The Florida star., 1901-05-10
CURRENT LOCAL LACON|CS.
Brief Mention OF what Is Going On In
and Ahout rituaxflla.


Send your watches for repairs to w. NJ.
Woodward, Titusyille. Work guaranteed.
Mr.. w. r. Sanders, of IndianOla,
spent part of Tuesday and Wednesday
in town on business.
Major Taylor disposed of his naphtha
launch, the Lady May, on Monday, to
Mr.. Whitney, who lives at Ankona.
President John T. Dismukes, OF the
First National bank of st. Augustine,
was in town part of Friday and Satur-
day Of last week.
Messrs. j. z. Wilson and f. NJ. Taylor
paid visit 10 the Canayeral club house
Sunday, this being the first trip of the
new yawl Outing.
Mr.. w. NJ. Brown and Master Mark
Brown spent several days in Miami the
first of the week, leaving here Saturday,
returning Wednesday.
Messrs. P. s. Titus and Burnham Nor
wood left Wednesday morning on their
prospecting tour TO British Honduras, 60
ing first TO Augusta, Ga.
Mrs. G. F. Haskins and daughters,
Mary and Mildred, with her sister, Miss
Cooley, OF Sanford, spent couple of
days in Seabreeze last week.
Mr.. w. S. Norwood went to Indianola
Saturday, returning this week with his
daughter, Christine, who has been on a
visit TO her sister, Mrs. Mitchell.
Mrs. Peter Nelson, of North Titusville,
has been quite i'll for the past few days,
the same being return Of an illness with
which she was afflicted some months ago.
Contractor L. r. Decker expects to
complete his work for the Canaveral club
this week and will return here with his
force Of carpenters perhaps today or to-
morrow.
Miss Jimmie China has returned to her
home in Minis after closing her school at
Grant, and also visiting q few weeks
with her friend, Mrs. G. dec. Schuyler,
at Canaveral.
Mr.. @. D. Blakeslee, of Stuart, arrived
here Monday by sailboat just in time 10
catch the northbound train THAT day for
Jacksonville. He goes to Stratford,
Conn, to spend the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. w. Jerome arrived
here with their launch Volunteer Tues
day, which will be left at Nelson's boat
yard while they are north this summer.
They leave tomorrow for New London,
Conn.
The schooner Merchant, which is now
being run as a trade boat by Mr.. Geo. n.
Hatch, of Rockledge, was hauled out at
Capt: Nelson's ways last week for clean
ing and painting, then launched again
Saturday. Capt. Charley Hatch is in
charge of the little vessel.
Messrs. J. r. Walker & Co. shipped
four suits of furniture the first of this
week to party residing in Melbourne.
Three of these suits were sent direct from
the north and one supplied from their
stock here in town. This speaks well
for Titusville merchant.
Among the latest of our winter resi-
dents leaving this year were Commodore
and Mrs. c. A. Welch and Capt. w. II.
Reed, of Artesia and Canaveral respect
lively, who left Saturday afternoon for
BOSTON anu NcpOnSCbs haSS-B W SPShu
the summer months. These gentlemen
take great delight in summer yachting in
the north where they have fine yachts
for cruising. We are glad to say they
always return to Indian river, however,
pretty early in the winter. We acknowl-
edge pleasant calls from them.
Capt. P. Nelson, of Perth Amboy, n.
J., who now owns the Wilbur property
in South Titusville, with his wife and
little son Paul left for their northern
home Tuesday. The captain has made
many improvements on his new pur-
chase, enclosing same with new fence,
cleared out the growth and underbrush
on the lower river bank, repainted the
house, all at an expense of several hun
dred dollars. The further work of i'm
provement will be pushed on when he
returns here in the fall. This is one of
the prettiest places in this section, and
the captain is determined to make 1t just
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