The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1909-06-25
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Madison county.
The mango crop in South Florida
promises to be very large this year and
this delicious fruit will soon be ripe
enough to place on the market.
Santa Rosa county is to have wet
and dry election July 3lst. The county
went dry two years ago by good vote
after very heated campaign.
Governor Gilchrist will make one Of
the "long talks at the annual Fourth
of July celebration of the Tammany
society in New York City Monday, July
9Th.
The corn crop in Osceola county this
season will be far the largest ever pro-
duced Not only is the acreage greater.
but the crop, which is now practically
made, is unusually fine.
The United States Government has
commenced work on concrete pier
and dock on the Fort Taylor reserva-
ton at Key West. The work is being
done by day labor and will involve an
expense of not less than 100000.
An order was entered in U. S. court
at Jacksonville Thursday directing that
w. NJ. Brown, of Miami, have the priv
ilege of examining the books of the de-
funct Fort Dallas National Bank. The
time for calling the case of Mcdonald,
receiver, VS.. Brown ct al, was extend
ed.
The citizens of Lakeland are taking
initial steps looking to the securing of
certain municipal improvements. 1t is
likely a bond election will be called
shortly for the securing of S65, 900 to be
expended for a water works plant and
extension of the present system and
the building of two new schools.
Barney DeBuck, fifteen years old,
and John Mooney, sixteen years old,
living near Blitchton, were Waylaid and
shot June 18th while returning from
hunting. The elder boy was not
seriously injured, but the younger
boys wounds may prove fatal. No
trace of the assassin has been found.
"Spcnge money" is again in evidence.
At the sponge sales yesterday the price
went above 81 a bunch, the highest price
paid for sponge in some time. There
were some large lots sold and the crews
of the various vessels bringing their
catch to this market are happy over the
prices received. -Punta Gorda Herald.
The residents of New Smyrna and
Oak Hill have taken initial steps to Sc.
cure a survey of proposed drainage
district that would, if the water could
be removed, open up many thousand
acres of rich lands for settlement. 1t
is proposed to cut ffty-foOt canal
from the head of the Indian river
through Turnbull hammock to New
Smyrna.
Key West was visited on Friday
morning by fire which caused pro-
perty loss of $l25, 900. The insurance
is less than one-fourth of the value of
the property destroyed. Among the
buildings destroyed were Ell Palace
restaurant. C. s. Johnson's drug store,
New York Dye Works, Victoria res
taurant and P. Weinbuk's jewelry
store, The Hotel jefferson, Elk's Club
Grippe House and H. Rahner's book
store were damaged.
While the special train on the Sea
Board Air Line. conveying to their
homes the troops from West Florida,
who had been attending the State en-
campment at Camp Bryan, was pass
ing through Chipley Tuesday afternoon,
G. r. Kelly, a member of Company II,
of Mariana, but resident of Chipley,
was probably fatally injured by jump
ing from the train. 1t seems that the
train was not scheduled to stop at
Chipley, but Kelley was so anxious to
get home and not be carried through to
Mariana that he took his chances and
lost.
About the only difference between
the new and old Florida pension law is
that persons who own property to ex-
coed SIS, 600 in value, or whose property,
both personal and real, including the
property of his wife, exceed the value
of $1,000, is not entitled to a pension.
All former pensioners whose claims
were allowed upon certificate of Adju-
tant of a Campof Confederate Veterans