The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-08-22
CITY NOTES.
WHY SHE WAS SALTED.

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OF the cities RACED b. fire,
And Of the great reward Of those
Who did the Lords desire,
And then the stranger spoke OF those
Who disobeyed Gods law,
Said they the end of such as slnned
In the death Of Lots wife saw.
To impress the fact ne asked a class,
Small eight year urchins they,
WHY God had turned Lots wife to salt
On that Inflated day.
One little rascal made response,
With grimy hand upheld;
His shrill voice sounded loud and clear
..Sbe was too fresh" he yelled.
The showers and the accompanying
breezes manages to get Palatkans cool
ed off about once day.
To LET.-Furnished rooms over Old
postoffice building. Apply at rooms.
The city chain gang is in growing
condition, there now being five members
| Of the society.
Fresh lot of Mocking bird food, just
received, at Moragnc s. kerstings.
| is cleaned and ready for the customer.
The senior and '.coon" enjoy the sport,
but how about thesThomas cats:
Fresh garden and flower seeds just ar
rived and for sale at Moragne & Kerst-
ing's.
The coIored baseball club returned
from Gainesville yesterday afternoon.
In the match game they defeated the
Gainesville club by a score of % to II.
Messrs. Griffin & Parker have just re-
ceiyed a large assortment of bird cages
which will be sold at low prices.
Youno, the Green Grocer receives daily
fresh consignments of peaches and other
fruits. which he furnishes his customers
at the lowest market prices. See ''ad-
Boy wanted for general garden work
Amply to H. =. Dinson, at West View
cemetery.
The fruit stands of the city keep
pretty good stock OF peaches, apples, ba
nanas. and pears on hand nowadays
and seem to be doing pretty good bus
q mess in that line.
, Fop RENT.-A handsome eight room
+ cottage. with all modern improvements
g Centrally located. Apply at this office
L Charles Pundt. charged with bein
z drunk and tresspassing, was fined - an
IS costs by the mayor yesterday morning
f and is now working out his fine in In
city chain gang.
a Another lot of pig hams, full line fan
IS ily supplies. fruits. vegetables. &c, q
h irving at "The Family Store" +. I
U Reid,
T. Yesterday was quiet day. SO qui'
. in fact that nearly everybody in tow
. had n chance 10 rest except the printer
7 II was in the ''wec sma' hours III
le morning when they stopped work.
Received at THE Family Store
lect brands. Tip, Falka. Principus, OF
Darling. Nipper and Spray segars at rea
a enable prices. r. r. Reid.
a We call attention to the new adve
| tSPmpnt or Ut. q. - L t''tN ~ w. ~
III found elsewhere this morning. II
I'll drugs are fresh. and he gives personal {
Ks tention to the compromising of all pr
~ scriptions.
GU The plumbers are ut work p'7ttthg PIP
" throughout the Phoenix Hotel, Wm
II will be supplied with water from t
hold artesian well recently sunk Just
fo the rear of the premises. This hotel
as fast nearing completion and will soon
ready for furnishing. when we will ha
one of the neatest and most comtorta'
IN little hotels in the state. There are abe
sixty bed rooms in the hotel proper, a
Is large number will be secured in
'id surrounding buildings for the accomn
o'S dation of guests.
i Mess. Blank & Co are dealers in he
- ware and occasionally sell stove ?
" 70 an unwarv customer. 1t Is esseni
o'o that the piping should be cleaned. ~
dntv devolves upon the senior mem
- of the firm and he. having very ma
raj antiphv to hard manual labor
'nS sultrv weather. has procured do
We Thomas cats. and when 1T becomes l
ms essarv to clean a stove pipe.lays 1t len2
90 wise on the sidewalk and gets GO
III to put the cats in the biz end of the
VI and they (the cats come out ut the sn
end as black as the coon" The pip
~ The body of Capt. ". Percival MAJ
who was drowned off the steamer G
tahoochee on Wednesday night,
80. found by Capt. Lucas boatmen at
carly hour yesterday morning. III
u paoa-s wharf, about one mile be
where H.. was drowned. 1t Is suppf
s,;o the BODY came to the surface abou