The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1909-12-10
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Last weeks sponge catch on the Tar
pom Springs grounds brought in over
$50, 600.
Jacksonville's new pay-as-you-enter
cars have arrived and will be placed N
service at once.
According to an estimate made 10y
the Tribune the people Of Tampa spent
thirty thousand dollars for their Thanks
giving dinner.
The Tampa Bay Hotel was opened
for the season last week. This is the
earliest this famous hostclry has been
opened for years
The flowing well just finished at Fern
andina for the Nassau Truck and Farm
Co., is said to be one of the best in the
State Of Florida.
Mrs. w. II. Reynolds Of Lakeland,
wife of the former State COmptroler,
died November Goth, in hospital in
Baltimore, of pellagra.
The first shipment Of strawberries
from Kathleen in Polk county brought
the growers one dollars quart on tn"
Philadelphia markets.
A company for the manufacture OF
patent medicines has been organized at
Barlow. Polk county people are going
to do their own doctoring,
II. NJ. Mobley, of Plant City, was re-
Gently exhibiting on the streets there
some cucumbers which measured ID 3.4
inches long and were perfect in SHAPE"
The mac inc shops at Boot Key har-
Dor are rapidly turning out repaired
stock which was damaged during the
recent hurricane. Miami News-Re-
cord.
At last BrOward seems to have con-
verted Taliaferro to his Everglades
drainage scheduled. Now if the Times
Union will fall in line the Bradford
Comfy Telegraph will follow, and all
will be peace and harmony. -EX.
The Ashman farm, consisting of ten
acres end located one mile west of San
ford, was purchased last week by
Messrs. Wakefield and Hackworth, of
Kentucky, the price paid being $40, 600.
This is said to be one of the most de.
sirable and valuable pieces Of property
around Sanford.
A conference of the citizens of St.
Petersburg expressed their unanimous
opinion in favor of the plans for mag
nifcent water front. Il the council
gives a favorable decision now, the water
front will be extended 300 feet, from,
and parallel to the east line Of Beach
Drive and South First street.
For the second time in three years
Rollins College was at 3 O'Clock Thurs
day morning visited by disastrous fire
which completely destroyed Knowles
Hall. Professors and students worked
side by side with lines of hose and man
aged to save PinehWst, situated within
a few yards from the burning building
but not not before it had been badly
scorched. Knowles Hall was one of
the first buildings erected on the cam
pus, being a gift of the late f B.
Konwles, of Worcester, Mass. 1t con-
tanned the chapel, recitation room and
scientinc apparatus and collections.
Judge Wynne, of La Corona, East
lake, sent z. c. Chambliss two giant
bamboo stalks AZ feet in length, to be
displayed at the county fair The great
wonder is, that these immense stalks
grew to their length in three years.
They were so long that one ear could
not receive them, so the conductor placed
them on top of freight car. Mr.,
Chambiss, to get them to the fair
grounds engaged dray, on which they
were made 20 rest while two men fol-
lowed holding up the ends. Truly they
were some giant bamboo and will at.
tract great interest at the fair. --Ocaa
Star.
Great interest has been manifested
for week past in the final outcome of
certain habeas corpus proceedings be-
fore the Supreme Court. The case was
brought from Sumter county, where
Judge Bullock has committed to Jail
the wife of man charged with MUIR
der, who refused to testify before the
grand jury The history of the case it
seems, is that the wife was the only