The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-12-31
CITY NOTES.

On, jim. dWdht. tHi- ilO tiiht iot u'Nu"'s
When rests the starlight on the mountains
brow.
And all the world IL hushed; to me il seems
This was a fitting time 10 chase the cow,
And tinkie tankle ali the stsrt'e night
With cIamorous bells snd deep-mouthed
bays and yeils.
And shouts of wrath, and giriish shricks OF
fright,
And rafting echoes from the shadowy Ellis
But no. you lie upon the mat and snore,
And will not bulge a solitary peg:
But grit your teeth and growi in smothered
roar,
Dreaming you have the preacher by the
leg r. j. BURDETTE.
town remains quiet and orderly, consid-
erins this is the holiday season.
Messrs. John F. and w. C. Starr, of
Camden, n. j., were among the arrivals
at the Putnam House yesterday.
Elsewhere we publish the opinion of
Attorney General Cooper in regard TO
Article XIX, which will prove of great
| interest to all concerned.
There was fire out on the Heights
somewhere last night, that looked from
this distance as if a small house was
burned. We could learn no particulars.
A lady's brown jacket, picked up by
stranger at the Opera House Wednesday
night, was left at this office yesterday,
which the owner can have by calling
for it.
A little thunder storm visited us last
i ;,kt 10 I'll al Llarl-
for a short time, but after slight fall of
rain, the clouds passed over and the stars
came out again.
| Rev. F. T. C. Frischkorn, from New
Mr.. Armisteads, on Lemon street. DIR.
F. is announced to speak at the Baptist
church on the Cd prox.
We saw one of the finest punches of
| grape fruit ever seen in Palatka at
the Putnam House last night. They
came from the Halifax River, and the
bunch consisted of about twelve large
grape fruit.
Bear in mind the fact that THE NEWS
Job office is prepared to turn out first
class work on the shortest notice. No
matter what you wait in the printing
line, we can accommodate you, and at
prices that will suit.
Mr.. VIM. Morris, agent of the Lee
dom Variety and Athletic Combination,
is in the city, preparing for the appear
ance of his company at the Opera House
on Saturday evening next. See the ad
vertisement in another place.
During the excitement at t Opera
House on the night of the Goth inst, a
brown overcoat, with velvet collar, blue
satin sleeve Innings, and the name an.
Silverstone. maker" on the loop, was
lost. The finder will confer a favor by
leaving the same at this office.
The street hands did some very good
work in opening and cleaning out the
bitches on Lemon street yesterday. The
bitches from Second street west were in
a most fearful condition, and full of
trash and standing water. 1t is to be
hoped that they will hereafter be kept
clean.
There was but little else talked about
yesterday except the little accident
which created such excitement at the
Opera House Wednesday night. Every
man seen claims that he acted with the
greatest GOODNESS. and was not frightened
iii the least, but the fact is that the most
of them, like the writer, would have
been very glad to have been in some
other part of the city for a few minutes.
Yesterday morning young white
man by the name of Fred. l.. Moulton,
had very narrow escape from losing
his life. He was engaged in cleaning
the windows on the second story of the
Putnam House, when the sash fell and
caught his fingers. In endeavoring to
extricate his finger he lost his balance,
and took header to the ground, TWEEN
ty-five feet below, fortunately landing on
his feet. Aside from the terrible shak
ing up he was not hurt. He will nc
doubt, be pretty sore tom orrow.
The steamer Georgia, of the Palatks
and Drayton Island line, is in Jackson
vile, underg DING repairs, her propelling
wheel having been broken. The hand
some little double-decked steamer, the
Silver Star, owned by Captain S. III. Bar
bour. is now running in her place, and
fills the bill admirably. The Silver Star
is one Of the handsomest little yachts
ever on the river. and when the Georges
returns she will be put on the line be
tween Jacksonville and Crescent City
with Captain c. a. Barbour in com
mapd. The yacht is SIS feet long and 81
feet broad, and draws feet of water
| loaded. She is noted for her sDeed and
elegant appointments.