The Florida star., 1901-01-18
LATEST NEWS AHD INCIDENTS.

lhuianoia 20 take charge OF the public
school there.
The hunting party on the houseboat
Rose Marie spent part ofthe present week
on the Banana river.
Mrs. Rocks, of White City, has accept
ed a position with the Crosby Millinery
store in the Ancient city.
Section Master King and his family,
from Hardeeville, are now residents of this
place, Mr.. King taking Mr.. McPheron's
place.
Mr.. Gordon Abbott, of Boston, arrived
in town Saturday. Early Sunday morn
ing he went to the Canaveral club house
to spend few weeks.
DIR. and Mrs. j. NJ. jackson, Jr., of
Miami, who are quite well known to
many in this town, are now able to an
nounce the arrival of a baby girl at their
home.
Bishop Handy, ofthe A. M. E. church,
delivered a sermon at the A. NJ. Z.
church Tuesday night. He was accom-
panied here by Presiding Elder Moore,
VI Lay SOha-
Mr.. r. NJ. Green, of Opelika, Ala,
who arrived here last week for brief
visit to his relatives Mr.. and Mrs. III. J.
Egger, whose wife is also here on q visit,
returned to Alabama Wednesday.
Mr.. K. f. Cooley is expected to arrive
here from Lansing, Mich, in day or so,
having left that city yesterday for Titus
vile. His new auxiliary craft will be
ready for cruising soon after his arrival.
Mr.. John r. Walker and son George
are spending few days in the metropolis
this week expecting to return home to-
day. Mr.. Walker attended the meeting
OF the grand lodge while in Jacksonville,
Mr. Harry Wilson, brother Of Mr.. A,
K. Wilson, and who was formerly IN
charge Of the News, at Cocoa, asEised-
last week and has taken the position on
the Advocate lately vacated by Mr.. A. B.
Brown.
A schooner line has been put on, plying
between Miami and Honduras, and q
number of prospectors from South Dade
were passengers on the first trip. 1t will
require eight or ten days to make the trip
and the party expect TO be gone about
two months.
Mr.. r. r. Gladwin has purchased a
half interest in the fish business of Mr..
I. Price, at Fort Pierce, and left for that
place the latter part of last week TO as
sumo charge of the business. Mr.. Will
Walker, who has been manager for Mr..
Price at Fort Pierce, will be retained.
Mr.. James Motlow, Of Idaho, arrived
in our town last week on a short visit to
his brother, Mr.. r. L. Motlow. They
would hardly have recognized each other
as they had not been together for the
past seventeen years. Mr.. MotlOW was
on a visit 10 his old home in Winchester,
Tenn, and while there decided upon
coming to Florida and seeing his brother.
The Penlnsular & Occidental steamship
City of Key West, which phys between
Stevens yard in Jacksonville on Tuesday
for Miami, under command of Capt. s. A.
Bravo, who has had charge of her in past
years. This steamship has been on the
ways at the Merrill-Stevens shIpyard for
about month, and has had a thorough
overhauling, and her machinery has been
improved. She is one Of the most hand
sOmely itted-up boats in southern Wa
ters.
The pupils in the kindergarten depart
nent of our public school, numbering
about fifty in all, were treated TO an
hours ride On the merry-go-round Tues
day morning by their kind teacher, Miss
Bessie Bryan, who had chartered the
apparatus especially for their enjoyment.
Some of the little tots may have already
had fair share of rides on the merry
go-round, but there were many who had
not experienced the pleasure of even one
ride before that, and 1t must haye been a
rare treat for them. They were the hap
piest set of little folks we have seen in q
long time. as they marched in file to and
fro from their school. Miss Bryan never
fails to provide for the pleasure as well as
the instruction of the pupils in her de-
partment, and in this way wins their af-
lection and confidence 50 thoroughly
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