The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-02-12

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Miss Gillis, black silk.
lIrs. A. NJ. Haughton, white satin,
tulle over-dress.
4 Mrs. S. Conant, gend arme silk-dia-
monds.
Mrs. Hussey. dark green silk.
Mrs. Richardson, white nuns yelling
and lace.
Mrs. Aston, pink mervelieux-dia-
monds and pearls.
Mrs. Cargil. gold corded satin and
diamonds, and rare bonhure OF the peri
Cd of Louis Kill.
Mrs. E. T. Lane. tan colored surah sa-
| tin.
BALL PERSONALS.
! Hon. f. S. Grill, state treasurer, look
| lug on at the festivities.
| Gov. Perry telegraphed his regrets at
his inability to be present.
! Ex-Mayor Dancy, of Jacksonville, was
among the visiting guests.
| Col. Hammond, of Fort Gaines,
/ was participant at the ball.
Col. n. NJ. Bowen, of the Tallahassee
Floridiau, was among the spectators.
Mr.. n. S. Collins, president of the
| Lake City bank, was in attendance.
E. NJ. Cheeny, United States district
attorney, jacksonville among the
participants.
Mr.. w. r. Carter, of the Jacksonville
Herald, was present, reporting for his
excellent paper.
Mr.. w, ii. Atkins, of the St Johns
Weekly, st. Augustine, was on hand to
enjoy the festivities.
Mr.. F. III. Steacy, of Detroit; SIr q. NJ.
Franks, of New York and Mr. j. L. King,
Jr.. of Atlanta, enjoyed the festivities.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cargill and Mr.. and Mrs.
Aston, Mr.. J. C. Teller and Messrs. Hop
good and jennings, formed pleasant
party.
Judge n. o. Wright, of the Jackson
vills Times-U nion, came down to report
the ball for that paper. He will remain
in Palatka to-day.
Mr.. James p. McCarty, of the Associ-
atcd Press and the New York Herald,
was on hand taking dots, of which we
will hear more later.
CJ. J. A. Haldeman and wife, of
Washington, were among the noted
guests. Col. Haldeman is the United
States ex-minister to Siam.
Hon. Pochel LiEngle. mayor of LaVilla,
Col. III. +. Bsya and 7. w. Roby, aud
itor of the F. r. & n. Co, Jacksonville,
were among the prominent attendents at
the ball.
The music was soul inspiring.
At two o'clock the ball closed.
At one time there were on the floor
o24 dancers.
''It was the best dressed crowd ever
seen in the state of Florida. ."-General
comment.
Ocala, Gainesville, St. Augustine,
In terlachen, Orlando, and other cities
were lergely represented.
Nothing was ever more typical of Pa
latka and her determination to overcome
rivalry than was the Putnam House
ball.
To Mr.. Barron and assistants too much
praise cannot be given. A fact is self
apparent-the Putnam is in the right
hands, and long may itremain so.
Something remarkable about the ball
was that not single hitch h, confusion or
delay of whatsoever nature marred the
smoothness of the evenings pleasure.
The pleasantness of the evening was
in n large measure due to the very effi-
cient and watchful care of the floor
managers, Messrs. w. o. Wolff,
White, C. J. Joseph, c. C. Cochran,
j. E. Baldwin, w. NJ. Haughton, NJ. N.
Potter, Theo. Holland, r. NJ. Call, y. d.
Basnett and Chas. Eaton.
The lunch. And such lunch
Nothing could have surpassed it. The
arrangement of the table was the work
of most artistic taste, and reflected much
credit on the chef and his assistants.
Everything was of the best, nothing
was ommitted, and thoroughly enjoyed
by those who nartcok of it.
Never Was tnere Il IhoTe SUCCESSFUL
house warming in the state of Florida.
Nevc. a m ore congenial mixture of peo-
pie from north, south, east and west,
than that gathered beneath the roof of
the New Putnam last evening land never,
we dare say, will more brilliant gath
: ering of men and women be seen be-
meath the sunny SIX of the Land of
/ Flowers.
And now We reporter begs to make his
bow to the lady friends who rendered
, valuable assistance ii the matter of get
| ting together such information as is con-