The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-06-07
CITY NOTES.

was in the city yesterday and made US a
pleasant call.
Judge T. W. Aiken was fined so and
costs yesterday morning by the mayor, on
the charge of disturbing the peace.
Lassiter & SchiIosky will probably re-
sumo the baking business as soon as their
losses are adjusted by the insurance com
panies.
Governor Towns is from Georgia, but
still we never thought him wise enough
to discover that domestic oysters" was
a nice name for gatherings,
A substitute for genuine human HATS
now made ont of the inner lining C the
bud of the palmetto tree. 1t can be
made Of any length and dyed any color
IT. A. Meyer & Co. are snn gly fixed up
in their new quarters on Lemon street,
and report business good. Since Meyer
has his own baking there is a tremendous
demand for his goods.
The nomination of Blaine by the Re-
publican convention in Chicago, yester-
day afternoon, caused a ripple of excite
ment here in political circles. Several
gentlemen here are losers on the result.
A scientist tells us that the muscles of
the human jaw produce a power equal
to 43t pounds. This fact may account
for the supreme disgust man feels after
an u"suceessfUl attempt to masticate a
tough beefsteak.
Messrs. Lasseter & Schelosky request
all those holding their tickets for bread
etc, to send them to the store of B. G..
Lasseter. where they WI be redeemed.
They also request those indebted to them
to come forwPrd and settle.
Webb & Nichols, the real estate men,
advertise the purchase and sale of real
estate and money to loan this morning,
| to which we call attention. The gentle
men comprising the FIN gre reliable
and prompt, and do a good business in
| their line.
County Commissioners Beach, Mar
shall, Evans and Stephens were in tow Il
yesterday for the regular meeting. The
| Wigg -RObeI IS road was under discussion
and but lttle other business of import
ance was brought before the Commits
sioners. THE News would suggest that
the body declare Putnam county one
vast roadway, and thus put a stop to the
continuous controversies and discussions
of the subject.
We gladly give currency to the follow
ing deserved compliment to our neigh
Dor of the Herald, clipped from the col
umns of the Tallahassee Floridian: Ed
itor Fratt has kept journalism wei
mixed and properly seasoned, has never
let the fire die out that kept his demo
cratic pot aboiling, and consequently hi'
Herald is young in age combining tn,
spirit of youth with the stern vigor OF
majority, and defyiug composition t.
shake the fixed fact of IFS property"
Sitting up in tie pi'ot-h0use with the
veteran captain, he tells how he has nav
Jgated this liver for more than a qua tel
of cent V, learning the route original
ly by polling a boat, and finally com
ing out in the highest Ocklawaha ranl
as commander of II 5 strange G,te boz
Of a steamer, called the Marion. Then
becoming cor fdential, he points to The
mes 'Oes and teils how in earlier days Of
racing steamers on the western waters
when the fuel ran out, they would ''claJ
a da"ky on the safety-valve to keep he
down, and throw in another fat one t.
make the fire burn" While describing
the swampy region with its Turkey
Bends" "Hells Half Acres" Log
Jams, Bone Yards. " Double S Bends.
and other suggestive names given por
tons of the crooked river. the captain
and his negro ards, by vigorous work a
the wheel ''sloV ing dOWl," and scien
tific polling from the forecastle deck
W tn many bumps against the trees
manage to move the vessel along; ant
thus we steam out of the clear seam 0
the Silver Spring into the more turbi,
waters of the river itself.-Falatka Fla.
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