Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1909-09-10

on the Ocklawaha river, killed an
enormous bear and two cubs few days
ago.
An auto truck capable Of carrying
5000 pounds is now owned by Mr.. Fro.
sher Of Brevard county, and will be
used in moving his orange crop.
The foundation is being laid in Pal.
metto for an ice plant of 60 tons ca
pacity daily, entaillng an expenditure
of $4,000, to be in operation Nov, l.
H. G, Hardee, postmaster at Chief.
land, Fla, was arrested and put under
bond at Gainesville last week charged
with misappropriating funds belonging
to the government.
The vegetable and frnit crops in the
northeastern section of the State are
the finest in several years and the
yields in both cases are said to be the
heaviest in some time.
j, p Ditson. of Volusia county, has
recently purchased lis heifers from
three to five years old, from the ks
simmee range, which he will add to his
stock in the hatwoods west of New
Smyrna.
II there is class of people in Volusia
county wearing happy smile it's the
the orange growers. In the aggregate
they see a three fourth Of million
dollar crop Of fruit, the best and larg-
est ever marketed by them.
James Gallagher, one of the victims
Of the dynamite explosion at Boca
Chica, on the Florida East Coast raj.
road eXtention last week, died Monday
at Key West. This makes the total
number of eleven dead as result of
the accident.
In the criminal court of record at
DeLand last week among those plead
ing guilty to the charge of selling whis-
key was Rich Braswell blind negro
from Lake Helen, and the court sus-
pended snntence upon condition that
he leave the State.
At beer drinking carousal in pack.
ing house at Blake last Sunday week
one man was Knocked senseless, James
Davis received Il wound in the throat
which it took 80 stitches to sew up and
James Woodward is in Jail awaiting
the effect of the wound.
The Tampa Tribune says five mem
bers of the Tucker family, of Richland,
Pasco county, have been arrested on
charges of cattle stealing and will face
trial before the next term of the cir
cult court The men are Elliott, Full.
ton, Velpo, Elmore and Austin, all
adults and all closely related.
81. Morris, who ran Keating's casino,
at Daytona Beach, and who was sen.
fenced on June IL to four months on
the VoluSia county roads for running
blind tiger, was carried from the camp
last Wednesday week very sick. His
term is out October 18th and he will
probably not be able to return to work.
There ought To be rest room for the
farmers wives in every town One
visited recently had lunch tables,
couches. playthings for the children
and fl ee TO all women. The town mer.
chants should look after their country
patrons.-Ex. Isu't there suggestion
in the above for Fort Pierce?
Barlow Law of Welborn was Instant
ly killed by falling from an excursion
train return from Fernandina last Mon
day. He was swinging from the step
of the car and lost his hold. In failing
his head struck something that crush
ed the skull. lie leaves widowed
mother who was dependent upon him
for support.
Those Holy Roller" leaders who
prophesied that Tampa would be de.
strOyed Oh Friday Of last week showed
business enterprise, says the Times
Union. They provided lunch coun.
ter AT Durant, TO which place they had
directed their deluded followers to
flock and for the filthy lucre of the
world they satisfied the hunger of those
who fled, as the latter imagined, from
the coming wrath.