The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-17
CITY NOTES.

in front of the Grill block. 1t will be a
source of solid comfort to pedestrians.
The rain yesterday afternoon was
welcome visitor, As the flying dust and
sand was making the streets decidedly
unpleasant.
Mr.. j. III. yanSinderin, of Lake George,
is in the city. lie reports many i'm
provemen,s in the way Of new buildings
in that section.
The United States touy tender. the
steamer Wis,eria, was tied up at Capt.
Reii's wharf Yesterday. She is looking
after the bouys on the river.
\ number Of thrifty young orange
trees are being put out around the Put
nam House BY next season the trees
will te decided ornament % our big
hotel.
Mr. Brown, the fogeman OF Hasbrouk's
packing house, succeeded yesterday in
downing the fishermen in the way Of
capturing large bass. Yesterday he
succeed in capturing fine specimen
weighing 10. pounds.
The notice in THE NEWS a day or two
since mentioning the factthat Mr.. l.. G.
Canova had lost $50 on the streets, was
the means Of that gentleman recovering
his money. Mr. Craigin had found the
money, and when he read the notice he
returned it to the owner.
: The odor from the damaged pile Of fer
tilizer of Gardner X Eaton is not deli
cious, and we are glad to learn that il is
disappearing rapidly. Several tons were
sSld yesterday. Everybody noticed the
fact, as the per centage Of smell was
proportionately reduced.
We learn from Il circular letter just
sent out by Major q. W. Bromwell, Of
the Florida Southern railway, that the
steamers of tho Morgan Line will make
their last trip from New Orleans to Flor
ida and Havana, this week. owing to
quarantine regulations which, will soon
go into effect.
The street hands are doing some good
work along Second street, in front OF the
Methodist and Catholic churches. The
bitches have long been choked up and
the street in bad condition, but it will BE-
in good shape when the work is finished.
Tho street force will clean up Lemon
street to-day,
Washington Moore aad Ellen Moore,
engaged in regular family jollifcation
a day or two ago, when Washington
walopped his b,ttcr.half, and threw a
lot of the furniture out Of the house.
Washington was fined 81 and costs. by
the Mayor, and Ellen was fined in like
sum for her part in the fun.
Edward Hickey, 10 or IL year old
boy, a student Of the Academy Of the
Sacred Heart, died Thursday morning
at the residence of his parents on Lemon
street, and was buried from the Catholic
church yesterday. The Sisters and all
| the students Of the Academy attended
the funeral services. as well as n number
. of the friends Of the family.
The high winds from the northeast
that have been blowing for the past few
days has kept the sluggish st. Johns
pretty well stirred up, and the usually
placid surface of the river has been COW
cred with black waves and white caps.
The water is also very high and 20 rough
that work on the new wharvss has been
suspended.
Some parties who are afraid lest by
the laws delay the negro murderer
Virgins. who is now in Jail under sen.
tence of death, may escape his just pun.
ishment. hung him in cfiigy on Thurs.
, day night. The stuffed" man on the
hor So rock ut the corner Of Lemon and
Third streets yesterday morning created
some little excitement until everybody
, found out what it meant.
We have been requested, rs an act Of
, justice to Mr.. Maxfcld, who was arrest.
cd several weeks since charged with OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses, and
who was declared innocent Of the crime
/ by a Jury. to state that on recovering
. the money taken from him at the time
of his arrest. he Immediately went to
Mr.. i. tunneely and redeemed the check
that WAS the cause of all his trouble.
IN old negro man standing on the
:. wharf yesterday, manifested great inter
g. est in the piles Of slate being taken of q
]. schooner. lie eyed the slate and felt OF
shelf carefully, and at last asked q by
= stander for what purpose such guam
+ tity was shipped here. On being assured
1 that it was SAINT from the north for the
purpose Of learning negro children how
to cypher. the old man shook his head
!. in doubling way, but nevertheless.
i seemed very happy over the idea tina,
something was going to to given his race
= for nothing.
( A man little the worse for liquo,