The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-06
CITY NOTES.
PLEASE-PLEAs-P'LICE!


But the lady in naughty caprice
Babe the passionate lover to cease,
'NOw, leave me at once,
You tight trousered Ounce,
Or I'll go to tbs door and yell-P'lice:'
Mr.. C. H. Gilchrist, of welaka, was in
town yesterday. He reports everything
quiet in his ncighborhood.
Mr.. E. w. Perry, who has been on a
several weeks vacation. has returned to
his position in the First National Bank,
looking all the better for his rest.
How is this for weather? 1t is just
ahead of anything we have had in these
parts in q long while, and We don't care
how long just such spell lasts.
The regular monthly meeting If the
Ladies' Memorial Association will be
held at the residence of Mrs. =. j. Ken
nerly. on Wednesday afternoon at $3.50
o'clock.
T. l.. Mccoy and a white man named
Anderson had quite a set to yesterday
afternoon, the fight being over a small
account. They were arreste and will
be tried before the mayors court this
morning.
The general officers of the Florida
Southern Railway have moved into their
new quarters, and are getting things in
ship shape. They will be ready for the
transaction of business in their usual
prompt manner in a few days.
A large number of our friends honored
The NEWS new office with their pres
ence yesterday. Our new quarters are
not arranged as nicely yet as they will
he later, but all complimented us on our
pleasant and substantial surroundings.
Rev. j. j. w. Place informs us that a
most interesting revival has Just closed
at Pencil, where he spent last week
assisting the pastor of the church. There
were eight or ten conversions, and a
marked interest was taken in the meet
ing by the people out there.
Mr.. l.. Falk is receiving a large guam
tity of his fall stock Of dry goods. which
spacious storeroom. He is IN New York
selecting the stock in person, and will
have much to say about his stock in our
advertising columns when he returns.
The store house of a Mr.. Sylvester,
who kept small grocery store in the
cove over in East Palatka, was burned
down about ~ o'clock on Saturday night
last. The stock was a small one, and
was totally destroyed. We did not learn
how the fire originated, or the amount
of loss sustained by Mr. Sylvester.
The revival services at the Methodist
Church continue with undated interest,
and many have been converted and
brought into the church during the series
of meetings. The sci vices are held each
morning and evening, and are well at
tended, the beautiful and cool moonlight
nights giving all an opportunity to go
ont.
We learn from j. r. Crosland, teacher
of the colored public school, that his
school is in a most furnishing condition.
Last year the attendance was only 81,
while this year 179 scholars are on the
roll, and he has an average attendance
of III pupils daily, giving him and his
assistants about all they want to do in
the way of teaching. This is the largest
school in the county, and we believe
that the teachers are giving the greatest
to the patrons.
Yesterday one OF the improved West
ern stock cars passed south over the
j., I. & X. w. railway. There were
eighteen head Of horses in the car, each
in a stall to itself, which was nicely
padded SO as to protect the horses against
bruises and other damage, and so ar
ranged that the horses can be fed and
watered without taking them out of the
car. Last year the same trip required
thirteen day to reach Palatka. and this
time, on account of the improved car
and the standard gauge of the roads, the
trip was made in six days.
About the last business transacted by
the County Commissioners during their
prolonged session, was the renting Of one
of the rooms in the Florida Southern's
new building, for an armory for the Gem
City Guards, paying for the same $50
per month, and Captain Husson paying
the additional So from his own pocket.
This is one of the largest rooms in the
city, and we congratulate the boys of the
Guards on securing such desirable quar-
tiers. The Board also ordered the pay
ment of $3.50 co Mr.. BENZ. T. Boyd, Tax
Assessor, on account.
DIR. r. S. Priddy has been the victim
of a practical joke, played on him by a
couple of little negroes. The Doctor
keeps a quantity of his glass bottles at
the rear of his store, and the little nigs
went around, helped themselves, nicely
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