The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1909-04-09
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Miami IS soon TO nave new theatTe'
The building will cost about 5000.
A new union passenger station to
cost $1,000 is to be erected in Live
oak.
The Grand Chapter of Florida, Or
der Of Eastern Star, will meet in Ma
sonic Temple, Jacksonville, on April p
and p.
TO prevent the spreading Of CLAN
GERS. forry.rnree horses from Cooks
stables in Jacksonville were shot last
Saturday.
On account OF the ineficiency in
school fund, IN Hlsborough county,
several teachers have been discharged.
Mrs. C.. Sterzbauch, one Of the teach
ers. has entered suit against the county
for salary 70 the end Of the term for
which she had contract.
DR.. 5. NJ. Gonzalez, well known
throughout Pensacola, died in hospi-
tai ward in that city last week, the
immediate cause of his death being
pulmonary congestion. DR.. Gonzalez
was a native of Pensacola and he was
about 4j years old.
Last week the Tampa Northern Rail-
way company occupied its new depot
al Boooksyile, at which place the COM
panv has made a number of terminal
improvements amounting to about s3O''
600. Right of-way for the extension
of the road from Brooksvile to Dun
mellon has been secured and consider
able grading done.
John c. Huyler, the candy manufac-
turer, and W. R. Comfort. an ice
cream manufacturer, both of New
York, will plant one hundred acres of
their recently purchased Everglade
lands in sugar cane, to demonstrate
the adaptability of the soil as sugar
producing section. If the experiment
is successful, their areage next year
will be increased to many thousand
acres.
The jury trying R. H. Owens for
the murder of R. l.. Smith, at Alachua,
which Consumed the time of the cir
emit court at Gainesville all of last
week, returned a verdict Monday of
guilty of murder in the first degree, /
without recommendation to mercy.
This is the first time that such a YER .
dict has been returned against white
man in the history of Alachua county.
The circuit court in and for Duval
county, which has been in session since
adjourned Monday. During
the session nine murder cases were
disposed Of. conviction in the first de-
gree being secured in but one case,
four resulting in conviction in the Sec
Ond degree. one acquitted, two nolle
pressed and one certified to the crimi-
nal court of record,
Ed. Mansfield, while riding a bicycle
oil Beach street. Daytona, Tuesday
was run down by an automobile driven
by H. W. House. and seriously and
perhaps fatally injured Before the
mayors court, where hearing was
conducted, no blame was attached 10
Mr.. House. The owner Of the car, G.
VI. Montgomery, Of Oak Hill, and his
friend J. {. Williams, were in the car
It The time Of the accident,
J. 3. Pound, president of the Hotel
'atlen, Chattanooga. formerly owner :
f he Chattanooga Daily News, in con-
eciioa with J. \. Newcomb, we'll !
nJwa hotel man Of Macon, Ga, have
los-d a deal whereby Jacksonville will
ave ten-s,ory, strictly modern and ,
p-to-date hotel! absolutely freproof, !
NJ cos,;nc upward Of $1,000, 600. The ,
o;el will be ready for business on the y
rst Of January next. 1t is to be on ,
ae corner Of Hogan and Forsyth streets. :
Brig. Gen, ". H. Marshall, chief of a
iginears OF the United States Army, r
18th Capt, George K. Spaulding, resi- v
ent engineer. and Gen. Sackett, as t
stant reaident engineer, and members 9
{ the river and harbor committee of :
he Jacksonville Chamber OF Commerce, n
ade an inspection of the ST. Johns
Yer from Jacksonville to the jetties. O
I Monday, and the engineers We're \
lvorably impressed with the necessity h
further improvements in this gate D
ay to the Florida metropolis. Y
James H. S. Houstown, of Tallahas- t.
'e, was made sheriff of Leon county W
place of Sheriff Langston, murdered. a.