The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-01-08
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Mr.. j. H. Austin has been appointed
agent in st. Augustine for the Clyde
Line.
| A. III. Richardson, who has been quite
ill for several days at the Baya House,
is much improved
New parlor carpets and curtains make
the snug little Carleton House more at
tractive than ever.
The Rev. E. c. Spinner, ID. d., Profess
sor in and President of Central Univer-
sity, of Iowa; has been visiting st. Au-
| gustine.
The schooner Kennebec, advertised to
overdue at this port and has not been
heard from.
Prof. Wehner presented Judge Mac
Williams last week with handsome re-
Juds.s was delighted.
The funeral of DIR. Matthew Canova,
OF Green Cove Spring, who died there
Friday, took place yesterday. He was
buried in the new Catholic cemetery, in
North City.
Civil Engineer Mickler, will begin on
Monday the extension of the survey of
the Coast Line Railroad from Moultrie
around to Ormond, distance of about
forty-seven to fifty miles.
A most delightful surprise party was
given Friday night to Miss Laura Irwin,
by her many friends at her residence on
Bridge street, the occasion being her
birthday-''sweets sixteen
Capt. Moody put the Guards through
some pretty lively drills Friday night
They will be drilled Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday nights, preparatory to
going to Jacksonville Thursday morning.
A number of mechanics were sus-
pended from the Casa Monica and Ponce
de Leon last night. These monster
buildings are nearing completion, but
there will soon be work for all the me-
chanics in the city.
Two Englishmen have rented store
room in Monson's new building, ON
Charlotte street, opposite II. Genovar's
store, where they will open, on or about
the 18th inst, first-class merchant
tailoring establishment.
The infant son of Mr.. E. F. Joyce IL
very sick, and the family are nearly worn
out with long watching by its bedside.
Mrs. Joyce especially is in an exhausted
condition and deserves the sympathy and
assistance of her neighbors and friends.
A very popular place with parties in
terested in real estate is the office of
Chapin's Lard Agency, over the post Of
flee, where III. j. Richie, the manager,
always has some real bargains to show
anyone who may be interested in real
estate.
Old 1875 newspapers advertising Har-
ward College lottery; quaint old books
near 400 years old; queer old bronzes;
deeds of negro slaves, ivory carvings
and old arrows are among the curios at
the tourists store opposite the fort, the
popular resort of visitors to St. Angus
tine.
A look at 1.-The Devils Banquet for
five cents is the latest. The view is car
ried around on the back of a son of
Sunny Italy, and while you look in on
his satanic majesty's banquet the hand
organ plays Climbing up the Golden
Stairs" with a bass drum accompani-
ment.
"7he st. augustine Ne,rs," mentioned
in Yesterdays issue as a possible myth,
has since given signs of matrailizing, in
the shape of a st. Augustine edition of
the .'Richfeid Ne,rs," watering-place
weekly of splendid reputation and wide
spread popularity as a society journal of
high character. The first issue of the
ssNe,cs," which will be a weekly, de-
voted exclusively to society affairs, will
appear about the middle of the month
As Pastor Mclean was opening the ex-
ercises at Grace Church on Friday even
ing. by exhorting those present to enjoy
themselves socially, get acquainted with
each other, ETC., little tot of girl
walked right up the aisle to where he
stood and pulling his face down gave him
a royal smack. The good man remarked
that the little one had set them all a good
example of loving kindness, but that he
could hardly expect the children OF
larger growth to goso far
Our military boys will endeavor to
raise sufficient funds to defray the ex-
penses of the Garrison Band on their
trip to the opening of the Sub-Tropicai
in jacksonville next Thursday. The
company can pay part of the expenses,
and will ask the citizens TO contribute
the balance. We have military COM
pany OF which we should he proud, and
if they are headed by this most excellent
band. their appearance will be the best
of any company in the parade on that
day.
Pal Estate Rsyiev