The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1905-11-03

having 81 miles of paved streets ana IN
sist on having more
Gadsden county tobacco growers are
uniting as fine a grade on the Market
as can be produced anywhere
The city council of St. Augustine VIII
have the map of that city touched up
little. 1t was made in l7os'
The city council Of Jacksonville mas
passed a new Jim Grow" law with the
Objectionable features omitted
Mayor Bliss of Pensacola says tna'
e. oOo more will be- required to reheVe
the distress of that city caused py 'he
yellow fever,
The fall crop Of weddings throughout
the State promises to be very large
Monticello and Ormond have had wv"
swell affairs the past week.
c. II Mathis of Blackville, n ["
one of the largest cantaloupe growers
in the country, will plant can'aIoVpeS
in Marion county again next season
A negro woman at Hampton gave
birth to triplets few days ago wheh
the old man looked on them he reclaim
ed. w.awd massey Did any git
away
For the first time in the recollection
of any one, the governor OF Florlda
visited the county Jail in Jacksonville
and personally interviewed three men
condemned to death.
Captain Mathews has been arrested
at Key West, charged with robblng the
tug Osceola of some of the books, IN
struments, Eyeglasses, etc. He Will be
tried in the United States court.
B. B. Tatum, the well-known news
paper and real estate man of Miami, in
company with his brother, j. II. Tatum
and associates will establish branch
of the Kelley institute in Jacksonville.
Lake City is entitled to free mail de-
livery and the city council and board Of
trade have passed resolutions praying
the postotiice department at Washing
ton to grant it. The department will
send an Inspector to investigate.
Miami has most up-to.date and en-
terprising Chnaman. Wo Kee, the
laundryman, has not only horse and
wagon with which to deliver his laundry
work, but in an emergency mounts a
bicycle and helps to wait on his custom
ers. Wo Kee is an all right, hustling
citizen.
Governor Broward instituted an in.
novation in Florida politics by appoint
ing Mrs. Anna Dearborn clerk of the
Circuit court of Dade county, to fill the
office made vacat by the death Of her
husband, +. c. Dearborn. 1t is be.
lieved that the appointment will be sat-
isfactory to the people of Dade county.
Key West will be the greatest bene.
fciary of Mr. Flagler's marine railway.
Extensive docks and terminals will be
built. These will include dry dock, lC
wharves each 800 feet long and 100 feet
wide, with basins 200 feet wide between.
The ten piers will furnish berths for &C
boats, 400 feet long, with depth OF
water from 20 to 30 feet.
Oscar T. Conkin, acquitted in the Cir.
cult court at Miami on a charge of EN-.
bezzlement brought through the repre-.
sentatives of the F, E. c. Electric Light
Co., states that he will institute a suit
for damages against the said company
the amount of relief to be asked being
in the hands of his counsel, George A.
Worley, who will prepare papers as
soon as he is disengaged from the pres,
ent term of court.
Edward Lamb, found guilty of the
murder of c. d. Kennedy, was hanged
Friday morning in the Jail at Braden.
town. This is the first official hanging
that has occurred in the county since its
organization. The execution occurred
a short time after IL o'clock, and was
witnessed by about two hundred peo.
pie. 1t was found necessary to drop
the man twice before he was formal,
pronounced dead.
Capt. W. H. Mcintyre, of Miami
was in the city few days since in ar
attempt to secure several large barge.
for use in construction work on tn,
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