The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-10-25
CITY NOTES.
I met the girl of the
And gently took her az
thought I'd pop the :?
Rut 7 didn't have the So.

this morning at 9 o'clock for Jackson |
vile and St. Augustine. 800 for the
round trip.
The schooner Emma S. Briggs, will
leave New York on next Thursday for
Palatka direct, bringing a cargo of gen
eral freight.
Mr.. B. j. Grooms' grocery store and
bakery is ''chock- block" with the good
things of this life, and business seems to
be in a rush down that way.
Mr.. Jared Wimberly, of Interlachen,
was in town yesterday, He reports ev-
erything frightening up out his way for
the winter business, and that great
many strangers arc coming in.
Capt ii.rr. OF East Pa,atka, has
just received from the north : Yer.
| lt.,': ONE acI fceJ ~aiiInG boat. she
rides the river like duck, and can get
along about as fast as any of them.
Capt. t. C. Butler has a large stock of
orange box stuff or hand ready for
shipment and can supply I'll in mood If
suc:4 stui., TI7 mat.r-s: gives satI-tac
| lou v nereeer used, ami he sells at
prices to suit the times.
Two hundred and twenty-five men
| have been at work on the Putnam
| House this week, and the pay roll yes
| teTlav afternoon amounted to some
thing over $4,000. Qui'e snug little
sum In pay cut FOR labor on one build
l.g for SIX days work.
| Three schooners arrived at the Palat-
ka wharves yesterday, one for the Flori-
steel rails, one for the j., T. & K. w.
R. R. with steel rails, and one for Mr..
VIM. F. Forward with a cargo of ice, all
of which are now discharging their loads.
The ladies of the w. G. T. U. have Sc
cured librarian in the person of Miss
Allwav, just over from Scotland, and
the library rooms will be open hereafter
every day during business hours and in
the evening, when the public is invited
to call. All the late newspapers, peri
odicals and books will be found on the
tables.
We learn that negotiations are pend
ing between Mr.. S. j. Kennerly, owner
of the Phoenix Hotel, and Mr.. Merrill of
Quincy, Mass, an old hotel man, for the
lease of The Phoenix to the latter. Mr..
Merrill is said to have had long exper-
fence in conducting first class hotels, and
he will no doubt make the Phoenix one
of the most popular houses along the
river should he get possession of it.
Judge J. @. Vertrees will leave again
to morrow for Tennessee, where he will
purchase car load of horses, car load of
mules, car load of fine mich cows and a
car load of hogs and sheep for A. W.
Mann & Co., who purpose ''doing" the
live stock business for all it Is worth this
portions of the state. and this time some
very fine animals will be brought down.
Usual services in the Methodist
church, cor end and Oak streets, to-day
morning, Holiness" This evening
the pastor will give six reasons why
men should serve God" rangers Wis
iting the city and the public are cordially
invited to attend. A short meeting OF
; the church building committee is re-
quested for the close of the morning ser.
: vice.
1t is hardly necessary to call attention
? to the corset advertisement of the Metro
= politan Dry Goods House. as it is large
r. "UcrSh 10 attract the yves Of all. TIE
] rrr pr;etGr, NJ. {. 2. Devereux 3 nCv
. in NV Y"cS rurcl ,@ing his fell am
r,i''t-r sock + 5oous, nd tic -oni
~ viii begin arriving IN few days. Il
the mean time the house is we'll stocked
with goods. Read the advertisement
and give them q call.
The Gainesville girls seem to be in
- sad plight. or else are fearfully unattrac
five Brother White, of the Gainesville
News, says every one of them will in
> herit an orange grove, and yet free pas
ses are offered young men in order tt
: induce them to come and give the poo
girls a chance, a"d intimates that if thi
scheme will ~ ~ shadow the supero
4 sttractivenez7 = the Palatka bellies
4 that they will zen raise a fund anC
t send agents abroad to capture and hood
5 wink few dudes in order to secure thei
/ presence in that burg. We are sorr,
} for the Gainesville girls. Really, W,
+, are.