The Florida star., 1902-11-28
LATEST NEWS AND INCIDENTS.
Matters OF Interest That Are Happening
Around Town.

AROUND IOWus
Giles pays 1Oc. each for live mice.
Sweet potatoes 95c. per bushel, new
syrup at New Market.
Mr.. and Mrs. 7. r. Crook, of Clifton,
spent part of Friday last in town.
Mis-. E. L. Price and children are
spending a week or so in the Ancient
city.
Mr.. Harmer, of Jensen, was a passen-
ger on the south-bound train Monday
afternoon.
Mr.. j. ID. Sans, of Courtenay, was in
town Monday making shipment of some
fine tangerine oranges.
A Thanksgiving dance was held at the
opera house last night, which proved to
be quite an enjoyable affair.
Mrs. L. F. Rice, of Jacksonville, has
rented the Rice House and will be ready
for boarders on the 10Th of December.
Mr.. Fred Hand, photographer, of Mi
ami, stopped off here Monday and Tues
day to take some views for an illustrated
work for the F. E. G. system, which will
be printed in January.
Mr.. Geo. Kuhl, of Shiloh, paid THE
STAR office pleasant call the early part
of the week while in town. He is now
busily engaged boating oranges to this
place from the Shiloh groves.
Circuit court has been in session this
week, but owing to the amount of busi-
ness before the grand jury the criminal
docket has just been commenced. The
most important cases will come up next
week.
Titusville High school received the
neat sum Of about S2S as proceeds of the
lawn party last Friday night. The sup
ply of cream was entirely inadequate to
the demand, having been exhausted
early in the evening.
Capt. r. ]. McCarty, of New Smyrna,
passed through here last Friday afternoon
Oh the fine schooner yacht Savalo, for
Stuart, where he will meet Mr.. GriswoId.
From there the party will cruise down
the coast as far as Miami.
w. NJ. Lourcey, OF New Smyrna, load
ed solid car of fish for w. F. Sample, of
the Indian River and Lake Worth Fish
Co., of Fort Pierce, last week The car
contained about 10000 fish. This is the
first solid car of fish ever shipped from
New Smyrna.
Mr.. j. Z. Rotherman, now a newly
located resident of DeLand, but formerly
of Pennsylvania, Is in town this week
and attending court. He was admitted
to the bar Monday and expects to locate
at some thriving town on the coast. We
acknowledge receipt Of a pleasant call
Tuesday.
The works of the Florida Extract COM
pany were shut down Tuesday to make
some necessary repairs to the boiler in
the way of putting in new tubes. By the
way Mr.. Brown has New York parties in
terested in this enterprise now and the
company has just been incorporated with
a capital stock of $25O,OOO, the articles of
association and notice of application for q
charter being published this week for the
| first time.
Someone sent to this office on Monday
- ''@SSA''N N'NSSS' va SioPNANASB NV
growing on one stem, all very large and
perfectly formed, but neglected to send
their name with same, and We do not
know who TO give credit for raising such
| fine fruit. The cluster OF fruit is on ex-
hibition on our editorial table. Since the
above was put in type We have ascer.
tanned that this fruI~ as grown in the
grove of Mr.. R. +, earns, at Bonaven-
ture, near Rockletf a.; Mr.. Minis has
some clusters with az yigh as nine grape
| fruit on same.
The Kissimmee Valley Gazette says:
From what We can gather there was some
truth in the reports OF trouble at Bassing-
er. Two negroes were ordered away from
P,ies' Morgan's grove by white people,
| + .,H,s, ,left hastily, without any dis
F. sgf f;curring. But We near that on
une re cn,bve owned by West Palm
y ems fSEdent, OH the Allapatta flats,
WHY name We cannot learn, there We're
five L ptoes, who probably resisted the
mandate to leave and were shot into by
white people, without loss of life, how
ever. The result is that there are no
negroes now in the Bassinger country.