The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-03-06

NEWS NOTES
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
AND PERSONAL MENTION GATH.
Erred AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
Special to the journal.


Tallahassee, March 5.-J. w. Ferreli
one of Tallahasees most progress
| i've bushes men, was the victim OF
two mems villainy Tuesday night to
the extent of losing quite lot OF
goods, both by robbery and by fire.
Mr.. Ferrell's store was opened by
the thieves who smashed in enough
of the glass of the front door to in
sert a hand to unfasten the Yale lock
from the inside. They then entered
and proceeded to help themselves
to various articles, after which they
set fire to several boxes of straw
hats.
Just about this time a man arriv-
ed at Mr.. Schoemaker's livery stable,
opposite, and called to the man in
charge to let him have a horse and
buggy. This frightened the thieves
and they bolted strewing the capitol
grounds and the streets leading out
to the S. A. l.. railroad with stolen
goods, dropped in their fight.
The men over at the stable called
to them to halt and fired off pistol,
but they only fed the faster. The
two men then crossed over to the
store and put out the fire, which, for
tunately, had gained but little head
way.
There is as yet no positive clue
by which to identify the guilty par
ties, though at one time through the
day two ruogh-looking strangers en-
tered the store, bought a cheap hand
kerchief and spent some time in look
ing about.
There were two or three rough
looking white fellows lounging around
in the capitol corridors yesterday,
who were told to move onby the watch
man, but it is not known that they
were plotting any mischief.
Stag Bridge Party.
Mr.. I. S. Trantham, one of ITALIA
hassee's most popular young society
men, celebrated hts birthday last Fri
day night by stag bridge party,
given at the residence of Hon. Fred
I. Myers. The young men were hos
pitably received by Mrs. Myers, who
then effaced herself until the game
was finished, when she re-appeared
bearing an angel cake decorated with
the requisite number of candles.
Beside the cake there were sailed
nuts, bon-bons, dish of amber-col-
ored jelly shimmering beneath a
snowy crown of whipped cream. and
bowl full of refreshing punch, in
After partaking of these good
things, cigars were passed and an
hour of conversation INDUCED in be-
fore the company dispersed. Mr..
Trantham was presented by his
guests with a beautiful meerschaum
pipe as souvenir of the occasion,
while Mr.. Dale Mabry bore away the
prize, a handsome bridge set. provid-
ed by the host for the most success
full player of the evenings game.
The guests were: Messrs. Guyte
McCord. Sam Moran, Dale Mabry,
Guy Haines, Luther Holloway, Abram
McDougall and Ellis MasEwan, of Al
bany. \. Y.
DIR. w. P Harvey, of Louisville,
Ky, editor and manager of the Bap-
fist World, was in Tallahassee during
the past week, the guest of his old
friend DIR. ]. B. Pruitt, pastor of the
First Baptist church. DR.. Harvey
was the guest, one evening. at din
ner party given in his honor at the
Leon hotel by Miss Glenn Hampton.
The other guests we're: Hon. and
Mrs w. NJ. Holloway and DR.. and
Mrs. Pruitt.
Mrs. Hampton personally superin-
tended the floral decorations of the
table and the result was an exquisite
ARRANGEMENT of narcissus. hyacinths
and vtolets The evening was spent
in conversation, which was spiced
with humorous anecdotes told by the
two reverend gentlemen, whose stock
of interesting "reminiscences seemed
inexhaustible.
The sacred concert arranged for
the pleasure of the Tallahassee public
by Miss Glenn Hampton. the genial
resident guest. and Mr.. Eugene Ly-
day. the hospitable manager of the
Leon hotel, came off Sunday after
noon and was wonderfully pleasant
occasion. The crowd was, as far as
possible, accommodated in the east
parlor. the overflow crowding the
immense verandas, where chairs had
been placed for their convenience.
Fortunately the warm weather per