The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-10
CITY NOTES.

churches.
A lively trade was enjoyed by our mer-
chants yesterday.
Mr.. P. w. Terry, of Oeala, is in the
city, visiting friends.
Mr.. John C. Calhoun, has enclosed his
lot on Kirby street with a neat fence,
preparatory to building.
Remember that Vertrees & Co., have a
few good horses on hand that viii be
sold at reasonable prices.
Mr.. C. G. Ellis, of Pomona, was in the
city yesterday, and we were glad to have
a call from him.
You will find freezers of all sizes, all
prices and all kinds at NJ. W. King &
Co.'S. Crockery store.
We had a pleasant call yesterday from
Mr. Frank W. Comstock, who is just up
from the Indian River country. He will
be in this vicinity for several days.
DIR. J. II. Harrison, of Crescent City,
was in town yesterday. The Doctor says
he has tied down his thermometer, and
for the balance of the summer proposes
to keep cool.
Mr. Ben P. Boyd, our clever tax asses
sor, has reached Palatka in his rounds
and will begin his work of assessing the
property of the city on tomorrow. See
his notice in our special column.
1Ir.T. a. Darby, we are glad to state,
has permanently located his family in
Palatka Mr.. Darby is an energetic, 60
ahead business man, and is now gen
eraI manager Of the Welshton Milling
Company.
Mr. A. w. Mann, is having beautiful
tile floor laid in his new building, which
gives the room handsome appearance.
When completed this will be one of the
most elegantly finished saloon buildings
that can be found in the south.
Palatka was disappointed yesterday.
The clouds gathered thickly overhead
just after noon, and occasionally a little
rain would fall, but the sun soon dissipa-
ted the clouds and the long drouth con-
tinues, much to the regret of all.
Messrs. Gardner & Eaton have grown
somewhat aesthetic and are greatly i'm
proving the appearance and comfort Of
their storeroom and warehouse on the
Florida Southern dock. The latest addi-
ton is a handsome bay window on the
river side of the house.
The ladies of Palatka are all invited to
attend n meeting at Mrs. T. c. COch-
rrne's Monday. May 18th, i p. M, for
the purpose of making arrangements for
an entertainment to be given to the Gem
City Guards for the purpose of procuring
flag for them.
The Ocala Items spring trade edition
is to hand, and it proves to be very
creditable get up The advantages of
Ocala and Marion county are given in
full, and no doubt the paper will have
the effect of giving thot section a thor
ough advertising. We congratulate
Brother Harris on his success.
The Jacksonville firemen will give a
grand excursion from Jacksonville to
st. Augustine on the 18th inst A ball
win be given in the evening at Rink
San Marco, and they propose to make a
grand time of it. Several gentlemen
from Palatka will go over to help the
jacksonville boys enjoy the fun.
Mr.. A. J. Beach informs US that he has
two new varieties of fruit in his nursery
that promise to prove valuable to Florida.
One of them is what is known as the
melon pear, imported from Central
America, and the other the fig of COM
merce imported from Italy. He has
promised us a description of the new
pear, which will soon be printed in THE
NEWS.
Hon. Robt. w. Davis and Judge E. NJ.
Vary, as will be seen from their profess
sional card, have formed a copartnership
for the purpose of practicing law. This
combination makes one of the strongest
legal firms in the state, as both are well
known gentlemen of legal ability. Their
office will be located in rooms and 2 in
the Moragne building, where they will be
pleased to meet their friends.
Among the many houses now being
finished off and being erected in Palatka,
are the brick block of Col. Fl. L. Hart.
the large building of Messrs. Rafferty,
Bros, the dwellings of DIR. Peek, of Con
necticut, Mr.. Lundy, of Montreal, Mr..
Gay, of New York, Mr.. Todd, of Maine,
Mr.. Toller, of Virginia, aud Messrs. Un-
derwood and Baldwin. This is only a
small number of the list of buildings now
going up, and we mention them merely
to show that the hot weather is having
no appreciate effect On Palatka's build
ing boom. While most of the above gen
tlemen are from a distance. our older