The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-02-11
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Jacks onvlle's city council has squeIeh-
ed a movement looking to the eXtentIon
of the limits of that city.
Plant City growers shipped 4,jOU
quarts Of Strawberries last week. They
received twenty-five cents a quar-
straight.
Zeke Crosby, prominent young pan
ter of the Newberry section dropped
dead on the streets of that town from
heart failure.
After so many years the name Of the
Port of st. Johns, some miles out from
Jacksonville, has been changed to Port
of jacksonville.
Jacksonville is TO have the greatest
department store building in the entire
south. 1t is to be twelve stories high
and occupy an entire block.
Governor Gilchrist has accepted the
invitation to make a talk to the editors
at the State Press Association which
meets in Lake City in April.
1t is understood that the Babcock,
one of the finest dredges on the extern
sion, will be sent to Key West in a few
days for use in the harbor there.
Willie Justice, aged ten years. was
shot and killed by his eleven-year-old
playmate, George Lawrence, at Mari
anna while playing with shot gun.
President Bowyer, of the Tampa
Board of Trade. has made the recon-
mendation that the city purchase its
waterfront and issue bonds for the pur-
chase if necessary.
And as for Zim, his chance is slim,
Frank Clark won't do thing to him
Tampa Tribune. Well, as for Clark,
this things no lark, he'll find in Tim no
easy mark. Miami Metropolis.
S. j. Hilburn, who was member of
the lower house of the legislature and
who led the fight for the submitting of
the Statewide prohibition amendment,
has announced for the State senate
from Putnam county.
The certainty of Sanford's growth is
proved by the work of charging the
Clyde Line freight Accommodations and
facilities for handling the tons of mer-
chandise brought to that town. These
are going on now.
A large piece of ambergris, highly val
ued in perfumery, was found Saturday
on the gulf beach near Pensacola, by
Pilot Lars Anderson. While the pilot
knew that his find was valuable one,
he had little idea that the four and one
half pound piece which he picked up
was worth more than. 81, 700, but such
it is, as it sells for something like 1924
an ounce.
The tugboat Martha Helen of the r.
6. Ross dredging company, valued at
s25. 900. was burned to the waters edge
at an early home Sunday morning, in
the St. Johns river. When the fire
was discovered she was tied to the
Ocean street dock, Jacksonville. but
vas cut loose and cast into mid stream.
Harry Brannon, the engineer, was in
'inerated, but the other seven members
If the crew escaped.
1t is said that the farming element of
leon county is fast becoming interested
n the new methods of farming. 1t is
Understood that at least fifty farmers
n that county this seasonwiIl plant their
rop and till their soil under the direc-
ion of the Government and State. The
etal hardware dealers state that up to
he present time they have sold more
arming implements so far this season
han they have in number of years,
nd that as far as they can see 1910
viii be a record breaker with the farm
RS of that county.
The worst wreck that ever occurred
n the Florida East Coast railroad, took
lace in the South Jacksonville yard last |
aturday at noon, when the Over Sea
limited crashed into the New Smyrna
Express while the latter was lying at !
he water tank. AS a result, J. l..
'aker, a fagman, on the Seaboard, was
Tiled, and Mrs J. M. Schumacher, of |
Oscar Ostrander and Ar
hur Colee, of st. Augustine, and Con-
uctor Len Edwards, were seriously in (
lred. and a score or more slightly in
lred. Last reports state that the in
lred are rapidly improving. Conductor
ZEN Edwards is well known :all along
he East Coast, and all trust his recovery /
i'll be rapid. He was not in charge of
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