The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-17
CITY NOTES.

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Was just four dollars and half.
DIR. F. NJ. McMeekin and Mr.. Philip
Pricleau are in the city.
Misses Lizzie and Matte Gray have re-
turned to the city, after pleasant visit
of ten days to Green Cove Spring.
Miss L. II. Roux, sister of Mrs. J. b.
Ley, is in the city, and we are glad to
know that she will make Palatka her
home.
Messrs. Vertrees & Co. have received
their car load of horses and car load of
fine mich cows, which are now on sale
at the Gem City Livery Stable.
The transfer companies and the dray-
men are having something of q harvest
hauling the large stocks of goods now
being received by our merchants.
Every train and boat south-bound carry
large numbers of passengers, showing
that the Florida travel is beginning
earlier this eason than usual.
Mr.. Joe Falk has just arrived from
New York and Washington, where he
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county store, and visiting his old home.
The City Editor of the Sanford Jour
nal is piling up fearful load OF wrath
that will descend on his head in a day
that is not far away. No joke about
this, young man.
The schooner Mary L. Allen, from
Bangor, Me-, with a cargo of lime for
Messrs. Gardner, Eaton & Co., arrived
here yesterday morning, and is discharg-
ing her cargo at that firms warehouse.
Two hundred and fifty bales of cotton
have, so far, been shipped through Pa
latka, via the Florida Southern Railway,
to Charleston and New York. The
prices are ruling low for the long staple
this season.
We would like to again remark that
this is beautiful weather, and that the
pulpits will be filed in all the churches
to-day. There is no good excuse for any
body except newspaper men staying
away from church to-day.
The Dougherty Club will meet at Fire
| mems Hall tomorrow evening, when it
is hoped that every member will be
present, as business of Importance is to
be transacted. There is work for the
club to do, and we hone to see a good
turnout.
Mr.. Lock wood, the well-known ar
tesian well borer, is in the city, having
Just arrived from Punta Gorda, where
he sunk six-inch well 397 feet deep.
He secured an excellent flow of water,
and it spurts eleven feet above the top
of the ground.
Although great many oranges are
being shipped North, SO far none OF any
consequence have been offered for sale
in the Palatka market. But little later
we ran luxuriate in the golden f--r't ~
pay as much for it. too, co., ;. .uern
friends have to pay hundreds OF miles
from us
The friends of Col. A. j. Beach, after
consulting him, have decided TO re-an-
nounce him as a candidate for County
Commissioner. He has consented to
run, and his many friends ask the
support of all voters for his election.
His announcement will be found in
another column.
\ big crowd will go down to Evinston
to-day to attend Major Bromwell's big
camp meeting. Some of the most no
table colored preachers of the county will
hold forth to-day. and as they have good
lungs, they win wake up such a shout
ing as was never heard in the pine
woods and ham mocks of Middle Florida.
Mr.. L. Falk was too busy yesterday
to write out an advertisement for his
dry goods establishment, but our readers
may look for it in Tuesdays paper. He
has bought one of the largest stocks
of goods ever brought to Paiatka, and
says he has got to ''sell 'em or bust"
so he is offering them at bargains, as he
has no notion of Dustin.
While in Mr.. j. G. Mangold's gallery
yesterday, a News reporter met Mr..
George Brown, the gentleman who, with
little hair brush, which, however, is
not brush, enlarges pictures and makes
| them look like the most expensive steel
engravings. The process is somewhat
tedious, but the result is very satisfac-
| tory indeed, as will be seen by examin-
ing the specimens of his work. E. E.
Mangold, son of j. G., has also returned
to Palatka, and this gallery is prepared
| for any amount of work this winter.
The orange groves about San Mateo,
are reported in the lest possible condi-
ton. Mr.. b. F. Crosby yesterday ship
| ped twenty boxes Of the early variety.
Mr.. G. w. Lyle has increased his order
for boxes to more than 5000, and Mr.. H.
r. Lyle will have 1000 boxes this year,
an increase of 500 boxes over the crop of