The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-23

l.. HendricksOn, a former suDerin-
! tendent Of the Palatka Water Works
and later business man here, who
/ left some two years ago for Dayton,
Ohio, arrived in Palatka Monday
ana is at the Saratoga Hotel.
Mrs I. A, Boughton, who has been
visiting friends in this city for SIEVE
raj months past, expects to leave
Saturday for Bridgeport, Fla, at
which place she will open her pretty
winter home for the season.
Dirt trains are arriving daily and
/ being unlOaded to fill the space to
deep water on Water street for the
new G. S. d F. depot. A large force
Of laborers are employed on the
work.
| The Sunday School of the Presby-
terrain church will give an entertain
ment, or Christmas party, in the Ar
mory on Friday night Dec. Both.
| The aim of the Sunday school off
GERS is to give the children a good
| time.
William Strunz is here on visit
of two weeks to his brother, Henry
Strunz, Esq. Mr.. Strunz, who is a
well-known operate singer, has just
closed al engagement at MOntgOm-
cry, and stole down to Palatka for a
! little rest.
Capt, J. d. Lane is home for the
| Christmas holidays Capt. Lanes
run on the Seaboard has been
changed for the winter season, and
| he now runs a train from Jackson
vile to Columbia, S, c., instead of
Tallahassee, as formerly.
The school and church at Flora
home will have Christmas tree and
musical festival at the school house
on Saturday night, Christmas eve.
Miss Nudge, a talented musician.
late from Chicago, will have charge
of the musical features.
A beautiful program of carols and
prayers will be observed at the chill
drens service in st. Marks church
next Sunday (Christmas) morning
at 10 d. m There are many beauti-
full carols with music and the ser
vice is all on a printed program.
You know.
Col. A j. HilbOurn of Boston ar
rived this week for the winter. Col
Hilbourn has sent furniture from
Boston to furnish the Robbins cot
tage near the G. S. & F. depot, which
he purchased for winter home on
the occasion of his visit here last
August
The Sunday school of St. James
NJ. f. church will indulge i'm a
Christmas tree with all the happl-
ness thereunto belonging at the
church next Tuesday night Deem
Der 9th. If grown people want to
see real happiness they can get an
inside and near view of it here.
The large lighter built for the
Wilson Cypress company by Capt d
A. Dunham was launched at Ii
O'Clock Tuesday morning. The
lighter is 100 feet in length by sol
wide. Capt. Durham is now engaged
in repairing ii large log pnller for the
same company, and to which he will
add ten feet in length.
Capt. w. p. Denham Of Savannah.
superintendent OF the Atlantic COasl
Line Railway, has been promoted to
be first assistant in the office OF the |
Fourth Vice President and general |
manager, }. r. Kenly, at Whining |
ten, n G. Capt Dcnham formerly |
resided in PaIatka, where he was |
general manager of the Florida |
southern.
Capt VIM. NJ. Husson, of Wash
Ington, D. c., former commander of
I'D. " LIST Reg. Infantry, Flor
ida Volunteers in the Spanish
war, arrived in the city
asst week and will spend the Christ
mas holidays with relatives. Capt.
Husson will spend a few days this
week at haywood hunting, after
which he will return here for the re-
nalnder of his vacation period
Tie weather has been bright and
odd in Palatka since last Saturday.
)ne morning during the week the
mercury dropped to % deg, and there
las been frost every morning. En-
Iuiry among lettuce growers shows
hat little damage will result to
rowing crops. Most of the growers
lave canvass covers for their lettuce
'eds Only those who are without
Overing suffered any damage.
The two story building formerly
coupled by Pat Comedy as saloon
nd one of the landmarks of the old
'alatka of steamboat days, now the
rOperty of DR.. f S. Grill, is being
ut in repair 1t is ore of the best
frame buildings in the
ity, and when Mr.. Dalton gets
through with it will make an excel
ant fiat residence for two or more
The Florida Sun of the 18th, and
ther state papers, have been pub
shihg during the past week lengthy
Setches of Prof. w. g. johnson,
1itor of the American Agricultur-
list, and recommending him to
resident Roosevelt as a proper per-
IN for appointment to the office of
ssistant secretary of agriculture.
5 Prof. Johnson is interested in
slery growing in Palatka, it is but
ltural that the News would be
eased also with his appointment,
1t as the president appointed Will
t NJ. Hays of Minnesota to this
lice on the 18th inst, it would
EN- that the present is a little late
T the Sun and other state papers
nm info tho haopofnr, hu5fnacp Fnr