The Florida star., 1902-11-28
BITS OF FACT AiD GOSSIP.
Current Events of the Present Week
Portrayed In Brief.

Portrayed In Brief.
Go. to New Market for your meats of
all kinds, chickens and eggs.
Mrs. Hitchcock and the baby are
spending gala week with friends in Jack
sonville.
Mrs. Burns, of Canaveral, was visiting
with Mrs. Scobie for day or so this
week.
Mr.. Frank Matthews is spending the
week in Jacksonville, taking in Gala
week. leaving Sunday.
Mr.. Frank Webber is home this week
quite ill with chill and fever contracted
up IN Georgia, but is rapidly improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. j. Reid, of St Angus
tine, arrived Wednesday on a visit to Mrs.
Reids parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Nor
wood.
Mr.. Howard Holmes was i'm town
Tuesday on his way to his place on Ba-
mana river with boatload of orange
trees.
The city of Ocala has passed an ordi-
nance prohibiting boys under certain
penalties from jumping on or off moving
trains passing through the city.
Mr.. George f. Sebring, of Sebring,
ONO, who has a fine winter home i'm
Rockledge, writes that he expects to
leave the north about the first of January
to spend four months at Rockledge.
Governor Jennings has appointed the
following gentlemen as supreme Judges
under the late amendment: Hon. Thos.
VI. Shackleford, Tampa; Judge f. C.
Maxwell, Pensacola, and Hon. K. S.
Cockrell, Jacksonville
MIR. John Henry returned the early
part of the week from several days stay
at Melbourne Beach, which was his for
mer home. The change of scene for a
few days made him feel much better, as
he has been giving too close attention to
office work of late.
y competitive examination for the Do
sitlon OF three special agents of the state
board OF health will be held in Jackson
VILE on the 10th, 18th and 10Th of De-
cember. Applicants must be residents of
Florida, under forty years of age, and
graduates in medicine
NJ. r. Creighton, wife, three daughters
and servant, of Baltimore, Md, arrived
III New Smyrna last week, and have rent
ed rooms at Mrs. Abercrombie's where
they Will spend the winter. NJ. CreighI
ton OWNS large tract of valuable landa j
Oak Hlll.' The people of New Smyrna
are pleased to have him and his estimable
family with them for the winter.
Mrs. b. w. jerome, of West Palm
Beach, stopped off here last Friday after
noon, returning from New London,
Conn, where she spent the summer. and
lett Monday for RIckledge, Merritts
Island and West Palm Beach. Mr.. Je-
rome Will not come south this winter on
account of his mothers i'll health. Mrs.
jerome was the guest of Mrs. Wetmore
while in town.
Little Herbert Bethea sustained a
deep cut over his right eye while playing
on the baluster rail at the public school
Monday during the noon hour. He lost
his balance and struck his face against
| the sharp edge of the floor board. AL
most at the same time Mr.. Hadley's lit
| tie daughter cut the back of her head by
a fall, so the old saying was fully demon
| strated that accidents never come singly.
We regret to learn that We will lose our
Ton agent, Mr.. l.. &. Branning, dur
Amhhe tourist season, as the +. f.. {. au-
HasA Jties have decided TO place him i'll
fofcge of the new station at Palm Beach,
\ kShmencing with the 10Th prOximo.
It station, however, will only be kept
IN about four months, when he will
be returned here. We are in
formed that Mrs. Branning expects to re-
main here with her mother Mrs. Wright
Judge Jones is making one of the ablest
J Judges OF the circuit judges of the state.
absolutely fair and impartial in his ru!
lngs, and his decisions are usually sus.
tanned by the supreme cour, of Flcrde
lie Is prompt, too, In rendering his 4
cislons, and dispatches the business "a
court IN manner that suits the nao,,Ia
He Is not kid glove Judge either-de,no'
cratic IN his associations with the naonIo
courteous and easily approached h,
eVeryone.-Nolusia County Record.