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one of The FIVE dredges a { work on the
new Hillsboro bay channel has almost
reached the mouth of the river. The ma
chimes are ell going night and day and
making wonderful progress. Some OF them
have no longer the easy time a first eX-
perienced Rock has been struck in some
places. and blasting goes on all day. just
ahead of the dredge The great water
spOuts thrown up by the dynamite make
a spectacle that attracts many people to
a place where it can be safely looked up
on.
At Key West few days ago the pur-
chaser Of a package of biscuit found in it
a pair of lady's gloves, some jewelry,
pocketbook containing SO and the card
| of the owner. The buyer returned the
/ articles to the grocer, who in turn inquired
Of the cracker company, and the loser is
in fair way of getting back her property
/ the disappearance of which is no doubt
being regarded as profound mystery. 1t
is supposed the things belong to an en-
] ploye of the cracker company. end they
were inadvertently inclosed and shipped.
Fort Myers Press: The first three-mas-
/ ter that ever came up the river to Fort
Myers arrived here on Saturday evening
! She was the Marie Cooper. the new
/ schooner, with auxiliary gasoline engines
! built by Capt. George NJ Cooper, who was
! in command of the vessel. Although a
4 large boat, she draws only about FIVE
/ feet of water. She brought o load of lurn-
Der from Tampa. and left again Sunday
| evening for Sanibel, where she loaded with
| waterme,ons for Mobile. She made the
| trip here from Sanibel in three hours.
/ h tala &c TO- rs
make it, She sailed from Ssnibel Tuesday
| with 900 watermelons on board.
Two quite important real estate deals
were closed the past week at Orlando, the
| purchasers in each case being regular res
! idents. instead of outsiders. In each case
! the purchase was made for occupancy and
! Improvement Mrs. Elizabeth NJ. Massey
secures the elegant house mile north Of
Maitland. erected several years ago by
! DR. Nevins, at a cost Of ten or twelve
thousand dollars, with the forty-acre
| tract on which it stands. She will occupy
It as a residence. Charles Rock the pa
ker and confectioner, has secured the brick
| building opposite the San Juan Hotel, in
town. built q couple of years ago by J. Is,
/ Clouser & Co. for a racket store.
There is no settlement of the cigar
makers strike at Tampa yet; and from
! the present OUTLOOK IL Is ABOUT as Tar
away as ever. 1t was confidently expect
ed that the men would go to work Mon
| DAY morning but all the committees en-
! deavor have Gene to naught. The various
! committees he'd a meeting Sunday and ar
/ gued and discussed and wrangled and con
/ ferred ell day, but 10 no avail. Now it is
/ hard to see any hopeful prospect at al.
| 1t is said that there have been four propo-
/ sitions laid before the committees, the &C.
! oeptauce and ratification of any one of
which win put an end TO the trouble
For some time past there have been ru-
mors that a stock company was being
formed for the purpose Of planting a one
hundred acre orange grove and the build
ing of large cannery in the vicinity of
Miami Monday morning, Col. L. T. BY
ington, who returned from New jersey
on Saturday made the following state
ment: The Tropical Plantation Compa-
ny has been organized under the laws OF
the State of New Jersey with an author
lied capital of $780, CO. with William NJ
Brown, president; Charles II. Gar(hsde
vice president. and L. T. Byington gen
eral mana ger. The general office will he
at Miami" The officers of this new or
gauization are all "home men, and have
been residents here for several years, are
| familiar with the country. and all the con-
dit!ons'