The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-07-08

Bronson Times. We have a vacant build
ing on the public square. that is Of but little se--
vice, It seems, To the county. We refer In the
new brick Jail 1t has been empty now for a
month or two past, and is likely To stay so for a
while. Our people arc law-abiding, and but
few OF them commit any offences for which they
should be locked up. Colonel w. II. Sebring
returned from an extended trip through Aiaba-
ma, Georgia, North aud nth Carolina last
week, and left for South Florida to-day. He
says that he finds no place in his travels, where
the people are doing better than In Levy county.
The Colonel makes II point To talk Florida
wherever he goes, and as an immigration agent
he has few superiors Numbers of his friends in
this and other counties are talking of presenting
his name TO the Congressional Convention, as
candidate for Congress. The Democratic party
can 60 farther and fare much worse.
Monticello Constitution Mr. Jas. s. Den
ham, our local express agent, advises us that dur
ing the present month he has shipped one thou
sand crates Of tomatoes and two hundred and
fifty barrels of potatoes. Rev MIR. Mcintosh,
the successor of the late Rev. Mr. Atkins, in
charge of the Methodist Church in this town,
gives entire satisfaction and is greatly esteemed
by his congregation. +. The Palatka Meas makes
mention OF the fact that the Tax Collector OF
Leon county published the names of only eighty
tax defaulters and says it is the smallest list in
the State. This is an error. The Tax Collector
of Jefferson was not required to publish any list,
the citizens paying all amounts due. If it is
definitely decided within the next two months
that Monticello is to have a railroad northward,
next fall business will be on boom, the vacant
stores will be occupied real estate will increase
in value, and the people will be content and
happy. If present railroad arrangements fail
we'll, goodbye prosperity-and good bye to some
of our best citizens
Marshal arrested one VIM. Hudson, colored,
charged with entering and robbing the depot of
the 3. F. & W. Railway, in this city. Quite o
large lot of stolen articles were found in his
room, and doubtless the young dude will spend
some time as dipper of turpentine.. =. Our
community has been infested for some time with
a gang of burglars, and scarcely night has
passed for the last week that some house has not
been entered and robbed Last week Robinson s
meat market was entered and despOlled. MIR. j..
| B. Edges residence was entered, and the pantry
robbed of its stores. Mr.. F. F. Bells residence
was visited; Mrs w. T. Bacon received q call
| from the villains; Mr.. Hampton's house was
robbed of clothing, money and jewelry. The
Ross House also received the attention of the
nimble burglars. The house ofC. A. Finley was
raided, and the freight depot OF the 5 F. Il w.
| Railroad was also robbed. This state Of things
| is becoming monotOnOus. We are law-abiding
I people, but short shrift will be made of those
| providers il they are Overhauled. We caution
| our citizens to extra prudence Lock your doors,
and if the depredators visit your homes sec to 1t
that they are arrested and brought before the
| courts where punishment may be mcted out to
| the evil doors.
| -Kssimmee Leader On Monday last the
| Leader was moved to its own building on Oar
lington avenue, where we will be pleased here
| after to meet our friends. We have a big room
| big hopes and antcipatiOns OF building up big
| paper and business in what is dentined to he the
big town of this section of our big State. And to
| crown it all We have a big mortgage to carry
L b;1Io rDF ion will in.
duce US to put forth big exertions to rid ourscl
| of the big load which will hamper us for some
| time to come May we not continue to rely or
the big-hearted people OF Kissimmee for the sup
port which will enable US to survive the conflict
| -. AT the request of some of our citizens Mayor
| st. Clair Abrams will be in Kissmmec on Tues
day. the 18th instant to talk over railroad mat
ters The road Major Abrams is building from
Tavares to the Gulf has the money to ensure ii:
speedy completion The road will touch Lake
Kissimmee, which will be apt to hurt our trade
| unless it runs through Kissimmee City, in which
case town built on Lake Kissimmec would b'
TO our advantage as this would be its supply
| point. We are informed that the road will come
| here for SIS 000 Can afford to have the roat
tap the county south of us without coming
through Kissimmee, when $4,000 will secure i
for us .? Let our people think OF this and come
out and hear the Major on the 18th.
Orlando Sentinel: Mrs Latimcr G. Vaughan
| will leave tomorrow on a visit to friends AM
relatives in Mariana, Florida She will be &C
companed by her husband, who will return t'
Orlando soon after his arrival. Sheriff Amber
son returned from Tavares Tuesday, bringing
| with him negro by the name OF Frank Cook
who killed another negro at that place last Sat
urday night The prisoner was arrested by the
Marshal at Tavares first. Sheriff Anderson was
sent for, and brought him here and lodged him
in Jail to await the action of the grand jury.
The City Marshal picked up man lying on thu
railroad near the planning mill on Sunday +,
the name of Kelly He had been drinking hcav
lily, and was suffering the evil effects thereof
The Marshal placed him in the city JAIL where
he suffered all the horrors of delrium tremens or
Tuesday. DIR. Hicks is attending him. Later
He died to-day at II o'clock from paralysis o
the heart produced by deirium tremens. Tho
Wright, the negro who killed Henry Davis a
week ago in that county He will more than
| likely swing. Samuel Hodges, of Fort Christ
mas, was in the city on Tuesday on business
| Mr. Hodges is one of the Oldest residents in this
part OF Florida, having come 10 this State in 1851
| and lived here ever since, with the exception m
| one year. He states that the first time he was
| ever on the site where Orlando now stands was
| in 1856 There was one pne-log cabin standing
near where the Summerlin Hotel stood before il
was moved, and in that cabin was a barrel OF
whiskey which was sold to some L. S. troops
who were stationed near by lie states tina,
| when the census of Orange county was taken in
included big, little, old and young, without race
distinction.
| ANS.~u,ss