Fort Pierce news., 1911-07-07
State Happenings of Interest
tens Gathered From Exchanges and Boiled
Down for Busy News Readers

DTduenlOWn IeIepnOue wires nave
all been placed under ground.
Julia Tyler, negro woman living il
81. Augustine, got off with ego fine
after beating her child unconscious and
hiding it in the bushes.
Nh. W. H. Dykes, of Dykes Nip,
cured himself sound and we'll OF can
Ger on mis- nose and face by the simple
appliance of kerosene oil, danpening
the sore several times a day.
Cornelius Christiancy, a we'll known
authority on orange culture, has re-
turned to his home at Fort Orange al
ter managing large grove in Porto
Rico for an American company.
Governor Gilchrist deserves monu-
ment for one thing. at least-he re-
fused 70 call an extra session of the re.
cent, late lamented ard thoroughly de.
ceased ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Judge Locke has gone north in hopes
of recuperating his health. He mas
been on the bench for forty years. ana
some has started the story that he was
once member of the Florida legisla-
ture.
On account of the large amount of
work and the age and inhrmities of
Judge Locke Congressman Frank Clark
has introduced bill authoring the
president 10 appoint an additional fed
eral judge for Florida.
In the Whittier eghborhood be-
tween 60O and 700 men are making the
dirt fly on the extension of the Florida
East Coast railroad into Osceola county
and soon that county can claim Mr..
Flsgler as one Of her tax payers.
Stolen from his parents IS years ago
when he was three years old. Thomas
G. Hale, carpenter. and his mother
we're reunited in Jacksonville recently.
To spite the parents the child was sto-
len at Dalark, Ala, by an uncle who is
now living in~Florida.
The book trust, which has extorted |
hundreds OF thousands of dollars from
the children of the state, practically
robbery, announces that il will contest
the new uniformity text book law upon |
the ground that The act is unconstitu-
lional. IL is pretty hard for the roboer
trust and its various allies TO give up.
A colored woman who was fishing
from the South bridge in Daytona last
Wednesday got her leg pulled in the
good old fashion, says the News. She
strung her catch en- a line ana tied the
line 10 her ankle while she continued
fishing. A large shark seized the fish
and was about TO pull the woman from
the bridge when the line broke.
The Jacksonville Metropolis says that
a metropolitan magazine will shortly
publish story dealing with alleged
graft of the ",renzied foancey variety
IN connection with the Everglades. coy
sring every feature Of the important
development work. Let the crooked.
ness, If there is any, be revealed, even
though it involves the highest oficials
in the State.
Leonard j. Boutell. who CLAIMED TO be
! son Of former U. S. Senator, went 10
Pensacola with nlce letters Of introduc-
ion, stopped with minister and was
ioon engaged TO marry Miss ella Wood.
vard Of that city A license was Sc
ured and The pair was At the minister s
ZONE 70 be united, but when the girl
sked the man about has finances he
lew into rage, knocked her down and
'as trying TO XIII her when the minis
er dragged him into another room and
Tsnt for he police. Girls should know
hon they associate witn.