The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1905-12-23
SEABREEH AND OArToNl BEACH
Things Heard and Seen on the PENN.
sula Opposite DaytOna Of Interest
to Our ReaderS

SuIa opposite DaytOna Of interest
to Our Readers.
Friday was banner day for the fish
ermen oil Potter's Pier. Judge p M.
Phillips, of New York, guest of The
Breakers, early in the forenoon succeed
ed in landing 95-pound king6sh aftera
protracted struggle of thirty-6ve min
utes. This is the largest fish of the kind
ever caught here, and created much en-
thusias m among those present at the
roundup"
Not to be too far outdOne, Geo. B.
Wood, who is also guest of The Break
ers, and has been carrying off many of
the prizes, engaged the attention of a 40
pound sea bass that led him a race from
shallow water to the end of the pier On
one side and from the end of the pier to
shallow water again, until, exhausted,
he was hauled in on the beach.
MIR. Wood left for Palm Beach Friday,
much to the regret of his friends at The
Breakers. MIR. Wood is in the seventies,
but be is quite young and has a fund of
good ste ries which he tells well, not to
be mentioned, of course, in connection
with the fish story, which is duly au-
thenticated and attested by Messrs.
Creighton and Croker, neither of whom
could be tempted to exaggerate even in
relating Il fish story.
Chas. ii. Weed of Pittsfeld Mass. is
expected to arrive here this week. Mr..
Weed and his daughter, Miss Weed,
stenographer of the Colonnades, spent
last winter in New Smyrna, since which
| time Mr.. Weed is satisfied that there is
no place like Florida for the winter sea
son.
At the last council meeting Jas. A.
Baggett's resignation as alderman was
sent in and approved; S f.. Gilmore was
put on the finance committee. A special
election will be ordered by the Mayor to
fill JAS. Baggett's uneXpired term, the
second Tuesday in January.
Mr.. and Mrs. McClana han, whose re-
turn has been pleasantly anticipated by
their friends for several weeks, arrived
Friday, and are established for the win
ter in their home on Valley Street
A 3-story cottage is to be erected Oh
Myrtle Avenue, DaytOna, for r. NJ.
Knox by our popular contractor anG
builder, J.. II. Burdick. 1t is to be COM
pleted by February, 1906.
Y X. T. Butler has greatly increased tn,
value of his property on Ocean BOule
ward and Pinewood Street by having
windmill, with servants room below
convenient to his two cottages.
Miss Kate Lee, of Battle Creek, o.
arrived here few days ago, and vii
spend the winter rs the guest of Mrs. W
Hcrrick and MIR. and Mrs. G P. Lund.
Mrs. w. L. Diggett has returned frOr
"A protracted visit to her mother at LAX
, Como.
Clark G.. Smith, photographer, is put
ting up Kodak Club building on hi
property on Grandview Street, which h
expects to have completed by January
II Mrs. Isabella Granger arrived her
J. from Ashtabula, O., Wednesday aftel
u noon of last week, and will spend til
y winter with Miss Blakeslie. She W:
here several winters ago, and was, {
course, converted to the idea that SCI
u breeze is All ideal place to spend til
winter.
: Mrs. Elma G. Stevens, to the regret
/ many friends, left for Sanford ThurSda
of last week. She hopes to return
~ January and remain until spring.
u Mr.. Hartshorn, of the firm of Fran
II. Peck 4 Co., Daytona, and family e
W pect to remove to DaytOna after Il
Z Christmas holidays. The cottage thu
are occupying has changed hands, al
II it is in anticipation of the new Owne
:" wanting possession, as well rs for
own business convenience, that &
III changs will be made.