The Florida Star from Titusville, Florida • Page 1

Ii 6 ro or 1f 1 fiI 11 c1J a 1 i 1 THEo FLORIDA 4 STAR JT 9t OJ OttjselQes iUOl1e 13ttt fOj tlte toad of Otltejs 2liso VOL XX TITUSVILLE FLA FRIDAY APRIL 20 1900 NO52 CURRfNI lOOAllA OHICS Brief Mention of What Is Going On IB and About Tltnavllle Send your watches for repairs to I Woodward Titusville Work guaranteed Miss Fannye Andrews of Cocoa paid our town a flying visit Monday afternoon i Mr Stewart of Brantley has been commissioned by the governor to be notary public for the state at large Mr Futch who has charge of Mr Seobies fish business at Grant spent several days in town the first part of the week Mr Brady is paying the metropolis of the state a business visit this week leaving a here Tuesday afternoon and is expected a pected to return home today Mr Dick Gladwin of Miami is spending a week or eo with his parents Mr and Mrs Gladwin at this place arriving home Monda afternoon Mr A Carlile of LaGran has accepted the position as assistant lighthouse 1 keeper at Cumberland Island Go and left for that place Wednesday Mr Hendry visited Green Cove Springs several days the pat week He reports the turpentine camps in a flourishing condition all along the St Johns river Miss Sallie Hall went to City Point Tuesday afternoon to be present at the marriage of her friend Miss Laura a Sharp to Mr A Robinson returning home Wednesday Miss Sallie Majiruder of Hockledie passed through here Monday and Tuesday on her way for a visit of a few weeks 1 a to her brother Mr Bailey Magruder who lives in Sanford Mr Byhmton editor of the Miami News gave THE STan office a very pleasant call Wednesday morning Mr Byington spent part of Tuesday and Wednesday in our town I Sanford Chronicle Editor Wager of that very excellent paper the Titus vine Star accompanied by his estimable wife was in the city Monday en route home from the west coast Mr Geo Gibbs of St Augustine week and while here inspected the plant of the McFarland Fruit Protection company returning to the Ancient city Saturday afternoon The Brevard Democratic executive committee held a very important meeting at this place Saturday Full pro ceedmgs will be found on page 5 this I week and should be perused by every Democrat Capt Morgan expects to start for i Cuba this week where he and Capt Mc Kay are going to pasture cattle It is reported that a portion of the Morgan stocks will be shipped from Florida to Cuba for that purpose lIr Tom Price paid a visit to Fort Pierce the early part of the week to look after his fishing interests ut that point which are in a most satisfactory condition Mr Wade Harris looks after his business there A party of several from Banana river i came over to this place yesterday in Capt Pennys boat Capt Henry Wilson Messrs 11 Stratton Wells and Jeff Capt Wilson paid our qilice a pleasant call yesterday afternoon Capt Charlie Fulton fell nt the works of the Florida Extract company Wednesday of last week striking a joist and severely injuring his left side He was to be abut again the first of the week will not be in shape to resume work for several days yetI Rev John A Hughes returned Saturday from his trip to Barlow via Jackson rifle He was admitted to the Presbytery at the session in Bartow last week Mr Hughes was quite charmed with Barlow us a place and with many of the excellent people he met there Mr Marion Gruber of West Palm Beach stopped off at this placeThursday of last week for a few days stay accompanied by his little son Master Carlos from visit to He was on his return a relatives living in North Carolina where he spent a week or more I Mr Bernard Kohnstein Milwaukee I arrived here Saturday and spent a this week with Mr I sa few days i Brown Mr Kohnstein is technical chemist for the large tannery of Plister I i Vogel leather company of Milwaukee and he was the one to first introduce the I manufactured i palmetto tanning liquor in this bv the Florida Extract company in place to the tanneries of Wisconsin and in the iwutl WStHe is an Austrian bjj I i Florid Jid Holmes a 4 it Ito 4 i 1 13 11 Titusville Primary A primary meeting of the voters of precinct No 2of those entitled to vote at said primary in accordance with the call of the Democratic county committee asp this week will be held at the court house in Titusville on Friday Apr 27 1900 said primary to open at 10 oclock a and remain open continuously until 4 oclock for the purpose of electing twelve delegates to represent precinct No2 in the county convention to meet at Titusville on May 15 i 1000 also to elect twelve delegates to represent said precinct in the county convention to meet at Cocoa on August 21 1900 and also to elect twelve delegates to represent said precinct Jn the senatorial convention to he hereafter called by the senatorial committee HENDUV OSCAU A STEtl ART GOLDSMITH Precinct Committee April 17 1000 CRAYFORD Groceries and Provisions cor Main and Washington Titusville Easter in Titus ille Eastertservices were held in the Episcopal Presbyterian and Methodist churches on Sunday Rev A Penney officiating at the Methodist church in the morning on account of the absence of llev Mickler the regular pastor The churches were trimmed with flowers the floral decorations at St Gabriels church being very fine Archdeacon Brown preached a most eloquent sermon which was lis teiud to with very marked attention At this church an offertory solo entitled The Resurrection twits rendered by Major Taylor who lent his able assistance also to the choir on this occasion I The selection was highly appreciated by the fairly large congregation present The attendance at the Presbyterian church was excellent considering that the mean bers of that church were not sure their pastor would return from Barlow in time to hold service hut the evening attendance at the Presbyterian was large no doubt largely augmented by there being no service at the Episcopal church that night WHEN YOU BUILD Buy your lumber sash doors H1i1ders hardware paints and all other building material of PADDISOX Eau Galhe Fla Garden Party fhe garden party held Monday night on the spacious lawn of the Indian River hotel notwithstanding the fact that Old Boreas was on somewhat of a tear himself proved a most entertaining affair and resulted quite profitably to the treasury of the band fund the sum of 2050 being realized after all expenses are paid The most prominent features of the evening were the refreshment booths the wonderful mind reading by Mr and Mrs II McFirhind the fortune telling booth in charge of Mrs MeFarland the Rebecca at the Well presided over by Miss Emma Wright as Rebecca who dispensed delicious lemonade the drawing for the fine cake donated by Mrs Diisner which was won by Mr Brown the several excellent selections rendered by the band etc Owing to the high southeast wind prevailing the rowboat feature was dispensed with as such might have been productive of many eases of mal de mer fhe members of the band having provided the different booth the success of the evenings pleasures was due largely to the heroic work of the ladies About 10 chock announcement was made that a dance would follow at the opera house to which most of the large crowd present wended their way and dancing was indulged II for several hours I Drowned at Melbourne Heath I Messrs lames and William II I Powell the sons of a prominent and well known resident of Waukeegan 111 were I drowned while bathing in the ocean at I Melbourne Beach Monday They were 25 to 30 years of age Mr McBride I of Melbourne went north with the body I of II Powell Wednesday afternoon I See mention of this sad und in our Melbourne I and Eau Gallic correspondence I FOK SALE I Three good horses at a bargain Inure I of Crabb Cocoa Fla HARPER Whi oy is liquid music IJa all llow refreshing iterial of i liotlotw 11l11 i2a It I 4 1 0 i LTE3T NfWS AND INCIDENTS Matters of Interest That Are Happening Around Town Editor Byington of the Miami News was in town Tuesday Tax Collector Hall returned Monday from several days stay at his I place at Klondike Messrs Henry Futch and A Nor wood killed a bear Tuesday morning near the Sackett place on Banana creek Youngs Bicycle Livery Hutchinson avenue near Indian River hotel Tandems and single wheels Popular prices Youngs Taylor Esq of Miami PNsed through here Tuesday afternoon returning home from a few days hunting trip in Orange county Mrs Breese of Rockledge accompanied by her friend Mrs Davidson were visitors in our town Thursday of last week Mr Chas Case rallied off a gold watch 1n Saturday It was won by Mr McBride high dice throwing the number winning being 13 Several were tied on 37 Rev Paine of West Palm Beach in charge of the Congregational church at that place stopped over here the first of the week on his way to Sanford and Tampa for a brief tri pArch cUlon Brown will hold divine service next Sunday the 22nd at Fan Gallie at 1030 a in and at Melbourne at 7im on Monday evening at 730 in the Baptist church at Fort Pierce Messrs I Metcalf and II Saunders attorneys of West Palm Beach arrived in town Monday to attend to some law business at this point Mr Saunders returning home Tuesday and Mr Met calf on Wednesday Services will be held in the Presbyterian church Sunday April 22nd as follows Sunday school at 045 a preaching subject The Bank of Heaven at 11 a a service of song and prayer with a short sermon at 730 Rev Joseph Stanley of Brookhaven Miss after spending a week here with I I Mr Coutant left Tuesday for points on the gulf coast Mr Stanley is a Presbyterian minister and is taking in Florida pretty thoroughly on this trip Mr A Losleyjg anticipating a trip to the Paris exposition expecting to leave in a week or so and while in France will extend his visit to his native home in Switzerland lIe is quite fortunate to I take advantage of such a pleasant trip at this time Mr and Mrs It Jerome arrived here from Rockledge on their line naphtha launch the Volunteer Tuesday which was Ifuuled out at Nelsons ways for cleaning and painting Mr Jerome and wife go from here to Daytona then north for the summer AdjutantGeneral Houston hits received numerous inquiries to whether there I will be held this year an encampment of I the Mute troops He can only answer that there will be no encampment for the reason that thelegislature of 1S5HI made no appropriation for that purpose I Judge Ammo of Miami referee i in bankruptcy held the first meeting of the creditors of Mr II II Gleason jof Fau Gallic at this place TUt day the lith inst Mr GleaAm filed papers in i bankruptcy last month and was adjudg jed bankrupt March 28th It is stated i that liabilities are rf5757 nominal assets 21Si i Mr 11 Stratiou a former resident of Banana river who lived here some twen tylive to thirty years ago called tt this office Saturday afternoon He has been i visirng many interior pats of Florida I I after years spent away from the state i Mr Stritton has a wonderful memory and relates many interesting experiences on Indian river in those early days Sunday he accompanied Mr Peterson in the hitters saill oit for a short visit to the Banana river section The schooner yacht Kdnn with the Messrs 11uul Henry Mace and their party on board arrived here from Palm Beach Thursday night of last week The Messrs Mace were joined at Palm Beach by their mother Mrs Mace and their niece Miss A Munsey of New I York city all of the party being thoroughly charmed with Palm Beach Mr Mace with his mother and Miss Munsey expect to return to New York city some time next week Mr Henry Mace and Mr Bell expect to remain with us for probably a month longer The latter are stopping on board the Edna while the other members of the party are Lor H1 the Indian River hotel 7 Changes State Troops We note the following paragraphs among the Tallahassee cot respondents in the TimesUnion and Citizen of Wednesday The Indian River Guard at Titus ville having fallen below the requisite number of men ut two different inspections AdjutantGeneral Houston has issued general orders No 12 disbanding the company A company has been organized at Miami with James Sanders as captain which has been mustered into service of the state and will take the place of the Indian River Guards as Co Second Icgi men tIt is with deep regret that we publish the above announcement in regard to the Guards as we had hoped they could increase their number so as to have remained in the state troops Certainly it will be regretted by all our citizens that we will lose our military company Iron Pipe and Fittings 38 to 2 12 inch black or galvanized Write for prices Amsden Ormond Fla TOUUNA31ENT Cocoa Gun Club Will Glvu Grand Shooting Fete May Firut In lieu of the annual May Day picnic and regatta that Cocoa has been accustomed to giving in the past a tournament will he given this year in which the prizes are of sterling quality in every respect re spect which are offered for contest by the merchants and citizens of Cocoa and vicinity under the auspices of the Cocoa Gun club The following program has been ar ranted for First event Sweepstake 15 targets Entrance 150 Second et Sweepstake 20 targets Entrance 200 Third event 25 targets No one allowed to shoot in this match who has a record better than 20 out of 25 1st prize sole leather ammunition case 200 shells 2nd prize Thurmans shooting blouse navy blue and prize loading block latent style 4th prize brass wire brush cleaner Fourth event Team shoot Three men to a team and 25 targets per man Teams must be composed of members of organized clubs Prize one Kings patent live pigeon trap Fifth event Sweepstake 20 targets i Entrance 2 00 Sixth event 25 targets lit prize sole leather gun case trunk shape flannel lined 2nd prize sole leather ammunition case JOt shells rd prize acetylene gas lamp 4th prize elmnmise barrel and stock cover th prize Heikes hand protector mil prize hard rubber collapsing cup and case Seventh event Sweepstake 20 targets Hut ranee 200 Eighth ltlIt2i targets Xo one allowed to shoot in this match whn ban a record better than 15 out of2o 1st prize best quality hunting coat 2nd prize Powers brass cleaning rod lrd prize I aluminum dram flask 4th prize bottle I ifllll oil Ninth event Sweepstake 25 targets i Knt ranee 2 50 I enth event 25 targets 1st prize i heavy le leather gnu i ihiiuiel lined brass lock handle and sling 2nd prize quarter kvg lupont smokeless vder jbd prize sole lent her case containing I gun denning outfit 4th prize red rnbbei recoil pad 5th prize ToniliiiMin gin cleaner Championship trnphy A Imudsonu i silver cup yold lined nine inches high and suitably engraved will be awarder the shooter who has made the highest average of the day I A comprehensive book by Greener entitled The Breech Loudet and How to Ise It will he awarded tin shooter who has made the lnui uwd IHg of the day In order to qualify for either of these ipiizts one must have imrticipjitcd ill tluv finrth or more of the OJHII events in the nvoin program Ad shoot in will ill under Americtu 1 iurfrtiiiji sissoeiation rules In sweepstake event moneys will ho divided 0 JO and 20 per cent and nl ties wilt be dixiiled In mercantile prize event all tie will be shot off miss and out The tournament rate of 2 cents per target will prevail and the entrance to prize events will lie the price of targets only Shooting will begin at D0 a Refreshments and ammunition can be procured on the grounds CST RECEIVED A carload of the finest wide cypress lumber Bui41ur 1n fit llIr pt tA i1 10 I 11G Fla I i store Tl along 1 1 1 STATE NEWS ITEMS lilts of Information About Various Invents Occurring at Different Florida Points There are vessels chartered to take from Fernandina 60000 tons of phosphate during the month of April Congressman Sparkman is in Tampa having arrived Saturday He had recently become a grandfather At the organization of the Florida Audubon society at Maitland last week Dr Forbes and Mr 0 Painter of DeLand were 0 elected viiepresidents The society is for the protection of our birds and bird nests Congressman Robt Davis was hurriedly summoned home a few days ago on account of the illness of his son Capt Walter Davis Capt Davis accompanied his father to Washington hoping that the change would help himMr Mr II Flayers grove at Boca Ra tone is another illustration of that gentle mans faith in that section He has had 5000 trees set during the winter and they are doing nicely Every tree was taken off and tile land cleared as free as a floor at the start Capt James McKay of Tampa says that large number of cattle are dying in Cuba and the only thing he can attribute it to is the exitordinary bail pasturage This is ordinarily good but this season it seems to have been very bad and large numbers of cattle have died The palmetto fibre factory at New Smyrna belonging to Mr Jas A Bishop of Jacksonville was purchased lust week by Mr La Bau of the same place The factory started up last week to run regularly The factory gives employment to about ten boys and four or five men besides those engaged in cutting fans In the mandamus proceedings instituted by the state railroad commission against the Jacksonville terminal company to enforce the admission of the Atlantic Yal dosta it Western Kail road company to the station Judge Call issued last Friday a peremptory writ to compel admission The case will go again to the supreme court i Thomas Peters has already gathered and shipped 7000 crates of tomatoes from his seventy acres at Cutler and while some sold for fancy prices and some were selling at 2 cash on the dock he placed the entire output at 150 net per crate although none hail been so low He will ship at least oOOO crates more making a total of 10000 crates which at 150 would amount to 1000 with a total expense for fertilizers cultivation and gathering of less than aOQ It is too early yet to form a correct opinion as to the net results of all the tomato crops but all of the growers interviewed feel sure of 100 crates or more per acre although they may get much more Mr II Binder while sailing from Wnfieri on Sanibel to Ins home un Captive Island Friday was surprised by a tarpon jumping into his boat just oil Buck key A a young man named Bran aid unit Gatewood were sailing by he beckoned to them On reaching the boat they found it covered with blood and broken pieces of ceiling and boat furniture Mr Binder himself was on the outside of the bout his back covered with slime with every appearance of having fought a hard battle He said he did not get excited in the least yet he had given the fish the entire boat while he took tot hl water through courtesy presumably The fish measured Ii feet I inch in length and a feet inches in circumference MAIAKAIC Master services were held at the school bouse Sunday There a good program consiiting of recitations dialogues and singing It Mr Keller stopped here on her way from Palm Bench to Hasting for her three children who have been staying with Mr 1C Schnyler during the winter Mrs Schuyler went home with her for a visit I There a movement started here to build a new union church There wjia meeting held a short time ago and I mittees were selected to solicit ior i lions and select a site Mr Fla is going to give the lot near th I 1 Bout and Yacht SalLL Fi I I I Fit and workmanship guarestima boat sails a specialty Seth aCt BEND Floridato Titus IdA rEDNid vld ypre Two young otters I 14 eatn KE ltu8r 8T a I It 4 I I.