The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1905-12-01
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grove at Southland mas crop ol l,o""
boxes.
st. Augustine has Il population of
i,97o, hut New Augustine and other
suburbs make total Of 6,ljC
A new industry is being worked in
Terra Celia in the gathering Of air plants
and shipping them to England
Altamonte Springs people are holding
on to their oranges expecting better
price than has as yet been offered.
Cotton picking is nearly all oyerin SUI
vance county, and there has been some
trouble in securing sufficient help to do
the work.
MAYOR Nolan of jacksonville has issued
an official proclamation that there will
be no futher quarantine restrictions in
Jacksonville,
New machinery and appliances have
been purchased for the Bond crate mill
at Lake Helen, and will probably he in
stalled at once.
The South Beach railroad on Antasia
island will be in full operation next week,
the work Of repairing being rapidly
pushed forward.
The schools of Manatee county closed
on Thursday and Friday, November %
and 81. to let the teachers and pupils
take in the State fair,
The county commissioners of Suwanee
comfy have decided to advertise for bids
to build forty miles of hard roads
throughout that county.
The Gulf Coast fair at DeFuniak, al
though held under difficulties this year.
proved a grand success and the managers
are entitled to much credit.
l.. b. Groom, the negro preacher who
violated the separated street car ordin-
ance in jacksonville. will get 3O-day
job unless the higher courts declare the
law of no account.
An important capture was made last
week by custom house officers of Key
West ON board the steamer Roanoke.
An attempt was made to smugglc 30, -
Cos Cuban cigarettes.
The contention between the city coun-
ell of Gainesville and the water company
of that place has resulted in the council
placing meters and readjusting rates to
conform herewith, these rates to go
into effect Jan. |, 1906.
The German Imperial Commission,
which is making II tour of the South,
was highly entertained by the people Of
Pensacola few days ago. The mem
beers were highly pleased with the hos
pitalty Of the Pcnsacolians.
An enormous wild cat was shot and
killed last week 10y John Sellers at Little
River The feline was one Of the lar
gest specimens of its Kind ever killed OF
captured in this section, and was brought
to the city and displayed by Il brother OF
the man killing it.
The contract has been let to the
Wilmer manufacturing company for 4
ten ton ice plant, to be installed at
Starke, and in working order by March
|, 1906. The necessary amount OF
stock has been sold and cash paid in tt
warrant this step.
Of the SO jurymen drawn for the Man
aztec county court, only one men was
taken from the city of Manatee and the
way the editor of the Manatee River
Journal sings Latin at the whole court
outfit is a caution to the alligatorS along
the river banks.
The trial Of w. +. Williams for the
murder of Ed Dansby at Pensacola vii
be begun at Mariana on Monday next
Williams killed John White, his employ
er and at same time wounded White.
son. for which he was found guilty ant
recommended to mercy.
James n. Strobhar, defauting agen
of the Atlantic Coast Line railway a,
Gainesville, Fla, has been arrested a
Montreal on the charge Of stealing 81,
800. His real shortage is said to be $40,
600. Strobhar declares he will not re
turn to Florida and has retained emf
nent counsel to fight extradition.
A Kissimmee gentleman picked u,
another man s valise in Tampa store
by mistake the other day and when h,
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