The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-03-18
CITY NOTES,

Inc IutuTe heau
For badness must prepare.
His statements vex
The sterner sex.
\ fact they don't disguise.
For now they see
Their heads will be
liut skating Kinks for flies.
Ticket. sin
River travel seems to be somewhat on
the increase.
Rev. Mr.. Mitchell, of Crescent City,
was in Palatka yesterday, and called at
TmE NEWS office.
While Palatka is wearing her bloom
during the coming summer new opera
house should I've built.
Five schooners were ut our wharves
yesterday, giving the river the appear.
ancc of business and life.
Mr.. j. a. Couper, Of the Florida South
srn railway, and wife, Of Brooksville,
are ut the Carleton hotel.
| Yesterday was st. Patrick day, and
many Of our Irish citizens were wearing
the green" in honor Of their patron saint.
One thousand men are now at work ON
st. Augustine's new hotel building. The
foundation only is laid, and it cost the
builders $50, 600.
! \ ctand opening Of the new hall ut
Pomona ON Tuesday evening Of ext
week. Extensive preparations are being
made for the occasion.
| \ large number uf shade trees are bc.
ing planted out around the Putnam
House fquarc. The selection consists of
palm, cedar. orange and some other va.
ri,ties.
cur markets are now being supplied
with new tomatoes, and Strawberries are
among the luxuries that may be enjoyed
by these who have pocket books that have
been kept out of tho elephants path.
The schooner Florence and Lillian,
Capt. thaS. Smith, from New York came
into port yesterday morning, bringing Il
general cargo. She made the trip from,
dock TO dock, New York to jacksonville
in six days and IL hours.
As an item of news to the spoony lads
and maidcns we will make the statement
that n weather prophet has predicted
that by tho time of the next new moon
the weather will be sufficiently pleasant
to begin the Observation-Disclosures season.
VIM. Dyn and wife. Mr.. and Mrs. H..
o. l.athrob, Boston, Mass; j. w. Stark.
eston and J. S. Ives, Michigan; Geo. b.
Burrows and Brett Athow, Madison,
Wis; Mr. and Mrs. d. b. Howard St.
Louis, Mo-, were registered at the Sara
toga yesterday.
| The Jacksonville Herald contains an
item to the effect that Col. Whitfield
| Walker has closed trade with Mr.. c. K.
Griiiing, Of Putnam county, for 200 lots
in aud near Crescent City. The amount
paid for them was $40, 1000. Col. Walker
is,one of florida's thouroueh.going real
estate men, and has moro than oncs this
winter "struck 1t solid
Invitations have been issued for the
grand Masquerade Pail TO h held at the
Elite Rink on "Wednesday evening.
March oath inst. \ costumer from Sa-
vannah. with stock Of three hundred
costumes, will bc present, and will rent
the same for the evening. A merry time
may hc expected by all those who at.
tend.
Tho Kendall Comedy Company closed
a very successful three nights engage.
ment last night in our city. with the
play of Joshua Whitcombc Judging
from the comments Of those who attend
ed, the company succeeded i'll highly
pleasing the audiences, as we heard moth
ing but the highest praise given them.
The fine military band. and the excellent
metropolitan orchestra won csnccial
praise for the fine music rendered on the
streets and at the opera house.
The Herald says that news has reached
Jacksonville that after an unexpected,
hut unavoidable, delay the rails for the
comp letion of another division of the
White road from Ralleston to the Tomo-
ko river have arrived and the work of
track laying is going ON with vigor
There il a rumnr that Flagler has rur
chased the White railroad Should this
be true it undoubtedly means the immo-
diatc extension of the road down the
coast and will make system of lines via
st. Augustine to jacksonville.