The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-05
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Mrs. C. E. Stokes left last Sunday for
a visit to Europe, where she goes to spend
part of the summer.
boy willing and not afraid to work
can get regular employment at THE
NEWS Office.
Mr.. Geo. Darling, of Drayton Island,
was in town yesterday, and we were
glad to meet him at our Office.
Mrs. E. NJ. Haughton closed her board
ing house last week and has gone to Tex
as to visit relatives in Galveston.
We were pleased to meet Hon. Chas.
Dougherty, our immediate representa-
tive in congress, in Palatka yesterday.
Mr.. D. D. Young came up from Jack
sonville and was with his friends yester
day He will spend the summer in the
far, far west.
On Saturday afternoon and Sunday
the fiat woods of Drayton Island were
burned off. 1t was big fire, but no
special damage was done by it.
Every man should go to the polls this
morning and vote for the gentlemen
nominated by the conservative democrats
for the constitutional convention.
Head book keeper Marquis, of the
Florida Southern road, leaves this morn
ing for Fort Mason, where he goes to
look after the roads interests at that
point.
The regularlar meeting of the Ladies'
Memorial Association will be held at the
residence of Mrs. B. P. Calhoun, on
Wednesday afternoon April 9th at $3.50
o'clock.
A slight shower fell yesterday after
noon, but hardly enough rain fell to lay
the dust. Heavy clouds are overhead
at this writing and we may yet have a
heavy rain.
Alderman & jackson are having a
handsome jewelry case put up in their
drug store in the Phoenix block, and they
will soon be independent of the dust that
has heretofore covered their jewelry dis
play.
Misses Addie Bailey, Mamie Bishop
and jamie Williams are in the city,
guests at the Carleton House. Miss
Williams will return to her home in
Gainesville, S. c., this morning, accom-,
panied by Miss Bishop.
r Brick masons and others interested
: can find specimens of Florida brick al
the office of Mr.. l. Harkins billiard
r The brick were made at DeLand from
; clay furnished by Mr.. Eli Sauble from
: the Rice Creek clay beds.
Call at Harry Heath's and have your
eyes tested and see if your glasses are
suited to your eyes. He has had the en-
5 terprise to secure a very fine instrument
at a cost of $500 and thoroughly under
4 stands its use. viii test free of charge
S and furnish just what is needed to those
who desire it.
Two negroes, one a deck hand and the
$ other the fireman of the steamer Geor
r gea, while frolicking on board that boa
e yesterday off Green Cove Spring, acci
S dentally fell overheard, and were drown
. ed. \ row boat was sent to their rescue
= as quick as possible, but before it reached
Q them they went down and did not come
: to the surface again.
4 large crowd should attend the granC
concert to be given at the opera house
this evening for the benefit of the Gen
City Hook and Ladder Company, by tn,
Boston Concert Troupe. Mr. T. Sulzne
viii be the musical director, while tn,
Messrs. Cutter and Meek are all musi
clans of marked talent. Besides spend
Q ing a most enjoyable evening, those VIII,
g attend will help one of the most deserv
a ing organizations of the city.
\ fellow by the name of W. II. Cook
i hailing from Boston, is travelling through
the country beating hotels by represent
ing that he is connected with die Garlic
a ton House, of Palatka. Our friend Nh
/. II. L. Harnett, of the Harnett House
Y of Savannah. was swindled out of boar
It bill by the smoothed tongued Cook, VIII
, carefully sealed up lot of old telegram
l and deposited them in the hotel safe as
valuable package, and Immediately too
n his departure for other parts and pa:
e lures new, going in the direction c
d Charleston. Mr. Andrew Shelley. tn
d proprietor of the Carleton House, say
O that he found Cook to be a rascal an
h discharged him some time since Hott
= keepers throughout the country woul
o do well to keep lookout for Cook.
II We have been handed the followin
a true copy of hand bill printed for on
F. of the leading merchants of Winslov