The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-11-15
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financial institution, has opened fo'
| business,
Only four votes against londing the
town for $1,000 for new school, This
is something Wauchula can certainly
feel proud of.
Dade City is going to spend $4,000
on public improvements, A work train
is now being operated on knight Key
on the Florida East Coast extension,
Shipments Of fish on ice from the
port Of Punta Gorda for the week end
idg Tuesday night amounted to six ear
loads in buIk and rs barrels, aggrega-
ting l6I, 900 poundS
The ferry tender at Jupiter reports
that he has taken over seven hundred
teams across the river all bound south
to settle on the fertile lands of Dadc
county Tropical Sun.
A bond election will be held in Tam
pa the second Tuesday in December TO
raise $500 600 for new city hall, hos
pital, "A new bridge over the lli)lsboro
river, street paving and sewers.
Pineapple setting IN Boynton is now
a thing Of the past, but the work Of
cleaning up the fields goes steadily on.
The recent rains have made a decided
difference in the look, of the fields, hut
still more rain is needed,
John Brown, the negro charged with
the murder Of Mr. and Mrs. Johnson,
an aged white couple about five months
ago, was convicted of murder in the
first degree by a Nassau county jury,
after four minutes deliberation.
Tax assessments in Hillsborough
county, As presented by Tax Assessor
s, f, Sparkman for the approval of
the board Of county commissioners
show an increase Of S6O3,2lS over the
assessments Of 1906. The total of as
sesSments for the present year amout
to Sl4,62S. 4O4 against $l4,O25 1856 for
1906.
Carl Jackman, of Orlando, Ind, took
with sucidal intent in West
Palm Beach last Saturday, and died a
few hours later. Dependency caused
from being out of work and i'll health
Is thought to be responsible for his sui
eide The body will be sent to Orlando,
Ind, where brother Of the dead man
lives.
Dr.. Jos, H, Willis, Of Quincy has
been appointed to the office Of State
prison physician. This is a newly cre-
lted office and carries with it consider
able responsibility. Dr., Willisi is we'll
lnown physician Of Quincy; and mem.
Der of the legislature from Gadsden
county, which office he has filed with
'redt to himself and his constituents.
Judge NJ. Henry Cohen of the Tampa
court does not believe in mon
~ penalties for cruel treatment Of
iumb animals, but imposes prison sem
ences instead, Saturday a man named
Thomas, an employe Of the sanitary
u.,e Of the city, was before him for
beating a mule, and the evidence clear.
y showing that the animal had been
'ruelly beaten with a big billet Of wood
he Judge sent the offender to the stock.
sde for thirty days
By an order issued in Washington by
he war department, three additional
Of coast artillery are to re
to be designated the One
Hundred and SiXty-second, the one
and SiXly-third and the one
Hundred and Si%ty-fourth companies.
The new organizations are to be assigned
o duty at Key West and Fort Barancas.
Florida, and jackson barracks louiSi-
ma, and portion of their strength is
o be drawn from existing companies.
Frank ). Sans Of New SMYRNA. son
If Senator Frank w Sans, has an
bounced himself as candidate for sher-
#, With Sans half brother, b. 2.
smith, as tax collector, Sans himself
IS senator, with two of his sons and a
lephew on the legislative payroll at
tallahassee, the Sans family ought to
re able to make ends meet. Butyoung
crank isn't sheriff yet. 1t might be
heaper for Volusia county to pension
If the Sans family-give each a mule
nd forty acres and some one to follow
he mule. --DeLand News.
David Tidwel, Of Jennings, Fla,
,hile at Lakeside, eight ,mies east of
tarke, shot himself accdontly Tues.
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