The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-13
CITY NOTES.

Apd they were wild.
The cold moon meath cloud hal fled,
so dark and thick
''Oh come, he sang. ''and We will we'd
Come to me quick
And then il came AMI struck his head:
i, was a brick
TIL Bits.
Mr.. Il. W. liastings, of Int rlaehen,
was in town yesterday.
Robert Il. Reid. Jr., left for st. Au-
tine " stefday.
Miss IolIie Teasdale left this morning
for Charleston, on visit To relatives.
Mrs Helen, Moor, If Green Cove
Springs, is in the city, the guest Of the
Misses GRAY, on Second street.
Mrs. Miller left yesterday afternoon Tor
Irwinton, ia, where She goes 10 spend
the summer with relatives.
Yesterday Was about as quiet. So far rs
local happenings is concerned. as the
president Of the lazy club could wish for.
Tho new passenger depot Of the j., I.
& X. w. railway, at the Lemon street
junction, is fast nearing completion. and
is promising 10 lr very handsome little
building. It will b~ ready for occupancy
in n few weeks
Mr.. T.. T.. Stokes has gone to New
York, where he has taken n position as
clerk in the Prospect house. located on
shelter Island Heights, where he will
remain during the summer. He will ex-
tend a cordial welcome 10 all his friends
during the summer.
Mr.. Rud Kersting received yesterday
$50 Young rekc plants, in which were
1a5 varieties, which will be set out on his
model place ut Keuka. lie already has
n large number Of valuable plants there,
and he is experimenting with nearly ev'
erything he can lay his hands on.
do not fail to attend the public meet
ing at the office of Messrs. Baldwin 4
Cochran 10 morrow night where the full
pr.lininarirs If the Fourth of July cele-
hrattnn will In arranged. The commit
tees appointed will make their reports,
aud the program for the day arranged.
A number 81 swinging fans have been
placed in the Putnam rink, and the
breeze they create makes it very com
Portable for the skaters. Large numbers
attend this rink every evening. AMI en-
gage in the l"rsplIing exercise 81 lying
around ON the rollers, despite the very
warm weather.
A large crowd "f our citizens will
spend to-day in the Ancient city, lcav.
ing for that point this morning on the
new ~. Augustine and Palatka railway.
This is about tho most popular Sunday
trip our people can make, and we will
take advantage W il before the summer
ends.
We lind the following mention If an
old friend. Maior s. II, Royal, in n late
issue of the Fort Worth, Texas. Mail.
"P. o. Inspector Ro, al passed through
town this evening en- route to Dallas,
with Frank Fox. whom he arrested yes.
teruay for rohbing the United States
mail ON the star route. between Cleve-
land and Bcnlah. There has been trouble
on this route for some time. and this ar.
Z, 1t is an important one
Mr.. Xacharias. the table agent for the
phcnix hotel, has sold some Of his old
plumber, so that thu guests ut capt. Ed
wards may find room in his house. But
Mr., Xnclarias desires IA. like his chief,
to warn tho public that the first man who
says table" to him, or places one hand
on the fingers of the other to represent
that useful article Of furniture in his
sight, will lose his scalp. Verb Sat.
Some officer Of Nolusa county went to
Orange city last week to see Editor
prevatt, and here in what the editor has
to say about his visitor: "Une OF the
high officers Of Nol,isia county was in
town Wednesday, and, we learn. want
ell to meet rrevatt. His appearance on
the streets was n disgrsceful scene, and
one Of our merchants took him in and
put his clothes on. lle was on big
drunk and slept in tho woods just north
of Orange City. In the course Of human
events an officer cvcnwll have a go' 4
time"
Among other curlos,trs secured 10y
Mr.. A. i. Cano,a on his recent trip to
the extreme southern portion OF Florida.
was the skeleton of manatcc or sea
COW, which he found On the st. lucic
river. Yesterday he was engaged in
putting the skeleton together, and is get
ting il ready for exhibition. lie also
had the stuffed skin Of a large rattlesnake
which he killed, measuring about six
and a half feet. lie will have the curl
osities ON exhibitions some day this
week, when all should 20 around and
SEQ them.