The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-12-21
CITY NOTES.
SHOP PING,

Bandolinc. bandoline.
Bonbons. fchus, kerchieis, cOIlarctte- as well.
A silver soup tIIreen.
up tuTe N, soup tTreen.
And bonnet that she thought was Just -"
swell
A dress of old go ID plush,
Old gold plush, old gel plush.
The choicest easkIn sacque that she could
And without II single blush,
Single blush, single bush.
~h. swamped her husband; now he's lost his
mind.
Christmas gift, This is to give notice
that We said it first.
This is the time when the small hoy is
the boss of the land.
the Mayors Court yesterday morning
for ipdulging in a too free use of profane
language on the streets.
Mr.. Frank Wright. of Mount Royal,
is shipping oranges right along. and his
well-known brand, Royal Crown. is a
sufficient guarantee that the fruit is ..
n. and that the top OF the market will be
paid for it.
We call attention to the advertisement
of Mr.. John T.. Parker. of Interlachen,
where his dye works are becoming 50 well
known. He does work in the best man
ner and at reasonable prices. F.. II. Far
rar & Co. are the Palatka agents OF these
works.
The Orlando Guards. one of the crack
military companies of South Florida.
will dedicate their new armory hall on
Christmas night by giving "A grand ball
and supper. Extra trains will be run TO
accommodate the guests, and a big time
is expected.
Mr.. kersting yesterday presented us
with handful of beautiful roses, which
reminded us that we are living in land
of flowers even if overcoats are neces-
sary for comfort. The roses were very
pretty, and will be on sale fresh every
day at that gentleman's drug store.
J.W. Baird's Mammoth Minstrel Show
will he here next week, on the 29th
inst. The company is highly praised by
the press. and will no doubt draw a big
house, as it is the first genuine minstrel
show that has visited us i'm long while.
They have a number of attractions and
artists high up in the specialties.
All the engines, fine machinery etc,
formerly in the popular river steamer
Fanny Dugan," are now used in the
big saw mill at Devils Elbow. The old
Dugan is a wreck, after plying the river
for a number of years, and we are glad
tn know that her machinery is being put
to the hest possible use.
Messrs. f.. c. ~ &. S. Tiffany, of san
Msteo. have been shipping lettuce for
several days to jacksonville, and yester
day forwarded four barrels to New York
Shipping lettuce To- the Northern mar
kets at this season of the year, Is Il new
wrinkle i'll Florida truck growing. aud
the returns will no doubt he very salts
factory.
The Ladies' Memorial Association
have a card of thanks i'm this mornings
paper to their friends. They also request
Va to call attention to the elegant paint
ing and doll at the crockery store of Mr..
y Usina, which will be rallied as soon "a
enough are disposed of. Also that all
articles not called for at the fair, can be
found at the home of Mrs. Benz. \.
Deal. on Third street, near Laurel.
Sunday afternoon Marshal ManuCv
found a gang of negroes engaged III
gambling about two hundred yards be-
yond the railroad junction on the Flor
ida Southern. When the negroes saw
the officers, they took To- the woods
The officer fired his revolver twice. when
two of them gave themselves up. All
of these will be prosecuted as soon as they
can he caught.
Sheriff Zehnbar returned Yesterday
from Hardeeville. =. c.. where he went
to get negro by the name of Nathan
Pryor, who is charged with assault with
intent to murder. Nathan Is one of the
negroes who broke jail here in Septem-
Der last, and is said to be the one who
took Jailer Perrys revolver from him
and endeavored to use it on him at the
time. 1t is from this process that he
will have 10 answer the charge under
which he is now held.
We hear a good joke at the expense of
Rev. Mr.. Stanton, who was at Norwalk
on Sunday. He wanted To take the
steamer Georgia yesterday morning, in
order to get down TO his home in San
Mateo. His watch had stopped for some
time, apd the clock at the house where
he was stopping had also run down, so
there was no way OF knowing the time
Getting up at about l a. M, he de-
cided that the boat would be there bv