The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-07-09
CITY NOTES.

A 7-room house on Kirby St, for rent.
Apply to JOS. R. Baldwin.
Why don't the young folks get up a
fishing froIic, sociable. dance or some
thing else to relieve the monotOny.
Regular meeting St. John Lodge No.
s, Knights Of Pythias, at Red Mems Hall .
at s o'clock this evening. A full atten-
dance requested.
There will be a gospel temperance /
meeting held at the Methodist church at
8 o'clock on Friday evening, to which .
the public generally is invited.
For taking baby pictures Mangold
beats the world. He just squints through
the machine, pulls the trigger and there
it is as natural as life. Bring along the
little darling. Morning is the best time.
Yesterday was one of the dullest days
ever passed in PaIatka. There was but
little trade, no gossip, no news, no moth
ing to help tired reporter along in his
/ cndcavors to get up a local column.
Mr.. \. P. Canova's addition of ten
rooms to his Florida House, on Reid
street, is fast nearing completion under
the skiIIfuI workmanship of Mr.. P. Ca
sey. With this addition, Mr.. Canova
will have a very pleasant and roomy lit
tie hotel.
/ The framework Of Col II. L. Harris
new block on Water street is nearly com
pleted, and will be ready for the roof in
| a few DAYS. The brick work on the out
side walls will be pushed right ahead,
and the storerooms will be ready for
tenants in a short while.
Judge Vertrees will leave next week
| for Tennessee, where he will purchase
stock for the new sale and livery stable
Of Vertrees & Mann. He will buy some
fine stock while there, and will have his
stable supplied with the best turnouts
F.. possible TO obtain,
Elr. B. T.. LiIcnthal has a new adver-
ttsement this morning Of his mammoth
stock of furniture. His establishment is
one Of the best known in East Florida,
and is kept stocked with all the latest
and most stylish patterns of furniture.
Read the advertisement and give him a
call
Now that there is a prospect Of new
and better jail, we hope some effort will
be made to give PaIatka a better school
building in place of the old shanty that
now gives the city a black eye. With
decent school buildings and good teach
ers, there would be much more induce
mcnt than at present offered for stran-
/ gers to come here and make their homes
There is some talk of a new Methodist
paper being established in Palatka to be
published by the Florida Conferences.
Tie Wesleyan Advocate, published at
Macon, Ga, is the present organ Of the
conference, and one of the ablest con
Quoted religious papers published in the
south. We hope the new Florida paper
will prosper as well.
Once more, most worthy city fathers,
we call your attention to the fact that
the cows are still allowed to run at large
on the streets, whereby is caused an
undue amount Of profanity on the part
Of the male citizens, and the ladies are
forced to take the middle of the road on
account of the sidewalks being m0nopo.
lied by the cows. Is there no relief
from this nuisance?
{ We failed to receive an expected teIe.
gram from Tallahassee last night, but
the following special to the Jacksonville
Herald Will furnish good news enough
! to our citizens, ifthe statements it makes
are correct: In the case of DonneIIy
! VS.. the Council of Palatka, motion by
D respondents to quash proceeding, was
! discussed at length before the supreme
= court, which has determined to refuse
, the motion to quash. and will so an
. nOunCe tomorrow morning. This decis
I ion settles the jurisdiction of the court
The case will proceed tomorrow on it:
r. merits
= held yesterday afternoon at the office OF
r Messrs. Webb & Nichols, and the fol
q lowing officers were elected: President
S. j. KennerIy; Vice President, w. J
e Webb; Secretary, T.J, Appleyard; Treas
[ urer. N. Loeb; Board of Directors, 10
10 scph T. Dean, f. T. Lane, W. J. Wine
r. gar. b. L. LiiienthaI, II. L. Green. The
t board starts out with a membership OF
n twenty-five which will be considerably
t increased at next meeting, Wednesday
L afternoon, July IS, at o'clock at which
r time the various standing committees
e will be announced.
Col. Hart a few days since came into
, possession of a young bull, that wa:
grown in the back woods on this side Of
the river. The yearIins was brought
A.. into town for the purpose of being sent