The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-04-22

Green Cove Spring On Thursday evening
the Methodist Church was handsomely and APP
propriately decorated with wreaths of flowers
In honor of the marriage of Hon. s. NJ. Hen
bricks and Mrs. E F. Michau, and at the appoint
ed hour the contracting parties were united Ia
the holy bonds of wedlock by the Rev. j. G. Gra-
ham. large number of friends were present
to witness the interesting ceremony, and TO con.
graduate the happy couple. The large saw
mill at Belmore was burned on last Saturday
morning. together with large quantity of sawed
lumber, stored in the vicinity, and the frame OF
a small mill building which was not in use
The mill was the property OF the BelmOre Land
Company, and upon its successful working de-
pended, in large degree, the future prospects
of this well known scheme for inducing North
ern settlers to build up the fortunes OF Belmore
City and its founders.
-Fernandina Mirror The Board of Health
have obtained from Mr.. Samuel A. Swami the
use of Tiger Island for a hospital station. Mr..
McGriff1n is now at work constructing the hos
ptal buildings on the island, which are to be
completed within four weeks. Quarantine will
probably 60 into effect on the first of next May.
The Board is going to make some important
changes in the regulations, OF which we shall
| have probably something to say next week. ::
| The iron steam-y yacht Sans Peur, of the Royal
Yacht Squadron of Great Britain, left with her
| owner, the Duke of Sutherland, and party for
home on Wednesday morning last. The steam
ship Carondelet, of the Mallory Line, on her trip
from this port to N. Y. last Sunday, had one the
largest passenger lists she ever carried. Sixteen
applications for passage could not be entertained.
49,. "A o. Macdonald, Esq, General Passenger
and Ticket Agent of the Florida Railway and
| Navigation Company, left on Monday for Gin
| cinnat to attend the meeting of the Southern
Passenger Agents Association.
Tampa Tribune: The first shipment of to
bacco for Messrs Ybor & Co. was brought over
| from Havana on Saturday last. On Sunday
| forty or more cigar makers came from Key West
and operations will begin at once. Smokers will
soon have the pleasure of putting on Tampa
| cigar. T.. The number of new buildings going up
and recently built at and about Tampa prove
that this section has genuine attractions for those
who take the pleasant trouble to investigate the
| charms and advantages that Tampa possesses
-. The vegetable farmers along the Manatee
river are now shipping beans, cukes and squashes
to the Northern markets, and we are advised
| that they are getting good returns. The ship
ping of tomatoes from that section will begin
about the first of May Capt James Mckay
has been placed in charge of the steamship Mas
cote, of the Plant Line playing between this
city and Havana. The company made wise
selection. There is no man on the Gulf coast
| better qualified for the position than Capt Jim
Success to both vessel and master is the wish Of
the Tribune The Craft House, pleasant two
story hotel on the corner OF Pierce and Lafayette
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$1,000, was totally consumed by fire Saturday
evening. The larger part of the furniture was
saved but in badly broken condition. There
was an insurance of $3.50 on the building and
furniture, which was held as security for mort
gage of g., 500. This house was headquarters
or many of the railroad men, and represented
the chief capital and hard earned savings of Mr.
and Mrs. d. l. Graft, and their chief resource fol
a livelihood. There is deep felt sympathy fol
them in the community, and il is to he hoped
that the generosity of our citizens will make
itself manifest. The fire originated about hal
past nine from some unknown cause, in a feeC
barn in the rear of the house, quickly communi
eating to the Kitchen few feet distance an(
thence to the main building. Numbers of oul
citizens were promptly on hand and worked like
heroes, but without avail, the fat pine of whlcl
the building was constructed burning rapidly
and developing an intense heat. The fire wa
partially checked by the of hand grenadcs
but ii made its way between the ceiling and thu
roof of the kitchen where il could not be reached
and there were no axes On hand to cut away TIL,
obstructing boards. The grcnades were soon ex
hausted, and the water from the well proved in
| sufficient.