Fort Pierce news., 1911-04-28

yersary of the establishment OF th'
U. s life saving service. AT the close
Of the last fiscal year there were ZUl o'
these stations on the Atlantic coast
John w. Roche, who was the oldest
known survivor of the Seminole lndiar
war 10 Florida, died in New York on
April 18th He was born in Ireland in
1921, He helped bury the JOG victims
of the Dade massacre in 1889.
Four negro children, aged from 8 tc
II years, were locked upin house neal
Ocala last Wednesday night, while the
mother attended mullet supper Be
fore she returned fire destroyed the
house and its contents,
After ten years OF freedom from pros
ecution under an indictment for en-
bezzling &7l95l from the Ocala post
office, Jacob Israel was arraigned in the
federal court last week and fined 500
Uncle Sam is slow but sure.
Palm Beach citizens are delighted
over the fact that Congressman Frank
Clark has introduced bill providing
for an appropriation Of 100000 for a
federal building in that city, whether
they ever get 1t or not.
A forest fire near Port Orange last
Thur sday burned up an orange grove
and the winter home Of VIM. Watrous,
of Hartford, Conn. The house OF Rev.
A. j. Wilder and some othersswere
only saved by hard work.
Miami will soon be in the limelight
Of the whole marine world because the
Roosevelt is advertised to come there
TO assist in saving the Hannah NJ. Bell
and ner $4,000 cargo of coal which
are on reef go miles south.
Annie Liggins, the colored woman
who was cut by Anna Woods, several
weeks ago in GAINESVILLE when she cut
her husband to death, has died of her
wounds and now the woman has
double murder to answer for.
Editor w. C. Lightfoot, of the Brad.
entown Herald, has been acquitted by
a jury on the charge of criminally libel
ing Editor j. H. Humphries OF the
Journal. Lightfoot criti-
cised Humphreys record 10 the legisla-
ture.
Since horse racing ceased in jackson
vile the police have taken up the sport
and are now daily racing after finn
Hammers, forgers, petty thieves and
burglars with good success. One Of
their late catches was an ex-po!iceman
from Palatka named Hutchins.
A bill has been introduced in the leg
stature providing for the election OF a
Iieuteuant-governor to assume the Office
in case of the governors death. That
would be soft snap for some up start
Of a politician, to receive a fat salary
while waiting for the governor to die.
T. J. Coleman. of Ocala, was charged
81 80 for shave, massage aud nous
tacbe dye in a Jacksonville barber
shop and threatened when he refused
to pay The barber was arrested and
Is now serving 80 days for the hold up.
they do the right thing in
jacksonville
The residence of Hon w H. Hooper,
Of DeSoto county, was burned last week
while the family were away and moth.
ing was saved except the piano and the
family laundry, entailing loss OF over
$4,000. It was one of the landmarks
Of the Joshua Creek settlement, being
built 80 years ago.
John Mcknight, white, Miami for
ger, and Tlllis Jones, a negro, escaped
from the VoiusiA county convict camp
last week, the negro killed the sher-
ms hound which chased him to Tiger
Bay. Two negro escapes the week pre-
vious took the trac hound belonging
70 the camp with them.
While West Palm Beach was figure.
ing on scheme TO annex Palm Beach
the thirty four residents of the latter
place quietly met, elected officers and
unanimously voted for Incorporation,
thus tabooine West Palm Beach and
telling her TO ''shinny on her own side"
-of Lake Worth.
Senator McMullen Of Hulsboro has
a bill making. l. a crime for
any corporation 70 use the waters of a
river 20 dispose of ils refuse, and it is