Fort Pierce news., 1911-06-23

j. y, saxon, al fompOno, were o"'"V"
early Monday morning Of last week, the
three buildings and their contents be-
iug an entire loss, The origin OF the
fire is mystery.
Wm. Byrd, Of Oregon, arrived at
Summerheld several months ago, pur'
chased farm, married woman he had
met in Ocala and led an exemplary life
until last Friday, when a sheriff from
I Oregon took him back to that state on
! a horse stealing warrant
w, f. Pounds, the Atlanta shoe clerk
wanted for bigamy etc, at Tampa and
who escaped in North Carolin by Jump
ing from train waile being brought
back from Rhode Island, was again
captured aftera tour-day chase and is
now in the Tampa Jail.
The bodies Of thirty-seven officers and
men Of the United States army, who
died in Tampa during the mobilization
days of the Spanish.American fasco
aud were inferred 10 local graveyards,
were transferred to the national ceme'
terry at ST, Augustine last week,
In the three.cornered contest for the
sl,674,75 taken from the negro who
murdered Sol Oysterman in Jackson
Vile Judge Call denied the motion of
the lawyer who tried to plove that the
negro won the money gambling and Il e J
matter will revert TO the county court
Oh July /.
Newton Strickland charged with the |
murder Of f. NJ. Maddox at Mulberry
on June oh, was arrested at the home
OF his mother at Starke Wednesday Of
las, week, Msadox's body was found
on the railroad track aud it had been
supposed thai he had laid down on the
track while drunk,
Miami shipped this season 702, ,29O
packages of vegetables worth SS64, $50
1852 cars OF citrus fruits, 5000 crates
OF pineapples and l05 cars of Other
fruits The soil yielded TO the Miami
section over sl,O)0,ooO and the time is
fast approaching when St. Lucie county
viii run her a close race.
On account Of persistent efforts made
by Senators Fletcher. and Bacon, of
Georgia, Presiden; Taft has ordered
that w. S. Harlan and his Two partners,
who il took TWO years to get in the pen
for peonage, be released from the {. :.
prison al Atlanta, and their 5000 fines
reunited.
Deputy Sheriff F. E. Scott was shot
twice in the left leg while raiding a ne
gro gambling Gen near Fort Myers last
Thursday night. but the nervy officer
afterwards arrested tour OF the gam.
blers himself while Others got six. At
3 trial al the negroes we're fned for
gambling, while nothing was done about
the shooting-no money il that.
s. B. Owens. 8 turpentine op orator at
Oak Hill, ana an old negro employe
named E. q. Harris. we're killed and
robbed on the outskirts Of Jacksonville
last Friday night. oEens was up there
hiring hands and had started out in a
buggy 10 see his children at Duval.
The murderers drove of with the team
Out soon len IL. Owens killed man
al Oak Hin some time ago and come
clear.
Oscar b. Davis, a DeLand clothing.
rents furnishing, dry goods and milI.
nery merchant. was convicted last Tues
iay OF running blind tigeri in his store
which goes to show that it is hard 10
Iodge a DeLand man by his profession.
The young man is native of the town.
his parents residing there. but thatd d
Dot deter him from putting whisky 10
shoe boxes as prize. The Judge gave
him severe lecture and $500 or eight
A petition with $40 names of citizens
d Brevard county protesting acaius,
me levy ola Eve mill tax to build a new
court house for Brevard county vas re
seived and considered BY the county
commissioners st their last meeting
The board having ascertSined that
here are llOs registered voters ana
'Eer 4.5OO citizens in the county. and
ne petition having only $40 names, the
board was OF oriniOn thai the petition
ne sentiment OF q majority Of the ci,i.
ms OF the county and ordered levied =
tar Of FIVE mills FOR the pot- s