The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-02-02
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me have had enough cold Times
Union.
Extensive repairs are being made on
old Fort Mason.
Real estate transactions at Leesburg
are said to be numerous, and prices re-
main good.
Passenger trains from Enterprise to
Jacksonville commenced running daily
yesterday.
The Item complains that the streets in
Ocala are in a bad condition and need
the attention of the authorities.
At st. Augustine an opera house is be-
ing built which will, when completed,
have seating capacity OF 1900
The people of Florida should rise up in
ind nation against the New York Her.
aid for libeling our Florida.-Ocala Item
A gentleman in Tallahassee has men
irgetis in his big toe. This is something
like having an ingrowng Dail on the ear
or corn in the eye.
The Lawyers Soliloquy, or How He
Pays His Bills" is the title of new
book being written by young lawyer
of our city.-St. Augustine Press.
Some man who is too mean for the
sun to shine on, is doing lot OF mis-
chief in Tallahassee by poisoning the
bi-d dogs in that city.
A Florida editor says that vital statis-
tics show that men bear pain with less
fortitude than women, that they die
earlier and oftener, and are n scurvy lot
anyhow.
A logger-head turtle was caught in In
dian river last week. 1t was three feet
ten inches long, three feet two inches
wide, and weighed two hundred and fif-
ty pounds.
The F. r. s. n. company are putting
another fast train on their road, which
viii leave Jacksonville early in the
morning and reach Orlando about 10
o'clock at night.
Real estate transactions in OcaIa the
past few days, amounting to 100000,
has but little of the appearance that the
scare was fatal. The truth is, Florida
stock viii not be below par
The editor Of the Enterprise Herald i.
sometimes an angelic being. He made
flying trip" from Enterprise to Orlando
last week. All editors are not angels,
and alas! some will never be.
In Baker county last week an election
vas held, the purpose being to locate the
county seat OF the county. Macclenny
and Sanderson were voted for, and Of
463 votes cast, the former place received
243. or majority Of 90.
Mayor Thrasher, OF Sanford, distin-
-uished himself by capturing negro
who broke away from a policeman who
had arrested him. The gallant Mayors
coat was torn IL. the struggle, but he
pluckily held to his man until assistance
arrived.
The Key West Democrat says the
Iascotte on her return from Havana
viii bring over 100 barrels of oranges for
the Florida market These oranges are
for Jacksonville, and will readily pas. for
Florida oranges which have not been
frozen.-Orlando Sentinel
From our state exchanges il is learned
that the outlook now is that the season
will be an exceptionally fine one for
vegetables, and the prospect i. that good
prices for early products will in a great
n asure overcome the financial embar-
ra5sments with some of the orange
growers caused by the loss # the orange
crop.-Jacksonville Herald.
Real estate men are jumping at the
chance of buying orange groves. Yes
terday firm in Jacksonville received a
telegram from a prominent New York
capitalist requesting them to obtain the
refusal OF large orange property for
three months, and to mail him partcu-
lars as to location, product, price and
terms. 1t is Of no use TO try and kill the
Florida '' boom
II local news becomes any more
scarce than il has been for the past week
we will send ali our reporters off on q
Honeymoon, as we will have no use for
them.-Gainesville News. Come over
TO Palatka, gen;lemen; come to a real
live town; yes, come. half dozen of
you. TO assist our one little man. The
field here is severely large for one man.
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