The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-20
CITY NOTES.

Mr.. HauI b. Lalane, VINO is W6L-BlD@A
to all our citizens as the book-keeper in
the establishment of Mr.. E. 7. Lane, has
been appointed, by the president, post
master of Palatka in place of Mr.. Wesley
C. Snow.
Buy crockery at NJ. W. King & Co.'S
See ad.
The negro, called "Shorty," who was
so anxiously wanted in Palatka just af-
ter the scuffle on Lemon street, known
among US as The Riot, was run in day
before yesterday, and is now in Jail. He
will probably be given leisure for repen-
lance and then released.
The rain seems to have had quoting
effect on the people of Palatka as we'll
as the dust On yesterday it seemed
that the long expected duh season had
begun, and that the clerks were enjoy
ing a rest not exactly most gratifying
to their employers.
The air is still ripe with rumors Of
railroads about to be, and the man who
knows exactly where to buy government
land on which a station will be shortly
located is quite numerous in certain
quarters The history of such towns as
Interlachen, Keuka, Lakeland, Haine's
City, etc, has set many teeth on edge
Mr. Hibbard brought out his sprink-
ling cart yesterday afternoon and gave
it a trial trip up Lemon street, when it
proved to work to his satisfaction, and
he thinks it will supply enough water to
keep down the dust during the dry
weather. The water box holds one hun
dred and eighty gallons, which served
to sprinkle the street across two blocks
on each side.
Father Ryan, the poet priest, says :
In the intellectual orders minorities al
ways have ruled and always will rule.
One hundred men do most of the think
ing for an age, six men the singing, ten
men toe theology" 1t is passing strange
that he ommitted to say what the wo
men do and also who does the fishing.
We hope the reverend father will en-
large his list as soon as possible.
Mr.. L. Falk has a new advertisement
on this page this morning, that will re-
pay perusal. His 'Arcade" is one of the
most elegant dry goods establishments
in the state, everything about it, from
the elegant plate glass front windows to
the heavy shutters of the back, is first
class. He is Offering special bargains
now, and all who visit the store receive
the most polite and courteous treatment
As will be seen from the following
special telegram to THE NEWS (over the
grapevine route) a terrific warfare is
raging in west Putnam:
a SUCCESSFUL RABBIT HUNT.
party of young men went out rab.
bit hunting near Putnam Hall and bag
ged twenty-four rabbits The party
then returned home and said they would
be on the war path again before long
W. G.
Mr.. Peter Gardner takes great pride
in his chickens and for their promptness
in keeping his table supplied with fresh
eggs he gives them the best of attention
His brag hen must have seen the men
ton of Mr.. Rogero's little egg in these
columns few days since, for yesterday
she made her owner glad by depositing
in her nest an egg even smaller than the
one noticed, and was so proud of hel
achievement that she made more noise
than usual after leaving the nest by hel
loud and continuous cackling.
In Flushing, Long Island, there is {
club which is bound by a bylaw to duck
any member who is absent from home
at II p. m. without good cause. Lately
the president was convicted without hi.
knowledge and as he passed down the
street next morning in his best bib ant
tucker he was suddenly seized by com
mittee and plunged into the public foun
tain. Since then that club has beer
without president and the committee
is in hiding. If the Clabber Club haC
been foolish enough to adopt such a by
law its president would have been doom
ed long ago.
| Upper Lemon street continues to keel
pace with the improvements in other
parts of the city, as will readily be seer
from a walk through that part of the
town. From Mr.. Smiths store. near tn
junction, can be seen a large number o
new houses completed and several goins
up. A large number Of our coIored cit
liens have comfortable houses there. and
some of them would do credit to NOR
pretentious portions of the city. Severa
new business houses have been erecte,
and all of them will soon be occupied
1t is safe to predict that all the vacan
lots in that portion of Palatka viii b
rapidly built up.
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