The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-07-17
CITY NOTES.

LaNIng the ORANGE trees IN front t the
carleton House. IL is the only way 4"
preserve the tree from hrut-"s.
The property "iIt "n Lemon Str'''t T.
ap,~arantly daily Increasing IA value.
Houses arernn~tantly h"lng hunt IN that
part If TIA" ritv. givin-s evidence 81
substantial growth.
Tl,. building lnnnl struck West lni
in earnest. amt tlter" are now M less
than eight az ten elegant residences ln
rulira. If erection. fsst,l's these, ether
AR. g., ia. erected h..f"re ia" summer ~
over.
On Monday. July 9Th, an ol@n-air
meeting Was held near Putnam Hall,
bv the Etoniah Steam I'reige AMI ANAL
COMPANY. The weather Was threaten
/ ing, sr.echra short. AMI local influence
in favor Of the Company retaining tn"
Etnniah.
/ Mr.. T.. 7. Lane. the entrTprising hard
waie merchant If Water street, is hav-
/ ing quite an extension built to his store
! in order Ia make room for his growing
business. This il "A good sign for thes"
times, and We note MIR. Lanes prosperity
with pleasure.
DO not forget that the new literary
ami lets-have-a- jolly time club, the T.
b., meets Wednesday evening next ut
the residence Of Capt. II. \. Gray, cor
ncr ~ Oak AMI Second street. All who
feel AN interest in such an organization
should attend and ioin the band.
Mr.. GEORGE Mundee, the operator in
charge Of tn. International Ocean telc-
graph office at this place. will Tomorrow
or Monday remove the office Of the
company to The Boyd new brick build
ing on Lemon street. where It will bo in
a more convenient and more comforta-
bly, location.
st. Johns Lodge. M. x. Knights of
P,thias, installed the following officers
on Thursday night last 7. i. Mers'r.
eau, 7. C.; II. J. Grooms. &. C.; a. H..
Lockwood. Y. C.; ". ". Rast. F.: &. c.
barbour, X. Of u. and s.; T.. T. Lane,
VI. of +; ". II. Cross, NJ. at A., George
". Lansing, VI. Of Ex. After tn" SER
vices, the members inlulgcd in some
little festivities. and ice cream. cake and
lemonade was severely punished.
D. j. Cameron. of the firm of lIiestand
n Cameron. saw mill men. OF Sanford,
has alsconlrd with funds belonging Ia
, the firm amounting to 81 Oo or Si,ooo.
Mr.. &. was associated, says lh" Argus,
with the mill in the capacity Of book
81 Keeper I'm general trust man. AMI
when an examination Of the b~oks wa
hal. Tie left ON Saturday, and when
next heard from it was hy telegraph
from Toronto, Canada.
! The otlicr Of the Southern Express
;, Company viii hc removed to the new
u brick lmlllng erected this summer hy
|. Mrs lsoNd on Lennon street. Mr.. Rus
= sell, the superintendent If agrnr,rs IN
y this district. informs this reporter that
the office viii i~ made one ot the neat
/, est business offices To- be- found IN Tia,
!. state. The h,isinrss done hy the com
I panN IN l'alatka II quite large, and tn,
/ place is a distributing point for sn,ltl
/ Florida. fact which necrSsialra til,
&, best Of facilities for handling freight al
1 tins point
u Tn Thursday next, the union Sunday
' sclool. Of Penal, viii PIE NE at Brown
u landing. Extensive arrangements ~,
holng made for thrrhl,lrrn small AN,
y larger grown. tu spend u most pleasant
day. \ more beautiful plac" iut PIE me
' Ing than Browns landing could not III
= found. and We doubt not that every sun
u day school scholar. h., the pleasures -
u the day, will Il" greatly encouraged u
the pursuit " the studies Of the stories -
Moses in the bullr,lahrs, Jonah and thu
u whale. the Hebrew children, and othr
u narratives Of equal interest and pathos
= Mr.. I. liarrrntine, Of Buffalo Bluff
;, sent TnE NEWS Il large watermelon
/. Thursday. which, besides being a yer!
fine sam pie Of this excellent fruit, wa
something of II monstrrSity. II ha'
begun its existence. doubtless, with thu
intention of attaining great proportions
" and to this end it bent its energies. )
u tremendous grape root happened to he II
its way, hut not To- h. dauntrd by such ;
- trivial Circumstance. the melon contin
. ued to grow. forming itself over an'
Il around the grape root The melon Is II
Tnr NEws office where 1t can b" srei
y bv the curious. This was one Of a lot -
II SOB melons Mr. Harrrntinr shipped ol
u that dav via the Comet tn nalatka, all u
which were ot fine quality. and, notwith
" standing the crowded state Of the mar
J. ket, commanded n fair price and SOLE
! readily,
a prominent young business man q