The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-08-18

NJ. Fl. White visited Palatka ON a
business trip last Monday.
Sidney Varnes has gone to Palatka
where he has employment at car
pentering.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. NJ. Deaton and the
two younger children spent the week
in Jacksonville.
Will Newman is now engineer on
the steamer Harry Lee. He spent
Sunday at home.
DIR. Harry G. WEIGH has been visit
ing his friends here this week, and
all were pleased to see him. All re-
greet his contemplated departure
from the state.
Mr.. and Mrs. X. Borsen left on
Wednesday of last week for season
at Daytona Beach, and with them,
as their guest for week, went Rev.
DR.. d. M. Reeves
The Ramsdell family who have
lived in the Hastings house for the
past two years are moving back to
Jacksonville. Mr.. Hinchcliffe has
purchase their house.
Mfr. and Mrs. Wallace Harp are
now occupying the Grovesdale resi-
dence of L. Eaton. 1t is Mr.. Harp's
purpose to set out n large peach or
chard on the lands directly south of
the Eaton grove.
Mr.. Combs who lives on the old
&, III. Gautier. place is preparing to
engage in the stove wood business.
He has been busy for some time in
accommodating a stock and is now
prepared to deliver,
Capt. John D. Pigue and f, ].
Harper have sold their cord wood
cutting machinery to E. SancEes of
st. Augustine and the plant will be
moved to that place. Mr.. Harper
has large supply of stove wood in
stock.
Robert Ragin, eldest son of John
Ragin of Piney Bluff, arrived last
Friday and is In charge of the Stan
dard Cypress Cos log puller up the
lake during the temporary absence
OF w. NJ. Williams who is indisposed.
Miss Mamie Simpson of Miami ar
rived last week and will remain
some time as the guest of her aunt,
Mrs. Carrier. All of her old friends
are pleased to see her and all are
anxious for a share in her entertain
ment.
The Lounds drug store has just re-
ceived fresh line of garden seed
for fall planting, and will soon have
a supply of genuine Bermuda onion
seeds. Those who are going to want
some of the latter should leave their
orders at once.
Capt. and Mrs. r. g, Ivory who
have been spending some time at
Lake Auburn, Maine, have gone to
the mountain section of Pennsylvan-
ia where they will remain several
weeks. They will then go to Allan
tic City for short time, and hope to
start for Crescent City about the
first of October.
The old residence of the late J. l..
Maull, on the west side of the rail-
road and on the Grovesdale and
Fruitland road, was destroyed by
fire one night last week SO it was re-
ported. The origin of the fire is not
known, but is supposed to have been
the work of tramps. The house was
built by Mr.. Maull over 20 years ago,
and was in its day a substantial and
attractive house. 1t has not been
occupied in several years.
Peter Jones of Fruitland was in
town Saturday on his weekly shop
ping trip. Mr.. Jones states that
school matters are anything but sat
isfactory in his section of the county
owing to the scarcity of families,
and that he is thinking of moving
to Huntington this fall in order to sf-
ford his children school advantages.
He would come here, but the dis
lance Is too great for him to make
daily trips to his Fraitlsnd farm.