Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1910-02-04
Some State Happenings
Florida Items Gathered from Our Exchanges.

Eleven new lawyers were made last
week by the State Supreme Court at
! Tallahassee.
Secretary Powell of the Tampa Board
1 of Trade has succeeded in locating a
F: Canadian colony near Tampa.
John Peter Long, SO years of age, a
| resident of Conner, was asphyxiated in
: a Palatka hotel recently. He failed to
turn of the gas.
NJ r. Glickstein has been sentenced
to Is months Imprisonment by the fed-
eral court in Jacksonville for violating
the bankruptcy laws.
According to the Times directory
census ST. Petersburg now has a Popu-
lation Of 1925. This is an increase of
IA per cent during the year.
Mitchell D. Price, a Miami attorney,
has fled pracipe against the Miami
Waterworks Co. for $1,000 because they
refused to exchange water for wind and
SHIT him of.
Fred and John Brsddock, who have
been held in the St. Augustine Jail on
the charge of killing their cousin, T.
Jefferson Foster, have been released
for lack of evidence.
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Mr.. W, y. Webster, 81 years old and
very deaf, was run down aud killed by
q freight train at Lake Mary, last week.
z while walking on the railroad. For 20
years he was postmaster at that rlace
Madam Marantette, the famous hors
woman and queen Of the saddle who
has been giving free exhibitions in
Dixieland park in Jacksonville, had
serious fall last week which sprained
her neck severely.
Senator Duncan L. Fletcher has been
selected as one of the committee from
the Senate to investigate the Ballinger-
Pinchot controversy. That is guar
antee of clean investigation, or mi
nority report, at least.-DeLand News.
A lady OF Pensacola who was injured
By falling on a defective sidewalk 10
the city limits was awarded 500 dam
ages with interest. This shows couclus
lively that il pays to enforce the law
against the owners of defective side
walks.
S. c. and J. a. Wisman, father and
+ son, formerly of Ohio, who now live on
Amelia Island and have been furnish.
ing fresh meat to Fernsndina residents,
are in Jail charged with cattle stealing.
Among the meat furnished was found
that of an old worn out horse.
Columbia county now beasts of three
Of the best full blooded blood hounds in
the entire State purchased from ken
mel id Texas, the owners of which make
Q specially of training hounds. Every
comfy should have a trio for they are
truly safeguard to the people.
A white man giving his name as Dixon
was found in a box car at Goulding Sta
ton more dead than alive from starTa-
tiOn, few days ago. 1t was his first
attempt at hoboing and he crawIed in
the empty car at Live Oak and locked
himself 10. Eight days afterwards he
was found and sent to the poorhouse.
The railroad commission has actually
ordered an agency established at Cit
Eonelle after February lst, and comes
cur in huge typewriter pronuncis-
mento TO that effect signed by those
distinguished individuals who pompa-
door their hair and part their names in
The middle r. Hudson Burrand ]. Will
Yon. The sight If those signatures
will doubtless brighten the railroad
company into establishing an agency
there, but when the agent gets a squint
at the original order be will doubtless
depart elsewhere. yet there is no bet
ter place than Citronells.-InverDess
Chronicle.