The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-08
CITY NOTES.
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MAY and June,

That the bees kiss Ger and over.
Who shall say that May is sweetest
Or the royal June completest?
May blew bird-songs from her mouth,
June has joy-winds of the south.
DIR. E. S. Grill returned to Tallahassee
last night.
Mr.. Ed. Rumley, of Keuka, was in
town yesterday.
Rev. E. L. T. Blake, of Ocala, was in
the city yesterday.
Hon. Robt. w. Davis is over at Gaines
vile on legal business.
The schooner Florence and Lillian will
leave New York on the 10Th inst, direct
for Palatka.
Mr.. E. T. Gale, of Norwalk, is in the
city. He reports his section in flour
ishing condition.
The Jacksonville District Conference
will meet at Palatka next week, the
SESSION beginning on Wednesday even
ing.
City Marshal Lasseter is busy dispos-
sng of dog collars to the owners of city
pups who want to keep their property
out of trouble.
Priddy &, Co., will open their new drug
store about next Monday. The goods
have already arrived, and the building
will be finished up by that time.
Mr.. VIM. NJ. Martin, who runs a
clothing store in Palatka during the
winter, will leave for his home in New
York city to-day where he will remain
during the summer.
Miss Leonard who has been connected
with Miss Y. P. Devereux's fashionable
millinery establishment during the past
season, left yesterday for New York,
where she will spend the summer.
Madam Rumor says that a marriage
will soon be celebrated in Palatka,
whereby gallant gentleman of Inter
lachen will capture one of our fairest
prizes. May happiness attend them.
| lIit CdSFs Vi bilc CI1lG W.. ~ INi4lSIll
that was to have had hearing before
the county court yesterday at 10 o'clock,
a. M, was postponed until Monday, on
account of the defendants attorney, Col.
Robt. w. Davis, being absent from the
city.
Capt. J. f. Lucas returned yesterday
| Prov, Cr,1Isvro,,'C TeIanI xxyha,n no ho1
been to see about establishing a boat
house. The captain says that the waves
of the ocean there are too heavy and the
beach too wide for a successful business,
and he will not build.
The ladies of Palatka are all invited to
attend a meeting at Mrs. F. G. COch-
rrne's Monday, May 18th, p. M, for
the purpose of making arrangements for
an entertainment to be given to the Gem
City Guards for the purpose of procuring
a flag for them.
Kennerly & Co., continue to add to
their already large stock of hardware,
guns, pistols, ETC., until now they have
one of the neatest as well as one of the
completest stocks in the state. They are
also adding many conveniences in the
way of new store furniture which gives
their store room a handsome appearance.
A NEWS reporter dropped in on Mr.. L.
Meyer of the Palatka Steam Paint works,
yesterday, and found him busy as usual
making large shipments of his well
known paints. He manufactures his
own paints and is selling them as cheap
as they can be bought north, which gives
him large wholesale trade.
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-
terprise to secure a very fine instrument
at a cost of $500 and thoroughly under.
stands its use. viii test free of charge
and furnish just what is needed to those
who desire it.
Mr.. I. r. Towns came up from Lees
burg yesterday, where he has been fol
some time on the new branch of railroad
being constructed by the Florida South
ern railway company. He has been il
the swamps down there so long that h,
was compelled to come out to get rid o
: all the malaria that he had taken in, anC
{ already there is a noticeable improve
ment.
! Mr., VIM. K. Lente has leased the va
cant lot on First street from Mr.. Chas
a Rogero and will remove the residenc
now occupied by the Palatka Nationa
Bank back to that location to make room
fer the brick block he will erect on From
J street during the summer. This bloc
will fill the gap between the Grill bloc
and Fry's buildings on the corner o
Lemon and Front streets. The groun
. floor will be composed of store rooms
= while the upper stories will be used fo
offices and SlePDino APARTMENTS Wbe