The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-13
CITY NOTES

Eggs are very scarce III the Palatka
market, and are selling at verv high
prices.
We have remarked before and repeat
it now. Don't forget TO register and
have your neighbor follow your good
example.
Mr.. w. o. Wolff is just up from a
weeks sickness, which brought him
down in flesh considerably. We are
glad TO see him out again.
Mr.. Chas. Capperbusch, the well
known hotel porter, has returned from
the White Mountains where he has been
with Mr.. Barron during the summer.
Capt. Harry Cable is getting up
menagerie on board the steamer Georgia.
He has three coons end cat now, and
will soon add young bear to his col
lection.
We regret to learn of the death OF
Mrs. Gray, the mother of Mrs. John Nj.
Ramsaur, of this city, which occurred
on Sunday last at her home in Char
lotte, n. c.
Capt VIM. NJ. Husson, we are glad
to note, has sufficiently recovered from
his recent illness as to be able TO sit up,
and will be out on the streets again in
few days in his usual good health.
Mr.. Oscar Barron, proprietor of the
Putnam House, is expected to arrive in
Palatks, in about two weeks. when he
will begin making his preparations for
opening his popular hotel some time in
December.
Oranges continue to be forwarded to
market on the river. We have not
learned what returns this early fruit
brings, but fear that it s sold at the ex-
pense of the bulk of the crop that Will go
forward later.
Misses Smith, sisters of Mr.. Robt. +.
Smith, of this city, have arrived from
Virginia, and viii remain in Palatka for
the winter. They are most pleasant
young ladies, and prove quite an acqui-
sition to Palatka society.
The schooner Fiorencs and Lillian ar
rived yesterday morning, having sailed
up the river. She brought la~ge cargo
of general merchandise consigned to
Capt. r. J. Adams at whose warehouse
the freight was discharged.
Messrs. NJ. w. King & Co. report their
wholesale trade in crockery. etc, as
growing after very satisfactory man
ner. They now ship goods to all parts
of the State, and they are giving that
branch of their trade special attention.
The negro, John Goosby, who was so
sci iously cut Monday afternoon by Hen
rietta Hall, is reported as getting along
finely, and is now at the city lookup.
Hem .etta Hell - stu in Jail, and will
probably have her preliminary trial be
fore Judge Haughton this morning.
Mr.. NJ. Loeb is filling a great many
large orders for railroad tents, 10 be used
by the hands on the extension of the
T. Il. & n. railway in South F'"si'a
The tents are made up lere ....,ppsd
.eady for use. Mr.. Loeb, 50 far, has
shipped more than hundred tents to
that sction
The Palatka Club met at its rooms last
night, when about fourteen new MEM
bers were admitted. The Club contin-
ues to gcow IN numbers and popularity,
and Will soon be the leading club of the
state. 1t has now outgrown its present
quaI tiers, and VIII move into larger
1 ooms soon.
The Clay Guards will give a grand
ball at Green Cove Springs on tomorrow
est affair of the season down there.
The Palatka and Jacksonville compa-
mics have been invited and will probably
attend, - well as large number of the
young eople of the two cities.
We learn from an exchange that
Captain Leo Vogel has resigned his
position "a the Captain of the steam
ship City of Palatka, and that he will
hereafter run between New York and
on one of the steamers be-
longing TO the New York and Charleston
Steamship Company. We will regret to
lose Captain Vogel from our Florida
waters, but wish him good luck on his
new run.
Sam johnson, notorious Jail bird,
who has served several terms in the pen
itentiary, and a number of short terms
in Jail for burglaries, was tried before
Judge Haughton yesterday, charged
with assault with intent to kill, he hav-
ing assaulted a fellow prisoner in Jail on
the Goth of September. He was re-
manded to Jail in default of LOCO bail,
to await trial before the circuit court
The Putnam Alert Hose Company
adopted constitution and bylaws at its
meeting on Monday night, and its or