The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-11-20
CITY NOTES.

Aud thumps the grand piano
In the sitting-room at home.
See special of +. r. Farrar & Co., who
are offering special bargains in window
shades for the next week.
The steamship City of Monticello yes
terday carried 100 bales of cotton and
200 boxes of oranges on her outbound
trip. besides lot Of general freight.
The j., I. Sc X. W. Railway yesterday
forwarded four car loads OF oranges
North, which will no doubt bring good
prices, as the fruit seemed to be in good
condition and well packed.
The steamer Georgia came down yes
terGay chock a-block with oranges for
the Northern markets. She had about
/ all she could conveniently carry, and it
/ required some time to discharge the
I load
The reduction III rates on the various
! lines coming South Is a good indication,
and when they begin by cutting down
rates from fifteen to thirty per cent. at a
clap" it just makes US laugh, for 1t
means lots Of visitors, more freights and
better times generally.
We regret to learn of the death OF the
infant child of Mr.. W. l.. Penn, which
occurred at Sauble yesterday morning,
after a short illness. and we extend our
sincere sympathy to the bereaved raIaiIy.
The little one will be buried from the
PRESBYTERIAN Church in this CITY to day.
Hazen's kilograms to Palatka yester
day predicted warmer weather, but not
withslandiug it continued to grow colder
in the afternoon, and the signals on the
fiagpCle were left Just as they have been
for sometime. Some how or other
Hazen ard his signals and the weather
seem TO somewhat disa gree.
Mr.. L. levine Pierce has Just purchased
two desirable building lots near the j.,
L. q X. w. railway shops, of Mr.. w J.
Webb. and Will erect a dwelling on
them Immediately. This part of the
city j. rapidly improving. and ere long
will be a. thickly settled with houses as
any part Of the city.
Messrs. Rogero 81 Muudee are receiy-
iuG lot of new goods by every steamer
for their grocery store, and notwith-
standing dull times the report lively
business. They keep good stock on
hand at all times, and will have great
deal TO say about !. in n few days in
few DAYS in our advertising columns.
man who is said 10 live somewhere
about Bridgeport, while boarding the
little steamer Curlew yesterday after
noon missed his calculation somewhat
and pitched himself headlong into the
river. lie was hauled aboard by the
boatmen, and wrapped uP, but he was
shiyering with cold when the boat left
the wharf.
We call attention 10 the special no
tices. to be found in this mornings pa
per, OF Mr.. Ed. Rumley, who offers
some splendid bargains IN real estate
about Keuka. Watch the specials. for
every morning something new will be
offered, and if you want TO invest, he
is certain to have something that will
please you.
Col. Andrew Shelley IS making a great
many repairs about the Carleton House
and putting IL in ip top order for the
winter season. The Office has been
greatly enlarged, and the bed rooms pa
pered and calcimined. The Carleton is
ready for big winter business, and it
will entertain a large number of guests
before the season closes.
Mr.. W. J. Webb, the we'll known real
estate and insurance agent. has Just
added the North British and Mercantile
and the Travellers Insurance Companies
to his list of insurance companies, and
he now has the strongest agency in the
7 State. representing eleven of the strong
est fire insurance companies Of the
world. He IS prepared to place risks az
fair rates on all property.
Mrs. Emily r. Wilson. a highly es-
teemed lady of Jacksonville, died in
that city after a long and protracted i'll
ness. Her body has been embalmed and
will to forwarded to Brooklyn. \. y,
for intermcnt. Mrs. Wilson was the
plaintiff in the noted case Of Wilson va.
Griffin, which excited so much interest
here at the late term Of the Circuit
Court.
The :. +. Is y. Railway has just
made about Il twenty per cent. reduction
in through freights to Palatka The
rate for frst-clas5 freights is now sew
enty-two cents per hundred. and barrels
of vegetables and fruits are brought
from New York hara for only thirty
seven cents. Now if It wants to get the
bulk of the north bound trade it should
give the orange growers and truckers Of
Florida the same favorable rates.