The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-03-25

Lake CITY Reporter The park and the
fountain on the public square viii be granted BY
the new city officers. The farmers predict that
1885 win be good crop year. The prospect ios
heavy fruit crop is fine
Bronson Tunes. The new County Superin-
tendent Mr.. G. Fl. Phinney. assumed charge OF
the school interest OF the county Monday, meet
ing with the Board for the first time. Mr.. W.
r. Sebring paid US 3 flying visit Saturday.
Willie has a position in the Jacksonville post
once, and is making himself quite popular
there.
-Eustis Lake Region. The RI Rev. Bishop
Whipple, Of Minnesota, was in Eustis Monday
and Tuesday the guest of DR.. Williamson, and
administered the right OF confirmation 10 the
following class: Mr. and Mrs. Huntress, OF MI
Dora; A ID. Wright and wife and Mrs Lori
son; Mrs. Judge Brown, Miss Clara Kehrer,
Fred S Hore and Arthur Hore.
Gainesville Nescs.. We are not at liberty to
give names, but in the coming six months sew
eral of the dilapidated wooden buildings on the
north SIDE of the square will be taken down and
replaced by brick buildings .Messrs Black u
Ammons left town rather suddenly yesterday
evening, much TO the surprise of their many
friends here. The grocery store which they
have been running for the past year Was closed
last night by Sheriff Tucker. The soak
amounts TO over $4,000. of which New York
company loses most We hope the boys will be
able TO show up all right yet
Madison Recorder Panthers are making
depredations on the plantation OF Mr.. Theo.
Randell, on Sam Pala lake. The remains OF Two
goats have been found this week which the =" var
muis" had bu,chered and buried hunt
should be organized and the guilty brought to
Justice Capt a H. Allen. Madisons genial
contractor and builder, is ciphering on big job
for the railroad The depot is To be enlarged,
and waiting saloons for passengers, handsomely
fitted up will be among the new features No
hotfa 6ed than the CanfSIn could be
given the job.
-Wakulla Times Mr.. W. Fl. Walker sent
to this Office on yesterday specimen OF phns-
phate found five mile east oil Crawtordville,
near Monte Gorla hammock, which shows that
il is deposited over the unity. Mr.. Henry
Raker brought us on Mo liay last some Old
court papers enclosed in large white envelope,
marked on the back private .pers,' that he
found in the woods nc At Crawfordvilie, which
TO US is unexplainable Ii there is A man by the
name of Patric Ebert, special constable, IN
the county he may shed some light on them.
The owner can have the same 10y calling at ms
Office.
Waldo Adcertiser Through Mr.. Ned +.
Farrell a certain tract of laud lying in The city,
Just below the railroad tank, was transferred to
H. r. Duval and his successors in office, tor
the use of the F. r. & \. Upon this will be
erected a round house and other buildings.
Mr.. Palmer roa0masieT OF the Central and
SOutneT0 utVlSlOus Oh Tue IL u ~, uiS lt
moved with his family 10 Waldo and will occu-
py the former residence Of T. A. Peck. We
welcome him and his family into our midst as
valuable acquisition TO our social circle and as
coadjutors in all things that will promote the
moral aud educational interests OF the COM
munity.
-Palatka Sun Three large schooers have
arrived from New York with railroad iron for
the Florida Southern Railway. They are the
ST. Johns with 455 tons, Captain F. A johnson;
the D. w. Mclean, with 3o1 tons. Capt. G.. W.
Hudson and the Redwing, with AIS tons, Capt.
Dayid johnson. The last named is unioaded
and ready to depart, the Others partially So. The
aggregate amount is 1871 tons. Despite the
unfavorable weather, the Palatka National Bank
building on Front street has gone up with much
rapidity. Ii is under roof, the hOefs are nearly
all laid, and it will soon be ready for the pas-
terer. :. There were 287 persons housed on
Tuesday night, at the Putnam, and yesterday,
325 persons sat down TO dinner.
-Leesburg Commercidi: There was A smash
up on the Florida Southern road Monday even
ing this side OF Eastlake, caused by mssent
telegram. Two freight trains cOllided, the en-
gines were badly damaged and number OF cars
demolished No persons were Injured Tues
day, Major Geo. p. Hern1on presented US with
fine large photograph Of The Big Live OAK"
in the Panasofkee Grove, in this county, owned
by Messrs Herndon & Hubbard. This tree l.
one of the largest in Florida. Ii is thriy-six
feet eight inches in circumference four feet from
the ground, and the body stands solid for ftiy
feet to the fork. Those who hay. visited this
monarch of the forest inform US that it, branches
cover the ground for one hundred feet around.
The Big Oak IS also covered with innumera-
Bile air plants of large size.
Cocoa Indtdn Riuer lSun' The postmaster
at Cocoa has forwarded his resignation to the
officials at Washington We have found this
necessary in order that our whole time may be
devoted TO the Sun, in making ii a thorough To-
cal paper We have made up our mind that ID
printing Office and post Office are like oil and
wafer, they won't mix. Besides we find that
there's not enough glory or pay and too much
work We know it will be lonesome after re-
firing, and that We shall miss licking stamps and
lying "thats all" still we're young and may
outlive it, But We must stop; the very thought,
do make us weep. Mr.. o. S. Meals has been
recommended as our successor.
-Ocala Banner The F. r. s. n will
erect section houses at convenient distances
along the line of their road for their " bosses"
Mr.. ID. B. Caldwell, who has charge of this
work, is building freight and passenger depot
at Tavares "a by 40 feet. He will also put up
one at Oxford, Watula, and Ocala is to be
adorned and beautfed by little gem of a pas
senger depot. The section houses will he mod
els OF their kind, and cost complete 81 600. The
FIR. & n, it is said, will be made standard
guage road on the first of May and thirty four
new passenger coaches, surpassed by nothing OF
the kind in the country for elegance and luxury,
will be added for the complete equipment OF
their line of travel.
Green Cove Spring. The contractor for
sinking the artesian well on Mr. BOrden's LOT
has been getting on very rapidly during the
week and on Friday evening had attained a
depth of 1884 feet. The following is a state
ment OF the different strata successfully pene-
trated, with the thickness of each. Surface sand
and qucksand, fifty feet; blue clay, with frag-
mens of shell, six feet; coQuina rock, feet; sand
rock tw enty- six feet blue clay, eighty eight feet
Below the stratum of the blue clay is astratum of
what appears to be granite. -Four feet of this
seems 10 be decayed and was easily penetrated
after which q very hard granite rock was met.
and on closing work on Friday evening the drill
had only been sunk eighteen inches in this very
hard substance. II is probable that water will
be found underlying this rock.
-Titusville Star :. Up to the hour of our 60
ing TO press to-day, no trace has been found of
Mr.. p. E. Wager, notwithstanding dligent
search has been persisted In by numbers OF our
citizens and friends since his DISAPPEARANCE on
Sunday Of last week. The family and friends
are exceedingly DESTROYS Of his being found, and
rewards TO the amount of $3.50 will be found
offered by his son and the County Commission
era In our columns to-day. Never before has
there been q larger or brighter array OF attorneys
at law present at q term OF Circuit Court IN Bre-
ward county than at the present one. II is also
the universal opinion With the people that Judge
Foster a very impartial in his rulings, and the
strict order and decorum Of his sessions are
highly commended The term willIprobably be
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