The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-15
CITY NOTES.

day, after pleasant visit to friends at
Fort Gates
Remember that Vertrees &. Co., have a
few good horses on hand that will be
sold at reasonable prices.
Mr.. S. U. Hammond wos in town yes
terday, and we were pleased to have
him call on THE News.
Mr. John T. Dunn and wife have re-
turned from New Orleans, where they
have been to visit the Exposition.
Ladies Hand Sewed Kid Opera slip
pers at 70 cents per pair and everything
else in proportion at HudnaH & Waiter
Inns.
Mr.. L. Meyers new engineer, a Span
lard named Antonio, has arrived, and
will in future put his time in grinding
paints for Mr.. Meyers paint works.
If the interest keeps up the excursion
on the steamers DeDary and Anita, next
Tuesday, viii be a'grand affair, as large
number have declared their intention to
go.
The schooner George w. Jewett, from
Bath, Me-, bringing two hundred and eigh-
ty four tons of ice for Mr.. VIM. F. For
ward, arrived here yesterday, and is dis
charging her cargo at that gentIeman's
ice house.
Col. S. Knowlton, of Lakeland, is
again in Palatka to see his friends, enjoy
town life again for brief season and
make some investment in a direction not
yet known. He is with his old host Ora
ham and the two make jolly crowd.
Rev. j. H Moore, of Keuka, was in
town Yesterday. He will leave on next
Monday for Mexico, Pa, where he goes
to attend the annual conference of the
Dunkard German Baptist church, and
will be absent for several days.
While perambulating around the city
yesterday in search of items and such
information as might be picked up off
the main business streets, we dropped
into the paint shop of 1Tr. J. II. Merry
day, on Fourth street, and found him
busy with large number of sign boards
for our merchants.
The ladies of Norwalk will give fair
and supper in the public hall at that
place on the 28th inst. for the benefit Of
the Methodist church and the Union
Sabbath School. The ladies propose to
make the affair a success, and they want
all their friends to attend, and they guar
antoe to make them enjoy the evening.
Mr. David Young was in town yester-
day ON a flying business trip. He thinks
he Will start for his summer home in far
Manitoba about next week, and if he
takes no active part in suppressing the
warliEe Indians aud half-breeds, he will
be near enough to watch events and
gather fund of adventure and anecdcte
with which to regale his many friends
on his return next winter
Messrs. Post & Hunter are engaged i'll
manufacturing excellent mattresses from
palmetto ana pine leaves. which is
ground up as fine as moss by their cut
ting machine. The pine leaf mattress
is said to possess medicinal merits of
high order for kidney troubles, and sev-
eral persons propose to try the expert
ment Of sleeping on them to test their
merits.
An entertainment will be given at
Francis on Thursday evening next for
the benefit of the new church building
there The church is nearly completed
and is quite a credit to the good people
Of that neighborhood, and this entertain
ment is given fer the purpose of raising
the funds necessary to complete it. An
attractive programme has been arranged,
and all who attend the entertainment
can rest assured that they will spend a
delightful evening.
Mr.. u. Loeb is moving out of his shan
ty to his new dry goods store on south
side of Lemon street. He has lust re-
turned from New York, where he has
been to purchase a stock for his whole
sale and retail business, and declares
that he bought the finest stock he has
ever shown here, and got it at his own
prices. His retail department will occu-
Ply the ground floor while his wholesale
business will occupy the second floors of
two stores.
The Florida Southern has now reach
ed point thirteen miles from Pember-
tons Ferry and is completing its track
at the rate of mile and half day. 1t
has already begun its work at Lakeland
and will reach that point by June LIST.
Haines City booming and the first addi-
ton to embryo city has been made by
Col S. Knowlton who owns the high