The Florida star., 1901-03-22
CURRENT IOCAL lAe0EIes.
erisf Mention OF what Is Going On In
and About Titusxills.

and About TisusvflIs.
Send your watches for repairs TO w. NJ.
Woodward, Titusville- Work guaranteed.
Representative K. B. Raulerson, of TT.
Pierce, was in town for several days the
first part Of the week on business trip.
Messrs, Nolle and ziy. both Of Shiloh
and Oak Hill, were in town the early
part Of the week, the latter paying The
STAR Office call Monday
Mn- B. r. Wilson, accompanied by
daughter and the little folks too, are
spending the week with relatives at In
diAnola, leaving here last Thursday.
Mr.. w. r. Hardee, OF Eden, stopped
of here Monday on his way 10 Orlando
70 attend the meeting of the pineapple
growers of the state, held there this
week.
Mr. Jas. Harper, formerly OF this place,
now located at Pablo, was in town yes
terday, accompanied by his wife. They
returned to jacksonville via Sanford this
morning.
Mr.. VIM. B. Reed, newspaper man
of Minnesota, who spends his winters at
Daytona, was in town Monday on his
way down the river in . very novel cat
boat Of his own designing, specially
adapted to sailing in shoal water.
Mr.. E. B. Arnold, of Malabar, has q
half interest In the fish business Of Mr..
g. @. H. Collins and the firm is now Col
hns & Arnold. They are hanging new
nets and building net racks and intend to
increase the business considerably.
The schooner Edna arrived here Mon
day evening from Lake Worth, having
leisurely taken about week to make the
"trip. On board are NJ. II. B. Mace and
Mr. B. T. Bell, Mr.. Mace's brother hav-
ing gone directly from Palm Beach TO
Daytona. Mr.. Mace will probably spend
April with as before leaving for the
north.
Mr.. w. P. Hatchett has leased a COM
modious store in the Jefferson block. be-
ing erected in West Palm Beach, and
will install q fine stock Of hardware.
The Sun, Of that town, says Mr.. Hatchett
is an active, responsible business man,
and his wids acquaintance all along the
lower east coast will give him a strong
leverage to start with.
Miss Emma Thursby, the noted vocal
list, arrived at Indianola Monday after
noon, accompanied by her friend, Miss
Vaughn, the daughter of '0le Bull" the
renowned violinist. They are with Miss
Emma's brother and sister, Mr.. l.. Thurs
by and Miss Ina, and the party of four
expect TO spend some time shortly at
Palm Beach and Miami.
The Mcfarland Fruit Protection COM
pany has closed down operations for sew
eral months. The reorganization of the
company takes place in June, and it may
be as late as August before active opera
tions will be resumed again. Mr.. Frank
Mcfarland, who has been in charge of
the constructive department, expects to
leave next week for Derby, Conn where
he has been offered a higher position
than he held before with the Sterling
Piano factory, and which he has accept
ed. Messrs Chaffee, Coutant and Fulton
will be retained to look after the factory.
Some interest is shown in the county
in regard to the hanging of the negro
Henderson, who expiates his crime next
Friday, the 10th, for killing the umbrella
mender named Burke at Cocoa. Dec. 3lst.
1900. The death warrant specifies that
the hanging shall be private and take
place within the county Jail. 1t is Incon-
venient to carry ont the warrant as to
hanging the negro inside the Jail, so
Sheriff Brown, acting upon advice re-
-ceived from Governor Jennings, will have
an enclosure erected for the hanging.
Henderson has just one week longer TO
live. There is not the slightest probabil-
ity of the sentence being delayed, and
the public generally will be satisfied
when the perpetrator of such a cold
blooded murder as this was shall have
received the full sentence of the law.