The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-12-16
CITY NOTES.

Like a man without wife,
Like coach without team,
The most useless thing in life
Is an engine without steam.
The Ladies Memorial Association will
give festival on Thursday evening,
Dec. 11th, in HaIt's Block on water
street, for the benefit Of the Cemetery.
Mr. 7. c. Fambrough, Of TIE NEWS
geographical force, who has been con-
fined to his room for several weeks, we
are glad to state is fast recovering, and
will lie at his old post soon.
The holidays will be gayer this year in
PaIatka than usual. Several dances will
take place, two masquo balls, a concert
and of course every body will indulge in
the usual turkey and egg-nogg.
We had the heaviest frost Of the sea-
son yesterday morning, but we have
| learned Of 10 special damage that it did
to.vegetation. But it did all good to wit
ness the joy of the wood and fuel men.
"sun-n-ny Flo florida he BANKED, :"
tremblingiy muttered a stranger yester-
day as he softly slipped around the cor
ner to the sunny side of the building,
its cold enough to freeze a brass mon
key"
Leo jacobson has issued a very pretty
card circular, with a coach and-four and
| the picture of a beautiful woman on the
front, to his acquaintance, calling their
attention to the many lines of goods to
be found at the store of I. jacobson.
Mr.. w. d. Allen, of Fruitland, was in
town yesterday. He brought with him
new variety of orange, OF which he
seems to have great hopes. The orange
! IS small in size, but at the stem it is Gov
cred with a five pointed star, like Il por-
ton Of the peeling, and is said to be of
| fine flavor.
| Misses Emma aud Halle Weller, two
of Jacksonville's most popular young la
| dies, who have been the guests of Mrs.
E. T, Lane in this city for the past three
| weeks. will return home this morning.
| They made many warm friends in Palat-
| ka during their stay, who wish that they
may soon make our city another visit.
/ In one month from yesterday tie new
! Putnam House will be thrown open to
the public. More enterprise and genuine
Florida git-up-and-git has been shown in
/ the building of this hotel than in any en-
/ tcrprise we know Of 1t is the finest,
largest and best appointed hotel in the
state. aud will attract thousands of tour
lists to our city.
We have just learned of joke on our
friend II. w. King that is too good not
to tell on him. Not thousand years
ago he was one Of a party of young peo-
pie out on q pleasure hunting froIic I'M
der the charge of a demurc but stearn
chaperone. Mr.. Kings best girl, of
course. was one of the party, and as they
were all sitting near together bathing
in fair Luna's rays, King slyly slipped
his hand under wide brim hat that he
thought was sheltering his adored ones
little fingers. grasped the hand he found,
fondled it with every degree of squeeze
from, the light pressure up so that his ar
dor strengthened his muscle until the
grip he gave caused the chaperone to
scream with pain. King was dumb
founded when he realized that it was
the chaperone's instead of his girls hand
he had been holding. and regarded it as
severe and humiliating punishment
that she should have screamed and let
the crowd into the joke. He declares
that he will never hold another hand I'M
til he knows just who it belongs to.