Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1910-04-08
Fort Pierce


VIC. Caunon's big cement block
garage at DeLand collapsed Monday
of last week and badly crushed b. f.
Martindale and John T. Cairns, who
we're repairing an improperly adjusted
truss. The two side and front walls OF
the building were totally wrecked
While attempting TO board the south
bourd local freight train at Buffalo
Bluff Atlantic Coast Line bridge last
Thursday an unknown white man about
80 years of age, weighing abou loo
pounds and feet three inches tall,
close clipped moustache, gray hair and
blue eyes. supposed TO be painter, fell
between the cars and was killed.
The tract OF land beginning at thu
Okeochobee road, about FIVE miles west
of West Palm Beach, and extending TO
Pompaao at the south. has been sold by
the Florida Coast Canal & Transports
ton Company TO the Florida Everglades
Company This is the land decided by
the State to the Canal Company, the
deeds to which has been held in escrow
pending the performance of certain con-
ditions by the company. II runs par
allie! with the railroad from just west OF
West Palm Beach TO Pompano. forty
miles south, and lies about five miles
west of the road
Sheriff Dan lIardie makes it warm
for she poker players, crap shooters
and blind tigers down in Dade county
and keeps them on the hump. On a
ate trip TO COlahatchie he found a sa'
loon in full operation and being well
patronized at the home of W. n, AL.
britton, and on his return to Miami Mr..
Albritton and five barrels of nice, foam.
ing, exhiliarating beer accompaniel
him. He placed the beer in his Office
At the court house along with four cases
of whisky captured few nights before
IN raid on negro gambling den,
According to the Sanford Herald
! piece of Holleys comet fell in that city
the night before April Fool day and hit
Sally Ray right near the hotel, boring
a hole of some depth. Aprofessor with
an unpronounable name who had been
sent to Sanford to watch the cometdug
the piece up with spade after cooling
the sizzling hole with water, and it was
on exhibition in private room in the
hotel on April LIST where as many suck
eSs as desired could see what piece OF
Bolley's comet looked like, No doubt
there was large attendance.
Thirteen OF the best motor boats on
the East Coast were destroyed by fire
in Jacksonville last Friday night and
Mr.. Cyril Tyler had narrow escape
from being cremated. The fire started
in the Florida Power boat club by Mr.
Tyler striking a match in berth % tC
! look for some fishing tackle. 40 ex
DlOSlOu VI RdSOlluS SItNOh VIC loH iul
! in the face but he managed to get to q
drug store and give the alarm. but the
ire spread so fast but little aid could bt
/ rendered. The Dewey and some 9th
/ ers were fortunately at st. Augustine
: Florida is still shipping fine oranges
aud grapefruit, and cabbage, strawber
ries, lettuce, celery, pineapples, toma
toes, etc., are also going forward 10 ca
load lots. Soon potatoes, cantaloupes
3 peaches and watermelons will begin u
90 out. Flonda's shipping season last
: from October, when the first orange
3 70 forward, to we'll into July, when tbs
5 last watermelon crop is shipped, max
D ing ten months in-which fruit and trucl
, are shipped while fish. lumber, turpeu
| tine and phosphate go forward lively
/ months 10 the year. Not many othc
States 10 that we'll.