The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-12-05
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The Journal will pay $500 reward for
evidence sufficient to convict any boy or
person found stealing subscribers papers
after delivery of same by carrier.
With the exception of street and
railroad crossings, the wood block
paving has been laid from DeVilliers
street to Ninth avenue on Gregory
street, ~Onnecting at the latter inter
section with the brick pavement,
which has lately been completed. The
brick paving has been completed from
Gregory to Gadsden street on Ninth
avenue and has been opened to traf-
nc, improving that section considera-
IDLY. The wood block contractors
yesterday began laying the block on
Intendencia street at the Tarragona
street intersection. Concrete has
between Palafox and TarragOna
streets.
Leon DeBruX, who has been named
as assistant superintendent of parks,
has been clothed with police powers
and is now daily working a force of
prisoners in the different parks and
squares as assigned him by the super
intendent, E. A. Kemble. The board
L.
DeBrux at the Friday night meet
ing.
TWenty-seven cases in the recorders
court were dOcketed yesterday Fiji
teen of these were recorded as haV-
ing been taken under advisement or
continued, and three defendants were
discharged. Fines amounted to
$3.50.
A large 40-horsepower automobile
reared and struggled when it rolled
into a pile of flint gravel on West
Government street, near Baylen, last
evening at dusk. The wheels would
not clinch on the gravel and the au-
tomobile stopped. The only thing to
do was to get a shovel and throw
the gravel aside, which was done by
the owner of the machine and sew
eral sympathizers in the crowd, which
gathered and watched the machine
struggle. 1t was more than an hour
before the place was cleared.
officer Frank Benjamin, having Sc
cured leave of absence for three
weeks, will spend Christmas in ATTAIN
ia. Ga. where his wife was called on
account of sickness of grandchildren
and the latter's parents with fever
house, but Officer Benjamin heard
that the embargo would be lifted On
Dec. 20.
T. NJ Key, for the past ii years a
resident of Louisville, KY, has decid-
ed to locate in Pensacola and will
probably open in the near future a
first class Chilli parlor. He is accom-
panied by his wife.
Shortly before 8 o'clock last night
the cylinder of an automobile blew
out with loud noise, and the re-
port, taken for a pistol shot in the
crowded streets, caused city and
county officers to hustle to make an
investigation.
Trainloads of naval stores, coal, cot
ton and steel rails were switched to
the railroad export docks last night,
and more will be sent there today
for handling today and Monday. At
Muscogee wharf several steamers
are moored, taking bunker coal and
lumber and timber at the same time.
Naval stores are also being handled
in large quantities at the last-named
dock.
While on East Inrendencia street
14SJ OiuHSy I16uSOu NdS UlIJOu
on the leg. by a dog, the animal be-
ing loose in the streets. The young
man was not hurt badly,
Malcolm Lockhart, sales manager
of the Kennedy-Brown Advertising
Co. of Jacksonville, F1orida's advertis-
ing novelty house, is in Pensacola this
week.
In an interesting game played on
the new diamond at Fort Barrancas
yesterday afternoon the Fifteenth
team defeated the cruiser
Montgomery team by the score of 9 to
Insurance Department, knights of
Pythias, Section 500, will hold annual
Monday night, Dec. 9Th, at
1880 O'Clock.
4 report was telephOned to the po-
lice station yesterday that a negro
woman had died on North Reus street
and had been dead for two days, but
no death certificate could be made |
because the physician was not present
at the time of the WOman'S death. An |
showed that proper |
medical attention had been given, but |
she had not recovered. The ceTtifi- |
cate was forthwith issued.
Will Cater and Charles Davis, young |
men who left the city a few days |
ago, are reported in Jail at DeFuniak /