The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-08-02
CITY NOTES.
Now sweet,

The tender lovers sit upon the lawn,
And softly WOO,
Between the twilight and the coming
dawn,
AS falls the dew.
And fleet,
And fleeter ON the evening air,
The low cut shoe,
Attracting quick the thirsty mosquitair.
He nips their feet.
Ice cold beer at the Idaho.
Mr.. A. j. Phillips and family, of San
ford, are in the city, visiting friends and
| relatives.
Vertrees & Co., still have on hand a
few barrels of those nice Tennessee pota-
toes for sale.
Mr.. Richard Hawk, of THE News typo
graphical force, left yesterday morning
for hi old home in Griffin, Ga, to visit
his mother and relatives. We wish Dick
| a PLEASANT trip and a speedy return.
For RENT.-A handsome eight-room
cottage, with all modern improvements.
Centrally located. Apply at this office.
Interest is increasing in the match
game Of base ball that will be playet
tween the Picked Nine and the Putin.
League clubs on next Tuesday afternoon.
A large crowd will no doubt witness the
game.
Webb & Nichols, dealers in real estate
and insurance agents, have removed
their office to rooms upstairs in the Grill
block, on Front street, where the public
will hereafter find them.
The elegant dinner set offered as gift
to the customers of tho popular crockery
house of M. w. King & Co., is attracting
considerable attention, and the winner
of it in the drawing will indeed DO for
tunate.
Mangold has just finished 14x17 pho
tographs of each of B. p. Calhoun's chill
dren. The work is finely executed and
likenesscs perfect. These pictures are
not copies, but made directly to the size
July proved to be a pretty lively month
in police circles in Palatka. There were
forty four people arrested and fined, the
majority of them being charged with
''drunk and eorderly." The sum total
of the fines il ,~osed amounted to $71 ,25.
At II a. m. to-day in the Methodist
church communion service. Preaching
at p. m. At close of prayer meeting
service on Wednesday evening official
board will please note the time of their
monthly business meeting and prepare
themselves accordingly.
Subscription papers are being circula-
ted in the city for the benefit of the brass
band, to enable the boys to pay for their
instruments and purchase uniforms. The
young men are making excellent progress
in learning to rlay, and we hope all will
respond literally to their appeal.
The beautiful little poem "Longing,"
which is printed elsewhere this morning,
was written by one of the brightest
young lady writers in Georgia, who bids
fair to make an enviable reputation in
the literary world. We hope to have
other contributions from her graceful
pen. ..
Mr. Ed. Rumly, of Keuka, was in town
yesterday, genial and in as good humor
as usual. The cooling breezes overbal-
ance the summers heat at his lovely
home, and while his friends of the north
are sweltering and suffering from ex-
IRENE heat, he keeps comfortable and in
tho best of health.
We learn that the Rev. Jas. B. Dunn,
D. D., of Boston, Mass, has accepted the
call OF the Presbyterian church of this
city. and will enter on his duties as pas
ior,.t he first Sunday in October. DIR.
Dunn Is an able divine, and is always
listened to with close attention by large
congregations.
Andrew Hagerly and p. F. Fisher, a
couple of Inherent peddlers, who made
their beds on the wharf Friday night,
with the starry heavens only for COW
ering, were arrested by the police and
placed in the lookup. They were fined
81 and costs each by the mayor yester-
terday morning on the charge of tres
passing. III. Brown, drunk and disor-
derby, was also fined 81 and costs. Robt.
Scott, charged with being disorderly,
was fined 81 and costs.
Our county Jail is entirely inadequate
to it's requirements. While down there
yesterday morning our reporter learned
that there were fifteen prisoners crowded
behind the bars while there is only a
comfortable accommodation for not
more than six prisoners. 1t is only by
the free use of lime and carbolic acid
that the prisoners can live with any COM
Fort in, ouch croxxdcd nuartorS RoSidoS