The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-06-17

The old Edwin Hotel at Crystal Rive
was burned 70 the ground few day.
ago. The entire loss was about So, O0t
without any insurance.
Hon. John Beard State Senator from
E.cambia county, and his interesting
family, have said goodbye to Pensacol;
and left for their new Virginia home.
The Pensacola News SAYS that three
hundred persons in that city have beer
found who we're not enumerated in the
census. How is it in other Flordt
cities?
Mrs. jill. Thompson, Of Tampa, was
killed by an automobile Monday morn
ing. The remains were carried to Lake
City for burial. Mrs. Oscar Windhurst
was driving the machine that struck
Mrs. Thompson.
w. }. J. Whdden has about ten acres
of tomatoes under irrigation near Bar.
tow. He has been shipping from one
hundred to two hundred crates per day
for two weeks and getting from 75c to
81 80 per crate net.
The Second Regiment Of the National
Guard Of Fl rida have received orders
to go into camp on Chickamauga bat
tefield on the first of next month.
The First Infantry go into camp at
Black Point. near Jacksonville.
The Union Hotel property:in Jack
sonvile was sold few days ago to
Capt. John lnglis. This property fronts
on Johnson street and l45 feet on
Forsyth street. 1t was formerly owned
By Thomas Bowling and is considered
very valuable property.
Senator Elect BrOward said in his
speech in Jacksonville last Tuesday
night that within the next six years
Florida swhite population WILDE doubled
If this result is brought about by his
election it will certainly be great
thing for the State. Let US all hope
that his prophesy will come true.
There are at present over fifty thOus.
and dollars worth of new buildings
in course of construction or contracted
for in Kissimmee, and that amount will
be doubled as soon as building material
can be obtained, to say nothing of near
ly fifty thousand dollars being expend-
ed to install water works and sewerage.
--Kissimmee Gazette.
Two more men are dead, as the re-
suit of the pistol and knife fight which
occurred in Greenvile, Fla, Sunday
afternoon between two JeffcOat and
two Sheffield brothers, Will Jeffcoat
was killed outright by Lewis Sheffield;
Flavius Jeffcoat died during the night
as the result of pistol bullet fired by
Lewis Sheffield The Jefcoat knives
caused the death of Will Sheffield dur
ing the night, Lewis Sheffield is dying.
The fight occurred over a yearling calf,
which Will Sheffield charged Will jeff
coat with stealing. Intense excitement
prevails but there has been no further
trouble.
One morning last week Sheriff X. L.
Kennerly, of Paatka, was aroused be-
fore break of day by a persistent knock
ing at the front door of the residential
portion of the county Jail, and on an
sWering the call found l.. b. Johnson,
colOred, who stated that he had been
convicted of assault in the first degree
in the State Of Minnesota and after
serving one year escaped and came to
Florida, but now he was poor and sick |
and he wanted 10 give himself up and
return to Minnesota and finish his term
OF sentence Of ten years. The Sheriff
wired the proper authorities, who ex-
pressed themselves as being even more
anxious to recover Johnson than he was
10 return,
The government lands are being TAX
en- up rapidly and shows the develop
ment of the state. Col. II. S. Chubb !
of the United States Land office at
Gainesville says: "rhe State is being
widely advertised in the magazines of !
the North, and in the great Sunday
newspapers Of New York City, and
passenger trains to and in the State
nowadays are filled with homeseeke rs
investors and people seeking the State
that is famed for its many attractions.
In the general land Office, since | have
been there during the twelve years of
my incumbency the government lands
have been taken up fast and from seven