The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1900-04-27
State MEMS ITEMS.
Bits OF Information About Various Events
Occurring at Different Florida Points.


Occurring at Different Florida Points
Saturday Starke shipped over sixty five
bushels of strawberries. Buyers were of
fering from Is to 20 cents per quart.
The Belleview postmaster troubles have
at last been adjusted by the withdrawal
OF A. s. Jacobs, colored, and the appoint
ment of Alfred Abshire to the office.
Master Willie Weihe, of Miami, hav-
ing finished his work at Nassau, leaves
Miami in a few days for Hot Springs,
where he will be busy all the summer.
There were about 100 delegates i'm at
tendance at the State Christian Endeavor
convention at Tampa Saturday and Sun
day. An interesting program of exercises
was rendered.
Capt. w. j. Jarvis arrived in st. Angus
tine the first of the week from Nassau,
where he has been for some time. The
captains trip to st. Augustine combines
business with pleasure.
The planting of large cabbage palmetto
trees for decorative purposes is becoming
quite popular in st. Augustine in recent
years, this spring especially, and the de.
mand for such trees is nov 50 great that
those engaged in the work can hardly
supply the customers.
Work on the jetties in the St. Johns is
progressing very rapidly under the super
vision of Capt. Ross. Seventeen schooners
have discharged their cargOes, which
have amounted To more than eight
thousand tons of jetty rock. The cargoes
vary from four hundred tons to eight
hundred tons to each schooner, all of
them finding ready cargo of lumber to
carry back 10 the north.
Mr.. John X. Thursby and Miss Harriet
:. Thayer were married Thursday MORN
ing of last week at the home of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. ID. Thayer,
in Enterprise. Miss Mabel Thayer was
maid of honor and Master Ralph Sauls
hest man. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. Father John o. Brien, of Palatka.
Alter the ceremony a lunch was served,
and the bridal couple left for Miami and
Nassau.
few days ago Judge Harrison, of the
county court, at Tampa, issued a mar
riage license 10 James b. Porter and
Laura Thomas. who live at Tarpon
Springs. Saturday he received letter
containing the license, just as it was sent
ont, with the information that il was not
available, owing To the fact that one of
the parties had eloped. Judge Harrison
would like to know what kind of an
elopement one person can make
For the first time in the history of tine
two roads, the Florida Central and Pc
nlnsnlar railway ran trains over the
Plant system between Gainesville and
Ocala last week, where they again went
on their own tracks, and proceeded to
Tampa, and the same was done on the
north trip 70 Jacksonville The cause
IF the trouble was "A washout on the
+. L X Z. railway at Campvile, small
town in the eastern portion OF Alachua
county.
The jacksonville Terminal company.
after having been peremptOriy ordered
by the courts Ia admit u lis depot in that
city upon the payment of IA certain fixed
rental, the Atlantic, Naldusta and West
ern railroad passenger trains submitted
last week Ia the orders of judge Call,
but II Is stated by Attorney llartridge
that the supreme court will again be
asked to pass on the case, hut in the
meantime the trains run 10 and fro from
the terminal station.
Messrs. Miller ami BRADBURY. of Rs.
cayne, received returns for "A large ship
ment OF squash Saturday, which rrttcd
| them - 40 per crate. Such prizes seem a
little improbable, but the checks tell
tie story. These gentlemen have one Of
the best cucumber fields in tine south.
Mrssrs. Fred c. and W y. Miller have
six arrrs cleared and ready Tor planting
IA orange ami grape fruii trees. Thtv will
commence planting m the next few uays.
/ They maze also contracted for the al, ar
Ing of fourteen acres more this summer.
This will be planted early next fall.
Iron Pipe and Fittings, 3-6to 2l-2
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