The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-07-20
CITY NOTES.

the guests at the PheniS.
Mr.. X. ii. Hotchkins. of WeIaka, gave
TuE NEWS plea ant call yesterday.
Mr.. |. q. Gold, a leading spi,it Of that
thriving little city II Barlow, WAS in the
city Sunlay.
4 new sehni house il tsing built at
keuka at cnet 81 SIX ar seven hun
,ired dollars.
A twig from = Jaffa orange tire al
Sanford. eight inches long, has IN 1t
fifty eight we'll formed oranges.
As An evidence If the coming of hitter
times in falatka, the J..st- "iiic" iii more
Al.iness than il has ,lon.. any day since
March.
Sincr the dog Law ~.nt into effect lots
OF curs. fei,t. and other sl..ciss OF CANNES
III doubtful value, are far less numerous
on the STREETS.
John Jones. IsshaIs the smallest man
who travels the Florhia SnMthern road,
hut ~ live a. any grip handler in the
state, spent Sunday at the rhenix.
Joe Sparks, from Baltimore. one Of
t;eorgia's donations 10 the commercial
interests of the country. is in Palatka
catering to the wants IT the merchants.
Mr.. X. h. Henley and family, Of Kerr
City, passed through the city yesterday,
IN route for Carthage. Ind, where they
will spend the remainder of s,'e summer.
Why don't the city authorities charge
n pasturage Zee to COW owners who turn
their cattle in the street: The city cant
afford 10 raise grass and weeds without
remuneration.
Information reaches us that the straw
berry plants in Sumter county are
still hearing, and that the vines are now
full of blooms. II is six months since
they began to bear.
The ladies Of the Presby terrain church
will give another Of their delightful
ice cream festivals" this evening in the
store recently occupied by Richardson 4
Co., ON Front street.
Mr.. u. q. Stansbury. who Is connect
sd with the Florida southern railway,
with headquarters at Harlow. spent sun
day in palatkA. lie says his town In ON
the most solid kind Of u lNpm.
Al Interlachen the people ar" erecting
u nice school building which will cost
not less than fifteen hundred dollars
This IN another evidence Of the solid
growth Of this one Of our county towns.
Nj. Laws. the aaJus,rr tor the Liver
pool. London and Globe insurance com.
pany, has al justed the loss caused by the
burning Of the store Of Rev. A. a.
Presby. Of bray ton island, and the
same has been paid
A gentleman from McMeekin came in
yesterday, from whom We learn that
that district elected Doughcrty delegates
IN Saturday. liz was confident that
Mr.. Dougherty would w. nominated al
nnst without opposition.
School Superintendent 4. j. Wood in.
forms ~ that the teachers institute will
hold u session for Putnam county, under
the direction IT state Superintendent
Russell. commencing Tuesday, August
3lst. and continue two weeks. in tins
city.
The handsome little steamer, Peerless,
from Jacksonville. passed up tho river
saturday night with the joIlicst list OF
passengers that has graced the It. Johns
Tor some time. They retufnnl Sunday
night and stopped olT long enough to
get glimpse" at ralatka.
We notTe some Of the old "whccl.
horses" Of the republican party IN tn.
city yesterday. closely comforting with
: one another relative Ia the political sit
uatiun IN Putnam county. l'r. Cowgirl
was of the number II looks IA though
they were going to put a ticket IN the
field this fall. They have IN i,lea that
there is trouble in the democratic party
aud that they can walk in and take ad-
vantage vt il and elect their men; but
they can find out their mistake by offer
ing II ticket for public support. The
democrats ran he depended upon to
vote solid against the republicans every
tme' We suppose their ticket is already
selected, as Cowgirl. Tcas,lalc and Boy 4
continue to Fix up things" for that
party. They are u sly lot in convention,
but invariably "gct left" at the polls,
4 High. Handed Outrage.
One of the L. y. postal clerks was
elected from the afternoon train on the
D.. T. n X. W. railroad for Jacksonville.
by Charles Bentley, conductor. yrstcr-
day. The clerk, whose regular run ia
over that road, rendered his government
pass in payment Of fare. which the con
ductor refused to recognize, although
similar passes are recognized by all the
roads. and this one repeatedly among the
resi- Said pass is not only signed by the
railway mail superintendent but by the
postmaster general at Washington, and