The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-05-20

i'oM tue Lake butter end has Progressed three
miles and the right-ofway force Is three miles
IN advance OF the grAdeU The friends Of the
r'ssi will he pleased 10 know that the prospect
Tor lis cmpseiion early In the fall h very bright
and II will open up to this lint one Of the verv
oest secs,ans OF country yet opened a. anv rail-
ros'i. This, with the Sanford and Like ,stis
foad, VIII give Tavares two new roads this fall
-L-esi,arg Commsrriai We learn that Cor
lev islan'F has been made station ON the Flor,la
S,uihern Railway, and passengers can now rel
on and on trains at that place. A station house
VIII SOn he built. 1t vas q long time cominv
but, no doubt. issweicome to the citizens of The
iSianu ana nthers. .Leeshurg has had NO sick
ness OF serious nature this year. Resident nhy
slcians say that the town ia rs healthy ne ,1v
place in Florida, and that if her ciizaps will noe
tor drinking purposes the artesian wafer thai i
10 he had in such plentiful supply. and exercise
due prec iu'ion as To the sanitary condition of
the'f premises. sickness OF malignant tyne woull
but seldom, ii ever, occur
Fort Meade Pioneer Hon. C. l. Mitchell
W iailaiiassee, spent couple days of this week
among old friends in Fort Meade. nleas,n,
visit from the Dctor in our Office elected The han
py information that he has lost none OF his inter
es' I'D MS old home, and that he has even more
confidence than ever IN the future of Meade If
dozen other men will do rs much for this town
during The next twelve months as ID. ,ctor Mitch
ell IS willing To do, we shall have abund ,nt reason
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mems furthermore, ii halt that MANY men
VIII DO tor the Pioneer What he has already done
Tor H. we will gitrntee hem the best local naner
10 South Florida. DR.. Mitchell has our most
sincere and hearty thanks for material assistance
IN our WORK that was greatly needed.
Live Oak Bulletin Oar people were n,r,;c-
ularly pleased win Judge J. F. Mcclellan at
TINS term OF the court. We even have heard
some of those sentenced speak of his fairness
8CkuOWie dyp in n A..
Inc Ola Judge was war horse in the davs that
tired mems soul and he is war horse yet in
the stable OF justice. The expenses OF IA. re-
cent term OF the Circuit Court in the way of VIII
nesses and jurors amounts To &1,123SJ These
expenses are necessary Tor the dispensation of
justice, and of course We cannot afford to prnm
Die, but it does look like justice is Father high
Iont It,: We were pained to learn that young
George Jennings, of Jasper, had died a few davs
since Truly death loves Il shining mark and IN
this Instance his fatal dart struck one of the
brightest '"'
key West Democrat. The bank building 10
being erected. Temporary buildings are going
up over all portions of the burnt district Mr.
Sam Filler has laid the sills for two large buiid-
!ngs on his water front property. Mr. John
Lowe IL having neat residence erected ON Di-
vision Street. Houses are being m wed from
every quarter into the burnt district III D.I
rim" Bros Will soon begin to erect q lage factory
a large building erected on Greene street to be-
use,l Tor factory purp ,ses We learn thai Mr.
A r. Iitt Will repair his brick warehouse for 7
Ellinger q Co. of New York to be used for fac
tory purposes :. A large number of safes were
received by our merchants Thursday on s =
Comal from the North.
Orange City Times Where does tine monev
come from To take our citizens to the sumner re-
sorts OF the North? Our editor thought of going,
but the IN liter has been settled. He has made
loan of his surplus cash to his DELINQUENT sub
scribers. Mr.. L. P. Thursby, who has resided
ut Blue Springs for thirty years, and owns that
magnificent property there, took his first ride ON
the ): .. c. q A. Ry. on Wednesday last Ii
was his first tor 80 odd years, the SIKH time he
hau ever ridden ON a railroad, and is-uow 81
years OF age. He was Il Passenger on tn,
first train that ever pulled out from New York
city. AS the passenger train from TitusyilIe
was entering Enterprise Thursday evening last
week, 1t struck Mrs John w. Price while she
was crossing the track near her HON. Mrs.
frice left her residence TO meet her tugher, and
reached the crossing when the train was ap-
proaching. Engineer Rho,les blew the whistle
and Mrs Price stopped far moment within a
few feet OF the track Then, suddenly becom-
ing confused, or miscalcuIaring the time and dis
tance, she attempted to cross Mr. Rhodes re-
versed MS engine aud put on Ihe steam brakes,
but too late to entirely avert the accident The
pilot struck her and threw her to the side of th,.
track She was carried to her home, and wa. at
1rst supposed To be only slightly injured Dr.
Long was sent for, and on examination he found
The skull fractured. and pronounced the injuries
fatal. She lived about an hour
-Leesburg CommerciR The educational IA
ciliies of eesburg will soon eqnal il not sur
pass any t"ln in the State. We nave the Meth
odisi College. the kindergarten, besides a good
public schnl and a number of fine graded
Cxlrlpv al
nearing completion, but the funds are running
short and more money than is now ON hand will
be necessary TO finish the road Leesburg has
subscribed literally, and the citizens in the
county, who will be benefited by the road and
have not subscribed, should now come forward
and lend assistance by making donations The
iates seem to be against the erection OF the
Drake monument at Yalaha- About year ago
IN conveying 1t across the lake the barge on
which it was sank in part of the lake where,
after repeated efforts it was found Impossible to
raise It And ON Tuesday the pedestal of the
new one which was ordered slipped from the
wharf at Yalaha into the lake. lis weight il
D 1000 pounds and it will be big job to raise it,
...On Friday evening last. at 73O o'clock, n
negro named Joe Litmore shot and killed Robert
VOL, another negro, in the yard of the Wild
wood hotel in that place. Wolf was shot through
the head and lived until 10 o'clock ON the night
OF the shooting. After shooting Wolf, Litm1re
disappeared He was arrested in Ocala Sunday
night, by the sheriff OF Marion county. and
lodged IN the jail at Sumterville on Mnn.iay
LitmOre wrs porter and waiter at the hotel lie
has heretofore borne good reputation and
claims that the killing was done accidentally, as
ne anu the boy, Wolf, were romping and play
ing, and accounts for his escaping instead of SUI
rendering to the authorities on the ground that
he feared violence from the negroes OF the place.
by whom he was not well liked. The majority
Dt the citizens believe in the negroes innocence
-Palatka Neaos.' The telegraph service in
Florida is about as fast as the gait of a mules
father. A gentleman's wife teleyraphed him
that she would leave for Palatka from point in
an adjoining state, and the message arrived sew.
eral hours after the lady had finished lecturiny
her spouse for his neglect in not meeting her AT
the depot. Rev. j. B. Ley, who has been for a
week past in Atlanta, where he h.d gone 10 Sc
'ect furniture Tor the new Methodist church. has
returned and says he has selected something ele-
CANT IN the way OF church sittings that will
The admiration of those " ho are able
to appreciate a solid, comfortable seat. AT
present there are only five prisoners in Jail four
men anu one woman, all of them colored Tins
Is the smallest number of inhabitants this OLD
building has had in . long time DR. Jacnbus
Wertheim, who many Of the citizens of Palatka
will remember, is dead. He died in Holland.
his native land. He is best known to FIori,iians
as the representative of the "Dalch Bandhold-
ers" He was last in Palatka when Mr. Francis
then Superintendent Of the Florida Southern
Railw"y. gave q lunch at Graham's hotel in
honor OF Sir Edward Reid. This was about five
years ago. The Doctor was q man Of ability and
great business capacity, and highly esteemed in
his own country. We have good story at
the expense Of our old friend, Mr. Collins, of Or
ange Springs, which We cannot refrain from
making public. He Is an enthusiastic fruit and
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