The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-03-11
stats NEWS.

on THIS ei0e.
Cedar Key Journal A family OF Missouri.
ans were In town last Saturday having Travelled
ali the way In their own wagons They were
twelve In number and bound TO location on
the coast below Bay Port. The artesian well
has rome 10 a depth of 600 feet, and yet no now
of water q stream was struck last week winch
flowed for q time but was not satisfactory.
The Pensacoiian- Now that Governor Perry
has offered reward of $500 for the apprehension
of the Cooley murderer, which amount has oeen
supplemented by reward on the part OF the
Civ Commissioners of 500, we are encouraged
in the belief that the bastard who committed the
crime will be hunted down by some shrewd and
enter rising detective. No stone should be left
unturned to rid the earth of such monster
Callahan Record: Work at the machine
shops of the F. X. & N. in Fernandipa never
ceases. Mr.. L. S. Randolph, master oil ma
chinery is determined 10 Re, ' ne,d dillon The
force of mechanics at the shops which has oeen
greatly enlarged is divided into two gangs,
day and night force, the former being In charge
of Mr. Burton, formerly of Baltimore, the latter
of Mr.. MN. Martin.
-Pala,ka Daily Nens Mr.. A. Fl. Mnndee, OF
Rico, Col, is in the city, the guest OF his orother
Mr. George Mundee. He is an old Florida boy,
and his old friends here will be glad to meet him
again after an absence of nine years in the wes'.
There were $50 guests al the Putnam House
Yesterday, and we doubt if any house IN florioa
has ANYTHING like the number OF arrivals as are
daily registered at this house.
-Rrooksville REGISTER. Next week sissue will be
devoted TO fernando county, giving descflp,,'e
articles on various points OF interest ne
concert at the fernando hotel next Monday ev'
eniug at half past seven o'clock promises to De
delightful affair Our local talent and also many
OF our visitors will take a part in the entertain
ment. 1t is To raise funds to build church lot
ST Johns Mission of the Episcopal Church al
this place, and should be well patronlzed by ail
our citizens
Plant City Courier AT the sale of the lands
of the George Franklin estate, at tampa Oh
Monday. piece of wild land containing twenty
two acres located on Lake Thronotosassa, eight
miles northwest of Plant City, sold for ~ l7O
Other lands of the estate also sold well. some
of the croakers say that Florida property Is de-
nrecatiug but We can't see it that way wnen
unimproved land lying Jour or five miles from
the railroad brigs very nearly $l0O per acre.
Orange City Times There have been sew
enty persons, Englishmen, settled in the vicinity
Of Fruitland Park. and more are still to come
They are educated people OF means, some o.
whom have seen service, civil or military, IN In
dia They propose to build a club house, wnett
thew will have social entertainments, puoii1
meetings, music, reading, etc. They have th'
making of good citizens, and il is hoped tina
many more will settle in the community. There
is also quite an English settlement at Lane Park
Lake City Reporter Trout and Dream arr
biting eagerly in our State. Our fish crop wa
not injured bv the blizzard. Two Florida edl
tors have recently married. Their wives hav'
our sympathy Major Conant told Times
Union reporter the other day that the Florld
Southern will run trains from Gainesville L
Lake CITY in few days Good. -. The TIM
approaches when the fair ladies OF our town vii
spend three minutes in their flower gardens oil
two DAYS of each week, daintily working anon!
the vines and shrubbery with diminulive rakes
The Lake City maiden is no dler.
st. Augustine Weekly: Thos Edison an'
bride, en- route to Fort Myers, were at the Sal
Marco during the week. The First Natlona
Bank building will probably occupy the spac
between the old Cathedral and DR.. Albas dru
store =. Upwards oil three hundred men EN-
ployed on Hotel Ponce deLeon were idle du
ring Thursday and Friday, in consequence c
the prolonged rains. The Comptroller of Cui
rency at Washington on Wednesday formal
authorized the First National Bank OF this Cit
to begin business with capital OF 800, 900.
Madison Recorder We understand that III
FR & n. Co. will commence laying, at onc'
two new tracks at our depot, in order TO accom-
modate the many trains that meet at this poin
Madison is now the most important station o
this line The NJ. &. G.. Co commenced rur
ming their oil mill last Tuesday They have n
ceiyed large orders for their cotton seed mea
and will run night and day, Sundays excepted
unti the orders are nlled. This is ono of Mad
sons greatest industries, and should be the pril
of her citizens Ii gives employment to larl
number of hands.
-Eustis Semi Tropical The attorneys f
Joe Drayton, the negro convicted'of the murd'
of Marshal Gibson, at Kissimmee, have appeale
to the Supreme Court. One day this week
special car, with seats annexed, something liz
how q nan
came over the Florida Southern. The sea
were occupied by the road inspectors and seciio
bosses in search of that section OF the road who
had been kept 10 the best order. The one VIII
came under this rule was TO receive go, to r
ward him for his strict attention to his duties
-Eustis Lake Region Philip Isaacs is pacl
ing up The printing material and press ON whlc
the Florida Nem Yorker was foImer
printed preparatory to sending the same to So
rento, where he will shortly commence 10 issue
weekly paper under the heading of " The Flo
ida Rural Press" Phil deserves success an
without question will have il. r. j. Har'
man, Tax Collector for Orange county, died
his home in Orlando, this week. Mr.. HaTdcma
had been in poor health for some time, but unit
short time before his death his situation vs.
no, considered critical. His decease will prob
bly, delay the collecting of taxes for some week
Quincy Herald The ST. Charles Hotel,
Mt. Pleasant, will be completed in about Nv
weeks There will be grand ball given on II
night of the 23d inst, when those who love
dance will be afforded splendid opportunity
enjoy themselves. i. Mr.. D. Stoutamyre, of Lii
erty county, was here few days ago on bus
ness. He boasts that he has been living at h
present home for thirty-ive years, and, durin
that time, has never purchased pound OF me;
or lard, butter, syrup corn or fodder, nor has /
ever, in all that time, been without money
his purse. How many persons can say {
muchf
-Leesberg Commercial. We had the pleasuI
of being shown through Dir. F. S. Woodward
fine garden, on Corley Island, last week. Ey
cry plant was growing and fiourishiEg. FroI
this garden, Mr. W. shipped last Friday the fir
lot OF vegetables that had been sent over tn
Florida Southern Railway this season. .Ther
is now on exhibition at the Leesburg Real e.
tate Association offices large and finely forme
fruit bud of banana which was cut from bs
mana plant in the grove of Major H. A. Wys,
Okahumkee, on the south side of Lake Dur
ham, six miles south of Leesburg. 1t is fin
specimen and shows Enthusiastically that all ter
der plants here were not killed by the late colo
Waldo Adoertiser Wauy Wallack and .
A. Rider, are now located in Melrose doing
mercantile business The recent death Of Mr.
Walack, a brilliant and versatile actress, in ia
maca. induced these gentlemen TO temporariI
abandon the stage. Owning come valuable proE
erty in The beautiful little town OF Melrose 10 th
State Mr.. Wallack determined to make him
cosy and comfortable home, and is erecting
dwelling and other houses there. "Wallack
Merose Daylight" edited by Watty, will max
its appearance semi-monthly, thus Melrose wi
emerge from darkness into the broad daylight
journalism Mr.. Wallack will convert ha
into neat opera house and will give entertain