The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-12

4 pi,tui shot On Lemon street a quar-
tai Ia la last night created some little
stir among the special police anil the
few people Who happened To H. up al
that hour. M one hurt.
The rain came Yesterday afternoon an
gl.ri"u4 abundance and glal,l"nsd the
hearts If all. The heat had become ter
rib, and the showers If Yesterday even
,ng ami last night will 10 muc', g""d
Then. !. a c,,lort.l baseball club in Ia
latka which is known by the name If
'',,ar,len I.ill;.s," hut after am hours
ulay one of these aftsrno,ns, ". have
no idea that there i, much Of the oder
Of the garden lilly an the grounds.
Whea'
la another column will he found an
interesting letter from "Vox," well
known and prominent citizen II palatks,
now summarizing at fredonia. y. Y. lie
will write again. The last paragraph of
his better contains "A suggestion that our
fellax citizens would DO well To- take uI:-
der rrayerful consideration.
WHY not organize Gun Club in Pa
latka: There is a large number Of our
citizens foni Of sport. and a proper or
ganization Of the kind would advocate
and have game laws passed that wculd
protect our birds and fish. Some Of the
amateur hurtsmen in this county need
guidance, AS they shoot Unfortunately
and kill everything they see covered
with feathers. including our matchless
songsters, the mocking birds.
We hear If great deal Of complaint
from the up river on account ii the fear
fnl destruction ~ fish which ARE being
taken from the river. II Is true We have
u law governing our fish interests, but it
is n dead letter until put into force by
the county commissioners. We learn
that parties ON the upper st. Johns use
seins and catch immense quantities Of
small fish, which are used for fertilizer,
and unless something is done to protect
the fish the supply on the st. Johns will
in short time became exhausted, We
hope nos that the attention Of the
county commissioners has been called
to the question, that they will ,alc tho
necessary steps to save the fish.
The clock in the tower Of the l'resby
terrain church il source Of great conve.
nienre. We have laid aside our witch
AMI depend ON the clock. It's too warm
: cary watch but, in any event, tn,
, clock is the best. Just raise your ey,
, lashrs and yon can ascertain the time
. and save th" effort Of pulling ont you'
, watch. IL you carry one; or. II you hay.
) patience, you can hear the hour strok,
y on the bell and thus need not even oIel
. your eyes. The clock is very convenient
Il beats the famous one mentioned i,
Strashurg tower.
The revised statutes or the revise,
edition of the Bible We are not certain
which il is speaks II n new place n
the great hereafter that is warm; or
1t may H.. it's an old place with u new
name. We cannot he positive which; bn
Us warm place. Well, we've bn,l
there. Indeed, w 90 there daily. IT,
ailaca 20S;t feet, made Of wood AN,
!. covered with iron. When the fire is go
a ing in the furnace, and the sun il pour
|. ing down on il from above. and hadr
" from below, its warm-yea red ho,
/, Our devil says II reminds him Of home
n lts h !, and NJ mistake lt's uad f.
Il printing office.
1t would h. u good plan to pull u
some III the wooden sidewalks If thi
n city, and grade mp the ground for
n walk. \ number Of the old wuodr
- walks ARE positively dangerous. We n
:. know that they are uncomfortable I
b. walk ON. The ground, when gradrt
II would bc much better. Many Of til
A walks are worn ont, AMI now are I'M,
# ven and badly d,lapi,latel. The part
!, who made the new walk on From
north Of Reed street. should l1 rcwarlt
, with the thanks VI his fellow citizen
:. Many VI the others on Reid street al
=. growing So wietclirdly bad that IL
walks will have To- W. abandoned il n,
=, repaired l. there no law rompcllir
a abutting property To keep the walhs
:, decent repair:
" The phcnix is big hotel and it III
ID been crow ltd since It's opening. but no
III it is absolutely fun. For its genial ma
is ager, feeling the need of more dinil
tables commissioned Mr.. I,charius
II. buy some. which the latter assured hi
r. were exactly the right size. wonderful
~ cheap. and Of surprising good pnalit
~ lie bought eleven of them they ha'
nj lust arrived, and henceforth the lhcn
ct is full. For the reading room is full r.
he are the halls and the piazzas; all are fl
Mt of tables. There is no room for guest
II. Each table is larger than the other. al
III the smallest is larger and older than q