet. With proper attention
J. this could be made profitable industr
in Florida
J. j. Sawyer received a letter yestel
day from New York, stating that ii ha
lie been reported to the writer that scorle
5, fever was prevailing here, and that ther
was also an occasional case of yello,
I fever, which the authorities We're ver
e particular 10 keep concealed. He reptile
:. to his correspondent, denying the T,
/ ports in toto. We cannot comedy
l. what object amy one had in giving on
5 such repoae IN regard to the health ,
I, Palatka, which is as good or better tina
it has been for any summer in year