The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-01-29
CITY NOTES.

Sped on the happy pair.
Their souls rs free, their hearts a. light
AS though they trod on air.
And happiness superlative
Their progress seemed to crown,
Until they bumped another twain
And suddenly sat down.
An autograph album-the hotel regis
ter.
Yesterdays hotel arrivals were some
what immense.
The steamers were we'll loaded with
freight and passengers yesterday.
The weather cleared up beautifully
yesterday, giving new life to everything.
The steamer Fred. DeBarry was three
hours late on her arrival here last night.
Has it been decided where the new
town clock is to be placed-when it gets
here?
The mania for skating is at fever heat
in the Gem City, forming the chief
amusement.
Col. S. B. Carter, chief engineer of the
j., T. & K. w. railway, was registered
at the Graham last night.
Modern architecture has many admir-
able points, and the newer buildings in
Palatka have partaken of them freely.
As we go to press the music at the
Calico hop is floating on the breeze, and
every sound seems to indicate the sue
cess of the hop.
Vegetation seemed to be thankful for
the favorable change in the weather
yesterday. A few warm days Of sun
shine will bring out new leaves and
flowers in abundance.
Yesterday was little cool, the Their
mometer registered at 7 o'clock, a. M,
52', at noon, 52', at 6 p. M, go above
zero.
The mayor has ordered an election for
the position of alderman, to fill the I'M
expired term of A. w. Mann, deceased.
BY reference to the mayors proclamation
elsewhere, it will be seen that the cleo
ton is ordered to take piece on the Sth
day Of February.
Jacksonville Herald.-The boss Of
the Italian laborers working on U. J..
Whites railroad, from Rawlston to the
Tomoko, in Volusia county, has fled
with $4,000 Of their wages, leaving them
destitute, naked and starving.
Two gentlemen from Tennessee have
received the machinery for an extern
sive saw mill which they will establish
on the lands of Messrs. Greenwood and
Sheppard, at the new town Of Sisco, in
this county. They will be ready to fur
nish lumber in a short while.
We saw yesterday plum tree in al
most full bloom. The correspondents Of
the press of the north might make a
note of this fact. This tree is supposed
to have passed through the late freeze,
and yet it has enough lifc left to bloom
and leaf as does the green bay tree.
The new carpet for the Presbyterian
church has arrived. and is being put in
place. The carpet was purchased and
paid for by the efforts of the lady MEM
hers Of the congregation, assisted by the
-hoir, and viii adj much . the com
ioIt and appearance of the church.
Vertrees & Co. report that their bus
mess shows a very gratifying increase
during the the past ten days, and that
the cold has no appreciable effect on
trade. The fact is beginning to be ap-
parent that Florida was more fright
ened than hurt by the cold, any way.
The work on the new Methodist
church is progressing rapidly. The fonn-
dalton, which is of brick, has been fin
ished, and yesterday the carpenters were
raising the frame work. The building
will be neat and comfortable when fin.
ished, and much larger than the old one.
Mr.. Paul C. Smith and Miss Katie Nc
Grady were married at the Presbyterian
parsonage in this city on Wednesday
last, by Rev. DIR. Dunn. The happy
couple are we'll known young people OF
Crescent City, and THE NEWS joins with
their many friends in wishing them a
long and happy life.
1t may be presumption for anything in
the way of vegetation to show signs OF
life in Florida, inasmuch as the states
obituary has been written and published
in many of the northern papers. But
we guess the oranges and vegetables will
bob up almost as serenely when the time
comes rs il the brilliant correspondents
had written the whole truth and nothing
but the truth in the matter.
The big policeman who attends the
arrivals Of the boats daily has his hands
full and his patience exhausted in the
vain effort to keep the little army OF
hotel and boarding house and transfer
drummers within certain bounds. The
drummers are all possesors OF good
lungs. and in their eager efforts to secure
customers for their several house, they