The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-12-04
CITY NOTES.
THE USUAL PRECEDING.

THE USUAL PRECEDING.
December comes with bitter blast,
Time swiftly onward steals,
The winter days now follow fast
Upon each others heels.
One day and then another goes
And those who are alive
VIII shortly look upon the close
OF 1885.
When the old year shall take its flight,
The new we'll tn n to meet;
With resolution for the right
Young eightt-six to greet.
And then We'll all swear off again,
Our hearts with pride agiow,
And keep the pledge, like honest men,
For half week or so.
Mr.. Geo. G. Rambo, of Leesburg, is in
the city.
"Old Jack Frost" showed up in good
shape yesterday morning.
Miss Hattie Wilson, daughter of Rev.
DR.. Wilson, of St. Augustine. is in the
city, visiting friends.
In striking contrast with the day be-
ore, yesterday proved to be beautiful
day, though a little cool,
Mr.. J. B. Jamison, of Lake Como, was
in town Yesterday, and reports that
many improvements are being made in
his neighborhood.
Mr.. John Bixler has begun work on
the new artesian well for the Putnam
House. The well will be six inches in
diameter, and will be put down to a
depth of about 300 feet.
The river traffic must be getting pretty
good, as the large number Of boats now
plying our water, seem to be well pat
ronized. Freight and passenger rates
will be cheap enough when the railroad
gets through, and the competition opens
up in earnest.
The steamer Eliza Hancox will resume
her old run between Jacksonville and
Palatka on next Tuesday, and will ar
rive here every day at 80 o'clock p. m.
She will connect here with the steamers
Of the independent line for Sanford,
thus forming another daylight route on
the river.
Messrs. Priddy 6, Co., and B. J.
Grooms have recently had their store
fronts reprinted and otherwise improved,
and Messrs. Barnes C Boland are now
having the front of their store room
painted up in an attractive manner. The
many improvements made by cur mer-
chants will show Palatka off to better
advantage than ever before to our visit
ors this winter.
Messes. Grooms & Coogan are hard at
work getting their new skating rink in
readindess for the opening about the 10th
inst. The rink will be 45x100 feet in size,
and has been put upin the best manner,
particular attention being given to the
floor, which will be laid double, with
packing between to deaden the noise.
\ complete and new outfit of skates has
been ordered, and the rink will be run
in a tirst-class manner.
The PalatEa Milling Company is the
title of q new corporation recently form
ed here, and yesterday the directors held
their first meeting. Mr.. c. A. Board
man was elected president; t. A. Darby
was elected general manager and Alex
Strousz, secretary and treasurer. The
company have purchased the mills at
DEVILS Elbow, acrsss the river. and will
put them to work Immediately to man
ufacturing all kinds of lumber. The
company starts out with the brightest
prospects. and will no doubt meet with
great success.
The First National Bank of Palatks
have just received and put in place thir-
ty-two safety deposit boxes, for the use
OF their customers. BY the kindness of
Cashier Paine, News reporter was
shows through the large vault of the
bank, in which the boxes have been
placed, and by keeping both hauds in
our pockets to the elbows, and keeping
up a lively whistle, we managed to look
on abe wealth deposited there without
many covetous thoughts. The boxes
were manufactured by Herring & Co.,
of the best steele, and are built in ma
sonry at one end of the vault. and are
the most secure, both from burglars and
fire, perhaps of any bank in the state.
The bOxes are of different sizaS and can