The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1894-03-23
PERSONAL.


Mrs. Alexander Mcintyre is visiting
Mrs. Major Wright at Oxford this
week.
Captain Wright, the reigning mer-
chant Of Oxford, took in the base ball
game Monday.
Mrs. P. B. Kicker, the successful or
ange grower of South Lake Weir, was
IN the city Tuesday.
Mrs. Robert G. Douglass and Miss
Berdie Waterman, of Citra, visited
friends In Ocala Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Biggs, of Michigan,
are visiting Mrs. Doctor Weston, of
Romeo, whose sister Mrs. b. is.
G. L. Bittinger, OF the Banner, with
his sister, wife and baby, will spend
Easter Sunday in st. Augustine.
AIr. A. G. Harvey, of Gambler, was
called to West Lafayette, Ind., TO be
at the bed side of his sick molher-in-
law.
Col. Davis. of Springfield, Ills, pres
ident Of the Seminole Phosphate
mine in Levy county, was in the city
Wednesday.
Earnest Spar is expected back
shortly from California aud will take
u position in the furniture store OF
Mccall 4 Sparr.-
Miss Maybelle Glover went up to
Millwood Monday, where she will be
the guest of Miss Annie Waldo until
after the charity ball.
J. w. Brevard. of s.. Joe, Mo-, who
has been spending some time ia Ocala
departed for home Thursday. Mrs.
Brevard will remain month longer.
tuesday,. B. Douglass, the mer
chant of Summerfield. accompanied
by his father, who resides at Newber-
ry, South Carolina and is visiting his
son, were taking in the Brick City.
Mrs. G. s. Clarke gave a very de-
Iightful party to her English friends
last Friday night in her cosy home on
the heigcts. The pleasures of the
evening commemorate her birthday.
Major Wright, of Oxford, who was
attending court during the week, said
up to date his cabbage shipments of
l l,O0lcrates had netted him from as
CTS to ST.. The Major is not overly
cast down.
Tuesday was Editor Louis J. Brum-
by's birthday SO the boys in the Free
Press office presented their chief with
fine walking cane, while he in turn
set up a champagne and oyster sup
per for the boys.
Geo. Close. the cabbage Muldoon of
Marion county, who has the finest 100
acre patch that the sun ever shone on,
is not SO jubilant. lie says it is nip
and tuck with bis crop to see himself
even and if the market goes lower he
will cease to cutit,
B iss Fannie Glover, of Marietta,
Ga, who has been visiting relatives in
this city for the past few weeks, the
guest of Miss Bfumby, left for her
home Monday night. She will stop
over in Thomasville, Ga, for few
days visiting relatives.
Sam Smith, one of the brightest
boys in the Ocala Graded High School
a year ago, but now engaged in the
South Florida Machine shops at San
ford, learning the trade of machine
ist, was on u visit over Sunday. Sam
is well and getting along nicely.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jones, of Dyersbnrg,
Tenn, were in the city Tuesday.
They have been making tour of the
state, arr wing here from Tampa.
Mr.. Jones is banker and an old ac-
uuaintance of ]. A. Pitmann, whom
he had not seen in some twenty years.
Mr.. Samuel Herman, OF the whole
sale provision firm of Herman &
Kayt0n, Savannah, was in the city
during the week on important busi-
ncss. Mr.. III. Is most affable gentle.
man, and twenty-five years ago was
the leading merchant of Ocala when
cotton was king i'll Marion county and
flour brought So a barrel. Ills place
of business is the site which Benins'
grocery now occupies west of The lst
National Bank.