The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-08-12
CITY NOTES.



| A woman sits smiling and bland;
A woman sits smiling and bland,
Sits on the half-carpeted floor,
| Where tacks lie like shells on the strand,
Unnumbered and thirsty for gore.
With a yell that might make negroes
pale,
With leap which a goat can't sur
With a mangled and bleeding thumb
| nail
She falls in a chair, limp mass:
She falls in chair limp mass,
And groans till the pain fees away
| A beautiful emblem, alas
OF energy sadly astray.
! DIR. \. Ii. VoSelbach, of Melrose, is in
the city, and we We're pleased to have a
call from him last night.
Hon. W. H. Cook, of Pomona, was in
town yesterday.
| Messrs Moragne & Kersting adver-
| tise a fresh lot of garden and flower
seeds this morning, of which they have
| a large assortment. Give them call.
| Tie schooner Relief, from Baltimore,
with q cargo of ice consigned to Mr..
VIM. F. Forward, arrived yesterday
morning.
Major c.. p. Healey was in town yes
terday. He informs us that work is be-
ing pushed as rapidly as possible along
the line of the p. /. extension of the j.,
T. s. X. w. r. r.
Fresh garden and flower seeds just ar
rived and for sale at Moragne & Kerst-
ing's.
Prayer meeting in the new Presby
terrain Church this evening at half-past
seven o'clock This will be the first ser
vice in the church since its completion.
For RENT-A handsome eight-room
cottage, with all modern improvements.
Centrally located. Apply at this office.
Mr.. John NJ. Ramsaur, notwithstand-
ing dull times, manages to keepin good
humor and is driving right ahead with his
livery business.
Headquarters for choice Florida peach
es, pears, grapes, bananas, &c, &c. Also
northern cabbages, potatoes, onions and
Sicily lemons &C., arriving almost daily
at ''The Family Store of II. r. Reid.
We were shown by Mr.. j. G. Man
gold, yesterday, a letter from his son
Henry, in Moline, Ills, dated August 6,
which stated that the thermometer then
was 104 deg. in the shade, and that it
frequently went up to 100 degrees. Here
we think it terribly hot at 90 degrees.
Still they come, nice pig hams, Shout
ders, breakfast strips, dried beef, Clipped
to please, choice homeless cod fish, mack
erel and full line of canned goods to
''The Family Store" of r. r. Reid.
Work on Col. Harris new buildings on
Water street, is progressing very rapid
ly, and they will soon be ready for ten
ants. When completed it will add
greatly to the appearance of that street,
as it will be a very handsome block of
four stores.
Drs. II. r. and w. w. Estes are now
located upstairs in the Grill block, Front
street, where they are prepared to do
first-class dental work in all its branches.
Teeth extracted without pain.
The difference that has existed be-
tween Captain b. F. McGraw and the
j., 7. e X. w. r. r., as to the right of
way through Buffalo Bluff, we learn, was
finally settled yesterday. by the COM
pany paying the Captain $1,000 for the
land required for their use.
Mr. j. r. Hill and family, and Mr.. J.
H. Harp and daughter, of Crescent City,
passed through the city yesterday. en-
route for Matanzas, where they will re-
main several days recuperating and
seeking health and pleasure.
Mr. +. ii. Conoley offers his services
as an expert book-keeper and account
ant to all who desire such work done.
Only n reasonable price will be charged,
and s!.i faction guaranteed.
The schooner Naragansett, with cargo
of rails for the Florida Southern road,
and the schooner John 2. Davis, from
Philadelphia, with rails for the J., I. Sc
X. w. r. r., arrived yesterday. The
John T. Davis had 425 tons, and her
heavy load caused her to stick on sand
bar down the river where she remained
for several hours.
We have been presented very neat
pamphlet entitled Centenary of Meth
odism," being a sermon delivered before
the Florida Annual Conference in Gaines
vile, in January last, by Rev. John c.
Ley, the father of the Rev. J. B. Ley,
pastor of the Methodist church of this
city. The sermon gives a brief review