The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-12-04

We local took run e. TO naffanas iast week
to take in the West Flofida Fair Having but
one day TO srsre. we missed the most attractive
features of Is dneason- There. as at our owa
fairs, much credit is due TO the ladies, who con-
tribute largely =, the intsres, and success of our
fairs.
In the second stery OF the building was q
handsome display made by Mr.. Geo. r Smith,
from his store; fine oranges, LINES, lemons and
bananas samples Of various kinds of home
made wine-scuppernong, orange, &c; and ex-
excellent jackson oOuasy batter Here was also
the ladies department. by tar the most complete
and attractive in the building. There were nu-
merous exhibits Of fancy work, neatly executed
and unique in design. The beautiful hand paint
ings by Miss Fannie Roulhac, were among the
chief attractions, as was also 3 large and hand
some tidy, made by lady seventy nine years
cid In this department there were number OF
exhibits from Pensacola. The first story was de-
voted TO agricultural exhibits. The entries were
not very numerous, but the products displayed
were fine
In the stock department there were q number
Of Jersey grades, sOmei very fine hogs, and we
saw Jackson county raised horses that were
hard to beat.
A number Of coops of fancy poultry from Pen
sacola were on exhibition, and some entries in
the mechanical department.
The entries for the speed ring were quite nu-
merous-both runners aud trOtters. There were
a number Of contests in the speed ring each
day, and the racing was good, some OF the trot-
&a-o III Il,
also well represented in this department, and
took n number OF purses.
The local attendance WAS very good, and
quite number OF visitors from other sections
were present, and the fair was doubtless hnan-
cial success.
Wyers Band, of Pensacola furnished music
for the occasion
The Mariana amateurs gave an entertain
ment on Wednesday evening for the benefit OF
the M. E. Church They were literally patron
lied, and the audience manifested their apDrecia-
ton of the performance by frequent and hearty
applause.
In the Episcopal Cemetery the grave OF Mrs.
Caroline Lee HentZ, the gifted and popular
Southern authorizes, is marked by neat marble
monument surmounted by broken column.
She was boru June /, 1880, and died February
II, 1856. In the same enclosure are inferred The
remains of her husband, Nicholas Marcellus
Hentz, who was born July 25 1897, and died in
November, 1856; and five other members OF the
family-chdren and grandchildren
Notwithstanding the fact that the cotton crop
was partial failure in Jackson county, there are
many evidences Of enterprise and i'm ,rovement
about Mariana. The town is built on high
ground, the location is healthy one, abundantly
supplied with good water, and surrounded by a
Ane agricultural country. With all these advan-
tages, and the excellent transportation facilities
Afforded by the Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad,
Mariana is bound to grow and prosper-des-
tined to become one Of the most attractive and
important inland towns in Florida
Captain Frank Phillips, Jsckson's efficient
Circuit Clerk, gave rs the valuation Of property
in the county for purposes OF taxation for the
past two years. In 1882 the valuation was
$780,, AGA, this year it is 81 ego. $780, showing
an increase Of 1862 S66 over the previous year.
Thus it will be observed that jackson, one of
the best counties in the State, is keeping pace
with the prosperity and progress enjoyed in a
marked degree in other sections of Florida.