The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-07-15
CITY NOTES

Nr. L.. : Sausle. If >dgble, EIorIda,
w. >ee from Personal mention In the
American, j, on "a visit Ia his old home.
lstltinpre.
The management Of the florbia South
ern II having nIa.Ir most teautlfui
mapof It's road and connections, which
will ts ia circulation ln "A shurt while.
The mayor has a ''hohl,y. The City
council ua,e a,lyl>e,i him that the ''scaN-
enSer cart !, un'ier his PERSONAL con
troll ami direction. IL, not "A no>s'.dy.
Mr.. }. y. CouIer. civil engineer, for a
nns whll, CONNECTED with thu FLORIDA
Southern railway, has b.en ia the cIty
for IA day or 50, circulating among his
friends here.
Conductor Askew. Who has been III for
several days at his rooms in this city,
Was :, far recovered Yesterday AS to lie
on the street, again. He will resume his
run this morning.
In. Ladies And society of the Pres
bytefian church will give an ice cream
estlyal for the benefit If thu church, at
the store formerly occupied by Richard
son X To-, Tuesday evening next, July
10Th.
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pleasant quarters IN which 10 meet AMI
transact the business of the city. clear
AMI concise conclusions may In reached
on all matters pertaining thereto. Tho
new rooms ARE open, AIRY AMI pl, asant.
The mayor IL having the room used
formerly asa council chamber more con-
r"nlrntly arranged for the holding Of
his court The mayor il IN earnest ami
VIII see to Il that law breakers ar. Ia liz,
taught a lr>son when they come before
him
MI WHY AZ" Interested IN base ball in
lhlatka arc requested to attend meet
INK at o'clock this evening at the office
of M.ssrS. Baldwin ~ tmhranr, ON
Lemon street. Some business will come
lsforr the meeting H. which base halli,l,
/ are interested
tondnrtor lsob Gamble reported yes
trriaN that there were several very ugly
waslouts down the llutnla Southern
railway, hut IN keeping with the goo.l
luck 81 the road, no damage was done.
There wal NJ trains oil schedule ~ ,on
sequence of the washouts.
Thei" lsa rolorrd lnn,,ir IN the count,
prison, at the rApenSeo i the city. What
business has the city w,th lunaticsy Let
him 20. The rouncil postponed the con
! sdcration Of this case until nest Tues.
day. In the meantime the expense gors
IN. som, ON" has informed lis that il
costs Sl.jo per ia, to keep hum. This is
toIgh on the tax PAYERS.
Wrnrr glad 10 Us' the publicity TUE
NrW> il giving the proceedings of our
city council IL creating greater interest
IN the affairs Of the city in the minds of
oar people. THIS fact is rvinced hy the
frequent discussions III matters pertain
ing to the city government by the PEG.
pie such an interest kept up contin.
uonsly will do much toward giving Us
the best government and encourage oil
GERS to perform their public duties.
! The removal OF the l.cntr bullmy
from Front stteet to the vacant lot ON
! the opposite side Of the same e,,lare. ON
FIRST street lsnow being done ike mage.
| During the past two days the building
has been carried from it, oil to its now
| position, where it will be- made To- front
On rst street. The lot vacated will be
improved at once, aud three nice brick
stores will be at once erected and ready
for use in time for the coming winter :
season.
/ Col. :. knoMlton has Just returned
from lIaines City, in Polk county, where
he owns large tracts of very fine pine
and hammock lands, n considerable
amount of which lies on Lake Tracy, a
beautiful body of water. The Colonel
made sales Of lands to two gentlemen
while in llaines city. both Of whom will
locate and build up with the country"
llaines City is rapidly growing place ON
the South Florida railroad, about ten
miles south of Barlow, has its newspa.
per, hotel and several business houses.
and Col knowlton informs us il sur
/ rounded by excellent land
cur young friend White, tho editor of
the lively Galnes> I'll" News, was giving
H. the other day most glowing account
"f tiaincs>lles progress. Awe took it all
IN IA gospel truth. Tut, in his paper of
Yesterday, we learn that the place is ac-
tually growing up To weeds. The SPACE
about the old court house. it SAYS. il
nothing more ar less than a weed
patch. wh.rethc rank thistle mods in the
wind and the tiny sanlspur and pepper
grass grow uninterrupted. We reckon
! this article was written in, BRO. White =
absence, We never SEQ anything IN the
News. written 10y Bro. White, that W.
dislike. His trip to palatka may sug.