The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1905-01-27
City happenings and
Personal lIlantitn.

Miss Nudge of Florahome spent
Sunday here with friends.
Mrs. Robert Barnes formerly of
this city is now living in Los An
geles, Cal.
AL Davis of Jacksonville spent
Sunday in the city with his parents,
returning Oh Monday.
The Misses jenkins, two charming
young ladies from Macon, Ga, are
the guests of Mrs l. X. Stelts.
Miss Bessie Spain the efficient
teacher Of the Florahome public
school, spent Sunday here with her
parents.
Mrs A. n. Marion of Detroit, Mich,
arrived last week for visit of sew"
eral weeks to her daughter, Mrs. John
Il. Griffin.
Deputy Sheriff Edward w. Clark
of San Mateo has been appointed "a
notary public for the state at large
by Governor Broward.
All members and friends of the
w. 9. T. L. are requested to meet at
the Methodist parsonage on Thurs
day Feb. 2, at $3.50 p. m.
Stuart Hyatt, the well-known
tenor, has consented to sing solos at
the morning and evening services at
St, Marks church next Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. /. L. Elwood and Mrs.
Hiram Elwood of DeKalb, ILL.,. ar
rived last week and are occupying
the ElwUOd cottage On Madison
street,
Mrs. }. n. Blackwell gave recep-
ton at her home yesterday afternoon
in honor Of her sister, Mrs. Ross
Dunn of Nashville, Tenn.
The Daughters of the Conrederacy
will meet Thursday, February I'd,
with Mrs G. J. Rogero. The street
Car leaves the foot of Lemon street
at three o'clock.
D. 6. Smith of Macon, Ga, con-
nected with the Burke Publishing
and Printing company, is in the city
for months visit with his brother
iu-iaw, j. w. Ray.
Miss Sailor of Cincinnati, Ohio,
and Mr.. aud Mrs. Lane MacGregor
and two children of Duluth, Mimi,
are guests Of Mrs. J. w. MacCtreg0r
at her home on Palatka Heights.
The Boys Band from the Georgia
Industrial Home will appear at the
. opera house tonight This band is
making a tour of the state to raise
. funds for the Industrial Home,
The Emmett street branch of the
Paiatka & Heights Street Railway is
being Oyerhauled and put in first
class condition this week under the
supervision Of Nice-president w. J.
Craig.
Palatka's corn fed motors are again
in operation on the Heights, and
regular trips are again being made
around the belt. Full particulars
as to the time Of leaving can be had
of the general manager aboard the
car.
A. w. Strange & Co., the wide
. awake dry goods people, are first in
the field with their announcement of
spring goods. If the weather proves
warm today the advertisement of
this firm in this paper will make in
teresting reading for the ladies,
Nesdanes r. F. Adams and H, II
/ Mcdonald and Miss Mabel Bassett
are the delegate from the Woman's
Fortnightly Club Of this city to the
State Federation of Womans' Clubs
at Miami this week. The delegates
were entertained at the Royal Palm
Hotel during the convention.
The home of Mrs. Esterbrook on
Oak street was damaged by fire at
$3.50 o'clock Wednesday evening.
The department responded promptly
and by quick and well directed work
prevented what might have been
serious conflagration. This is the
third time the house has been afre
Wilbur Mccoy, land and industrial
agent of the Atlantic Coast Line Ry.,
was in the city on Friday of last
week. Mr.. Mccoy has been instru-
mental in calling the attention of
many people to the rich trucking
lands about Palatka, and he predicts |
that the next three years will see the |
bulk Of them taken up by, outsiders. |
The weeks mission, to be conduct |
ed by Rev. Archdeacon Weber of |
Boston, will begin at st. Marks |
church tonight and will continue to
and including Thursday evening,
February I'd. There will be from
two to three services daily, and the
public is cordially invited to attend
any aud all Of them.
Information has been received in
this city Of the death in Summer
vile. >. c., of Mrs. |. Jenkins Mikell,
the estimable mother of Mrs. ThOs
p. Hay Of this city. Friends Of Mrs.
Hay extend their deepest sympathy
is this. Der hour of sorrow. Mrs.
MikelI died of pneumonia, after a
very brief illness.-Gainesville Sun.
Considerable excitement was caus-
ed Thursday morning at 8 O'Clock by
the discovery of fire in the roof of
Col. A. J. Hilbourn's residence on
Third street in the north end. An
alarm was rung from central station
and the hose companies responded
with their usual promptness and {
made short work Of putting out the {
fire. Very little damage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. G. Brown of De-
trOit, Mich, are expected today on a
visit to their daughter, Mrs. II enry ,
s. Wilson. MIR. Brown, with Sena- /
tor Chuuncey N. DePew, Henry B h
Ledyard. K. Y. w. ROssiter and +
Dwight W. Pardee, form the execu- >
live board of the Michigan Central :
Railroad. Both he and Mrs. Brown {
have made former winter visits to 7
Palatka.
Judge f. f Haskell of this city :
was elected to the office of Deputy l.
Grand Master of the Masonic order
in Florida at the Grand Lodge in .
Jacksonville last week. He was
promoted from the office OF Grand
Senio Warden. In two years Judge
Haskell will probably be promoted i
o the Grand Mastership, it being the
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