The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-23

providing a meeting place il would have
been $40. The largest expense was the eX-
cursion on the river-abOut $50, including
dinner The money has all been contrib
uted by citizens.
Victor d. L. Nudge, a lawyer who lived
and practiced in Jacksonville for a num-
Der OF years. and finally left under a cloud.
has been sent to prison for year at Port
land. ore, for embezzling funds.
Surveyor Knowlton has finished laying
out a new town In Dade county. called
Progresso, for the Florida FIBER Com
pany Of which Duncan l.. Fletcher of
Jacksonville is president. The new town
is one and half miles north Of Fort
Laudcrdale, and the streets have been
grubbed and laid out
Tampa Tribune: II is reported on the
streets that soiled dove Of Fort Brooke
has done a local bank up to the tune of
Si92H, and skipped out. II is alleged that
this woman, without reputation, money or
friends, had a bogus draft of 500 cashed
at this financial Institution. The bank
now mourns her sudden departure from
the city, and her whereabouts is "A matter
that detectives all over The country are
considering.
The Tampa Times. referring to the visit
of Misses Willard and Gordon, the great
temperance workers. says many children
attended the meeting Monday, CONDUCTED
bE MISS GORDON superintendent or 1uNe-
nile work OF the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union, and she gave the little
folks the following notices for each fin
ger: Never cheat never lie, never swear,
never disObey, never chew, never smoke,
never drink. love God. love everybody"
and Miss Wizards message, Tell moth
er everything
Thomas Palmer. state senator, has re-
turned to Tampa from the City of Mexico,
where he recently went to see the fellow
Acosta, the slick scoundrel who sWindled
the senator and Banker Porter of Dade
City out of large sums of money, and who
is now In jail IN Mexico, awainting trial for
similar operations there. The senator sue
ceeded in getting Acosta to deed his land
back TO him, but did not get back any of
his money. However, he has made
engagements for the eXtradition of the ras-
cal as soon as the Mexican authorities get
through with him, and he Will be taken to
Tampa for trial.
Melrose correspondence Morning News:
The two-story dwelling house, known as
the Tickle house, was destroyed by fire
Thursday night about o'clock. The house
was unoccupied al the time AMI the cause
of the fire is unknown, but is supposed
to be incendiary. The house was owned
by parties in Green Cove Springs, and
was not Insured The loss is about $500.
This is the second mysterious fire that has
occurred here within the last month. Some
time ago barn on 2. II. Westgards place
was destroyed at an early hour in the
night and as the place was not occupied
at the time, the cause of the fire was a
mystery.
Capt. Montgomery Broward and other
people who live at Browards station
few miles north of Jacksonville. on the line
of the Florida Central and Peninsular rail
way, came near having all their earthly
belongings burned Thursday by a woods
fire which was started by construction
hands at work on the railroad, and it was
only after number of fences and a guam
tity of cypress shingles belonging to Capt.
Dr.. a,u1l. "A 1s. N1,af H1...
gotten under control Two houses occu-
pied by colored people were badly dam
aged, and two other houses also caught
ire, but the flames were eNtinguished. In
fighting the fire several men had their
hands, faces and hair singed and several
of them were quite painfully burned
ST. Augustine Herald: w. D. c. Sutton
of the East Coast land department goes
to Jacksonville to make arrangements
with the commission merchants there to
handle a portion of the crop of the truck
growers of Linton and Boynton. To show
what can be done in Florida with indus
try and enterprise, it may be stated that
the first settlers arrived In the two towns
mentioned about the 10th of last October
Since that time they have grubbed and
cleared their lands. erected their resi-
dences and outbuildings, planted their
crops, and now in the short space of four
months have not only an abundance for
their own use, and the hotels and families
of that section, but are prepared TO make
large shipments of vegetables of almost
every description. Now let some other
state equal this. if it can
Titusville Advocate: The work for re-
claiming the Russell tract of muck land
known as the Cincinnatus Farms. VIII
commence as soon as the ten miles of rail-
road from Sebastian to their center is COM
pleted, the survey for which has just been
finished. The development of this vast
country viii do more for the prosperity
of Brevard county and the development
of Sebastian than anything that has as
yet been projected. In six months from
now, it is believed, this section will be
the busiest point this side of Lake Worth
and in two years the drainage of the Gin
cnnatus Farms will have been completed
and extensive farming will have been COM
menced. These are the only muck lands
of any extent north of Lake Worth. They
are below the line of usual frost, and with
other lands of like character are bound
TO be the salvation of Florida, as they are
the pest soils for the cultivation of sugar
rice and tobacco. besides being splendidly
adapted for truck farming.