The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1906-04-20

Work has been commenced at Tampa
On the construction Of the Tampa
Northern Railroad,
Anthony Bros. will soon begin The
erection Of a handsome concrete bHs,-
ness block in West Palm Beach.
st. Petersburg is now second.c.a',
postoffice, and an effort Is being made
to secure free delivery for the city.
Rockner House, the fine residence Of
Mrs, T, A. Blackburn at Fort Mcad,,
was destroyed By fire Thursday nigh,
of last week. The loss is $3,ooo,
For the year ending March Fl, l,"',
Tampa shipped the following quantities
Of naval stores: ,,,2i4 barrel, Of r,s.n
valued at $}2222 COZ; 76j,>ll gallon, If
turpentine, valued at 2iio6,Q, a to,a,
of 1913, 234,
Reports from the keys are that the
pineapple crop this season will be larger
than ever before. All Of the groves
are fourishing and plants we'll frui,rd.
The crop will begin TO move about the
middle of May,
According to the 1900 census there il,
spent annually BY the enlightened peo.
pie of the United States ten dollars for
booze" to one for books and papers
The book and paper men have evidently
struck the wrong job
A call has been issued for State
convention Of the Socialist Party Of
Florida to nominate State and Con.
gressional ticket to be voted on next
November. The convention will be
held in Tampa on Saturday, April y,
The Fort Myers Press says the dredge.
boat kissmmee has been towed from
Orange river to the Caloosahatchee to
remove the snags from that river. the
captain having received an extra 50, 900
from the Government to complete the
work.
The Tallahassee Capital Of last Friday
says that Governor Broward has re.
moved from office l.. NJ. Nicholson, con-
stable of the Tenth district Dade
county, the grand jury having indicted
him for highway robbery, assault with
intent to rob and bribery.
A prominent party of Clyde Line Off
cials arrived in Jacksonville Monday on
the Apache, The gentlemen We're c.
W. Morse, principal owner Of the line;
President Calvin A. Austin, Vice Presi-
dent and General Manager Theodore G.
Eyer and several other directors.
By an unanimous vote the city coun-
Gil last Thursday night passed an ordi-
nance calling for bond election by the
free holders of Miami for the purpose
Of assuring bonds in the sum Of one
hundred thousand dollars for municipal
and naming May % as
the date for holding the same.
j. B. Jockey, tax assessor of Jackson
county, was struck by train at Sneads
Monday night and killed instantly. He
attempted to cross ahead Of the engine,
when he was caught and dashed against
the platform Of the depot, the force Of
The blow breaking his neck. Mr.. Lockey
was about ffty-five years old, and be.
longed 10 well-known and highly re.
spected family Of Jackson and Washing.
ton counties. He leaves a wife and
seven small children.
F, A, Lewter, Of Orlando, is a strik.
ing example Of what energy and push
will accomplish in Florida. He came to
Orlando in l3S4 with S2.35 He now
pays taxes of Sl2 900 annually and his
expense account for 1905 was 500 .
He owns 300 900 acres, and is interested
n orange and grapefruit groves. At
MS home place Mr.. Lewter has the
largest and finest poultry farm in the
South.
hit iiCcS III iOilOld are becoming
objects for real consideration. The
direct reason for saying this is that
James Sanders was in from Early Bird
Saturday. and said that the sawmill
near that place recently sold three sticks
Of timber for which it secured the price
81 $50 apiece. These timbers measured
fifty feet in length and squared eighteen
inches. They are used for dredgeboat
studs, and the reason they command
such a high price is because it is difficult
70 obtain timbers of this length and
size. --Ocala Banner.
Two boys, aged six and seven years,
children Of Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Lindsay
Who reside five miles from Middleburg,
we're playing with an old pistol which
hey had had as a playthng for a long