The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-06-10
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hotel in Jacksonville, Forsyth street.
This magnificent hostelry is to have
one hundred and twenty rooms.
Eight years ago piece of property
in st. Petersburg sold for $500. The
other day the same piece of property
sold for $4,000. No improvements had
been made upon it. -Ocala Banner.
AS a result Of nearly two tons of brass
and copper being stolen from the navy
yard of Pensacola the other night, the
two Hughes boys, residing at Warning
ton, near Pensacola, have been arrest
ed charged with the theft.
Deirious from an attack of malarial
fever, Miss Bertha J.. Clarke, q years
of age, wandered from her room in a
cottage at Pablo Beach early one morn
ing last week clad only in her night
clothes, and was drowned in the Allan
tic Ocean.
The dredge Nimkee, enroute from
Key West to Lake Worth, where it will
be used in a dredging contract, arrived
in port yesterday in tow Of two power
boats. The dredge will be taken via the
canal to West Palm Beach. Miami
News Record.
Talk about the money made from one
acre of Florida land, nothing can beat
the Irish potato, as two crops can be
grown year, and hardly ever failure,
and good prices are had. The crop
from the fall planting can remain in
the ground a month or two after the
potato is grown and ready for market
ing; does not hurt it's selling qualities
either.
d. d. Rogers is authority for the
statement that at Fox Cut on the canal,
about half way between Daytona and
st. Augustine. mullet are being readily
taken with hook and line, bacon being
used for bait. Mr.. Rogers gives no ex-
PLANTATION for this departure from the
established rule. The fish he saw caught
were about ten inches in length. Day
tona Gazette News.
Victim of an overdose of some drug
administered by local physician, Isl"
Hopkins died early. Sunday morning at
the home of woman in the northern
section of Miami. 1t is said that Hop
kins had been drinking, and suffering
with a heart attack he sought medical
aid, dying shortly after receiving
hypodermic injection. The death of
Hopkins was subject of much comment
on the streets yesterday. He was a
notorious character and was familiar
figure in Miami, his chief claim to no.
torety being that he killed j. d. Walk |
err and E. E. Stafford. two fellow gam
blers, about two years ago and display
ed as remarkable nerve, according to
the testimony, in the commission of the
deed as he did the trials which followed.
He faced jury three times for the
double murder, being convicted at the
first trial, the second trial resulting in
a mistrial and being found guilty the
third time with recommendation to
mercy of the court. Judge Jones SEN
fenced him to one day in Jail and parol-
ed him for the day. Miami Metropolis.
The bridge work over Knights Key
and Moser channels is now beginning
to assume finished appearance. The
deck work over Knights Key bridge has
been completed for several days now so
that locomotive can be run to within
a short distance of Pigeon Key. The
Moser channel work also shows that
Mr.. COe and his staff have not been
idle at their end of the line. The con-
crete piers keep bobbing up with
regularity that is surprising. 1t is re-
ported that work will be started on the
Moser channel draw bridge in very
short time. The steel gang under C. B.
Colby have been keeping pace with the
workers which gives to the
work finished appearance which is
very pleasing to see, as it spells ter
minal for Key West in very short
time. H. H. Colby, in charge of the
steel yard gang at Bahia Honda, states
the steel at that place is in frst.class
and conveniently placed, so
everything is in readiness for the struc.
tural steel workers as soon as they com.
plete the Moser channel bridge. The
bridge at Bahia Honda will be quite diff.
ferent from any other piece of steel
On the extension; instead of being the
yirder type, it will be on the lines of
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