Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1910-09-09

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telephone poles and do thssheaVy tug.
giug in setting them. ! q
A contract has been let to the Bigler
BIOS, of North Carolina, to Lay six miles
of sidewalks in Lake City.
E. H. Dunlap, assistant superintend-
ent of the Pierce phosphate mines, fell
into long washer and was crashed to
death early last Friday morning.
Cattlemen in the northern part of
Manatee county who have been missing
stock for some time finally suspicioned
resident and had his premises searched
fiudiHg over sixty hides, bearing every
mark and brand in the community.
The man and his son are now in Jail
awaiting trial
A st. Louis man proposes to start d
return to nature" colony on the Gulf
coast. During the pleasant weather the
members of the colony are to wear little
If any more clothing than Adam and
Eve in the Garden Of Eden. Such a
colony will certainly make another
drawing card for tourists.
Pensacola is having first class side
walks built at nine cents per square foot
and thinks it is such a good bargain that
it will build sixty miles of them.
The Gainesville Sun offers 800 for q
rattlesnake ten feet long captured with
in ten miles of that city. Rather risky
offer in dry county.
The Southport Lumber Company have
posted notices that on and after the 10th
of September they will discontinue the
employing of convicts, and that they re-
qulre large number of laborers to re-
place them. Here is a good opportuni-
ty for laboring men to get a steady job
and good pay.
Whether he ever gets it or not Wade
HadleY, colored farmer who lives just
beyond Magnolia, has earned the prize
as the ''boss" cotton raiser of Clay coun-
ty. From two acres of land Wade has
picked enough cotton to gin thousand
pounds OF the fleecy staple. At the pres
ent price of long cotton this is worth
$500. That is not bad for an ordinary
field crop.
In and around Fort Myers q larger
acreage will be planted in vegetables
this fall and winter than ever before. A
short crop of citrus fruits is causing the
people of that section to give more at
tention to truck farming.
Jacksonville ia to have q new skyscra-
per. It is to be fifteen story building
and will cost 100000.
The latest enterprise in Welborn is q
broom factory, which is turning ont
product that is said to be equal to that
made in the large manufacturing CEN
tiers.
With q balance Of $S1, 1880 on hand
August LIST, Sumter county's treasury
was in good condition.
One Of the quickest pieces Of work
that we have heard Of lately was pulled
of this morning by Ray Lockhart He
boarded the A. @. L. north bound train
this morning with some Of his people
who were going away. When they
reached the Pine street crossing they
evidently found that they had left some
thing behind, for he jumped from the
Grain, ran back to the station, jumped
into his Car and started out to beat the
train to Winter Park Did he beat itP
Well, we gu?ss yes, such running was
never heard Of before but when the train
pulled into the Winter Park station Mr.
Lockhart pulled in also and handed the
desired article to his people.-Orlando
Reporter.
A picnic was given at Fort Fannin on
the Suwannee river the other day and q
steer-roping contest was advertised as
part Of the days amusement. Capt. T.
J. Lindsay, who is known as the cowboy
king and is the champion of West Flori.
ds. was to rope the steers. He went to
the corral where q large herd of fierce
bulls had been penned, turned them out
and headed them for the river thinking
they would turn and circle the enclosed
side Of the picnic grounds, but the day
being warm, and the bulls fretted by
their confinement In the corral, they
plunged over the bluff into the river
! Capt. Lindsay was just in the rear of 9
large bull when the leader went over
and threw his lAriat with unerring ain
around the big animals horns. AL
would have been well, but when thu
Captain stopped his pony he was goinf
so fast that the animal skldded on hi
launches to within three feet Of the edge
OF the bluff and when the bull strucl
/ the water the trescherous bank gave
way throwing both horse and rider int
the river. Capt. Lindsay is an exper
swimmer and would not have been il
L. any danger if his spurs had not become
entangled and he was carried under will
, his struggling pony. Two men were il
boat fishing, near by, and went to hi