Fort Pierce news., 1911-05-12

imposed fines of ST., 900 each agalnstthe
railroad companies concerned for delay
! in the construction of the Union depot
ordered erected 10 Tampa When the
fine is paid we will let you know
AT a special meeting Of the West
PAIN Beach chamber OF commerce last
week IL was assured that the county
would donate $4,000 toward the con-
struction Of the canal aud the buildll &
of highway along It's banks, from
Like OkeechObee to Lake Worth
With the Roosevelt dam out in AR
ma just completed, the mile long Mis-
sissippi river dam at Keokuk, Iowa.
now being rapidly pushed and the Ga
tu dam at Panama, this country bids
fair soon to sbe the biggest CANNED
country on the. globe. -Estero Eagle
Chas. N. Sabey, formerly prosper
Gus merchant 10 Syracuse, NJ Y, VINO
spent the winter In Jacksonville, dlsap-
peared from home Tuesday of last week
and three days later his body was found
10 the ST, Johns river. Ill health is
supp jsed t) have caused him to suicide
Gainesville Sun The moving picture
shows are now quitelcommon in Florida
and better educators for young people
can scarcely be found. A clean moving
picture show is place where prudent
mothers delight to send their children,
and the little folks are materially ben
eftted by attending the same.
The Sumter County Times says that
while some parties near there were
gathering cukes lately four-pound
trout came from above and hit the
ground with hard thump, Looking
up they saw two large eagles f9hting
in the air, which accounted for the fish
falling, The fish was still alive.
Flying distress flag of a kitchen
aprn strung on pole from a yawl
r gged with old blankets for sails a
crew of seven men from The sunken
schooner Olga, OF Mobile, were picked
up on the Gait Saturday by the fishing
smlck Mist, and carried to Tampa.
hey had been aAoab three days and
nights without food
The L S. Government, through its
attorneys, John NJ Cheney and Rich
ard p. Marks, mas instituted suits
against fourteen individuals, corpora
lions and trims, for alleged trespass on
It's lands for cutting timber or boxing
trees for turpentine purposes, several
of whom are residents of Marion county,
and The amounts run from 81 900 to
$1,000
Representative Dougherty has intro.
duced bill in the legislature to make
the illegal sale of whisky a penal
offense, "a peniteutiary one. with no fine.
If this bill becomes a law it will put
Mr. blind tiger either out of business
or clothe him with convict stripes. 1t
is an effective measure to put an end
10 the blind tiger business id Florida.
DeLand Record.
An exchange says that good many
years ago, when by was whipped at
school he received another whipping
when be went home, but 10 these days
be parents wipe the tears away and 90
and whip the teacher. The result is a
lot of trifjog boys who become trifling
men who are worthless to themselves
as well as the community in which they
live.-Kissimmee Journal.
A Punta Gorda Herald correspondent
says "One of our settlers got into a
scrap with a wild deer in the woods re.
Gently and the deer was crowding him
and he saw no way OF escape, so he shot
the deer, killing il instantly, thereby
saving his own life." Such instances
are common 10 this section, sometimes
they try to bite people, and, OF course,
get killed out of season.
A South Florida editor Of Northern
extrect'on who was horsewhipped lasl
week is going to take the matter int
court. Don't do it. We welcome the
bobbing up of amateurers 10 the jouru-
alistic sea their entrance like rockel
and descent like a toboggan adds spice
TO the weekly grind We can cheer
fully overlook Their shortcomings auc
praise their efforts, but do feel that i
is time 10 call halt when one attempt,
to smash the most cherished tradition