Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1910-10-07


Mr.. and Mrs. W. II. Wright, st. Cloud
colonists who had married in the north
less than two months ago and came i'm
mediately to st. Cloud, were drowned
in East Lake Monday Of last week while
out for swim.
A new ditching machine now being
used in draining the Everglades near Fl.
LsuderdAle is said to dig nine feet q min
ute through muck land in q ditch Ia
feet deep ard feet wide. The machine
weighs Is tons.
Ehe Kissimmee city council has pass
ed an ordinance requiring the wagons re-
failing ice to be provided with scales
and every piece sold to be weighed in
the presence Of the buyer. Now, some
body has evidently been doubling the
honesty Of the ice man.
Jos. Gurley, a private musician at
tsched to the Fort Dsde post, was jailed
at Tampa last week for enticing an un-
married female from her home. He had
married 10 year old Margaret Mier by
testifying she was IS and showing .
forged letter Of consent from the girls
mother.
During an electric storm near Wsde,
lsst week q oolored woman was killed
By lightning and . boy who hsd hold Of
her apron was badly stunned. They
were In little house crowded with peo-
pie who had taken refuge out of the
storm.
A 200 pound bear was killed in Cedar
swamp near Jacksonville, by q party Of
hunters last week and it il said to have
been one Of the largest bears ever seen
in that part of the state. One killed
near Fort Pierce recently weighed $50
pounds and had three cubs, all Of winch
were slaughtered.
John Zill, prominent farmer Of Del
ray, has some splendid broom corn grow
ing on his land west Of town. The corn
has good long straw, and will compare
favorsbly with the best grown anywhere.
There is about an acre Of il, planted on
land that had produced a tomato crop
and the corn had not been fortified.
This test shows that the lands in this
section will produce luxuriant growth
OF this corn, three tons to the acre, it is
estimated. Considering that this corn
will bring as high as $240 per ton, it is
easily seen that this crop will prove a
profitable one.-Tropical Sun.
The recent robbery Of the Waldo post
Office has turned out to be q case of the
postmistress simply being short in her
accounts, and she reported the office as
having been robbed in order to cover mp
her shortage. One of her bondsmen has
assumed charge.
Last week large drainage well which
was driven on the south side Of Lake
Fairview several years ago for the pur-
pose Of draining large body Of land in
that section and protect the gardeners
from an overflow Of the lake in case of
very heavy rainfalls, began spouting
stream Of water to height Of twenty
five feet, not in a steady stream, but at
intervals of five minutes, since which
time the upheavals hsve continued regu-
larly. The well is twelve inches and
was drilled to great depth, but up to q
short time ago no water had run into it
IS it was put down at q point slightly
above the lake level. The recent hard
rains, however, have raised Lake Fair
view to such an extent that water from
that great body Is continually running
into this well and many believe that the
upheayal is caused simply by the COM
pressed air in the great subteranisn
chamber into which the drainage pours.
James Sanders, the thrifty farmers
from the Early Bird section, was in town
l st week and was very much wrought
mp over the fsot that for quite awhile in
that section there has been extensive
Stealing Of hogs and the loss in these
c Sses has become heavy. Mr.. Sanders
said he alone had lost over 80 head while
some Of his neighbors have been equally
heavy losers. He believes there is an
organized gang Of porcine thieves who
Lay their hands on every hog they can
reach running at large In the woods and
in turn sell them to parties who make q
business Of buying these hogs to slsugh-
ter and dispose Of the meat. Mr.. San.
ders says he is providing hog proof
range for his hogs - fast a.. he can Sc
cure the proper wire to enclose bis pas
tures.-Ocala Star.
A prominent railroad man in Jackson
vile recently remarked that all the
Florida trains from the West are now
loaded with home seeking passenger
and that the crowds seem to be increas-
ing every trip.
The map Of Florida recently issued BY
the State Department Of Agriculture
does not show the Hillsbor, ugh river
which empties into Marlborough bay
at Tampa.
Lynch law should never be encourag.
ed or countenanced; but in Titusville, SC
old residents Of that place delight to tell