The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1905-11-10

Cated at hluoh SNAIe.
Perry Is shy on houses for people VINO
are rushing to that town,
Good quail hunting is reported from
the vicinity Of Live Oak.
About 1900 boxes of oranges have
been shipped from zofo to date
The winter hotels at West Palm
Beach are opening up for trade.
St. Augustine vii! make an effort to
have amiitary post established at Fort
Marion
The First National Bank of Perry is
claimed to be one Of the most solid IN
the State,
One million and three quarter boxes
is now the estimate Of Florida present
orange crop,
The newspapers say that Bryan is
getting double chin, This shows what
exercise will do
The two cotton gins Of Raiford have
been busy, but the farmers are holding
for higher prices,
Taylor and Lafayette counties are
said to have the best timber for turpen.
tine in the State,
Stock raisers east Of Zolfo complain
that bears are becoming so numerous
that it is no longer profitable to raise
hogs
The shipment Of Peace River phos-
phate rock through the port Of Punta
Gorda thus far this year aggregates
81, 3l5 tons.
j. T.. 4. Bowdcn, a well-known res
ident of Jacksonville, will be a can.
didate for sheriff of Duval county at
the next election,
The Towles, father and son, arrested
at Jacksonville in connection with the
murder Of the negro woman, Lulu Wise
and her four children, have been dis
charged from custody
e.. ID. BroSsier, advertising solicitor
on the staff of the Miami Metropolis has
resigned his position to 90 into the real
estate business in Miami with his father,
Col. F. C. Brosier, Of Key West.
I'd. Alvarez, of Bradford county,
whose conditional pardon was revoked
by Gov. Broward, has been released by
Judge Call with the understanding that
he leaves the state within 80 hours.
Joseph Coachman, aged 10, son Of s.
S. Coachman, the leading merchant Of
Clearwater, met "A sudden and horrible
death from the explosion Of small
acetylene gas plant used for lighting
his fathers store.
The complete census Of Lee county
shows population OF 1861, which is "a
gain OF % per cent over the government
enumeration Of five years ago Fort
Myers is the only town in the county,
and has population of l,l27.
{. F. Borden was arrested at Lake
Butler by Deputy Sheriff j. W. An.
drews on charge OF carrying concealed
weapons, In court he showed that he
was special detective and was acting
within the law. He was released.
Rev, 4, j. Sparkman who owns 40
acre orange grove on Bornett Lake one
mile west Of town says he will not
gather more than 1000 boxes of fruit
this year out of what would have been
1000 had no freeze visited us the past
season. Lakeland Sun.
The annual reunion of the Florida
Division, United Confederate Veterans,
will be held in Jacksonville on Decem-
Der 1914 under the auspices of r. E,
Lee camp No, So, U, c. v, assisted by
Martha Reid Chapter, U. D. c., Stone
wall Jackson Camp, U. s. c. v, and
the Jacksonville Board Of Trade.
Capt. James Mckay furnishes the
Tampa Tribune an Interesting state
ment of the number of cattle shipped
on his line to Cuba during the past sea
son. From April % to October 10, II, :
705 beef cattle, 4, $50 cows, 528 calves,
4lO two-year-olds, and $50 yearlngs; of
total value Of 1884, 542. so were ship
ped.
The remains of William Watson, son
of our fellow citizen, A. s. Watson, ar
rived from the PHILIPPINES Saturday
morning, and were laid to rest in the
new Manatee cemetery in the after
noon. A larpr number of fri.nds md