The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-12-04
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evidence suffcIent 20 convict any boy or
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after delivery of same by carrier.
Mamie Brown, the woman who tried
to commit suicide early yesterday
morning, was fined SO and costs in
Josephine Cobb, her companion, was
also fined for disorderly conduct.
The committee on parks and ways
and the committee on water held con-
feTences at the city hall yesterday af-
ternCOn, important matters having
been brought to the attention of the
respective bodies Chairman Jennings,
of the board of works, attended the
meeting of the parks and ways COM
mittee- Chairman Kugleman was in
attendance upon the session of the
water committee.
Paddy Leahy, who burned his arms
badly in the explosion Of gasoline
aboard the fishing smack Nautilus
Thursday night, was a defendant in
the city court yesterday, charged with
being a dangerous and suspicious
character and also charged with carry
ing concealed weapons. Neither Of
the charges were sustained AMI he
was discharged.
Hon. E. T. Hunt, general counsel
for the Stone & Webster company,
who has been in Jacksonville AMI
Tampa in the interests of the COM
pany, returned to Pensacola yesterday
The board of public instruction has
authorized the erection of a fOur-room
school building in the northwestern
part of the city to take care of scores
of children who are in danger of
being too crowded in schools to get
much benefit therefrom. Bids are now
being asked for such a structure. the
plans being on file at the Office of the
superintendent.
New street Sweepers which arrived
last week have been put together at
the city stables and will be given a
trial shortly. The new machines are
in good shape and good work is ex-
pected of them.
Twenty fiat cars loaded with steel
rails from the EnSley mills were
switched to the export wharves yes
terday at o'clock for loading on the
steamships Corfu and Birmingham.
Curbing for the paving of Alcaniz
street from Government to Gregory
street is now being placed, and a
large force of men are kept busy on
the big job.
There were but six cases docketed
for trial in the recorders court yes
terday and three of these defendants
were discharged. The amount of fines
and costs imposed was s12. This is
the smallest docket in some weeks.
Plumbers are rushing work in sew
eTal blocks on South Palafox street at
present to get out of the way of the
pavement people, who are expected to
start work in that section of the city
within a few days. Water and gas
fixing is being pushed.
Rev. J. w. Caldwell will lecture
Monday night at the UniYersalist
church. on East Chase street, the sub
ject being Life and How to Live It, I"
All invited.
All night work was rushed last night
on a job by a railroad force on Gar
den street. The crowd worked to get
a long crossing in place so that traffic
could be more easily handled to and
from the freight depot. The crossing
building on Tarragona and Wright
street is going along very rapidly.
Frank Mason, the negro who fright
Fened white women and children We'd
nesday afternoon on East Government
street by entering homes, has been
taken in charge by county authorities
and will be examined as to his
lunacy.
Henry WyeT, q messenger boy had
a narrow escape yesterday morning
on PalafON street when in attempting
to cross the track in front of an ap-
preaching car he was knocked to the
ground and rolled over, dislOcating his
knee. He resides on East AragOn
street, where he was taken after the
accident.
w a West, of Milton, and Post
master L. F. West, of Berrydale, were
in the city yesterday.
At the recent examination by the
Georgia state board of pharmacy in
Atlanta, out of the 10 members of the
class outside of the state of Georgia.
the highest mark was received and
the gold medal was awarded to Mr.. A.
NJ. Lewis, formerly of Pensacola but
now of Mariana. The Macon, Ga,