The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-11-17
CITY NOTES.

Within the dimly lighted room
She sat and unused alone;
Her brow was dark, and in her soul
Had sorrow made her throne.
\ deep, remorseful pensiveness
Was in her dreamy eyes;
The sadness that oppressed her heart
Breathed forth in dreamy signs,
The woe that clouded that young life,
At morn so bright and free,
Was six dyspepsia breeding buns
That she consumed at tea.
Mr.. J. F. Tenney, of Federal Point,
was in the city yesterday.
Mr. Ed. Rumley was i'll town yester-
day. looking after business affairs.
MrG.L. Conner, mayor of Eufala, Ala,
IS in the city, the guest Of Mr.. T. II. Ha-
ley.
a sick reporter and quiet day doesn't
help out the live!iness of local column.
Not much it don't.
Mr.. 4 S. Collins. of Orange Mills. is
in the city to-day. lie reports business
good in his bailiwick.
Mr.. Mp. White has just returned from
his summer home at Port Huron, Mich,
and will be at his beautiful home. ''Sun-
ny Point" in Palatka for the winter.
Another schooner with a cargo of steel
rails for the j., I. 6 X. w. Ry, has ar
rived, and is discharging at that roads
wharf.
Mr. J. L. Bedding, formerly of Geddes,
n. V, was in town yesterday. He has
located at Keuka, where he has estab-
Iished drug store.
The H4rpers stopped over for supper
last night, and favored the guests of the
/ Graham with some of their excellent
..n--. Tn, pllv for hop at Sanford
-aiZAt.
Mr. VIM Ivers is hard at work with
force Of hands erecting his new market
house on his lot ad joining the court house
square. 1t is to be very large building
and Will be divided up into stalls.
Capt. t. c. Butler has a large quantity
OF first-class shingles for sale at his shin
gle and orange box factory in the cove.
The mill is kept constantly at work, and
can supply any demand that may be
made on it.
Mr.. Rutledge Hunter is now engaged
in memorizing all the nursery songs he
can get hold of, because he rejoiceth
much in the fact that he is the papa of
the finest girl in the land" to use his
own description.
From a letter from Mr.. E. G.. Rafferty,,
we learn that he will start for Palatka
on the 24th inst, and will bring with
him twelve car loads of horses, mules,
hay, grain, buggies, etc. He also says
that great many people in that section,
| Tuscola, Illinois, will come to Florid \
this winter.
Wife Ito husband eating shad)-"I
should think you would be ashamed o f
yourself to get profane over a few bones.
And in the presence of the children,
too" Husband (savagely)-'A few
bones. Blank it all, there's millions of
EN-" Wife (consolingly)-"Well, what
if there are? They are very small ones"
L
ceived a large portion of their stock of
WHISTLES, wines. etc, and are now pre-
pared to fill all wholesale orders that
they may be favored with. They have
in stock some of the finest wines and
WHISTLES manufactured, and can suit all
in qualities and prices. Look out for
their advertisement in day or two.
SIR VI S Cartter teIegraphs that the
contracts have been signed by a compa-
nv who will go to work Immediately and
establish gas works for Palatka. This Is
good news. and the fact that our streets
are t. tie relieved Of their gloomy and
un,nviting darkness SO soon will be re-
/ ceived by all our citizens with gladness.
Step by step the Gem City is marching
to the front and it will be but a short
while until we have all the conveniences
of city.
John Wiley, who but recently served
sixty days term in the county jail, and
Dave Freeman, alias Singer, were ar
rested Sunday evening and tried yester-
day before County Judge Haughton on
charge OF larceny. II SteIlo that 'iiSS
belong to gang of thieves that infest
the city, and when they were arrested
the others made tracks for other parts.
The immediate cause of their arrest was
the stealing of clothing, shoes, etc, from
fl.e store Of NeSsrs w. P. Hatchet &
20 Tr=s .vere !,.ussH over :" tee CIR
cu,. court "a 500 g3s.. IA detautt OF
which, they were committed to Jail.