The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-05-17
The Palatka News
City Happenings and
Personal Fflenticit.

this week in Tallahassee.
w. o. Richtmann of Satsuma
flights was in the city Tuesday
Mrs. Eva c. Corthell of Interlachen
visited Palatka last Saturday.
The first peaches of the season ap-
peared in the Palatka market last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. b. Curtis spent
several days of this week at Crescent
City visiting relatives.
Mrs. H. A. Bulky returned home
Monday after pleasant visit of two
weeks with Mrs. l. A. Boughton, at
her pretty home at Bridgeport.
Mrs. r, H. Bard and daughter Miss
Josephine, of Norwalk were pleasant
visitors in the city Friday and Satur-
day, and were the guests of the Bulky
family.
Prof. l. l. Hines will teach Eng
lish literature, physical geography,
political geography l. and arithmetic
|. at the summer training school in
Tallahassee.
Rev. L. w. Lawler, presiding elder
of east coast district, will preach at
st. James M. f Church next Sunday
evening. Rev. j. F. Bell, the pastor,
will preach in the morning.
During the fire at the home of Y. b
Munich last Monday, John Blackwell
, fell from the piazza and dislocated
his elbow At last reports his inju-
ries are healing satisfactorily.
J. W. Salisbury, Atlantic Coast
Line R'y constructing agent, with
I headquarters at Port Tampa, was in
the city Monday, looking after YER
trees grain house with Il view of re-
pairing same.
Last Friday afternoon as the work.
men at Tilghmans' mill were knock
ing off, the safety valve TO the boiler
blew out causing considerable eX-
element in that neighborhood. No
damage was done.
Rev J. F. Bell, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
G. Tilghman, Miss futile and w. n.
Coffee returned from their trip to
Key West Thursday night of last
week. They all report a pleasant
trip and are quite pleased with the
island city.
Miss Anna Nhresher, who has
! spent the past several months pleas
antly with Mr.. and Mrs. r. r. Brake
man, left Monday for her home in
Chicago. She was accompanied as
far rs Jacksonville by Miss Alta
Brakeman.
The fire at the home of II. B.
Munich on Kirklan street last Mon
day afternoon at 4 80 o'clock, occa-
stoned loss of $500 to furniture and
household effects, and something
over $500 to the building. The origin
of the fire is unknown.
+. G. Blackmer of Jacksonville has
been awarded the contract for the
construction of the new union depot
in this city. 1t is understood that
the structure will cost about 1922, 900,
and work will be commenced on the
building at once. The material will
be buff pressed brick.
There were eleven cases tried be-
fore Judge f. n. Calhoun in the mu-
nicipal court on Monday morning.
Six DRINKS and disorderlies were
given fines ranging from $500 to $25;
four gamblers received a fine of $25
each, and there was one railway OBJ.
struction case.
Miss Inez Lucille Jones, niece of
Mrs. S. j. Hilbnrn of this city, will
graduate from Southern college at
Sutherland, Fla, Tuesday, May 2ist.
Miss Jones graduates with high hon
ors having received three medals in
elOcutiOn and gold medal in art.
| 10 II in tai
| her many friends here are glad to
hear of her success.
We call attention to the ADVERTISE
ment of Stetson University in anoth-
er column of this issue. This is said
to be one of the best regulated and
most thoroughly equipped schools III
the state and our citizens who have
sons or daughters to send away to
school should patronize the institu-
| tions of our state in preference to
others.
At a meeting of the West End
Hose company last Monday night, |
the following officers were elected |
for the ensuing term: Foreman,
Benjamin |. Gay; assistant foreman,
Albert q. Phillips; secretary, Jesse |
d. Bulky. The west end company
has perfect organization, and holds |
meetings the second Monday in each
month.
The Ladies Memorial society will
begin the erection of a chapel at
West View cemetery in the near flu.
ture. There will be a meeting at
Mrs. H. A. Gray's next Monday af-
ternoOn at $3.50 o'clock to discuss
plans and decide upon the kind of
to be used A full attend
ance of the members is requested.
This is a much needed improvement
and the building committee should
receive the hearty cooperation of
every citizen of Palatka, and the CITY
council, too, for the cemetery is city
property.
Mr.. Mellon, a Pittsburg banker and
steel millionaire, is fond of tender
and new-laid eggs. In order
that he may indulge his appetite for
these dainties he has bought and
cleared out nine-acre space in the
residence section of
Squirrel Hill on which he has estab-
lished Il chicken farm. The nine
acres stand him in the sum of $780,
900, since the value of the land is
$4,000, an acre. This is probably the
most valuable chicken farm in the
world, and Mr.. MELONS spring broil-
ars will probably cost him in the
neighborhood of $25 bite.-Ex.
The G. Lopez Bailey company has /
moved into its new insurance office ]
n the Palatka National bank build
ng adjoining the News office The
room has been thor
,ughly renovated and partitions add
ID where needed. The main office 8
$ furnished with regular banking