The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-10-27
CITY NOTES.

anu he scoops III Inc Idlfs
Then for time mad agony
The modest lover fills,
Until he thinks the other chap
Will have to pay her bills.
Hon. w. H. Cook was in town yester-
day to attend the meeting of the county |
commissioners.
Capt. r. J. Adams and family, who |
have been up in the hills of Vermont for |
a few weeks, returned home yesterday. |
Mr. L. s. Butler is happy in the fact |
that he is the father Of fine baby girl, |
the little visitor having arrived yester- |
day morning.
The train from Jacksonville yesterday
came in about one hour late on account |
of having to wait at Jacksonville for the |
S. F. & w. train.
Messrs. Stratton G Co. of Macon, Ga,
who have notice elsewhere, have re-
duced the price of bricks to be delivered
in Palatka. See notice.
Mr.. y. c. Carter, who has been absont
n ,f9 north FOR The past fe,, wceks. Ee
,u1~ed t. Palstka yesterday, looking
much improved by his trip.
DIR. w. w. Estes is in the city, having
come over from st. Augustine to finish up
some dental work he had on hand when
he removed. He reports his business
good in the ancient city.
Mr.. c.. s. Mosier, of the new town of
Southwick, near Orange Mills, was in
town yesterday and gave us call. Ee
| will read THE NEWS regularly hereafter,
| and so will most of his neighbors.
Mr. I. jacobson has a number of spec
| ial notices on this page to-day as we'll as
new advertisement on the first page
| calling attention to his large, new and
| varied assortment OF goods. His new
| fall and winter goods have arrived and
~ extends 2 general invitation to all 10
Mi 90 biu. Peqd Tho notices and I'd
| -ar.ist.Jg..t.
We call attention to the new adyer-
tisement of Mr.. l.. Falk, which is to be
found on this page this morning. He
has but recently returned from the north
| ern markets, and his large stock Of new
goods have just been placed on his
shelves, ready for the inspection of the
public. Read his advertisement and
| give his stock an inspection.
In our special column will be found a
notice Of the 81, T. & K. w. R. R,
| giving the schedule on the extension, on
and after November end. The schedule
! is so arranged that all our friends up
there will be enabled to come down and
spend the day with us, whether on bust
| ness or pleasure, and return home in
| time for supper every evening, and the
! passenger trains will no doubt receive a
liberal patronage from the start.
Mrs. j. S. Spooner, Of Philadelphia,
has taken the handsome residence of Mr..
| DeWeston among the orange groves in
in the southern portion of the city on
Emmett street, where she is now ready
to receive guests. The house is elegant
| ly furnished, and will hereafter be
known as West End, and the only rec
omendation necessary is to state that
Mrs. S. is proprietress Of one the finest
summer houses on the Jersey coast.
| Do not forget to go on the excursion
| tonight down the river On the elegant
| steamer Anita, which has been chartered
| by the Ladies Aid Society of the Presby-
| terrain church. 1t promises to be beau
tiful moonlight night, and the ladies
| will do everything in their power to
| make it pleasant for all the excursionists.
The proceeds of the excursion are to be
| used in carpeting .the Presbyterian
| church. and all should go and thus con-
tribute to worthy object.
| Mr.. Pierre dA. Pratt, at the post
Office, has come into possession
through his handling Of pennies of a
| campaign badge of 1884 having on IFS
| face {. bust of Abraham Lincoln. with the
y~>c,s= IN 2 o.rcie around It ..F7r Presi
| don't. Abynlan Lincoln, Oh the reverse
side is the bust of Andrew Johnson, with
the words, For Vice President, An
drew Johnson" above and below it. 1t
| is quite a curiosity, and Peirre is conse-
queutly proud of his find.
| The county commissioners met yester-
| day at the court house as a board of
equalization, and received the tax books
of County Assessor Boyd. The books
show the taxable property of the county
to foot up the handsome sum of 50, $780,
| 631. 81, an increase, we believe of about
$1,000, 900 over last year. The board,
| after examining the figures,
| then assessed the taxes for
this year as follows: state tax, four
mills; county tax. three mills; building
tax, ore InijI; bridges and highways,
one taf- mill, n1a king a total ii eleven
aud d half mills. or tyvo mills less than
/ the tax of last year. There Is a proba-