The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-15

Deacon Robinson, the irrepressible
travelling agent of the j., t. & X. W.
railway, was in town yesterday.
Marshal Manucy is having his street
force to repair the streets and crossings,
as instructed by the city council
Mr.. Mitchell REM, of Bridgeport, left
yesterday for a short trip to st. Louis and
Cincinnati, and will he absent several
days.
Sugar cane is coming into town, and
the little fellows and big ones, too, that
love the juicy cane, are happy in conse-
quence.
York Sheldon is workin & out sent
ence of ten days on the streets, he hay
ing been proven guilty of shooting his
little gun on the streets at the Mayors
Court.
Mr.. Rud. Kersting has a new adver
tisement of his drug store this morning,
to which attention is called, He keeps
a good, fresh stock on hand, and asks the
patronage of the public.
Mr. j. j. Powers, of Brooklyn, y. Y,
who made a proposition to the City
Council short time ago to put in sys-
tenn of sewerage for the town, is here
looking over the ground.
Mr. l.. Falk returned yesterday after
noon from New York, where ne has
been for some time laying in his fall and
winter stock. He YVES through all the
markets, and viii show a beautiful
stock when he gets it all opened up.
Henry Hollie was tried before Judge
Haughton yesterday, on a charge of
stealing watch. He was acquitted by
the jury, and his accuser assessed the
costs of the trial, on the ground that
there was not sufficient proof for trial.
| Mr.. !. jacobson returned yesterday,
after spending several weeks in New
York selecting one of the finest and
most tasty stocks of goods he has eyer
brought here. lie VIII have a beautiful
stock, and will tell our readers all about
it in few days.
Mr.. ]. w. Campbell. Jr., of Ocala, left
that place Septemt r Sth, since which
date nothing has been heard of him.
Any one having any information con-
corning HIM later than that would con
fer favor by imparting the COMO 10 c.
w. Campbell, ST., at Oca'a. 50
The st. Johns River Baptist Associa-
ton convenes next Saturday, W. th the
Spring Grove Church, in Volusia county,
and ill continue its sessions until Mon
day evening following. The Rev. j. J.
w. Place and the Hon. p. P. Bishop
have been appointed as delegates from
the Palatka Baptist church.
Messrs. John f. Speck & Son,who will
open a jewel,y establishment in one of
the Lsnte buildings as soon as they are
completed, ere receiving their goods
now, some of them very elegant. This
store IS to be fitted up in the most mag
nificent manner, finished in black, with
fine show cases, and will have the larg-
est and best stock of jewelry ever shown
in Florida. The firm will go into the
wholesale as we'll as the retail business.
Capt. McGraw, of Buffa'o Bluff, was
in the city Wednesday, and made THE
News office brief call, in company
with his three sons. Two of the latter
arrived home on Sunday morning, but
too late to attend the funeral of their
mother. the greatest loss one can sus-
tain is that of an affectionate wife and
kind mother. Mrs. McGraw possessed
all the kindly and pleasing qualities of a
noble woman.
Mr.. T. j. Beale has an ordinary blue
jay bird which he has raised in cage
that has become great pet among the
people about the Snow building on Front
street. He is so tame that he is let out
of the cage every day, when he flies from
one person to another, and seems to like
the fondling he gets very much. He has
been taught 10 whistle a march, and the
passer by often catches himself keeping
step to the Jays notes. lie also tries to
initiate the matchless notes of the mock
ing bid, but he is not built that way
quite. He makes nice pet however.
and enjoys his captivity to its fullest ex.
tent.
The people of the Heights are deter
mined to have graded school, and to
that end they are trying to get up a
scheme to raise money by taxation, in
stead of by subscription, as we were in
formed a few days since. The idea is to
have house TO cost four or five thous-
and dollars, and to have a school that
will be an honor to the entire commu-
nifty.
As will be seen from the following
clipping from the Jacksonville NeirS,
the old favorite, John Sylvester, is back
on the river: