The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-01
CITY NOTES.

The Bijou Opera Company will give
an entertainment at the Opera House to-
night.
Mr.. VIM. K. Lente, president of the
Seville and Halifax railway, was il the
city yesterday.
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If we are to judge by the weather of
the past few days, summer has come to
stay with us, and we are now ready and
waiting for frequent showers.
Tomorrow is E. r. Farrar's sale day.
Read his advertisement in another col
umn, for he has something of interest
for the ladies.
The fine schooner Ella NJ. Halves is at
our docks discharging pure lake ice ship
ped to Mr.. VIM. F. Forward. And thus
the summerland reaps the harvest of the
winter.
Hon. John w. Gambler and Chief En-
gineer Cooper have just returned from a
close reconnaissance of South Florida.
And the Florida Southern moves steadily
onward.
Messrs. Richardson & Co., have placed
handsome new cloth awning in front
of their grocery store on Front street,
which will add considerably to the COM
fort of that establishment.
Baldwin & Cochrane, take risks on all
property. They represent some of the
best insurance companies in the country,
and would be glad to show the public their
manner of doing business. Give them a
call.
We learn that the attorneys in the
Bishop-Kean suit have agreed or a set
Element of the questions at issue, and
have signed papers to that effect. We
are glad to make this announcement, as
this property is too valuable and desirable
to be involved in litigation.
Harry Heath has just invested in a
new scientific optical dioptric for testing
eyes, and is now prepared to give an
exact fit to all sorts of eyes with all
grades of glasses, but especially those of
the best make. If your eyes give you
any trouble go around and let Mr.. Heath
fit you up pair of glasses. See his no
tice in this column.
Call at Harry Hsath's and have your
eyes tested and see if your glasses are
suited to your eyes. He has had the en-
terprise to secure a very fine instrument
at cost of $500 and thoroughly under
stands its use. VIII test free of charge
and furnish just what is needed to those
who desire it.
Mr.. r. E. Taylor, of Gainesville, q
prominent young lawyer, was in the city
yesterday on legal business. Mr.. Taylor
is one of the conservative democratic
candidates to the constitutional conven
ton from Alachua county, and says the
chances for the election of the entire
democratic ticket is exceedingly hope
} full.
A large number of the friends of Mr.
and Mrs. l. H. billiard attended the flu
neral of their daughter, little Mabel
whose sad death from tetanus was chron
icled in these columns, yesterday after
noon. Mabel was a dear little friend o
the writer's, and we extend to the be
reaved parents our heartfelt sympath,
in their loss of so promising child.
On the authority of Maj. Healey w
stated that the republicans of Volusi;
county would put no opposition ticke
in the field. Since then they have me
in convention at DeLand and nominatet
Messrs. A. NJ. Bailey and F. A. Mann
The democratic ticket bears the name
of Messrs. j. d, Broome and A. L. Well
man.
Those who think Florida does not de
serve her title of the Flowery Ian,
should see what Palatka can show now
Visitors are disappointed because the
see few flowers during winter, and abus
us as fraud and delusion, let them re
, main till April or May, and they vii
, acknowledge that the half was neve
told them.
When all is dusty and hot in town tn
{ view over our beautiful bay is most al
, tractive by contrast. Yesterday tn
, waves leaped and tumbled in glad dis
2 order under the impulse of a ripplin
t breeze, sand the eye was gladdened an
e refreshed in passage over the cool depth
3 to the green groves and waving fores
trees beyond. Even if the river gave n
advantages to the commerce of a tow
the good done by such a prospect and b
a such surroundings is incalculable.
: The Grovesdale Gazette comes to u
e this week greatly enlarged and improved
a And it has also democratic poet Gale
s Carolina who sings to this effect: