The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-01-12
CITY NOTES.

To dine with Kate and me;'
Thus spoke a drummer to his friend,
And sighed right heavily.
Il know l promisd to. but then
4 tear stole from his eve
1.-The cold 'rost- bitten fact is, Ben,
Ny Kate has made a pie! y
Shoot the fiend who asks you eli it is
cold enough for YOU
Old King Orange did get a black eye,
didn't he?
Business is somewhat at a statdstill
and is waiting to be thawed out, like
most everything else in this country.
Mr. S. r. Causey, of Fruitland, is in
the city. He reports the freeze pretty
thorough in his neighborhood.
The Thermometer at Graham's Hotel
| registered % degrees at Ia. m. yesterday.
90 degrees at IL m, and % degrees at 6
p. m.
DIR. W. w. Estes came over from st.
Augustine yesterdy. and will be in the
city for few days. He states that the
ancient city i. about rroze up.
On account of the cold weather, the
auction sale of the furniture stock of Mr..
Z. C. Post was postponed from yester-
day until to morrow. Wednesday morn
ing at 10 clock the sale will be begun.
A special meeting OF the Palatka Club
is called ct the rooms Of that organiza-
| ZION for this evening, and as business Of
importance is to be transacted, = full at
tedance is desired. The meeting will be
called to arder at O'Clock.
The thermometer away out in the
northwest registers from 40 dogs to 60
| degs below zero, and when we read of
such facts we are glad we live in land
of perpetual sunshine, even If the
oranges are frozen once or twice in a
century.
John Noonan was arrested by the po-
lice yesterday and locked up on charge
| # drunkness and robbery, he having. it
| IS claimed, robbed man by the name
IF johnson of $3.50 while in McGilrs
-aloon on Saturday night. He will be
tried to-day.
The new band for the Putnam Rink
has arrived, and will hereafter play At
thai place each day and evening. The
band said to be first class in every respect.
and the music will add no little to the
pleasure of the patrons of that rink, and
will 10 doubt increase the already large
attendance there.
Mr.. Horace Waters. an elderly gentle
man from New York, in going from the
Baptist church to the Saratoga Hotel
Sunday night, stepped off the sidewalk
on Front street and severely sprained his
ankle, which kept him confined him to
his bed all day yesterday.
The J., T. & X. w. Ry. have found it
necessary to put on an additional pass
enger train between this city and Jack
sopville, which will give four daily trains
from that city daring the winter. Mr..
j. j. Mellon is conductor of the new
train, and will no doubt make his as pop
ular as the other trains are with the
travelling public. ...st
We learn that the two men who have
charge of the lighted bouy at Picco!at-
ia, near Tocoi, were drowned on Friday
night while attempting to reach the
bouys during the gale that was blowing
at the time. We did not learn their
names. and our informant stated that
their bodies had not been found up to
Sunday night.
Among the arrivels at tina Saratoga
| Hotel yesterday were. j. w. Smith and
wife, Waterbury. Conn; Mrs. A. E. An
dtews, E. H. Potter. Warrenton, Ga.
w. S. Bowen, j. c. Shaffer, N Y. Herald
J. NJ. Robenson, Edlngburg, Scotland;
Mrs. l.. Mason. Hampton. Me-; John
troit, Mich: F. NJ Blask and wife, Bos.
ton. Mass.
The steamer Sylvin Glen, Of the De-
Barry -Baya line. arrived here yesterday
at o'clock on her first trip for the sea-.
She has been overhauled and repainte
makng her look as neat aud coy a
one would wish to see boat. She will
make daily trips during the season be-
tween thi, city and Jacksonville, and her
elegant appoint ment and fast epeed will
attract large number of travellers. Mr..
Geo. Cecil, the assistant manager Of the
company, was al card the boat.
Messrs. a. N. Haughton & Bro, the
live grocery firm in the Phoenix block
on Lemon street, have a very large new
advertisement in this issue. to which We
direct the attention of our readers. This
Is one of the Oldest and best known hous
es in Palatka. and the young men at it,
head are ever alive to every bushes.
opportunity, and SO wa,chful and atten
tive have they been in looking after
their affairs that they have built up q