The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1909-07-16
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place, is the main spirit in inducing the
japanese to settle in Brevard.
The highest point in Florida, accord
ing to the U. S. Geological Survey, is
Mt Pleasant, in Gadsden county, on
the Seaboard Air Line railway, near
the Georgia Line. 1t is 30l feet above
sea level
j. B. Hunnicutt, for many years
conductor on the Florida East Coast
railway, died in st. Augustine, Sunday,
of last week, from consumption. He
was one Of the most popular conductors
on the road.
st. Petersburg's tax valuation this
year shows considerable increase over
Tasty year. Without taking into account
the assessment of the Atlantic Coast
Lines property, the figures showed an
increase of more than 1872, 200.
That the port of Miami will have Is
| feet of water to the sea in less than a
year is the opinion expressed by Capt.
George R. Spaulding of the engineer
corps, who spent Saturday in Miami in
specting the work which is being done
under the Ross contract.
j. F. Sailer, the shoe maker, who
was charged with breaking and enter
ing and assaulting Mrs. Irene Dreggers,
was tried before Justice Turner last
Monday afternoon and was bound over
to the sum of $3.50. Bond was secured
and he was released. Soon after his
release he was arrested again under a
charge of unacy, and was held until
next day when he was taken to DeLand,
where he was given hearing and dis
charged. New Smyrna Breeze.
James Failes was convicted of murder
in the first degree, with a recommen-
dation to the mercy Of the court, at
Miami, last Friday. He was charged
with the killing of Joe Hutto, at Larkins
Dade county. He is the first white
man to be convicted of murder in that
county in many years and much credit
is due the jury which was composed of
j. G. Crosland, foreman; NJ. Grennell
j. B. Leonard, j. w. Campbell, F. G.
Erfert, B. F. Reams, S. E. Rifles, j. w.
Galloway, Erben Cook, R. Y. Burr, c.
Copplinger and j. S. Castelle.
The jury hearing the condemnation
proceedings of the trustees of the In
ternal Improvement Fund against j. G.
Hunter, concluded their session at
Miami by awarding Hunter $3.50 per
acre and allowing 5000 attorney fees.
The State was represented by A. A.
Boggs, and the respondent by attorney
F. H. Rand. The issue was the out
come of the States attempt to dig a
drainage canal through Hunters pro-
perty; he objected to the same. Var
ious witnesses were examined on both
sides. There are yet other issues of
lkenature to be settled, Miami News
Record.
Some idea of the length of the pen
insula of Florida may be gathered from
the fact that if a straight line the
length of the mainland of the state be
drawn northward from its northern
boundary, it will reach very nearly
to the southern boundary of Virginia.
The Atlantic coast line of Florida is as
long as that from it's northern boundary
to Cape Lookout in North Carolina, and
if the distance from the mouth of the
st. Mary's river to Key West be taken
it is about equal to that from the st.
Mary's to Cape Hatteras. 1t is not
strange that in state extending south
ward through more than degrees o.
latitude and to within about degree
of the tropics great variety of climate
should be found; that the climate of
the southern end should be much
warmer than that of the northern por-
ton.
While the Coast Line train from
Jacksonville to Ocala was backing out
of the Micanopy branch Friday night,
the rear coach left the rails and began
ploughing into the bank alongside the
track Before the train could be stop.
ped, both the first and second coaches
were torn off their trucks and badly
mashed. David Haddock, of St. Peters,
burg, was killed. He and conductor
Charles Miller and the train flagman
were standing on the rear platform
when the car left the track. All three