The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-09-09
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OF the State

NOuIl Vi lils Oldlt VINO has DSSu hO"H
With typhoid fever has recovered and is
out again.
Fish shipped On ice from PUnta Gorda
during the week ending Monday night
amounted to eight solid cars and thirty
three barrels, aggreating ~, 600 pounds.
Weidman Mickier, Of St. Augustine.
died Tuegday asa result Of knife wounds
inflicted by his brother some months ago.
Robert Mickler, his brother will be tried
for willful murder
By an overwhelming majority the
voters Of Pensacola Wednesday voted
10 issue 100000 Of municipal bonds,
the money from the sale Of which will
be expended in various improvements.
Cattlemen in the northern part Of
Manatee county VINO have been missing
stock for some time finally suspicioned
a resident, had his premises searched,
finding over 90 hides, bearing every
mark and brand in the community.
Bradentown negroes banded together
early one morning last week and cow
hided member of their own race who
had been abusing his wife and making
a good deal Of trouble generally. They
then ran him out Of town.
The Warnel mills at Plant City open
ed September lst with full force Of
wOrkmcn after partial shutdown Tor
repair. This mill gives employment to
more than three hundred men and the
opening means much to Plant City.
The Honduras Fruit Transportation
Co., which was organized in Jackson
vile a few weeks ago, will have two
regular steamers plying between Jack
sonvile and British Honduras, the first
steamer sailing Friday. The boats will
touch Havana, Cuba.
The contract that calls for the COM
pletion of the beautiful altar for the
church of the Immaculate Conception in
Jacksonville has been let. Most of the
altar will be done in white marble. The
church which is being erected will cost,
when finished, 5000, 900 and will be one
of the finest in the South.
Four lads Of Jacksonville, Phil and
Percy Turpin, Bob Edwards and Ed
Lehman, have announced their intention
to seek fame and what every other sub
stantial consideration which may be at
tached to trip on foot across Florida,
Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas
and into the heart of the old Mexico.
The Florida East Coas; Railway Com
pany has donated to the enterprising
town of Delray considerable quantity
of land, the proceeds arising from the
sale of which are to be used in the con-
struction of public roads and other i'm
provements Here is case where a
railroad company and municipality
find it profitable to work hand in hand
st. Cloud now has regular, modern
ice factory in full operation and her
people are thus given another of the
comforts of life at small cost. The new
ice factory has capacity of eight to
ten tons of ice per day and will sup.
ply all demands for some time to come.
The ice is made from distilled water,
drawn up from an artesian well which
is 9l2 feet deep, and is absolutely pure.
1t is announced in Jacksonville that
plans are being prepared for a ten-story
European MOTEL, which is to be erected
on property belonging to the old Bisbee
estate at the Southwest corner of Adams
and Laura streets. The hotel will be
one of the largest commercial hotels in
the South, and will be large enough to
accommodate several hundred guests.
There will be at least two hundred rooms
and the structure will cost more than
one quarter of million dollars. Brick
and white sandstone are to be used in
its construction and it is expected that
work will commence not later than Oc-
tober first.
The local officers of the Merchants &
Planters Transportation Company have
been advised by former Governor N. B.
Broward, that he will accept the presi-
dency of the company. Those who are
in this new venture are high
ly elated over the governors decision.
Captain Cook, who is the vice president
of the company, has gone to Manitowoc,
Wisconsin. where he will soon sail with
the new steamer, Fannie G. Hart, which
is to run between Miami and Jackson
vile. The vessel. which is of 476 tons,