The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-07-18
CITY NOTES.

handsome cottage an his lot on the cor-
ner Of Orange and llapgood streets.
Mr.. l.. Falk has new advertisement
in another column. in which he tells of
bargains he is Offering in dry g,osi-.
Read il.
Mr.. |. W. Brown, the proprietor If the
Erhigeport lumlrr mills. spent yesterday
in Palatka. lnoking full of iaisine>s and
good humor.
MIR. III. L.. Natt"iiin leaves to-day for
Sanford. where he gees to l1k after the
business o his Shoe store there. lie
will remain for two or three weeks.
In another column We print the full
proceedings Of yesterdays convention Of
the primary of this precinct. A list of
delegates To the county convention is
there given.
Mr.. George II. Fortsome, the clever
young attorney, leaves this afternoon
for his former home in Washington.
Georgia, and will be absent for month
or such matter.
Judging from the number of drum
mers constantly in lalatka. there is n
good trade going ON in the country. The
drummer is, in fact, like the poor.
always with us"
The rain Is n legitimate subject for an
item this time, for it has been coming
with great regularity, consistency and
quantity for the past few days. Ii seems
u be master Of the situation and comes
down at will.
The county convention to elect dele
gates to the 0cala convention will h
held at the court house on Wednesday
next. The precincts Of the county held
meetings yesterday to elect delegates to
the county convention.
Mr.. w. II. Peck, one of the leading
spirits Of Norwalk, was in town yester
day I'm route for Sing Sing, n. y, to
visit relatives. and To pass II few weeks
in the country Of his childhood. Mr.
Peek will bc greatly missed by his friends
until his return.
Mr.. Marcus Loeb sent to THE News
office yesterday u bottle of most excel
lent Rhine wine, which was sampled by
visitors, editors and printers, and Ill"
general verdict was that il was of finest
quality and flavor. and Mr.. Loeb was
voted the thanks If the force for his
remembrance.
Our live and progressive Lemon street
dry goods merchant, !. jacobson, has II
large and attractive advertisement in
another column III TnE News this morn.
lng. to which special attention il called.
When he adveriises bargains he has bar.
gains to "ilrr. 1t will pay buyers To call
and examine his goods.
| Mr.. Andrew Shelly, who has not been
nut Of the State for twenty years, leaves
Monday, accompanied by Mrs. Shelly
for thu Thousand Islands, in the st. Law.
renee river, Canada. Before their ~.
turn they will visit many places Of inter
rst IN Canada and thu northern all east
ern parts Of the United States.
Ma jor Teavlalr gave THE News repre-
sentative talk yesterday. which will IL
found elsewhere. His party are great
organizers, and IL the democrats sit down
with folded hands they will have thing.
made liNcl, for them IN the coming elcc
tions. 1.-THE longest pole knocks tn,
Ierslmmon' is an old a,apc that is no,
inappropriate in this connection.
Crescent tty Gazette: Efforts are h.
my made to have II postal route rstah
llslrd between Crescent City and Fruit
land and ticorgrtown Via Groycsdalt
We were greatly surprised tn learn tha
Il route between these places did not al
ready exist. The route would h. ono o
general public utility. We trust tn,
efforts being made will prove success
ful.
Griffin X Parker will take one Of tn,
Florida Southern new stores and vii
move into it by the list Of Scpt,mbe
next. where they Will have more rool,
and better facilities for the management
Of their extensive hardware business
The firm have built up magniiiccn
trade in their lnr and the new and bet
ter facilities for handling goods viii "
greatly tn the interest of the firm
. The reporter ~ yesterdays issue o
TnE News mentioned Mr.. Gcnovar a
, the postmaster of ~. Augustine Thi
: is u mistake. Mr.. n,'whnrst is still tn
= postmaster of the odd cit, l., the SEA. an,
the misprint was one of those littl
things that will happen even in the t"s
regulated printing offices. owing it ma
I've to the fact that the devil is eve
present in such establishments, and fire.
quently has great power over the r.
> porter.
The Crescent city t'a2rttr had lettc
. in its paper Thursday from Summe
! uaynn ~ hirl Mus 80 much like nnn nnl