The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-11-03
CITY NOTES.


popular young merchant of Sanford, is
in the city, en- route to his old home in
Griffin, Ga.
Hon w. H. Cook was in town yester-
day, hav ing come down on the first reg
ular passenger train from Pomona, to
spend the day here.
Mr. B. J. Grooms has had partitioned
off a very neat and comfortable Office in
the rear of his store, for the use of the
book keeper and cashier.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Ladies' Mem rial Association will be held
at the residence of Mrs. G. w. Pratt, at
$3.50 O'Clock on Wednesday afternoon.
Nov. 4th.
Mrs. S. +. Smith, who has for several
seasons kept a popular boarding house in
Palatka, arrived here Sunday night, and
is preparing to reopen the Orange Bloom
House an Lemon street.
Policeman Brown has been suspended
by the mayor and a white man appoint
ed in his place. The charges against
Brown are, we learn, to be investigated
by the council, when he claims that he
can prove his innocence.
Mr.. w. H. Whitaker, of Philadelphia,
was in the city yesterday, figuring out
the possible profits a street railway would
pay in Palatka. He sees millions in
it," and if he can obtain charter, will
lay two tracks as far out as the Heights.
Mr. Joe Falk will leave this morning
for Center Hill, Sumter county, where
he will open a general store in q few
days. Joe is a first-class business man,
and if he dces not make plenty of money
down there it will not be for a lack of
personal cleverness.
Dumley (shivering to landlady II
s-suppose it won't be v-very long, M-mrs.
Hendricks, bbefore it will be n-n-neces-
sary to have fire in ahe s-stove.'
Landlady Canning herselrx Yes, a few
weeks more and l shall have to begin to
think about laying in the winters stock
of wood"
| The boat race to take place this after
noon will attract quite a crowd out on
| the river. The race will be a three mile
pull, starting at the cove and rowing
down stream one and half miles and
return. Capt. Lucas will carry passen-
| gers along the course in his steamers for
25cts each, when all can see the fun
| throughout The race will begin prompt
| ly at 3o'clock.
| The elegant steamer Fred'k. DeBary
| has returned to her old route on the day.
| light run between Palatka and Sanford,
and made her first trip up the river yes
| terday morning. During the summer
she has undergone thorough overhaul
ing and has been repainted and furn-
ished in the most elegant manner. The
Anita has been sent to Jacksonville
where she will be overhauled and put in
first class shape for the winter business.
General Beauregard has entered into a
contract with Mr.. Allen Thorndike Rice.
| editor and proprietor of the North Amer
lean Review, to write a series of articles
on the war between the states. The first
article will give an inside history of ''the
SIMON Campaign. Inc SeCODu article
will describ, The defence of Charles
tom The third article will treat of
the "Drury's Bluff Campaign" The
closing article will be devoted to The
Defence of Petersburg" The first con-
tribution is to appear in the North Amer
lean Review for January, 1886. General
Beauregard has made it q condition that
they shall be published at an early date,
as he expects that they will arouse fierce
controversies, and he wants to have the
issues he raises settled during his life
time.
1t is moral impossibility to escape
being taken in occasionally by the prac-
teal Joker. and the fact that one of them
tempted a NEWS reporter and he fell,
must be the excuse for publishing as a
fact Sunday morning that Rev. y. w.
Knight, of this city, had arrived in Jack
sonville with his bride. when it was all a
joke, originated by that gentleman's
friends in Jacksonville and telegraphed
to one of his friends here, who was not
long in imparting the ''secret" TO the re-
porter, and thus making him the innO-
cent means of getting 1t to the public.
Mr.. Knight deserves a good wife, and
we hope the next time that we are called