The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-12

Into the cellar. Sctrt-S you so.
Rats.
AT night as you pass through the street.
what suddenly drives your blood to- heat,
And tul ms you rs white as II ShcetE
What is ii the street urchins cry,
WheneV or they copper espy,
One no thinks himself quite hI
Rats.
What is 1T hat the gallery gods shout,
WhDec'er they hear a gag worn cut,
And make the aC tors prOwi ana Iout
Rats.
See notice of cottage wanted in the
special column.
Services every day and evening this
week in the Methodist Church.
The old jail has been torn down, and
the new one shows off to much better
advantage.
For time yesterday it looked rs if
summer mad come back to tell us some
thing she had forgotten.
Mr.. Will ID. Randall will probably re-
turn to day from Georgia, where he has
| been for several weeks on n pleasure trip.
Disinfectants are cheap, and the com
mon sense of the people will cause them
to use whatever may be needed with
liberal hand.
Mr.. w. J. Webb returned home yester-
day, after spending several weeks at his
old home in Maine and the summer re-
sorts of the White Maintains.
| One of the Warren Ray line of Schoon-
ers, from New York, arrived in port last
night, with a general cargo of freight,
consigned to Captain f. j. Adams. The
cargo will be discharged tomorrow.
| I Mr.. G.. L. Yelverton has, on his place
on the Heights, a two-year old Japanese
persimmon, budded into the native,
with a crop of over two hundred well
matured and nearly ripe persimmons
| on it.
Miss Ida Tilghman, of Francis, ar
rived yesterday from Maryland, where
she spent a portion of the summer, &C
companied by two of her young lady
friends. who will remain for some time
at Francis.
Halifax journal: Paiatka's building
boom continues to increase. There is no
| doubt the Gem City will he the CONNER
cial capital of South Florida. u will be
the center of the orange trade this year
| and hereafter,
Mr.. Theo. Higginbothanl, manager of
Col. Harris Murphy Island grove, who is
suffering with cancer in the face and no
has been quite feeble for some time past,
we are glad To know, is reported better
this morning.
Sermon in the Baptist church this
morning at II o'clock on " Christian
Cheer" and at 80 d. IN. on Earth
quakes and their Missions" Sunday
vitation is extended to all
Judge Thompson said yesterday, as he
was mopping his face after long walk,
that it looked to him as if he had an ar
tesan well ON top of his head, the per
spiration run down so freely. Ii was
warm. and no mistake about it.
Chas. Osgood, tramp, was ARE sted
and carried before the mayor yesterday.
|
Immediately under penalty of being put
to work on the streets. The police will
arrest all of this class hereafter and they
will be made to earn a little prison fare
10y good honest work on the streets
Mr.. |. IIarkins billiard, our popular
and ioviai Life Insurance man, is pre-
pairing To make his residence at his new
ly built home on the Heights. His mag
nificent property is located near Lundy
station, one of Palatka's suburban auxil-
iaries, and bids fair at an early day to be
the centre of n flourishing settlement.
Lemon street is in "A fearfully bad con-
dition, full of mudholes, and the walks
sloppy and irree Ilar. 1t is a task. ard a
risky one, to drive a vehicle through to
the railroad crossing, and it gives the RI
der the impression that he is driving
over piowed fields full of holes and
stumps. the jolts are SO frequent and vio-
lent.
Continuing the revival services in the
Methodist Church that have been in
progress during the week past, there will
toe preaching to-day at l l a. m. and 1:30
p. m. Subject this morning, THE Ele-
ments of Success in Revival Effort, and
this evening the sermon will be directed
To the unconverted. \ cordial invitation
is extended to all. Sunday school at 10
a. IN.
Hon. Chas. Dougherty will fill at least
three appointments. if not more, in Put
nam county, during this campaign.
Many of our citizens are anxious to hear
him, and they will be given the opportu-
nifty in good time. The canvass is pro-
crossing finely so far, and the born vic.
tor" is making votes and friends where