The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1900-03-16
CURRENT LOCAL LACONICS.
Brief Mention OF What Is Going On In
and About TItusviIIe.

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Mrs. G. Nolle and daughter, Clara, left
Tuesday afternoon for Shiloh, where
they will reside in future.
Messrs. Bond and Conrad, of the Bond
Lumber Co., were in town Wednesday
on their way down the river.
Mrs. Jane Dixon, of City Point, after
spending several weeks with Mr.. X. A.
Bobbett and daughter, returned home
"Wednesday.
Youngs' Bicycle Livery, Hutchinson
avenue, near Indian River hotel. Tan
dems and single wheels. Popular prices.
w. E. Youngs.
The old oil house along the ]. T. track,
near the residence Of j. T. Price, was
burnt yesterday, and made a warm blaze
for few minutes.
Mr.. Orlando A. Jones, the new owner
of the Hotel Indian River and all of the
Dwyer property at Rockledge, was in
town Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Keyworth and her daughter, Miss
Grace, of Baltimore, friends Of Mrs. III.
w. Reynolds, arrived here the latter part
of last week on a visit to Mrs. Reynolds.
Mr.. w. w. Joyner, who has been
clerk in the Palm Beach Hotel this sea-
son for Manager Stone, left the first of
the week for Ocala, after stopping off
here for a day or so.
DIR. w. S. Graham was a passenger on
the parlor train Sunday from Miami
here. He went 10 Orlando Monday
on some urgent business before Judge
Jones, returning Tuesday afternoon to
his home.
The fact that the call for release of
mortgage blanks at this office has been
unusual the past week or so speaks well
for Brevard county. The demand for
release blanks has been greater than for
any other form used in real estate trans
actions.
Mr.. James ii. Carlin, who has been
assistant lighthouse keeper at Mosquito
inlet light for several wears, has been
transferred to Brunswick, Ga, and left
for his new quarters Monday, after pay
ing a visit To the old folks who live At
Jupiter.
Messrs. A. NJ. Terwilliger, of st. Au-
gustine, and q. Nolle, of this place, have
Just purchased the orange grove and
home of Mr.. Manning GritliS, at Shiloh,
and took possession of the place Monday.
The place contains 23 acres in all, and
the fine yOnng grove will be pushed for
ward as fast as possible by the new pro-
prietOrs.
Mrs. w. ID. Mussenden and Mrs. NJ. p.
Robbins, accompanied by Mr.. Geo. NJ.
Robbins, went To Daytona, OrmOnd and
st. Augustine last week, where Mrs. Mus
sender Joined her daughter, Mrs. II. III.
Baxter, and proceeded to their home in
Bath, Maine, after spending several de-
lightiul weeks in Florida. Mrs. Robbins
returned home Monday afternoon.
An advertisement in TIE STAR last
week effected the sale of a bicycle in Mid
die Florida, and +. Il. Wager shipped 4
Crescent to Columbia county yesterday.
Yet a number of our merchants want "a
insist that 1t don't pay To advertise. II
they would give advertising hdg the
study they do in buying and selling their
goods they would find that advertising
really does pay.
Miss Edna Haverstick, of Lykens, Pa,
who has been attending the International
Association of Ticket Agents, at Atlanta,
arrived in town on Saturday night, and
spent Sunday with her friend, Miss Jessie
Dodson. Miss lIaverstick went 10 West
Palm Beach on the evening train, where
she Joined the excursion party that Is
making a tour of the south before return
ing to Pennsylvania.
The L. :. department of agriculture
has furnished TIE STAR office with the
annual summary of climate fer the Florida
section for 1899, which includes data for
Havana and Porto Rico as well, from
which great deal of interesting infor-
nation can he obtained. We have also
received the report for January this year
ofth climate and crop service for the
same section. These reports were pre-
pared by Mr.. 4. J. Mitchell, the observer
and section director for the weather bu-
reau at Jacksonville.
Mr.. C.. Hale, of Jacksonville, one ofthe
old war veterans of the civil strife, who