The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1909-02-12
FLORIDA TOPICS

St. Petcrsburg's $4,000 bond cleo
ton for municipal improvements will
he held on March 23rd
Pensacola's mardi gras celebration
begins February 90. 1t will be grand
er this year than ever before.
The total amount received from the
sale of Red Cross stamps in Florida
during the holidays was $l,6l9,SS.
Barlow has a splendid building rec
ord for 1903, the value Of structures
contracted for and erected being $780,
600.
Hon. jeff Browne has tired of the
noise of FIorida's metropolis. Jackson
vile, and returned to his former home,
Key West.
More than ten thousand quarts Of
Strawberries were shipped from Lake
land last week. Prices ranged from
30 to 40 cents.
At recent religious meeting in st.
Petersburg it was found that every
state in the union was represented by
some person except California,
Nearly $4,000 boxes Of oranges have
been shipped from Seffner, in Hills
boro county, so far this season. This
is the biggest crop since the great
freeze.
The contract for the building of the
city waterworks at Daytona has been
awarded to j. B. McCrary & Co., of
Atlanta, and the work will be rushed
with all possible speed.
The annual convention of the Flor
ida State Sunday School Association
will be held at Tampa, March %, "a
and Is. Sunday schools are urged to
have their schools participate in this
convention.
Orlando is up in arms against Jack
sonvile paper for reporting that the
thermometer slipped down to 90 degrees
during the cold wave. An indignation
meeting of citizens protested, claiming
hat 20 was the lowest.
w. f. Hinch, marshal of st. Angus
tine, who was suspended for thirty
days, reassumed his official duties on
January 80. The most pleasant rela-
tons now exist between the mayor and
marshal, all differences having been
amicably settled.
All citizens of DeI.and are looking
forward to the visit of the Count and
Countess of Santa Euladia on February
10Th. The Countess is well known
there for her many good works and for
her interest in Stetson University.
She is wealthy and gifted and abounds
in good works.
S. M. Nash, Syrian merchant of
Palatka, has been arrested in ITALIA
hassee charged with swinding. His
place of business was searched at Pa
latka and not over 5000 worth of goods
found. He has operated extensively
in ordering and having the goods re-
shipped elsewhere.
Announcement is made that Jack.
sonvile is to be port of entry for the
Logan and Berg steamship lines of Am
sterdam, Holland, with regular and
direct sailirgs to Hamburg, Liverpool,
Rotterdam and all sound ports, and
those on the Mediterranean sea. The
is to go into effect in
February.
In the case of the city of Jackson
lille vs.. the Southern Bell Telephone
Company decision was rendered on
Tuesday by Judge Gail in favor of the
company. It was case where the
company had raised the .atps on phones
il per month, and the Council passed a
pecial ordinance against the increase.
Residence phones now cost Jackson
lille 81 and business phones "a per
month. ,
Formal announcement has been made S
# the full program of events for the
florida bearch races at Daytona, March !
3, "a, 25 ard 26. Among the added &
vents is 2O0-mile race in which the 6
PARTICIPANTS are to be devded into five I
lasses, according to selling prices; a :
OO-mile race in which the entrants are
o be ciassed according to piston and G
isplacement, and an international free. y
oral race, at one, five and ten miles. a
'ther events are: Fifty miles, open to t
airs having competed in the Wander. t
lit: cup races; five miles, southern t
rice and horsepower speed; speed c