CT. 5, 1907.] 
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TARPON AT ST, PETERSBURG. 
iE following is the tarpon records for 1907, 
t. Petersburg, Fla., and yet it is not rep- 
\itative, as many more tarpon, were caught 
ywere not reported: 
pril 30.—Jas. N. Pidcock, Moultrie, Ga., 95 
ds. 
hy 1—Ed. lLewis,- St. Petersburg, 110 
ds. 
lay 1.—J. M. Lewis, Jr., Kinsley, Kan., 60 
ds. 
ay 1—W. L. Straub, St. Petersburg, 69 
ds. 
hay 1—Capt. D. McLewis, St. Petersburg, 
pounds. 
ay 15.—Capt. Cady, Lowell, Mass., 120 
ty 21.—M. M. Taylor, Tampa; length, 5 feet 
thes, 100 pounds. 
ry 21.—Mrs. M. M. Taylor, Tampa; length, 
2t 4 inches, 85 pounds. 
ay 22—Louis Strickland, Plant City, Fla.; 
h, 5 feet 6 inches, 110 pounds. 
ly 22—M. E. Moody, Plant City, Fla.; 
h, 5 feet, 75 pounds. 
ly 22—M. FE. Moody, Plant City, Fla.; 
Th, 5 feet 5 inches, 100 pounds. 
ay 22—M. E. Moody, Plant City, Fla.; 
h, 5 feet 7 inches, 110 pounds. 
ry 22—M. E. Moody, Plant City, Fla.: 
h, 6 feet 8 inches, 145 pounds. 
hy 22._J. B. Bright, St. Petersburg; length, 
it II inches, 130 pounds. 
ty 22—Miss Luciel Strickland, Plant City, 
length 5 feet, 46 pounds. 
Ty 23—Mr. Beckwith, Tampa, 100 pounds. 
ty 23— Miss Luciel Strickland, Plant City, 
| length 5 feet 6 inches, 80 pounds. 
ty 24.—W. H. English, St. Petersburg, 60 
ids. 
fie t1—J. A. Hardwick, Cleveland, Tenn.; 
jh, 6 feet 4 inches, 125 pounds. 
Ine 10—E,. J. Boitdurant, Athens, 
h, 5 feet 10 inches, 125 pounds. 
Jae 10.—H. J. Wapp, Athens, Ga.; 
it 4 inches, 80 pounds. 
ie 20.—Dr. G. W. Wagoner, 
jJength, 60% inches, 74 pounds. 
he 21 John S. Unger, Homestead, Pa.; 
lh, 55 inches, 53 pounds. 
he 22.—W. . Bonacker, Fla. ; 
Ib, 66 inches, 96 pounds. 
je 24.—John S. Unger, 
ih 72 inches, 92 pounds. 
\. 25.—John S. Unger, 
Gare 
length, 
Johnstown, 
Tampa, 
Homestead, Pa.; 
Homestead, Pa.; 
#h, 75 inches, 104 pounds. 
y 10.—Clarence Odom, Sanford, Fla.; 95 
s. 
y 22——Thos. E. Lucas, Tampa; length, 6 
314 inches, 15 pounds. 
y 25—T. B. Snyder, Tampa; length, 70 
Ss, 125 pounds. 
ie 19.—Cyrus W. Butler, St. Petersburg; 
1, 62 inches, 50 pounds. 
y 12—M. W. Berriman, Tampa; length, 62 
5, 50 pounds. 
y 15—A. Thayer, St. Petersburg; length, 
|ches, 80 pounds. 
ly 22.—J. E. Merry, Pass-a-Grille; length, 
ches, 50 pounds. 
y 26.—Orville Rigby, Tampa; length, 66 

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A VIRGINIA STORY. 
E discovery in Virginia of a human skele- 
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jing, which rains have displaced. One of 
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