The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-10
CITY NOTES.

'ity, passed throtiSii the city Yesterday,
IN route for 81. Augustine. where they
will spend som" time at that resort.
Hon. K. ". Davis has sent his family
down to Pablo Beach, where they will
remain for Il month enio,ing til" HEALTH
giving brstZ,.s from old ,sean.
Dir. I. +. iiusa.y Is having erected an
elegant littl" sin room cottage on his lot
on KIRBY street. The frame IL now up.
AMI the cottage will sonn he ready for
occupancy.
W. l.. liatchett. the grocer on Lemon
street, near Fourth, who has been quite
i'll for several days, Irit b, the ;l5traln
Yesterday for his former home mt Font
Gaines. TIA, where he will remain until
his health improves,
Mr.. j. W. Mc'iraiy was on SUNDAY
last united in marriage To Miss Sarah
Miaell by Rev. Mr. Roberts. The happy
couple aro we'll and favorably known at
tirir honc in resent City, AMI va loin
their many friends in wishing for them II
long and happy welded life.
Don't forget the excursion Of the
Ladies Aid sricty on Thursday evening
next for the i.,nciit Of the Methodist
church. Every entertainment under.
taken by these LADIES heretofore have
proven very enjoyable ailairs. and this
will not prove an exception, VT are con
iidcnt
Frank Casey and ". II. l,rown were
the two unfortunatcs ,efoIe the n,ayoi =
court yesterday morning. They were
brought ur On IA charge If being drunk
and asleep On the street, and line Of
one dollar and costs Was assessed against
each Of them.
Mr.. {. A. Rrush, the popular agent of
the Florida southern railway at Inter
lachrn, was IN town yesterday. Mr.
Brush Is erecting commodious bus.
mess house at his place, which will soon
@ ready for large stock Of goods for
the fall and winter trade.
Mr.. Robert Williams and wife, Of Nor.
walk, will leave IN Il few days for Gal
iiornia, where they 20 To look into the
fruit industry Of that tar away state.
They viii b. absent u year, AMI will
Thoroughly investigate the methods and
prospects Of the fruit growers IF the Pa.
cite coast
a little ch,ld at Mr.. j. &. Ingram had
very narrow escape from II violent
death ON Saturday last TIL" chill WAS
at the residence ot Mr.. II, l.. Green, ON
lteL street, and while playing in one Of
the second story windows, lost its bal.
ancc AMI fr!l tn the ground, distance of
twelve or fifteen feet hut strange to say
1t Escaped without injury.
Mr. Thlaehcr, of San Matco, says that
after giving the groves IN that vicinity,
which have about ~ OOO trees in them,
that h. is convinced that there IL fully
two thirds Of a cropoi oranges ON the
trees. Il much better yield than had been
expected. The trr"r there are in the
very best condition, and ore getting
along about as we'll ~ il they had never
passed through "A freeze.
The general "iicrs Of the Florida
southern railway company will be- moved
into their new aud elegant quarters on
Water street during this week. The
now building j. about completed except
IA l,ttlo inside finishing, aud are the most
conveniently arranged and elegantly
appointed railway offices IN the south.
After months rest from the
cares Of the n)to book and pencil il
comes a little hard To put ON the harness
for a hard nn steady pull. Still "A mid
summer rest rcfrrsln4 mind and body
and better iitA one for the lrudgrry made
necessary by good appetite AMI Il lie
plctrl empty purse.
squire j. II. Harp, of Crescent city,
il IN town. tie boasts Of the finest patel,
at milo maze to lm found IN the county,
It having grown tn II height IF twelve ~
fifteen fwt, aud ~ thick that hr is IN
doubt as tu how To- harvest IL. lie l,aa n
letter in his possession ia regard to- har
,csting this crop which h. has promised
rs for publication. which will prove of
great interest To- all who grow milo
maize.
Some time since We mentioned the
fact that Mr.. Taft = warehouse at Nor
walk had been robbed. Since then MIR.
Taft has been On the lunkout for the
THIEVES and succeeded IN lnrntng them,
the boNrs in which the goods wrro ear
ricd nil having been found ut the house
uf II nrgto, who gave the others away,
However, the thieves got wind that they
were s,ispicionrd and silently, and with
out taking the trouble to hld their neigh.
tor- adl,u, oi leaving their address, they
sk,pIrd the country, much II the conn
try's good.
On Saturday night last sheriff Xehn.
bar arrested Henry Davis, an escaped
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