The Florida star., 1900-12-14
CURRENT LOCAL LACONICS.
Brief Mention OF What Is Going On In
and About TItusviIIe.

and About TttusvtlIe.
Mr. f. l.. Brady returned Wednesday
from business trip to Miami.
Send your watches for repairs to W. M.
Woodward. Titusville. Work guaranteed.
Miss sallie Hall left Wednesday after
noon for Sebastian, where she will visit
her sister and friends for few days.
Mail Clerk Collins is spending his va
cation at Fort Pierce, where he is stopping
with Mr.. Farmer.
Mrs. Edith Woodall is on a visit TO her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Mitchell,
at Lemon City, for awhile.
Mr.. Sam Happersette, a former Titus
william, was in our town Friday and Sat
urday, representing the s. b. Hubbard
company, of Jacksonville.
Mr.. George Wray, piano tuner, of
Daytona, was in town attending to pro-
fessional business last Friday and Satur-
day, and left for down river points.
A subscription is being circulated to
purchase seats for the kindergarten de-
partment of our school and is meeting
with liberal response. About fifteen ad-
ditional seats will be necessary.
Mrs. VIC. c. Branning, of West Palm
Beach; and her sister, Miss Wood, passed
through Titusville last week, en- route to
DeI4and, to spend the holidays with rela-
tives and friends.
South bound travel over the F. +. G.
railway is immense for this part of Decem-
Der. The extra parlor car train is in de-
mand now, and will probably be put on
in about weeks time.
Mr.. Charles Il. Mackey, of Cocoa, paid
Titusville visit Monday afternoon and
gave us pleasant call. He spoke Of the
look of improvement about our town,
since his last visit here, about two years
ago.
Prof. Charles b. Cory, of Boston, Sec
retary of the Florida East Coast Golf club
accompanied by his wife and little son, is
now at Palm Beach, supervising the work
of laying out the new eighteen-hole golf
course.
Wagons, games and toys at GARDENERS.
We hear that the Bond Lumber COM
pany expect to move their lumber yard
10 a location along the railroad probably
near the Methodist church as soon as
arrangements for same can be effected.
Mr.. Charles Creighton, who Was clerk
at the Hotel Indian River, Rockledge,
last season, under Mr.. Samuel Proskey'
management, is connected with The
Plaza, this year, and left Monday fol
Orlando.
Among the arrivals here yesterday
were Mr.. and Mrs. Burrill +. Ives, Mr..
Bert. Ives and Miss Gertie and Miss Elsie
Ives, of Philadelphia, who will spend the
winter in their cosy cottage in LaCirange
Bert. brought two fine dogs with him
Now for the quail.
The Lake Worth News says: The new
residence of NJ. +. Gruber, at West Palm
Beach, is being pushed ahead rapidly
under the guiding hand of Contractor
NJ. j. Marlborough. When completed il
will be au ornament, indeed, to that sec
ton of the city i'll which it IS being
erected.
The most important business at the
December meeting of the Dade county
commissioners last week, was the adop-
ton of a resolution to issue county
bonds. The board received a written
opinion from George Nj. Robbins, oI
Titusville, holding that the recent elec-
ton for bonding was valid; which was
concurred in by Judge Heyser. of Miami
Mr.. Carlisle commenced work putting
mari on the LaGrange road, the first oI
the week. The work starts near the old
Peckha place and continues north past
Mr.. j. Mendeps, toward Mr.. Frosher' :
home. A few weeks trial will prove Il
this will make good road. The county
owns two acres of this materia AMI If II
proves as effective as shell, will be much
cheaper; and, aside from this, 1t viii
keep all the money expended on the
roads right at home.