The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-04-08


---Leesburg has gun club.
--Palatka has $4,000 building boom.
--Kissimmee 10 to have another large sugar
refinery.
Several brick blocks are to be erected ct
Tavares.
Plant City has an organization known a.
the Ugly Club"
A Street Railroad Company, with q capital
of go 600 hes been organized ct Orlando.
Walton signal. Prof Shearer says the
Yankees captured the South by force o. arms,
but the Southerners about DeFuniak springs
have captured us with kindness"
-Apalachicola 7Smss We see that Messrs
o. p. and J. 8. Fannin, of West Wynnton, Cal
houn county, are acting as real estate brokers
in that section. That's q fertile field and oiiers
many excellent advantages.
-MacClenny Star ]. w. Bryan, OF this
place, Is building log road for J. D. n9ckSy.
" w run seventeen miles south frrm halasiiie
in the woods G. C. Miller aud Thomas Harris,
of this place, are with Mr.. Bryan -,
Key West Democrat. The Democrat WIN
support no man for office who does not favor I ne
immediate construction Of the most powerful
navy ia the world, also coast defencee now
many of our brethren of the press will stano
by us?
Orlando Rep0rter Rt. Rev. John Moore,
d. D., and Rev. Mr.. Swembergh, have gone out
to Chuluota to select lands for an Industrial scn0o
for boys and q convent and sisters SCHOOL L he
healthy location and enhancing scenery ABOUT
that section of the county makes 1t very desir-
able for these purposes.
Waldo Adcertiser. The genial warmth OF
the recent sunshine has removed all apprehen-
sion as to serious damage by the late colo snap,
The loss of orange trees will be very>sm aii
percentage and the luxuriant foliage and appa-
rent vgor of the trees are most gratifying and IN
spre the highest confidence in the future.
-Palatka Macs. We learn that the new jail
building recently condemned by the County
Commissioners will be torn down Immediately
and rebuilt by the contractor. This time it will
be built substantial and 10 a frst-class manner,
because nothing short of such building will be
received by the commissioners or the public.
-Palaika Southern Sun : The buildingl ope-
ratons of the Florida Southern Railway, here
tofore fully described, are progressing win
much vigor, as are also the new car shops OF the
j., T. & K W. Railroad. The way that ousi-
ness has set in, in the way OF building, gives
fair promise that it will continue through the
summer.
-Ocala Banner. The Banner job Office has
lust printed Is, 900 copies of Florida Defend
ed" for Messrs F. G. and E. H. Bufum, the
we'll known and reputable bankers and real es-
tate dealers, Stanton, Lake Weir, Fla, who VIII
distribute them 10 parties desiring to know the
bottom facts" about the effects OF the late
freeze in Florida.
-Eustis Lake Region The favor extended
by the L. & N Railroad in running the excur-
sions 10 Florida can not be too highly appreci-
ated by the people. = 1t is another boom ior the
State, and q crowd is now coming that will sur
prise everybody. 1t affords the best means TO
contradict the infamous stories that have oeen
told of the effects of the freeze. We welcome
the visitors and are not afraid of their verdict.
-Kissimmee Leader From observation and
information from reliable parties We find that
there are thirty two buildings in course of con-
struction or just completed within the corpo-
nate limits of Kissimmee This added to the new
buildings erected during the winter, shows a
substantial growth in Kissimmee which will
compare most favorably with any other point in
Florida.
-Fernandina Mirror rumor was current
on the streets this week to the effect that Mr.. X.
V Dohoney. formerly master of machinery of
the Florida Railway & Navigation Company,
who left here IN January on the brig Coayn'ore
for Rosario Argentine Republic, had died on
the voyage and was buried at sea. The news
was reported 10 have been brought to this coun-
try by a passing vessel We were unable TO
trace the rumor to any authentic source.
and showed no signs of decay.
-Palatka Herald The Gem City Guards are
contemplating perfecting the purchase OF an ar
mory, and TO do so they will request the aid oil
our citizens We hope they will respond hber-
ally. The next thing We expect to see is our
Palatka boys wearing Mother Hubbards, poke
bonneis and bangle bracelets They now carry
boquets of flowers in their hands on Sundays.
Quincy Herald: Mr. Thos B. Na,hans was
eighty -one years of age last Wednesday. I'm
Gle Tom" we congratulate you, and may you see
many more The DIV cling house of Mr. James
T. Shaw, on his plantation, burned down last
Monday night 1t was insured for about two
thirds of its value The origin of the fire is un-
known. Coored people occupied it, and saved
about half of their goods
Fort Myers Press There are two crops
we want to see growing in this country-tobac-
cessfully and with profit. A good and ready
market can always be found for both. -. A line
to Kissimmee City is now in order All il wants
is a good live man to control ii, and il is bound
TO pay big No man would return north with
out a "Trip through lake Okeechobee, if the route
were only open.
--DeLand Echo The work of grading the
ST Augustine and Palatka Railway roadbed was
completed to the wharf on the opposite side OF
the river from Palatka on Wednesday last. The
trestle and bridge work is progressing as rapidly
as possible and the locomotive whistle will be
heard in East Palatka in a very short time. The
road is being pushed to completion as rnpidiy as
money and men can do it, and the trains will be
running regularly soon.
Live Oak Bulletin. On last Saturday night
Gus Potsdamer was having an "oyster roast,"
and was getting along finely, enjoying the juicy
bivalves He opened large fine looking shell
expecting one Of the best, when 10 there as
no oyster there, but small fish, about two inches
long, supposed to be young pompano. The
question is, how it got there and whether It was
not raised to its present size in the narrow cell
where it was found. 1t perhaps was alive when
placed on the fire, as it had no offensive smell
-Sumterville 7ynss.' Grading on our new
railroad is nearly completed, and the ties partly
on the track. . The shipping Of cabbage has
been going on quite lively for some time, and
the business will open up in earnest next week.
Some beans are also nearly ready for shipping.
-. Among the enterprises for which sumter
Vile offers good opening, is frst-class nursery
"A man who would engage In the propagation
and sale of all kinds OF fruit trees and plants
adapted to our soil and climate would do Ia.
cratiye business here.
Tampa Tribune. Another railroad. to be
known as the Hilsborough and Manatee Rail-
road, is one OF the probabilities. The road pro-
posed to be built will run from Seffner to some
point on Sara Sofa bay. The incorporators are
all men of means, intelligence and business
capacity and there Is no reason to doubt that
the project will prove successful. The building
of such road viii open up . fine section Of
country now practically undeveloped.
Tampa Guardian 6core one for the Tampa
Real Estate and Loan Association--1e72 O0
acres in northern Hillsborough and northern
Manatee counties so.d to wealthy capitalists
from Wyoming Territory for cattle range.
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