The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1909-07-02
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Fort Myers is enjoying genuine
building boom, several fine houses be-
ing now in course of erection in that
town.
Work on the new government build
ing at Gainesville has been resumed,
following the arrival of long delayed
building material.
Florida this year will undoubtedly
produce the largest and best corn crop
in its history. From all parts of the
state comes the report Of large acreage
and fine crops.
The Pensacola Journal says it is re-
ported in that city that traffic agree
ment has been reached between the
Central of Georgia and Louisville and
Nashville whereby the former can come
into Pensacola on the tracks of the l..
& n.
Two large buildings costing $4,000
each are to be erected at the State
University grounds at Gainesville with
in the next few months. The architect
of the plans for the building is now in
that city looking after the preliminary
arrangements.
Captain George F. Cook and E. E.
Phelps are perfecting plans for es-
tablishing a line of freight steamers be-
tween Jacksonville and Miami. The
line will be established at an early
date, and during the winter months, if
conditions warrant it, will carry pas
sengers.
Dade City has passed an ordinance
making in unlawful for any express or
railway company or other common
carrier to bring into the town and de-
liver any Intoxicating liquors or mix
lures thereof. The Atlantic Coast Line
has issued an order to its agents to
respect the ordinance.
J. X. Mcdonald, receiver for the
Fort Dallas National Bank, has for
warded his resignation as receiver to
the comptroller of the currency. to take
effect Saturday, July 3. This action
was taken because Mr.. Mcdonald has
been appointed one of the seven bank
examiners at large of the United States
and he will enter upon the discharge of
his duties Immediately after being re-
lieved at Miami.
The Key West spondent of the
Times Union says that the track laying
gang has already completed their work
across Pine Key on the Key West ex-
tension, and they are now laying the
iron at rate of mile day. The road
bed is ready for the track down to Niles
channel, where they will have to wait
until the fill recently made hardens out.
While waiting for the fill across the
channel to get in condition the gang will
go back over the track already laid and
put in siding and spurs where needed.
Once they are across Niles channel
they will bring the road toward Key
West a mile nearer each day. The con-
struction train should reach Key West
not later than the first of October.
st. Petersburg is the home of a clev-
err young inventor. According to the
Times Union, j. A. Lutz, who recently
mrde an adding machine, has applied
for a patent on the article. Letters
from the patent Office tell him that it
will in no way conflict with any like
machine that has been put upon the
market in past years. While the ma
chine will not do the work as rapidly
as acme of the older adding machines
it will add a column of figures and give
an absolute accurate total. Any sum
of figures up to 20, 200 may be added.
One of the advantages which the ma
chine has and which Mr.. Lutz believes
will result in establishing itself is the
fact that it can be manufactured at a
cost not to exceed $40. This is one of
the strongest features with the excep-
ton of accuracy the machine has.
The jury in the Kelly.Davidson MUIR
der case, after being out l8 hours,
brought in verdict in court at Palarka
Saturday morning of guilty of MUIR
der in the first degree with recon-
mendation to the mercy of the court. I"
The prisoners were forthwith sentenced
for life to the convict camps. This
case has created great interest in
middle Florida, the two men being
charged with the murder of W. C.
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