The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-07-29
CITY NOTES.

have a fine lot of fresh shrimp to-day.
Fine and fresh, only 10 cents per quart
A folding steel store key has been left
at this Office, which was found on the
streets, and which the owner can get by
calling for it.
Mr.. E. Z. Mangold has returned from
an extended visit to friends and relatives
in Illinois, and will remain here at the
Mangold gallery.
Mr.. r. Kerstein has returned from
Crescent City, where he has been rusti-
eating and fishing and hunting. He re-
ports good time.
Pierre d'A. Pratt, Of the Palatka fla
Herald, is visiting the FIRMLY of Judge
James NJ Quarles, of East Nashville
Nashville (Tenn.) Banner.
Messrs. Smith & Yelverton, corner
Lemon and Fourth streets, have some
specials this morning, to which attention
is called. They dealin the best of meats.
Judge Harrison will be absent several
days. Thcslast news from him was to
the effect that he had just killed fawn
and was preparing for fish excursion.
Mr. John Burton presented us with
batch of chromos yesterday. He evil
IDENTIFY intended to give them to his best
girl, but we shan't tell why he didn't do
so.
DR.. Parker has two "educated' horned
frogs from Texas, in his store on Lemon
street. A great many people have called
around to see them, and they have proved
quite a curiosity.
The steamer Augusta is now in Jack
sonville, having new and much larger
boiler put in. When she is put back on
the river she will skim the water along
with the fastest of the river boats.
Mr.. Charles NJ. D'Autrey had some of
the finest oranges seen in the city for
some time Saturday and yesterday. They
were grown by Mr.. E. Il. Hart, Federal
Point. and the largest ones weighed
eighteen ounces.
Geo G. Thayer & Co, put nice mess
of shrimps on our table last night, and
| local items, proof-sheets, exchanges, etc,
were forgotten while the feast lasted.
They have fine lot on sale this morning
at Griffin's wharf.
! The boys who went down to the ST.
! Johns bar Saturday night report that
they had the best time of any crowd that
ever left Palatka seeking pleasure They
looked little the worse for wear yester-
day and slightly sun Drowned.
There were several lively chases after
the excursion train that left here Sunday
morning for Fernandina. 1t was dem
onstrated that Florida legs could get over
the ground at fast rate, and also that
locomotive could go still faster.
If Charlie Rogero appears stuck up
and refuses to speak to his friends to-day,
they can account for it from the fact
that young Miss Rogero arrived last night.
The young lady weighed an even ten
pounds, and is the belle of Palatka.
Two ladies' We're run after by vicious
cow on the streets the other afternoon,
and when they realized their danger the
way they ''sifted sand" as the urchin is
wont to call running, was a caution to
pedestrians who happened to be in sight.
We regret to announce the death of
little Arthur, the only child of Mr.. and
Mrs M. Loeb, which occurred in Mobile,
Ala, on yesterday. Little Arthur was
10 months old, and was the idol of his
fond parents, who have the sympathy OF
the entire community in their bereave-
ment.
Our suggestions relative to the reno
val of n0xious weeds from the streets anC
sidewalks seems to have been acted upor
and in many localities the unsightly
clumps have made their disappearance
Ply the hoe vigorously and use disinfec
tants freely. The city is remarkably
healthy, and we should make every effor1
to prevent disease getting a foothold here
The Savannah News has this to say o.
the new steamer that is to run between
this city and Charleston The Florid;
Steamship Company, owners and mana
gers of the steamship City of Palatka
has just purchased the iron steamer City
of Norfolk, now plying between Morgan
City, La, and Galveston, Texas, She
will be placed on the line between
Charleston and Palatka on or before Sep
TENDER 10, and run in connection witt
the steamship City of Palatka, wher
each steamer will make one round triI
per week, touching at Savannah ant
Fernandina both ways. The City of Nor
folk is said to be about three years old
very nearly the size of the steamer st
Johns, and built en- about the same
model, She is elegantly finished up, ha!
splendid accommodations for about 10t
first-class passengers, is in every respec
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