The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-10-17

down the coast. He reports the sea as
being very rough and angry, and the
vessel on which he came was pretty
shaken up.
Large flower pots for sale by II. P.
Dinson, at West View Cemetery.
The schooner Cocheco, from Bath,
Me-, with cargo of ice for Mr.. VIM. F.
Forward, arrived yesterday morning.
On making her dock the jib boom struck
the rear of Capt. Reid's store, splinter
ing the boards and breaking the jib stay
chain, but the damage done was only
slight
GOOD BRICK.-Average brick deliver
ed on cars in Palatka at $40. so per thous-
and. c.. c. STATION G. Co.,
Macon, Ga.
The work on the P. & I. extension of
the J. T. & K. w. R. R. is progressing
right along, and the trains will be put
into Sanford by December. One schoon-
er is now discharging a cargo of rails
here for the track, and two more will be
in within few days. The track is be-
ing put down at the rate of about a mile
a day.
ORANGE GROWERS ATTENTION:-Grif
fin & Parker have just received large
shipments of orange wraps, baskets,
step ladders and orange clippers. Send
for prices.
While crossing the river Thursday,
Capt. j. E. Lucas discovered a large
rattlesnake swimming along about the
middle making his way from Harris
point over to Palatka, probably to spend
the winter. The captain promptly dis
patched the william" when he was
found to be about four and a half feet in
length, with six rattles and q button.
We have received the annual trade
edition of the Times Union, a very hand
some, neatly printed and interesting pa
book paper. The typographical appear
ance of the paper is especially creditable,
and its contents are appropriate and
carefully written articles on the main
features of Florida.
Quite a little party went out to Evins-
ton last night to attend the camp meet
ing. Tomorrow will be the last day of
the meeting, and no doubt the crowd
will be larger than has yet been there,
and the meeting will close in grand re.
vival in which hundreds of happy col
ored converts will take part. The
Florida Southern will run special trains
to accommodate all who wish to attend.
A gentleman gave us a hint yesterday
that will provs of great value to house
keepers. 1t is this: To keep ants and
other crawling inse cts out of safes or off
of tables, mix small amount of corro-
sive sublimate with lard, tie piece of
cotton around the safe or table legs and
smear the mixture over it. This, he
says, is an effective remedy, and has to b
renewed about once in six months. The
corrosive sublimate mixed with paste
for wall paper effectively prevents any
interference from cockroaches.
The st Johns River Missionary Baptist
Association will meet at 1920 o'clock
this morning in the Baptist church in
this city, and the session will be pro-
longed until Monday night. Delegates
will be present from Putnam, st Johns
and Clay counties, and a most profitable
and interesting session is anticipated.
Sessions will be held morning, afternoon
and evening, interspersed with devotion
al exercises. Sunday afternoon there
will be grand mass meeting for the
benefit of the children. The public are
invited to attend.
Messrs. Barnes & Boland, while not
making any big fuss about it, are doing
an immense business in their line, and
they are constantly entering new terri
tory and extending their trade. Mr..
Boland has Just returned from Seville,
when he has finished the pIaster;ng of
the new Seville hotel, a two-story 40x10O
feet house, and Mr.. Barnes is now at
Silver Springs experimenting the cree
ton of hotel there. We call attention
to their new advertisement this morning
of their builders supply store, which
carries a stock second to none in the
state.
Our friend 60 H." writes us as follows
concerning the marriage of Mr.. Chas w.
Hawkins to Miss Laura A. Powers,
which was mentioned in these columns
several days since Il take pleasure in
informing your readers, through your
columns, of the marriage of Mr.. Charles
w. Hawkins, of Lake George, Florida,
and Miss Laura A. Powers, of Somei-
vile, Mass. by the Rev. c. A. Skinner,
at the residence of the brides mother, in
Sommerville, on Oct. eth. Mr.. II. w.
Hawkins, the brother of the groom, acted
as groomsman and Miss Mary Powers,
sister of the bride, acted as bridesmaid.
1t was a strictly private affair, only the