The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-12-17

| Florida 6oaalhern rad q nov making rsady u
lay eighty miles Of siee rnis IN place At ths 1F0n
ones now in use, and tn ssoid III delay In tht
snnning III their trains, they have fitted mp m
electric light machine, mounted 0n a niI car
| run by i've. horse power engine and The work
OF replacing the track 10 10 he dane ri night hy
electric light The dynamo is capahle at furnish
ing three brilliant lights, stretched alnng the
track by pules which win furnish gGsd light
for mnre than mile, thus enabling q very large
force of men to work. Another machine SINH
lar 10 this one will be put on the other end IT th
road The reflector, or search light, will throw
s rays fur q halt mile ahead. and Q newspaper
can be read by iss light quarter of u mile away
These lights will aIso be used on The new lines
oil the Florida Southern, where n double fuFce %
men will be put to grading and laying the
track The road has or erred five new i"c"m"
tiyes, three to be delivered this month and two
in January, which will be put into immediate
service
Orlando Reporter = There will be q citi-
zens' meeting at the court house At ten O'Clock
Friday morning for the purpose OF organizing q
building and loan association There are now
fifty five subscribers to the telephone exchange
and under the management OF MIR. hagan the
subscribers are receiving complete satisfaction
49,. Four large stoves have been put up in the
opera house and hereafter there Will be no more
complaints of discomfort on account of the cold
in that popular place OF resort. j. 6. Vernon,
from Gainesville, Ga, who arrived here a short
time ago with a number of mich COWS, has been
doing a thriving business. They are quarteTed
al Reel s. Fosters stables ..One thousand dol
lars in cash has been subscribed for the land
and buildings of the South Florida Exhibition
About two thousand FIVE hundred dollars will be
required, and the committee having the matter
IN charge feel confident that amount can be Sc
cured in n few days. All persons interested in
making the Exhibition q success, who can fur
nisiI names of persons residing in the State to
whom circulars may be Sent, may do good
work by leaving written list al SIncar's real
estate agency.
Plant City South Florida Courier A trip
through the country reveals the fact that the
banana plants, almost without exception, have
succumbed To the cold although the injury does
| not seem 10 extend beyond the leaves. The tops
of the guava bushes also look considerably
| scorched. The orange trees are uniniured except
in the case of young and tender buds IN some
groves being frost bitten. In the yard OF one
Of the residences in our town, during the latter
part of the summer, there came up voluntarily
a gourd vine, which proceeded to spread itself
over about One-eighth OF an acre of ground. 1t
was succeeding admirably in this direction IN
til the cold few nights since cooked its goose y
The lady, on whose premises Is the vine, con-
Guided she would count the gourds which II con
tanned, and found the number to be 172 all told.
There have been gathered and sold during
place Of Mr.. E B. Sparknnn, near this city,
11725 oranges, quite u number of winch were
very large Several hundred oranges IN culi>
I'd wlndfalis were not counted. The mex best
tree on this place had 00U his year. The lars'
tree is 35 years old, anu Is pr badly TIL gren 'esi
producer in the State. "a any rate We chni
enge the State to heal il, on fair count.
-Pala,ka Hertld On or before the fist day
OF january the Herd{d -team piin in cs ahsi,-
ment Will be moved luiu The new marble ana
pressed brick building OF Mr. john T Dunn.
now being erected next door TO the p,,s'otfice
Tins change Is found necessary own. 10 our
lack II rom III our present office. we have.
lately greatly added To our stock of material
Til, hudlng : said To be thu fine IN M CAV.
and the second story has been II ted up eci;i y
tor our Use, aud is very hand-ume, arg- antt
convenient room. the floor being made extra
strong tor oar heavy machinery. All the con
veniences. such as gas and water pipes, have.
been put in. and the office will compare tavoia-
bly, with any III the State. We are negUi iating
for another job press and more steam fixtures,
type, etc, and will soon be able to DO anything
in the printing line, As well as can be done II,
the State Everything is run by steam. thus en-
abling us To do work with dispatch. We doub
il there is newspaper in our State that has
more encouragement than the HerGtd Our Ou-
lay mas been considerable within the past year,
a. our books show, aud, best OF all we don owe
a dOliar. Under these circumstances, We close
the year 1885, and enter upon the new. In
March we will celebrate our 17th volume.
Thanking our patrons for their liberal support
wish them pleasant Christmas and Happy
New Y ear which will celebrate in our mar
bic front building. AT the meeting of the
County Commissioners for Putnam county, held
at the court house in this city on Friday last,
plans and specifications Tor new jail were pre-
seDted and the contract WAS granted to MIR.
john d. Fred, of Macon, GA upon condition of
his giving to the county the right by sale of all
patents in its construction and further, that
twenty per cent OF the contract of the board
until the Jail is completed and ready for occu-
pancy The amount of said contract being
$12,640.