The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-02-03

! skpors Is a. 49, ~ - %;
entered ~ eosatsy sesse C IL. e.
abouf > or 10 milsrabove nsstiosl3o. -
tie Thonasville road On last SaEssday,
and poiating their pistols 1t the psoprie-
sor. denanded that he hand over nh
money he possessed The store keeper
was taken BY surprise, had no oppovtani-
" to resist and Of course complied with
the hsgAwaymaa's demand The scoun-
drels continued their march IN this d.
rectiou
Madison Recorder: Some Of our
merchants have their goods shipped BY
way Of Quiaman, Ga, rather than pay
the high freight charged BY the F. r.
and n. r r. Mr.. Lpscomb's train Of
wagons supplies tn deficiency Of rail-
road from Madison 70 Qaitmaa >. Capt
Haususan has thirteen houses In town,
every one of which is rented and we ven
ture the assertion that had he ~ many
more none would be tenantless- Madi-
son needs more houses and needs them
bad too;' who will supply the demand ?
-Tavares Herald: The laying Of the
frs, rail on the Tavares, Orlando and
Atlantic Railroad was postponed last
Tuesday on account of the non-arrival of
the " crossings and "switches" Moth
ing has vet been heard from them, al
though they were to have arrived last
FRIDAY. Until they arrive it win net be
possible to begin laying the rails.
Lake City Reporter: Quite number
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been made in this vicinity, which causes
MS to feel like the day Of high priced
lands will soon be upon IA. There 10 but
one Florida, and what lands it contains
vii! soon be marketable A few years
ago money could be loaned on good Sc
curity in this county At from two 10 Eve
per cent . month Just because 1t was
acarce- Now II h difficult to loan it n
eighteen per cent per annum- Twelve
per cent may be called the ruling rate of
interest.
Jacksonville Herald: Mr. Fl. H.
Menager, agent in this city and State for
the sale OF the Harden Hand Grenade,
gave an exhibition of the power of this
great invention to extinguish fire at the
corner of Bay and Pine streets this morn
ing, which was witnessed by q large
crowd Of interested spectators. A large
FIRE was built of combustible material,
and when it was completely wrapped in
flame a grenade was thrown into the
mass and instantly the fire was extin-
guished, hardly spark being left of it.
The experiment was most complete sue
cess and every one present was satisfied
Z he nd
effective fire extinguisher and as 3 great
and useful invention. 1t is nothing more
nor less than a glass globe flied with a
chemical fluid, which, when emptied on
the fire, extinguishes it without any noise
or unpleasant odor, and perfectly harm
less to persons or clothing. They are
sold at $3.50 per dozen bottles.
-Palatka Herald Judge William
Morrow has a curiosity in the w2y of
orange growth A limb containing 100
oranges. four feet from its leaves will
measure only one inch and q quarter.
Judge Morrow thinks of sending it TO the
jacksonville Fair next week to compete
for the prize.
Sanford Journal By reference to an
other column it will be seen that Judge
Cooke has opened law Office at his resi-
dence- Adulation by US of this able and
hunored gentleman is needless The peo-
pie, know, love and honor him and will
confidently confide their interests TO him.
-I1tusville Star: The orange market
has improved so much within the past
few days that our orange growers are
commencing TO ship again, and anticipate
getting good prices for the balance of
their fruit Capt n y. Penny, Of
Banana river. states that while coming
through Banana creek few DAYS ago he
saw several wild swan near the little
hammock known as Palma Christie. 1t
is Of very rare occurrence that the wild
swan is found in this section of the State
Quincy Herald: Ia the election for
Clerk of the Circuit Court on last Satur-
dav, Mr.. Angus Nicholson received the
greatest number of votes. He will prove
a very competent officer The violin
IN our possession, which attracted 80
much attention at the State Fair at Jack
sonvills last year, and other places where
it has been on exhibition, is soon to be
sen, to the New Orleans Exposition, and
will be placed with the exhibit of GruDe-
valid Ii has passed through the skillful
hands of Prof Afieck, who has put it in
the very best of order and condition.
-Palatka Neaos The finishing touches
are bring put on the Bishop aud kean
block, and next week most Of the store
rooms viii be occupied The Toller build
ing, just opposite, has reached the third
story, and is being rapidly pushed to
completion. Kennerly's block has also
reached the third story, and is rapidly
nearing completion. DIR. Cnll's block, on
Front street, is progressing satisfactorily
The First National Bank Building. on
Front street, is being pushed RICH, ahead,
and will soon be ready for occupancy
Colonel Harris two-story iron block is up
and Is ready for the outside iron and
brick, and his large two story iron pack
log house, on the dock, is also nearly
completed. The foundations for the Gil
lis, Falk and Mann buildings have been
laid, and work will 60 right ahead on
them, and besides all this, there are
number of cottages aud dwelling houses
going up in various parts of the city.
Verify, the Gem City's building boom is
in fourishing condition
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