The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-09
CITY NOTES.

Mrs. John Bixler returned yesterday
from the North, where she has been on
an extensive~visit.
Judge j. F. Welborne, Chairman of the
Congressional Executive Committee. is
in the city, guest of the Phenix Hotel.
The rotund form and genial counte-
nance of orr old friend Ed. Rumley, of
Keuka, was a pleasant sight on our
streets yesterday, and his many friends
were glad to again greet him.
John Bixler's pet bear, coon and dog
are furnishing the amusement for the
Water street denizens nowadays. They
frolic and play together like so many
kittens, and are about the happiest fam
lily of pets ever seen in Palatka.
Mr.. Alex. Ray, of Fruitland, was in
town yesterday. AL. says that he car
ried all those watches back to his neigh
bors, and did not have to put a single
one of them in soak for political en-
thusiasm. He is not built that way.
Hon. P. P. Bishop, of San Mateo, is in
the city to attend the Dougherty meeting
to-day. He has just returned from his
extensive groves at Citra and Orange
Bend, and reports that the orange crop
is as good or better than expected, there
being good average crop on the trees.
DIR. F. NJ. McMeekin and Messrs. Philip
Prioleau and Henry Hutchinson, DEM
ocratic nominees for the Senate and
House of Representatives, are in the city,
and will "shake the horny hands of the
honest workmen," and present their
claims for suffrage.
Be sure and turn out to- day and hear
the speeches of Hon. Chas. Doug herty
| and others, at the Opera House. Mr..
Dougherty will speak at II o'clock this
morning, ami there will also be speaking
at the same place at 1880 o'clock this
evening. Be on hand and hear some
good Democratic doctrine.
Thursday was a big day at the Florida
Southern depot. Freight had arrived
there for nearly every business house in
town, and every body about there was
busy in getting it out. Mr.. j. NJ. Ram
saur alone hauled ty-three loads of
freight out, and other transfers doubt
less did as much more.
Hon. j. C. Greeley, the Republican
candidate for Congress. from this dis
trict, was in town yesterday. So was the
Hon. Thos. Hind, Republican candidate
for the lower house of representatives
from this county, and they were On route
for Gil-gal, where they are to deliver
speeches to the faithful to-day.
A letter received from Col. II. L. Hart
yesterday, stated that Mr.. Oscar Barron
| has had a good season at the Fabian and
other White Mountain hotels. The Col
onel says there is plenty of ice and two
| inches OF snow now on the mountains,
and the thermometer records only six
degrees above zero on Mount Washing
ton. The Colonel is now in Boston, and
will be home in a short time.
The steamer Georgia brought several
boxes of oranges from up the river yes
terday morning, for points in the North.
The oranges are just beginning to ripen,
and while not near so good as they will
be later, they will no doubt bring good
prices when put on the market. Too
many of these inferior oranges put on
the market now, however, will seriously
affect the prices of the good fruit later,
fact the growers should keep we'll in
mind.
By reference to the advertising col
umns it will be seen that the new firm
of Gardner Eaton & Co. are now ready
for business. Mr.. Chas. II. Glidden,
formerly of Charleston, has gone into
the firm and will have immediate charge
of the business in Palatka, while the
members of the old firm will 60 to
Gainesville to look after the branch
house of the firm there. The new firm
proposes to push the business for all it is
worth, and are now ready to receive and
fill all orders with which they may be
favored
about the streets, says that he is trying
to get up club, whose object will be to
protect the members of his race who are
imposed upon by the white people, who
crowd them off the sidewalk and put
other indignities upon them. So far as
our observation extends the boot is on
the other foot, as we frequently see la
dies have to go of the sidewalk to get by
a crowd of negroes on the street. We
advise Coleman to go slow with his club
and the best thing he can do is to stop
with the six members he claims to have
already.
Major Teasdale's report to the Council
for the month of September, besides
showing that SO had been collected in
fines from the Mayors Court, also