The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-12-10
CITY NOTES.

Il wonder Who it's FROM she said;
II know the writing very w"li,
But whoec il is cannottelI.''
With curiosity she burned,
And staishtway TO the rostmark turned.
"The postmark, that will end the doubt"
Twas blurred; she could not make it out.
A dark cloud DER her visage stoe,
And keenest anguish wrung her SOU.
The address she again perused;
"who can have written III" she unused.
Che could not with the problem cope,
And rs she bryke the envelope
Her last resource she ad no better
And then she knew who wrote tie letter.
Mr.. j. p. Rogers, of Middle Falls, n.
Y, and Messrs. w. L. and III. j. RoIph,
of Utica, y. Y, are at the Saratoga.
| Mr.. r. J. Rifles advertises some of the
prettiest Christmas cards ever shown in
/ Palatka this morning. Call and examine
/ them.
/ Mr.. b. l.. LilIenthal has special this
morning Offering lot of damaged hay
! for sale at auction. See notice and gov
ern Yourself accordingly.
Our people should not forget the grand
! Masonic concert, which will be given at
the Opera House one evening during the
holidays. The best of our home talent
will take part. and it goes without say
! ing that il will be an entire success.
Yesterday rubber goods and grub, to
say nothing of hot toddies, were about
the only things in demand, and the day
proved one of the me ST dreary and dull
known in months. The meanest word
in the En- lish language is the only one
that will describe the day, and that word
is-''nasty."
The approaching opening ball of the
Gem City Guards is all the talk now in
society circles, and the fair ones are all
busy solv ing the momentous problem of
what to wear. There is going to be big
crowd present, and the Guards will see
to it that every guest is well provided
for and has good time. 1t is an utter
impossibility to play wal flower at
Guard entertainment.
The first solid car load for Daytona ar
rived here yesterday from the North via
the j., 7. & h. w. Railway, and Will lie
transferred across the river to day and
forwarded to its destir alton. This is but
the beginning of what will be a great
traffic in short while. The Halifax
country is on one of the healthiest booms
ever known in Florida, and an immense
business will soon be built up over there.
The meLlbers of the Ladies' Memorial
Association are active IN making prepa-
rations for their fair to , held next
week, for the bene fit of the cemetery.
They are going to make the fair very at
tractive, and they eS pect large attend-
ance. While there is 10 be a la~ge num-
Der of fancy articles for sale, we learn
that no fancy pric will T., charged, as
they propose to give value received for
all moneys spent with them.
The clerks In Mr.. G.. Z. Devereux's
store yesterday t. ok advantage of the
rainy day TO redress the windows, and
the result was very happy effect. In
the centre of the indow stands a very
handsome doll richly dressed, and around
and back and above her are a. ranged
samples of silks, velvets, pushes, ETC.,
artisticaliy grouped, and causing the
passer To linger in order to take in its
beauties.
Messrs. w. II. Powell S Company, of
Philadelphia, furnish the following quo
tations for Florida oranges. as ruling on
December 4th, which shows that our
fruit is bringing pretty good prices:
Fancy oranges, 1913 to 146 size, g.. IS to
81; fancy oranges, 176 TO 200 size, So. so
to 1915; choice oranges, 1913 to zoo size,
1926 To $3.50; common oranges, all
sizes, $3.50 to $2.15: G. Russets, 12S to
200 size, $3.50 to S275; Russets, 1913 to
200 size, 81 to $3.50: Mandarines, half
boxes, $3.50 to 50; Tangarine=. half
boxes, So to $3.50. The above is for
fruit that is properly sized, well packed
and sound.
Wyoma, on Big Lake George, in Ma
rion county. has been made a post-oflice,
with w. c. McCaskill as postmaster
The new settlement is no paper town.
but is composed of about twenty fam
lilies, who are comfortably situated, " it'll
vegetable farms and orange groves al
ready in successful operation. 1t is just
north of the well known Yellow Bluff,
is three miles from Spring Grove and
eight miles from Draytou Island. 1t is
not known as yet whether the new Of
flee Will be supplied from Aston. or " Ill
be put upon the Palatka and Drayton
Island r. p. o. This, however, will be
determined soon by the super .uten dent,
and the new office will take place with
its fellows on the books.
The question of forming society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
has long been talked of by few people
in Palatka. but so far no active steps