The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-12-14
CITY NOTES.

Those clothes wear are thin and old,
And scarcely worth a hootcr,
And such q sutton "a am
I'm sure would never suit her"
"Of course" the tailor said with G!ce.
To see the young mans sorrow,
My lawyer has your last years bills,
He'll press the suit Tomorrow"
A circus always draws n crowd of
more or less dimensions.
The sunshine gives every body better
feeling, afte, the past few gloomy days.
The quotations for oranges in the Phil
adelphia market remain about the same
as published in THE NEWS day or two
ago.
1t began to turn cold Yesterday after
the rain, and last night the indications
were pretty good for cold weather this
morning.
Messrs. J. ". Marion & Son are pre-
pared to furnish all who attend the ball
this evening with refreshments of all
kinds. The oyster fries and stews will
be first-class, and ice cream just as good
as il can be made.
The Gem City Guards bail tonight ut
their armory, is going TO be one of the
most pleasant social events of the season.
Every preparation has b en- made, and
every body that attends can rest assured
OF having a good time.
We call the attention of our readers
to the new advertisement of Mr.. Il. j.
Grooms, be found elsewhere. His
store is well supplied with everything
needed in the way of groceries and bak-
ery lines, and his prices are always very
low.
1t would bc a sorry circus indeed with
out the candy and lemonade man to de-
tract your attention from the ring per
formance Or indeed without blab
mouthed drunken man to disturb at least
a portion of the audion nee with his dirty
profanity. These things all 20 along
with n circus.
The tax books of Assessor Benz. Boyd
have been examined and received hy the
State authorities at Tallahassee. This i
quite n compliment to the efficiency of
Mr.. Boyd, as his books for the two years
he has been in office have been made out
in such good shape that the county and
State have not been put to one cents adj
ditional expense to have the books cor
rected.
Crescent City Gazette: "How to get
the Griffing property on the market
should be the all absorbing question with
citizens of Crescent City. 1t is the great
check under the wheels of Crescent City 5
progress. It's removal would mark n
new era of unprecedented prosperity to
the town, and makes such consumma.
ton of paramount Importance. Let a
meeting he called 10 consider the matter
On Sunday last the J., T. & *. W.
Railway sent a through train load of or
anges over its line, consisting of TWEEN
tyseven cars, containing 500 boxes of
oranges, for various Northern markets.
If this heavy shipment of the fruit con-
tinues few days, there will he but a
small quantity left for later shipment.
harvest in the way of high prices for
their fruit.
The police court put on little life
again yesterday, and considering the
quiet times, did n pretty good business.
George Brown w3S charged with dis
turbing the peace and fighting. and was
fined 81 and costs. VIM. Rice was
drunk and committed a nuisance on the
costs. Cyrus Price was charged with
being drunk and disorderly, and he also
was fined s. and costs.
We learn that on Sunday night train
on the Florida Southern Railway. in
| fernando county, had several iron mis-.
sileS thrown into the car while running,
/ The mail case was struck and demol-
/ ished, and several pieces of iron were
thrown into one of the passenger coaches
but doing no further damage than break
/ ing few glass, The parties who per
I petrated this outrage should be hunted
! down, and the severest penalty of tie
/ law inflicted upon them.
/ On Sunday last Mr.. Leo jacobson no
/ ticed "A negro boy wearing one of the fa
| tigue coats of the Gem City Guards, an,
on questioning him As to where he ob
tanned it, said that he had bought it o
one John Proctor, a negro across tn,
! river. \ warrant was sworn out an,
/ Deputy Perry went over and arreste,
/ Proctor, who is now in Jail and vii
have his preliminary trial today. Tn,
coat was one stolen from Mr.. Harry Ora.
last spring, when Capt. Gray's house wa
robbed.
We learn of a distressing acciden
which befell a young man by the mann
! of Ward, at Lake Delaney. on WcInes