The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1908-07-24

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eating his chickens, and a trap baited
with a live hen, played the important
part of the capture. Mr.. Hensler has
not taken the cat from the trap-cage
but is willing to give the curio to any
person venturesome enough to do the
deed. In length the cat is about thirty
inches and is a scrapper of the Sulli-
van class.-Apalachicola Times.
Pullman parlor cars which are
operated on the morning train to and
the night train from Jacksonville will
be continued during the summer. This
Is the first season that the A. c. L.
has attempted to keep these cars on
as late as this. but 1t is the policy Of
the railroad to give its patrons the
best possible service, and it is hoped
by the officials that the patronage viii
be sufficient to warrant making the
service permanent.-St. Petersburg
Times.
Daytona is now well supplied with
summer fruits and vegetables, mostly
raised by local growers, and no one
has much trouble in selecting the par
ticular kinds to suit their particular
tastes. Peaches and watermelons,
from home orchards and patches, pine
apples from further south, oranges
from California (the Florida crop hav-
ing been already exhausted) and
Michigan grapes are among the fruits
on the market. Green corn and other
vegetables are plentiful. In the west
ern part of Volusia county, peaches
are so plentiful that they are a drug
on the market-Daytona Gazette
News.
Mrs. Steinberg lost FIVE cows about
five months ago, and after diligent
search and inquiry was given up as
having been driSen of, as they were
milk cows, with calves at home. Mr..
Archie Brownlee was attracted to a
vacant place within a few rods of the
postoffice, and in a kitchen found the
remains of the cattle. They had been
attracted into the building by some
corn husks stored there, and when in
the door became shut and fastened,
and no doubt died of thirst. The loss
was a heavy one for Mrs. Steinberg.
as the cattle were blooded Jerseys
and had cost her a considerable sum.
i-FlorahOme correspondent to Palat-
ka Times-Herald.
At 9:15 o'clock yesterday morning
the Mallory steamship Rio Grande ar
rived at her docks in Tampa. and after
loading a fair cargo of freight and
taking aboard a large passenger list.
sailed shortly after noon upon her re-
turn trip to New York. The officers
of the Rio Grande reported that the
trip to Mobile was made without Incl
dent and that the stay at Mobile was
made most pleasant by the maritime
people as we'll as some of the large
shippers. Several hours delay, how
ever, was experienced by the Rio
Grande upon her trip from Mobile to
Tampa, occasioned by several large
sailing vessels keeping ahead Of the
vesSel.-Tampa Tribune.
There is 'possum epidemic on
Lake Weir. They have become so
numerous and pestiferous after the
chickens that a number of parties
have been out after them and Satur-
day night a coon delegation laid six
low. The other night a possum got
after Mrs. A. Martins chickens at the
Gerald place at Eastlake and made
Su,h a Cl&jter that the whole house
hold was awaiened and IN the morn
ing il was found that the leader Of
the flock had been carried away. but
upon a closer search he was found
floating serenely on q chunk of wool
in an open cistern near the house
He was rescued from his 'possum-
proof tomb TO sing many d morning
| song.-Ocala Star.
Emulating the example Of Manuel
Concerto, who recently arrived in this
CITY. travelling on foot from New York
City in an effort to get back TO home
and friends, not having the money to
travel any other way. a party of Ybor
city young men have declared their
intention of riding to New York CITY
and return on muleback. taking no
money along and making their living