The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-30
CIIYfNOTEs.


jus, established in Sumpter county, BE-
tween Okahumkee and Center Hill.
Harry Heath has Just received los Of
single eve glasses, designed and made
especially fcr dudes, which are now on
sale.
The carpenters are hard AT work on
the Florida Southern buildings. where
the brick layers are on strike. but no
brick are being laid
Tie Sanford Journal says that II. J.
Doyle. the progressive merchant Of that
really progressive city, is selling his beet
ealieoes for cents per yard.
Tickets for the centennial celebration
at Savannah are now on sale at the j..
T.6 X. ". railway ticket office. A
large number Of EIoridians will attend
the celebration.
The boys are improving the early
morning moonlighss hours..by fshing On
the river. Several were out yesterday
morning. and some fine 6sh are occs.
siona!ly caught.
The fellow that is always asking III i,
is hot enough for you :" has again come
to the front again. He is the same EEL
low that il careful to slam the door shu,
every time he comes in.
We have received copy o! the uous'
ton, Texas, Daily News, little four by
eight sheet, published every afternoon.
I, is n baby newspaper, but it cries loud
for reform in politics in that city.
Postmaster Clark, Of Jacksonville, hsl
been notified by the authorities at Wash
ington that the jacksonville postofiic,
would be advanced to the grade u I
iirs.-class office on July lss, thus making
]. the only office OF that grade in TIN
| state.
Capt. VIM. Is. Avery wants 20 &c
hold of some orange blossoms. lie i
anxious 10 get them, a. the fate OF Z
least one bachelor depends on whe,hs
natural blossoms can he obtained or no,
Any one having blossoms should com
munica,e with the Captain at oncs.
Col. II. T. Baya desires the Herald :
say that the DeBary. Baya line did no
give free excursion yesterday. Com
pliinentary Tickets were issued to grss
many people but on board Of the s.eams
there were numbers that paid their regr
lar fare. Jacksonville Herald.
Mr.. II. Granger, traffic manager Q
the DeBary. Bays line, was in the cit
yesterday en- route to Orange City, whe'
no goes on impo 'tant railroad aud steam
boat business. lie states that the steam
ers Del'ary and Anita will be sent ov,
10 savannah Saturday 10 run excursion
during the centennial celebration.
The Sanford Journal says that M
6. Jones will present to the next NEE
/ ing Of our council Ian for dcodoriziu
} our water closets, and rake n propos
ton in connection therowith which
worthy o. confederation For the cal
Of tho ofactory nerves OF all Palatkan
let Mr.. Jones come up this way.
James Walker, u negro under the ssl
tence II death for the murder OF anoth'
negro named.Chas. Harper flew montl
since. will be hanged in st. Augustii
to-day. Messrs. Collins and MacWi
liams. the attorneys for the doomed ma
have exhausted every means in the
power to obtain new trial, but failed
find any new evidence on which II cou
be obtained. The murder 10 describ,
IA n most brutal one. and Walker VI
pay the just penalty for his crime t
day.
We learn from Master Mechanic Rut
erford, Of the Florida Southern railwi
shops, that another engine has just be'
turned out Of the shops here, thorough
overhauled and made ~ good a. eve
looking a. neat A.. n new pin. A vel
handsome new combination car has al
= just been finished and turned out. N
Rutherford states. and we give il -
matter Of general interest, that C
wheels do not last a. long In Florida
they do north, or on clay ground, fro
= the fact that the sand wears them vel
rapidly. For instance. a wheel nor
will run on Nh average about 600
|, miles, while in Florida they cannot ri
hardly half that distance.
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