The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-11-28
CITY NOIES.


And last upon a drummer's cheak
He settled down to drill
He prodded there for half an hour
And then-he broke his bill.
Squire j. III. Harp, of Crescent City,
was in town yesterday.
Rev. j. II. Moore, of Keuka, was in
town yesterday, and gave The NEWS a
pleasant call.
Mr.. j. NJ. Young, Sr., and wife, and
Mr.. j. NJ. Young, Jr., arrived last night
from birmingham, Mass, and will
spend the winter in Palatka.
The schooner Annie E. Rickerson, of
the Warren Ray line, will leave New
York for Palatka direct, on December
9th, with general cargo of freight.
Jack Frost has been with us the past
few evenings by large majority, but
we have not heard of his invigorating
presence doing any damage to vegeta-
ton.
We regret to chronicle the serious i'll
ness Of Alderman A. w. Mann, who has
been confined to his room several days.
So low, indeed, was he yesterday after
roon, that he was not expected to live
through the night.
The Gilbert-Huntley Comedy Compa-
ny played to a good house last night.
They will give matinee this afternoon,
and tonight will render popular play,
when they Will no doubt be greeted with
an appreciative audience.
Invitations have been sent out to the
marriage of Mr.. Hans Peter Dinsen, our
very clever city sexton, to Miss Tirza
Kloss, which is to take place at the Pres
byterian church on Thursday evening,
December 3rd, at o'clock.
Nm. VIM. Fl. BROKER, an esteemed
citizen of the PENAL and Francis neigh
borhood, died at his home at an early
hour yesterday morning, at the advanced
age Of seventy-five years. He had long
been resident of the county, and his
| friends will regret to learn of his death.
We had a brief but pleasant call yes
terday morning from Mr. Rufus B. Mer-
CAlsAiIt, CeillOi anu o"lACi VI ACoSi
icksburg, Va, Star. He was delegate
to the river and harbor convention at
Savannah, and he extended his visit into
Florida for the purpose of writing a Sc
| ries of letters describing what he sees,
for his paper.
Mr.. J. w. Marion, Of Marrion's Hotel
| and Restaurant, has returned to Palatka
aH,er an absence OF some five months in
| the roth. His house has been greatly
| er'arSed end improved, and ladies par
10: attached, that is proving popular
feature, as now ladies can obtain meals
| thee at a'l hours. separate from the gen
eral dining room. 1t is a handsomely
fitted up room.
The news of the death Of vice-Presi
dent Hendricks being made known to
the congregation by the Pew. j. j. w.
Place, in the course of his Thanksgiving
sermon at the Methodist church, at the
close motion prevailed that the SYM
patty of the congregation be extended to
Mrs. Hendricks, and that it should be
published in the daily NEWS, and also
telegIaphed to the bereaved widow. :
Thanksgiving day was generally OBJ
served by our people, the most of the
stores closing at neon xnd taking holt
day for the evening. Union services
were held at the Methodist church, where
Rev. j. j. w. Place delivered a most in
teresting sermon to an appreciative audi
ence. Services were also held at the
Episcopal church. Good dinners were
the order of the day, and it would have
been a difficult matter to have found
hungry person in Palatka in the after
noon.
The concert given by the Presby terrain
choir for the benefit of the church, at
the church building, on Thursday even
ing, was attended by one of the largest
audiences ever assembled in that church.
All who attended speak in the higest
praise Of the entertainment, and all
those who took part in rendering the
programme deserve the thanks of the au-
dience for the excellence of the concert.
A handsome sum was realized by the
promoters, which will be applied to car
peting the church.
Mr.. II. 2. Dinseu. the city sexton, has
kindly furnished us with the following
figures in reference to the burials in Pa
latka during the year 1884, and to date in
1885. In 81 there were thirty-two bod
les inferred in the city cemeteries, twen-
ty whites, nine of whom were brought
from other places, and twelve colored,
two of whom Were from other points,
thus making the deaths in Palatka for
one year twenty-one. For the eleven
months Of g, Will, , rraatIx- opop,apted