The Florida star., 1901-07-12
BITS OF FACT and GOSSIP.
Current Events OF the Present Week
Portrayed In Brief.

Mrs. S. II. Saunders, of Eden, paid the
county seat flying visit Tuesday.
Miami river has recently been stocked
with shad fry by Fish Commissioner
Detwiler.
Miss Susie Gladwin expects to leave
for San Francisco about Sunday or Mon
day next.
Mrs. T. A. Robinson, of City Point,
left yesterday to spend the balance of the
summer in Nashville, Tenn, her former
home.
Archdeacnn B. F. Brown will hold di-
vine service at Titusville on Sunday
morning, July l4th. and at Eau Gallie
in the evening at 7:30 o'clock.
Mr.. L. q. Moore, of Roseland, was a
passenger on the SouthbOund Tuesday.
We notice that he prefers Florida sum
mers to Chicago summers now.
No meeting of the Ttusville board Of
trade was held on the regular monthly
meeting date for July, Wednesday night,
as only one or two members were pres
ent.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. F. Afford spent sew
eral days the past week in Ocoee, Orange
county, where Mrs. Affords brother has
been very Ill, tut is now some better.
They returned home Tuesday.
Ernest Vanlandingham returned the
first of the week from Melbourne where
he spent the Fourth and rode in the BIZ
cycle races. Ernest won pair of shoes
for his bicycle prize, value $500.
Mrs. Geo. q. Currle, of West Palm
Beach, died Sunday very. suddenly. She
was married only about two months ago
and had just recently settled down for
her life's work in her new home.
A storm was reported by the weather
6urean the first of the week as moving
along the Atlantic coast south of us.
The disturbance was reported west Of
Porto Rico, moving north by west.
Mrs. F. Baldwin went to st. Augustine
the first of the week where she will re-
main for while. 1t is probable that as
MIR. Baldwin's run as engineer gives him
more time in Jacksonville, they will
make the metropolis their home for the
summer and fall.
Pierre LOrillard, the wealthy tobacco
mist and sporting man, who has spent
many winters up and down the east coast
of Florida, and made New Symrna his
headquarters, died in New York Sunday
afternoon. He was nearly 68 years of
age. He is survived by wife, son and
two married daughters.
The yacht Naiade, now owned by
HOsmer Allen, of West Palm Beach, for
nlerly the property Of the editor Of THIS
paper, won first prize IN the regatta at
Palm Beach last week, $500. She WAS
designed to race slOOp rig, az for her To
win IN race for cat boats shows cOEclus-
lively that she is still ii speedy boat.
Mr.. and Mrs John G. Jones left for
their home at klondike plantation Tues
day afternoon, first going to II. Lucie
and Fort Pierce for a day or so on visit
to relatives, while Mr. Jones will look
after some road matters IN that section.
then return to Woodley and take the
road IL miles west to klondike planta-
ton.
Miss Kate Pritchard returned home
from Miami the latter part of last week,
having celebrated the Fourth at West
Palm Beach. Miss Kate has spent over
six months in Miami with her sister.
Mrs. r. T. Bulge, where she made host
Of new friends during her stay, but her
TItusville friends are all pleased TO have
her back home again.
Two or three Of our subscribers down
the river have requested us to send them
duplicate copies Of last weeks STAR. their
paper having failed to reach them.
They were much wanted on account of
TIE STAR having the report Of the board
Of county commissioners in full, ours be-
ing the only complete record OF commits
sioners' proceedings published last week.
We are very careful in the mailing ~
paper and We regret that our subs".N
should be inconvenienced by the d. or
loss Of their papers occasionally, but We
can assure them that the fault is not
ours, We are always glad to supply miss.
ing numbers when We have them.