The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-12-18
THE OLD STORY

And raised him sum
That for some time To cum
Would keep him, ami then he went oU"t
when he in the count was ARIA gucd
Next morning. the cause was eNr!a Sn"d.
He had wasted the sum
That We gave him, IN rum
He has since AT the Island remaiSEeI
Items were about as scarce yesterday
as hen teeth. Hence these few lines.
/ Christmas comes Just one week from
/ to-day, and turkeys are already getting
/ ripe.
/ Egg-nOgs will come into fashion next
week, notwithstanding the high price Of
! eggs.
/ The weather turned little cooler yes
terday, and furs and overcoats were dis
pensed With during the middle - The
! day.
] Palatka is 10 have a Chinese grocery
store run by Lee Williams. He will be
I open and ready for business in few
days.
! The walk in front of the Lente build
: ings has been taken up and relaid 80 thRt
the water will flow off in the streets. 1t
was TOO flat before.
! Six tramps We're captured by the po-
/ lice yesterday. and the mayor will give
them a job on the streets when they are
brought before him this morning.
\ free open air minstrel show was
given on the Griffin lot last night. The
entertainment drew quite q crowd. and
the singing and dancing was really good.
\ box of old fossils were shipped from
here yesterday to DR.. Jay Cooke. at
! Washington. D. c. They seemed To be
very old, and are doubtless very yalua-
BILE.
The prize fight advertised To take
place in St. Augustine on Thursday
night. did not take place, as TIE mayor
of that city interfered and would not
let the men beat each other all ont of
countenance.
estate auctioneer of jacksonville will
hold semi monthly auctions at Welsh
ton this winter. where he expects TO
dispose of great quantity Of the lands
and city lots.
The editor of an exchange says: The
longer we run newspaper and write
about people and events the more We
realize how utterly impossible it Is to
scratch every man on the spot where he
itches the most.
Mr.. J. +, jackson has been trying his
hand at driving artesian wells. and has
succeeded IN getting a splendii flow ut
depth of forty feet. He has rig of his
own for driving, and SAYS he l. as in
dependent as a wood-sawar
Our new fast press. capable Of print
ing 5000 sheets per hour, is now being
placed in position in THE NEWS press
room. 1t is one OF the Prettiest little
power presses ever brought To the State.
and it will soon be turning out fire book
and job work Is fast rs any one would
wish
j. \. Hawkins, the well-known coll
ored carpenter, has been at work in The
News office for the past two weeks max
ing shelving. desks. etc. His work has
been done in the best manner. so that
now we have one of the most conven-
lent rooms and hsndSomest offices in the
State.
We call attention to the new adyer-
tisement and special of f. Il Farrar &
Co.. to ne found in another place this
morning. They are determined to en-
liven business. and have made fearful
cut in prices in order To unload their
heavy stock of goods. Read their adrer-
tisement for particulars.
IL is pretty hard sometimes TO resist
the solicitations of smiling girls To in
vest in a chance on some article for raf-
tie. or the purchase OF a fancy tritle,
even If the price seems fancy. But
what is fellow to do. when he is dead
broke: We expect some old maideuish
fellow say Stay away from
fairs
Sam Jones, the noted Georgia revival
Ist. will be at the approaching Chautau-
qua meetings. 1t is a pity he cannot be
brought over to Palatka 80 that he could
give ~nr sinners an old fashioned shak-
ing up. Jones is good talker, and il
: does fellow good to hear him, even If
he cannot agree with his extreme ortho,
doX views.
\ great deal of complaint Is being
, made on account of the very bad condi-
, ton of Kirby street. The complaint is
Just for. water stands in the low places
out there. and the black mud and decay
ing vegetable matter should Ice covered
with clean sand. or else the inhabitants
, UP there will he compelled 10 invest