The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-08-04
CITY NOTES.

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Vertrees & Co., still have on hand a
few barrels of those nice Tennessee pOta-
toes for sale.
Mr.. j. j. Hammond and family, of
Humboldt, Tenn, have arrived in Palat-
ka, and will make this city their future
home.
For RENT.-A handsome eight-room
cottage, with all modern Improvements.
Centrally located. Apply at this office.
Crescent City Globe: The Misses Ran
some, of P.,latla, attended the masonic
ball, and we're the guests of Miss Jennie
Gallagher.
The city council meets tonight. We
would respectfully call the attention of
our city fathers to the fact that the cow
nuisance still prevails in the city.
The rain yesterday about noon was as
sudden as it was heavy, and had the
effect of lowering the mercury in the
thermometer perceptibly.
Webb & Nichols, dealers in real estate
and insurance agents, have removed
their office to rooms upstairs in the Grill
block, on Front street, where the public
will hereafter find them.
Miss Sallie Starke, a noted musician of
Townsville, Ga, left for her home on
Sunday, after making a pleasant trip
through the st. Johns country. While
in IofI cI he @f 7
A. Smith.
Mangold has just finished 14x17 pho
tographs of each of B. p. Calhoun's chill
dren. The work is finely executed and
likenesses perfect. These pictures are
not copies, but made directly to the size
at one operation. Go and see them.
We call attention to the advertisement
of Messrs. Hunter &c O'Driscoll, brick
layers and builders. They are each prac-
teal and competent wOrkmen, and are
prepared to do any work in their line on
short notice.
We learn that the deputy marshal of
Saturday night, the particulars of which
we guess We'll get in the Ocala papers.
One of the negrO's legs was broken and
will probably have to be amputated,
while the other received flesh wound in
the face.
Two recent recruits to the Infantry"
columns of Orange county, were named
the one ''Dippv Okoe" Parker, and the
other ''Coona Huska" johnson, pet
names among the Seminole women. The
linguists may now come to the front
with their interpretationary abilities
until our ladies are satisfied.
Tropical Paradise: c. b. Wade, of the
Crescent City Globe, and Miss Kittie
Wood, of Romeo, Mich, were happily
married in this city, Thursday, the
charming young lady having journeyed
all the way from her Northern home to
meet her lover here. They proceeded to
their future home in Crescent City.
Burglaries are becoming quite common
out on the Heights of late, and several
of the citizens have suffered more or less
from the depredations of these scoun-
drels. Judge VIM. Thompson is the
latest sufferer. A burglar entered his
house on Saturday night and secured
about so. That old prescription of a
little cold lead, put where it will do the
most good, would seem to fit these cases
very well.
A NEWS reporter happened into the
extensive packing house of Mr.. c. l..
Hasbrook, located on Harris wharf, yes
terday afternoon and had his eyes OPEN
ed to the fact that Mr.. F. c. Brown who
is in charge of the establishment, has
been busy at work preparing for next
winters business The immense build
ing is packed full of boxes from floor to
roof, numbering nearly seven thousand
boxes in all, and about three thousand
more are to be made. We learn that
Mr. Hasbrook has made contract to
ship one hundred boxes per day through
out the season to a single firm in New
York, besides the large lots he will ship
to other cities. The orange business
promises to boom in Palatka next win
ter.
Below we print a list of the members
of the Putnam League and the Picked
Nine baseball clubs, who will play a
match game this afternoon at the ball
grounds just beyond the Florida South
ern railway shops. The Picked Nine is
composed of r. f. l.. Murphy, 1. White,
Martin Griffin, Jr., F. c. Cochrane, Geo.
Mundee, Geo. Weller, j. C. Beekman,
Joe Marion, and one to be supplied.
The Putnam League nine will consist of
w. II. Marphy, Peter Hunter, j. E. Ma
nucy, d. Pasner, G. G. Renault, Geo.
Williams, l.. Ubele, Dan O'Driscoll and
Goo Elliott Tho Excelsior brass hand