The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-02-19
CITY NOTES.

tour.
Miss Alpha Richerson, of St. Angus
tine, is in the city, the guest of Miss Liz
zie Gray, on Second street.
Coi d. II. Elliot, of Jacksonville, was
in the city yesterday looking after the
interests of the Florida Dispatch line.
Mr.. E. Benham and Mr. F. Benham,
of Brooklyn, y. Y, are pleasantly locat-
ell for the season at the new Saratoga.
Mr. n. S. Calhoun, of the law firm OF
Caskey Sc Calhoun, OF Cleveland, Ohio,
is very welcome guest at the Saratoga
Hotel.
Mr.. p. Black and family. of Philadel-
phia, arrived in The city yesterday and
have extensive apartments in the Put
nam House.
The PaIatka Club will place q fine pi-
ano in their rooms, and will give frequent
parties to the lady friends o. the mem
bers in the future.
The way Of the transgressor is hard,
is q familiar saying. Equally so is the
way of the reporter, when there is moth
ing happening to report.
Capt. b. F. 1fcGraw was in town yes
terday, happy over the fact that he still
has number of first-class uninjured
nursery trees for sale at his nursery.
The thermometer registered yesterday
at a. M, So. neon. IS, 6 p. M, 53'
above zero. Heavy clouds hung over
head all day, with occasional showers
in the afternoon and evening.
The weather permitting, Rev. J. b.
Dunn will hold divine service at 2:30 pm.
on Sunday, the 21st inst, ut the residence
of Capt. John b. cola, East Palatka. All
are cordially invited to attend.
Mr.. O. G. Barron, proprietor of the
Putnam House, has sent north for one
Of the excellent bands of his White
Mountain Houses. The band consists of
eight pieces, and is ono OF the best ever
brought to Palatka.
DIR. f. ID. Earle has just returned from
Santa Fe lake, near Hawthorne. He
gives a most favorable report of the or
ange tree in that vicinity, and says
they are blooming. Where did the freeze
hit, anyway:
Another race is on the tapis this time
between Er. Benham. of Brooklyn, and
Mr.. Catherwood, the Palatka champion
skater. The race will take place
some evening next week. and the rollers
| will be made to 90 for all they are worth
Senator George is one of the men in
public life chiefly distinguished for stud
led bad dressing. He promised his Mis-
| sissippi constituents that he would never
wear dress coat in Washington MOI
| ride in carriage And he keeps his
word.
| Jno. T.. Rider, of New York City, Z
| member of Palestine Commandery X. T.
| was agreeably ;urprised to fine an old
] friend and frater in the proprietor of the
| Saratoga, and proposes 10 stop a while
| Mrs. Rider accompanies her Sir Knight.
Mr.. W. W. Carlisle. representing the
| ink manufacturing firm of Ullmann 6
| Philpott. of Cleveland, Ohio, was in
town yesterday, and gave THE News 6
call. He expresses himself as being
| very much pleased with what he ha:
seen of Florida.
| \ fair given by the ladies of the, Pres
byterian church, is in progress at Hart''
Hall, and some of the tables are attract
ing great deal of attention on account
of the tasty manner of their arrangement
There was large attendance last even
ing, and the fair viii be continued Il
| night.
Geo. W. Evans and wife. of Ocear
Grove, \. j.; c. S. Honey, of Scarboro
Me-: VIM. NJ. Jefferies, of Philadelphia
VIM. Low and wife, of Chicago: :. II
Black, of Bangor, Me-, and ". d. Clarl
and wife. of Boston, We're among the
more prominent arrivals At the Putnam
House Yesterday.
Judge J. c. Vertrees will have another
car load of Tennessee horses and mule.
on sale at his stables next week. Tn,
stock has been carefully selected, ant
will arrive here to morrow. Among tn,
! lot will be some very valuable horses
and all will be sold as cheep or cheepe
| than such stock can be bought in any
other city.
The drawbridge on the supper St. Johns
ut Lake Monroe. was finished Wednes
day, and trains are now passing over it
Monday next the regular trains on tn,
]. t. Sc X. W. R'y will be put on to San
ford, reducing the time between Sanfor'
and Jacksonville to about four hours
The bridge was built by 7. II. Brown, o
this city, and has n span of 2S0 feet.