The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-11-18
CITY NOTES.


At length a rap as from stick
Came from the upper story,
And with il one crank voice that said
Your pops a comm, Flory.''
Turkeys are not strutting around very
largely just at this season. Thanksgiv
ing Day is next Thursday.
For two days we have had plenty of
and more a nuisance, and every body
and everything wants rain.
A number of fine palmetto trees are
being put out around the Putnam House
which will add greatly to the attrac-
tiveness of this popular hotel
st. Augustine Press: The bridge across
the Sebastian river, which has long been
talked of to connect St. Augustine with
Ravenswood, is in fair way TO be built
within the coming year. Yes, it will
get there.
St. Augustine Press: The St. Angus
tine & Palatka railway will, in the
course of a few days, run its trains
across the st. Sebastian river into st.
Augustine. This change will be greatly
appreciated by the travelling public.
/ Judge James Burt has a notice in our
special column this morning that will
be of interest to parties of limited
means, who wish to buy building lots in
the city. He has large number which
he Will sell, end offers them at the most
reasonable terms.
! Messrs. Lewis Jackson and N. II.
Dalton, one morning this week, sue
ceeded in bagging forty-three fine wild
ducks in short time, at Rice Creek.
! Thousands of ducks can he seen at this
point every morning, ard our hunters
are making the best of the harvest.
St. Augustine Press: The Ponce de
Leon Hotel is growing steadily. The
walls of the dining room are up and are
being rooted in. This portion of the no.
tel is of the most elaborate design, and
it's beauty cannot be approached by any
/ thing in the country devoted 10 a SINH
/ lar purpose.
| The reception given at the residence
of Mrs. Haughton yesterday evening,
in honor of Mr.. ana Mrs. c. T. Eaton.
was largely attended by the many
friends Of this happy couple, and the
/ congratulations extended for their con
tinued happiness and long life were
sincere ana hearty, in all OF which THE
i News joins.
/ The members of the Ladies' Guild
were busy in getting things in ship-shape
at Harris Hall yesterday, fer the enter
tainment tonight. The rainbow parry
/ is going to be a success. for nearly every
/ body will 90 around and see what is TO
! be seen, and partake of the elegant re-
freshments that will be prepared by the
! ladies.
Mr.. George Lafkin has fitted up his
| barber shop and cigar stand so neatly.
and made it so comfortable and cosy,
! that it is a pleasure for his patrons 10
while away part of their time there.
His razors and shears are always sharp,
and only the best work is done. Then
his cigars are OF excellent flavor, and
| sold ut low prices.
The city council of Palatka Heights.
AT their meeting on Tuesday night,
granted the right o; way through GER
| tain streets of that town to the Palatka
Water Works Company, conditioned
that the company furnish the citizens of
/ that place with water at the same rates
as charged in Paiatka. \ force of men
are now at work on the water works,
and the pipes will shortly be here, when
| the work will be rushed night through.
y young gentleman, who is Us hand
| some as be is clever, yesterday received
beautiful. bcGuet from lis best girl (we
guess it was his best girD, and in a mo-
ment of absent mindedness, left it on
the reporters desk. We have been feel
/ ing little mean about it ever since, but
we are very fond of pretty things, and
that bouquet possessed peculiar attrac-
ton, so when the young man went to
| look for it it had vanished. We want it
understood that we never steal anything,
but hereby give notice that a reporters
desk is not safe place to leave pretty
bouquets.
The city is infested by number Of
worthless tramps, who tire annoying the
ladies every day by calling at their
houses when they know the men of the
family TO be away from home, and beg
ging for something to eat. We advise
the ladies to or.!,r them out of their
yards in hurry, and if they don't go TO
call for help. These vagabonds deserve
no charity, and make it a business to beg
their living and freighton timid women
into giving them food. There is law
against vagrancy, and it would be
good thing if the authorities would ar
rest these fellows as soon as they arrive