The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-01-13
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

The weather grew thicker yesterday
! and threatened rain.
Judge MacWilliams yesterday sent
Ferris johnson to Jail for thirty days for
larcency of $3.50 from Mr.. G. Il. Ran.
som.
Of the Constitution, who made the trip
from New York on the vestibule train is
at the Florida House.
The thing is now being laid on the
roof of the main tower of the Casa Mon
lea, which will complete the outer work
of that splendid building.
The Ponce de Leon plumbers give a
grand ball at 90 Myers Hall on the eve
ming of the 10th inst, next Monday
with music by the Second Artillery band
orchestra.
Telephone subscribers are requested,
by Mr.. Peacock, manager, To add TO the
list of subscribers the following:
75-J. Elliott & Son, fish, oysters, &c.
Isl. A. Irwin, residence.
Sergeant King, of G. Battery, Second
Artillery, whose time expired yesterday.
re-enlisted at once for general service,
taking a four months furlough, to
report at its expiration at Columbus Bar
acks for orders and assignment.
The Guards, twenty or more strong,
marched in full uniform and under arms
to the Jacksonville depot, yesterday
morning, whence they took the train for
the Sub-Tropical, in the opening OF
which .saey were invited to take part.
At the Mayors Court yesterday John
Brooks, Sam Walton and George Walton
each contributed to the city treasury s.
and costs each for being drunk and dis
orderly, and j. Thompson gave up SO
and costs for an aggravated case of the
same kind.
There is much talk about town about
the unexplained absence of City Marshal
Drysdale, who has been out of town fol-
several days. He announced when In
left that business called him away, but
there are those who have other versions
to relate, and it would be well for thu
missing official to show up.
The tourist ticket agency of Thoma,
and music store on st. George street, il
becoming an absolute necessity To tn,
travelling public. Tickets have beer
sold, even in the short time it has beer
in operation, to nearly every inhabites
portion of the world. Amy kind of in
| LOT TO- rata OF.
can be obtained at this office.
The Hotel Register has the followins
about two of the Magnolia's best men
NJ. Nicholas Labriola is the chef of tin
Magnolia, at St. Augustine, and is earn
ing golden opinions from the large mum
Der of guests who are making the hote
their winter home. Mr.. Edward Mooney
who has filled the position of steward a
the Scarboro, Long Branch, for the pas
four seasons, is winning added prais'
from the guests of the Magnolia, st
Augustine.
Mr.. Dan Bailey, foreman in charge o
the work on the Cathedral, was engages
yesterday and day before pumping GU
the foundation of the bell tower, tn
water in among the piles being severa
feet deep. The pump used is what Dal
, calls his Chinese patent, and is reall
made after the pattern of those invente
and in use in the Flowery King
dom. After pumping out tn
water and saving off the piles below tn
line of seepage, the deck will be bull
on top of the piles of 1Ox12 timbers, til
space below and between the timbers bs
D ing filled with concrete, and the cor
; crete walls cast on top of the deck. On
of the piles was driven in the center {
an ancient well, in which an iron boun
cask had been sunk between the parts {
:, the square curb, and the remnant of I'll
cask, with the iron hoops still encircl
the pile.