The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-01-10

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The Gainesville ddUoc0te learns that
3 petition is circulating for an extra SEES
sion. of the Legislatnre.
"A grand banquet took place on the
occasion pf The opening Of the new City
Hotel in Fensacola last week.
The pOst-office at Waldo was robbed
recently. The safe was blswnso open and
several hundred dollars stolen.
The first dredge of the Okeechobee
Canal Company reached Puuta Rassa
freq Chaat Key N the atl inst.
The editor of the Gainesville Bee is
frantic to have On extra session Of the
Legislature. Somebody hold him
The steamship VIOLA, with 1000 tons
Ofsteel rails for the Tropical Railroad, ar
rived at Fernandina on the 18th inst.
"A correspondent of-the Union, writ
ing from Indian River says there are in
that region, 400, 900 oranges ready for
market and awaiting transportation.
Mr.. 7. F. Moore, young merchant
of Live Oak was chloreEormed and robbed
of several hundred dollars, in his room,
on the night of the LIST inst No clue to
the robbeEs has been found.
The great Atlanta Exposition has
closed. Florida won distinction there :;
but nothing can compensate her loss in
the death of her representative, D. S.
Place Z Gainesville Advocate.
ENe Forfda Season is the title of
novel publication issued at Jacksonville
weekly. 1t advertises real estate and
gives brief list of " resident visitors"
with the name of the hotel they are stop
ping At.
We would like to see grand old Mid
die Florida come up. Red clay hills, fine
cotton, corn, sugar, and a soil that is just
as rich for early vegetables as any in the
whole country. Go up to the Fair and
see what they can do.-Pdlatka Herald.
The Lake City Reporter gives re-
port of the exports from that place for
December, showing the shipment of l,2l9
bags long cotton, l76 tons cotton seed,
1850 pounds hides, 1856, 900 feet of lum-
Der and g. barrels syrup, with a total
valuation of $780,
"A correspondent, of the Union, writ
ing from Orange county, thinks the state
ment in the Sumter county pamphlet that
old physicians here say they have never
known case of malignant fever of any
kind" is rather overGrawn, and that the
appellation given by the pamphlet to
Sumter county as "the sanitarium of the
United States lis ga misnomer."
MIR. j. G. Kreamer, chief engineer of
the Gulf Coast and Okeechobee Drainage
Company, reached Key West Sunday on
his way to the Caloosahatchie and the
Okeechobee. Mr.. Kreamer speaks most
encouragingly Of the gigantic undertak-
ing which is to reclaim so many acres of
Florida's fertile soil from the watery
waste. The dredge boat has preceded
him on his trip; and as soon as he arrives
she will be placed on Lake HickpOchee.
Key West Democrat
= Grunge County Reporter: News is
received of the death of ID. S. Place, of
Waldo, who was Assistant Superintendent
of the Atlanta Exposition, aud in charge
of the Florida Department. He died at
Atlanta, were he was striker with the
fatal disease while in the discharge of his
duties at the Exposition He an en-
thusiastic worker for the development Of
Florida, man of ability, energy, and a
depth of earnestDess, which added value
to bis every effort. His death is a seri-
Gus loss to the State, and doubly so to the
section which he had selected as his
home.
The Starke Telegraph wants Gov.
BlOxham to interfere in some. way and
suspend the collection of the railroad tax
till after the meeting of the Legislature,
and suggests If this is not done there will
be trouble in the camp. 1t says the
counties which have to pay the tax can
dictate the election of any man as gov
ernor, etc, etc. To which the Union
responds that Gov Bloxham would no
doubt like to beNable to relieve the OBJ
pressed counties, but he has no power to
suspend the collection of the railroad tax.
We trust some way of relief will be
opened, but the best way to secure it is
not to threaten the disruption of the
Democratic party, If it is not accorded.
Thg He14 cDln 9dketsS SAYS of the
late D. 3 Ria& J Nj. d. s. Place, the
gehtlsaAufkS did 20 much 10 make the
Florida exhibit success in Atlanta, died
atihs post in that city the other day.
Mr.. Place vas a,man Of indonitable en-
ergy, and Of far-seeing Judgment When
the Exposition wa lEzE talked Of he
went to yhs principal towns Of East and
Aiddls Florida and worked npan interest
In the great schemeI Tie State owes him
. debt Of gratitude. Mr. Plaos came 70
reside il this State within fhe Last decade,
and located at Waldo. At the time Of
his death, which was brought on BY ex.
posaEe andcverwork, he held responsi-
bic position gR0er IL Innigralion Bu-