The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-08-30

-MOnsiceIlO is moving for q big hotel.
Good

mi =. n. A1enory OF Fort myers,
Fla, has been visiting bis old home in
Thomas county, Ga
Jefferson county will vote on the
first Monday in October on the question
Of funding its bonded indebtedness by
new bonds
Mr.. Braddock Williams an old citi-
zen of Franklin county, died at his res
idence in Apalachicola on the 18th
inst, in the SD year of his age.
The Tampa papers note the depar-
ture Of Messrs. Scion Turman and Harry
Branch to attend a law school North.
These are the same two young gentlemen
who caused bill to be passed at the last
session of the Legislature, at considerable
expense to the State, authorizing them to
practice law, they being minors. They
might have waited awhile.
Sometime ago we mentioned the fact
in these columns that an agent from the
Signal Service Bureau was here for the
purpose Of establishing stations here, and
at points on the Transit Railroad. On
Tuesday last the first storm signal was
hoisted here since the establishment of
this station. Capt. d. E. Maxwell it
seems is Signal Displayer. The signal
announced hurricane to the west of the
Florida district, but its course was un-
known.-EerndndinG ErpreSs
The lands belonging to the Eubanks
estate, containing twenty-five hundred
acres and located near Brooksville, were
sold last week to Ex-Gov. Geo. F. Drew
& Co. This is valuable tract Of land.
The sale indicates the opinion the lead
ing men of Florida entertain as to the
bright prospects of fernando county.
Not only exGov. Drew and Capt. Inglis
but several other prominent and well-in-
formed gentlemen of Middle Florida have
invested largely. in fernando lands
BrOoksviUe Crescent
Over one hundred buildings are GO
ing up in the city-Gircuit Court Clerk
I.aI1ue has recorded more real estate
transfers in six months than in three
years before.-The man who thinks Pen
saeola is not moving on tward $4,000 pop
ulation is arranging to get himself left
1t is currently rumored that passenger
depot for the joint use of the L. d n.
and the p & A. roads, will be constructed
at an early day at some point above the
Cotton Press (Theater) corner. So Pen
sacola marches on steadily and surely
towards its destiny as city-and big
One.-PsnsdcOLd Gazette.
We learn that on last Saturday night
the 18th inst, at about ten o'clock, while
Mr.. NJ. w. Slaughter was going to his
home in the northwest portion of this
county, he was shot at by wouldbe as
sassin who was concealed in the bushes
by the road side. The ball took effect in
his thigh and caused a very painful flesh
wound, from which he has suffered con-
siderably, but we heard yesterday that
he is doing as well as could be expected.
He seems to have no idea who could have
perpetrated such dastardly deed, and as
yet no one has been arrested. 1t is to be
hoped that a discovery of who did the
shooting will soon be made, and punish
ment will be inflicted upon the perpetra-
tor-MadisOn Recorder.
The sugar apple trees in Mr.. B. c.
Leonardy's yard are loaded with fruit
DIR. Neve received this week two hundred
cOcOanuts most of which heintends plant
ing on one of his places How cocoanuts
will succeed this far north and in our
sandy soil remains to be seen.-The coun-
try in the vicinity of Tampa has been rap
idly settled up since 1875, principally by
people from the Northern States who are
engaged in orange growing. North of
Tampa these settlements and orange
groves of ten acres have become so numer-
GUS, that the inhabitants have laid off
quite number of avenues from quarter
to half mile apart and crossing each
other at right angles, to give access to the
different Tampa Tribune.
Mr.. Joe Barnes returned last week
from Jacksonville, where he had been In
generated in Jail. Mr.. Barnes informs
us that we were mistaken in our suppose
ton that he voted under a misapprehen-
sion. He was aware that he had only
registered as a voter in the town, and
when he went to the polls to vote last
November he stated that to the mana.
gers. One of them replied that no other
registration was necessary to which all
apparently assented. Mr.. Barnes says
that q. S. District Attorney Stickney and
u. S. Marshal Durkee were indignant
when they were informed of the circum.
stances of his arrest. He said further
that he knew the party in Cedar Key who
had reported him and that he intended to
prosecute the party for malicious prose
cution. We may look for shaking up
of dry bones. We think it is time for
this Wholesale arresting of citizens and
dragging them at great cost and moon.
venience TO Jacksonville at the instance
Of corrupt, irresponsible parties should
cease Cedar Key journal + @sA