The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1894-01-05

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Captain Richardson now drives the
handsomest team ever seen in the
Brick City.
Mr.. Simon Benjamin is in Charles.
ton attending at the bedside of his
sick wife.
Captain Brooks, of the Salvation
Army, is quite i'll, and is confined to
his quarters.
Captain Coons, the gallant tar OF
the umsalted Ocklawaha, was in the
city Tuesday.
Miss Annie Waldo, one of the Mill
wood bellies, attended the German
Monday night.
Miss Mollie Gray, a very charming
young lady of Dunster, is the guest of
Miss Nellie Stevens.
Will Mcconnell, our hustling news
and fruit dealer, was the busiest man
town Christmas day.
Col. Hall, of HALLS Circus, has fallen
in love with Tampa, and will remain
there for four weeks.
Miss Maud White, a Cleveland
belle and sister-in-law of Mr.. Jas. a.
Harris, was married Tuesday.
Rev. L. D. Geiger is down with the
grippe, so DIR. E. F. Brown filled the
palpit very acceptably Sunday.
Mr.. Tom H, Aver, of Macon, Ga,
but interested in orange groves at
Lake Weir, was in town Friday.
Mrs. A. II. Porter, sister of Mrs. J.
H. Bigelow, has gone to Gainesville
to attend the State Teachers meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cyrus Page, of Lafay-
cite, Ind, are late arrivals at Gambler,
and will either locate there or in
Ocala.
Captain Clary is quite Ill of la grippe
and would be pleased to see some of
his brethren of the Odd Fellows
lodge.
Mr.. Charles L. Wilson, a former
of the New Capitol, but late
of Chicago, is again with Ocala
friends.
Mr.. Geo. L Van Echop, the clever
and popular hat and shoe salesman at
Jno. A. Rowell's, has severs<l, big c0i1-
nection with that establishment.
Mr.. Joe Nickel, having severed his
with the postoflice, went
to Cotton Plant to-day to look after
his earthly possessions there for few
days.
J. j. Nelson, a former popular clerk
at the Ocala House and now hotel
proprietor himself at ThomasviIle, is
in the city shaking hands with old
friends.
Mr.. Ed Fl. Buffum and family who
were to have returned from Rhode Is
land last night, are detained on ac-
count of sickness. They expect to be
here week later.
Hon. f. ID. Pooser, who is just get
ting over a severe attack of la grippe,
says the preparation known as Peru
ma, is the best thing that he could lay
his hands on for the trouble.
The many friends in 0cala of Mr..
w. s. Ivey will be pleased to learn
that he has fully recovered his mind,
and will shortly return to Panassoff-
kee to take charge of his grove.
w. c. Koehnle, SO well known in
Ocala, and who has been holding down
q responsible chair in the Beatrice,
Nebraska bank, has gone to his old
Illinois home to rest for a while.
Little Willie Darwin gave his first
dinner New Years day to number
of his little friends at the home of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. X. McDon-
aid. They had regular happy baby
time.
Mrs. A. d. Brumby, mother of Edi-
tor Louis ]. Brumby, her two daugh-
ters, Misses Lila and Earnestine, ar
rived from Athens, Ga, this afternoon
and will take possession of the Bucka-
lew mansion.
Editor w. II. Blue, of the Marion
Times, was present at the preliminary
hearing yesterday; Mrs. Annie Will
son, daughter of Geo. GoYan, the
murdered man, was present from
Spring Park.
Miss Mary Waldo, one of the sweet
and fascinating bellies of Marion coun'
ty, came down yesterday and was the
guest of her cousin, Miss May Martin
She returned to her home at Millwood
this afternoon.
VIM. D. Burger and wife, who tar
ried yesterday at the MOntezuma
went down to South Lake Weir last
evening and will stop a while at the
lake side. NIr. B. has valuable prop
erty on the lake.
Mr.. j. j.. Davis, prominet citizer
of Springfield, Ill.,, also largely inter
ested in fiscal matters in that city, al
we'll as lands In Florida, came III las
night. He has been inspecting the
phosphate mines and looking over the
Seminole belongings, of which valua
ble phosphate property he Is president
4 Mr.. A. C. Harvey, who seyera
weeks ago brought car load of tour
lists from Lafayette, Ind, to Eandler
was in The city Friday, made th'
Banner pleasant calland autographed
for the best paper III the stale. HI
is building himself winter home
He says Gambler is a lovely place am
more excursIonists are coming mex
week.