Fort Pierce news., 1910-12-30
NEWS GLEANINGS FROM FLORIDA
Paragraphs Of Important Events
In All Parts Of the State.

A party Of 20 homeseekers from Chi
cago lately arrived at Palatka.
Bert Keen, Of Bradentown, had his
leg so badly mashed by an anchor rope
of the launch Echo that amputatiou vas
necessary
Mr.. A. II. Key, prominent business
man Of Bradford, suieided 10 Savau-
nah, Ca, hotel last week and the cause
is unknown.
]. b. Nelson, Of Jacksonville, is now
general superintendent OF the Florida
East Coast railway, with headquarters
at St, Augustine.
AT a recent service held 10 the Meth
odist church at Tallahassee she sum Of
e4,600 was raised, clearing the church
Of ell Indebtedness.
Miami citizens, especially those in
terested In Everglade land syndicates,
are subscribing liberally to the Brow
ard monument fund.
Committees have been at work With
the Daytona business men ia an en-
deavor TO raise $500 to guarantee an
auto race meet in March.
Jacksonville's extensively advertised
aviation meet for Christmas day had
the desired etfect,-it drew the crowd.
But the crowd drew blank.
The Eustis Lake Region says: 'Two
Middletown girls are among the nine
teen students ih the sophomore clasa Of
400 in.Wellseley College to receive high
scholarship honors.
Robert Bryan, one OF the most prom
inent business men Of Lakeland, was So
riously injured lately when new horse
he was driving got frightened at an su-
tomobile and ran away.
Mamie Faison, white woman, was
found guilty Of manslaughter by jury
In Tampa last week. She shot aud
killed Will Brown, near Plant City,
for cursing her mosher.
| Will Banks, yard conductor at Lake
land, stumbled and fell in front Of .
backing train. last Wednesday, and
was crushed to death. His brother met
a similar fate 1S months ago.
The city council Of Miami has re-
Gently made an appropriation of $500
to the Friendly hospital In that city,
which has largely been maintained by
the public, The hospital has proven a
great benefit.
Twenty-nine ''good'' prisoners who
we're serving sentences at JacksonvilI's
Raspberry park we're shown clemency
on Christmas Eve and given their free.
dom, 1t pays to be good even In q
Jacksonville prison.
A Roman candle which set hay
stack on FIRE caused $4,000 worth Of
damage to the concrete plant Of h, A.
Rau, IN Jacksonville. last Friday. The
Insurance policy had expired on the
previous Friday.
The people OF Pensacola are deter
mined to raise $4,000 year for three
years for advertising purposes, 90 all
the commercial bodies and business
men have consolidated TO eain their
purpose. Hall OF the amou6t was raised
in one day.
/ Engineer VIM. n. Burke, In charge
Of the throttle Of train No. "a, Sanford
TO Trilby, of the Atlantic Coast Line,
was shot and killed from the bushes
while his train was in motion, last Fri.
day, near Winter Garden He is SUR
vived by wife and two young sons.
Bulger Hodge shot and killed John
Smith at the latter's home near West
vile last Saturday evening, the trouble
arising over the searching Of Smiths
house for stolen meat Smith after
wards went to Hodges house with hIs
gun and was threatening to kill him
but Hodge was the quickest. Justiaa.
bic homicide.
The need Of waterworks was severely
felt in Titusville last Friday at noon
when a gasoline tire started in a cottage
on the main business street during q
gale and spread rapidly toward the bus
mess center. The cottage, Judge y.