The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-24
CITY NOTES.

ihS Sllelii IVY !, WIN SSAHt 'A'NNN-'N - -~-'N
At twilight eats the apple green,
The doctor pours, at midnight dim,
Jamaica ginger into him.
He vows while in the COLES power,
No more green apples he'll devour.
Next day, recovered FROM his pain,
He bankers for the fruit again.
A number of strangers were in town
yesterday.
The Ladies' Union Prayer Meeting will
be held to morrow afternoon at O'Clock,
at Mrs Ropers, Lemon street.
Mr.. Pierre d'A. Pratt, of the fernando
Nelrs, gave Palatka pop call yesterday,
and will return to his home to -day.
The Young Peoples Union Prayer
Meeting will be held this afternoon at 4
o'clock at the Methodist church. Sub
iect {" Christian Faith"
Mr.. Leo jacobson will hereafter be
found at the dry goods house of Mr.. G.
p. Devereux, where he hopes to meet all
his old friends and customers.
Alice Mickey was the only prisoner
tried before the Mayors court yesterday,
the charge against her being drunk
and disorderlv," She will do six days
on the streets to satisfy outraged justice
for her froIic.
The Golden Troupe, genera! favorites
among our theatre goers, are now play
ing to delighted audiences in Texas, and
are slowly working their way to Florida,
hoping to reach here about the holidays.
Mr.. j. E. jackson is making quite an
addition to one of his Lemon street cot
| tages, adding four rooms, making the
building two stoi les high. 1t will be
used as a clearinghouse when com
pleted.
The streets presented quite a lively APP
pearance yesterday and last night, and
the merchants generally enjoyed n pretty
good trade. business is beginning to
look up little now, and will soon be in
a rush.
We learn from the Sanford journal
that kerosene oil is selling in Il at burgh
for thirteen cents per gallon. At that
price people should have plenty of light,
even enough TO find an honest politician
at midday.
Haywood Sampson, Il colored man,
while loading iron at the j., 7. & X. w.
railway yesterday. had the misfortune
to severely crush his foot by letting rail
fall on it. Several of the bones were
broken, and he viii have long rest in
waiting for it to get well.
In speaking of the heavy freight bust
ness done by the j., T. & x. w. railway,
yesterday, we stated that three or four
heavy freight trains were required to do
the business, when we should have said
that it required that many extra freight
trains each week, in addition to their
regular trains.
Messrs. E. r. Farrar & Co. have on
exhibition, at their furniture store, one
of the prettiest sets of rattan furniture
we have seen in many a day. 1t was or
dered for a citizen of Palatka, and, when
placed in the parlor, will give it hand
some finish. The ladies are invited to
call and examine it.
The fall opening of Mrs. c. NJ. Stickles'
millinery establishment has been largely
attended by the ladies of the city and
vicinity. who were attracted by the ele-
giant and handsome display Of goods
shown. Mrs. StickIes and her assistants
had the stock arranged in the very best
manner, and the decorations OF the store
were profuse ard tasty, making q pic
ture that all eyes delighted 10 dwell on.
| The ladies' were charmed with the hand
some goods, which included nearly
everything to be found in a ffrst-class
millinery store, and the sales made
amounted to no little. y notable fea-
ture of the opening was the music fur
/ nished in the evenings by the young men
/ OF the Palatka brass band, who made
their first public appearance on that oc-
casion, and surprised all ny their pro-
| ficiency.
| If the merchants of Palatka would in
| troduce the one cent coin more univer-
sally, 1T would be a great benefit to the
I trade. The class of small wage earners
( is q owing in number in the city. The
news carriers, the fruit vendors, the de-
! livery clerks, that important corps the
boot blacks, all need smaller money than
/ the nickel. y box of matches worth a
cent is sold for five cents. The increased
/ sales at one cent where the vslue only is
one cent would bring increase of profits.
Whatever argument there may &c for the
use of the nickel holds good for the use