The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-01-27
CITY NOTES.
PCSSY'S TREASURE.

Mioui Miou! little maiden,
Miou for the cold. cold sea
They needed me not but they drowned the lot
And only left one for me.
But time will come, little maiden,
When the rats have eaten the corn.
And many mouse in my masters h ouse
Is squeaking from night to morn.
When the bacon is rapidly shrinking,
And the cheese will not last for day,
Then he'll think of me and the cold, cold Sc a,
anu my '''''e '''e' Fred Z. wetherby.
CAPT. B. F. McGraw, of Buffalo Bluff,
spent yesterday in the city.
River travel continues brisk, each boat
bringing in great numbers of people.
The thermometer registered at a. m.
yesterday morning, At, at noon So, at
6p. m. So.
The street lamps of the Palatka Gas
Works were lighted for the first time
lastnight.
Capt. w. NJ. Hussey, bagged twenty
seven ducks yesterday. He was out only
a few hours.
A reliable white cook will find a no.
tice of importance to her in the special
column this morning.
The frame for a small house was being
erected on the vacant lot in front Of the
postofiice yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. TolIer, and Mr..
Lewis j. Magee, are again very welcome
guests at the Saratoga.
Mr.. Philip Baryntine, of Buffalo Bluff,
lost more than $500 worth of young cab
bage by the recent freeze.
Col. Ed. Foster, grower of vegita-
tables on large scale at South Lake
Weir, was in Palatka yesterday.
Rev. Father J. NJ. Flynn, Of Morris
town, N. j., is in the city for a few days.
He is very much pleased with Florida.
One of Palatka's hunters shot and kill
ed a baby Alligator the other day. The
gator was four and one-half feet long.
The first Pullman palace sleeping car
passed over the Florida Southern rail-
road yesterday, going through from
Savannah to Tampa.
Are you going to attend the Calico
hop Thursday evening? 1t is to be a
recherche affair. Tickets are to be had
at all the drug stores.
The weather yesterday was anything
but pleasant, and an early change fol
the better will be hailed with pleasure
by not too patient people.
The ladies will be interested in a
special notice that appears in our special
column this morning of an auction sale
of millinery and fancy goods. Read
it.
An experienced vocalist has, it is said
during fourteen years, cured any mum
Der of cases of obstinate cough by pre-
scribing the free use of raw oysters as q
diet
Vertrees 6 Co. still have a large sup
ply of seed potatoes and cotton seed
meal. which they are selling at rock bot.
tom prices Read special and give them
an order.
Front street, from Reid to Lemon, is
being filed in with nice white sand,
which will be a vast improvement over
the unsightly trash that has filed il
heretofore.
Major o. w. Bromwell, general pas
senger agent of the Florida Southern
railway, has an important notice this
morning in reference to tickets over his
road. See the notice.
Monticello and Tallahassee are racing
to see which will be able to reach the 8.
F. s. w. railroad with branches first.
We hope the old maids will have no hair
pulling over the matter.
Mr.. Calfinch, of Buffalo Bluff, saved
upwards of 800 boxes Of oranges from
the recent freeze, and they netted him
Sc. 10 per box, shipped on the following
Monday after the cold snap.
1t would be no harm if all the oranges
that have dropped from the trees about
the city were gathered and done away
with. In decaying state they will add
nothing to the health of the city.
The orange trees about Tallahassee are
said to be shedding their leaves. which
is an evidence that the trees have not
been injured by the cold. The news
from all parts of Florida is still most en-
couraging.
Elsewhere will be found the special
notice of Mrs. I. z. Hanc ock, who is
prepared to take q few boarders at her
residence on Laurel street, fronting Kir.
by. She can furnish board with or with
out rooms.
Application for new postoffics at
Mascott, Sumpter county, has received
seventy-five names, aud an Office will nc
doubt soon be established. Quite a mum.
Der of houses are going up, and beauti
full little village will soon be built.