The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-02-11

Der of the Board Of Education, vice Messrs.
Diamond and Duval resigned. Another cold
snap Il down on ua Ice one-fourth of an inch
thick found In the valera. The people in the
adjoining counties were badly damaged. Santa
Rosa ID still here.
Cedar Key Joarnri.. A sale of 400 acres
of land was effected in Levy county last week.
tween here and Key West and Havana cannot
be over estimated. While the Morgan line
were running between this point and Havana
each trip brought large numbers of passengers
and freights Cedar Key was greatly benfited
thereby as also the Transit road.
Orlando Reporter Cecil Butt is the pos
SCISSOR of an exceedingly valuable legal volume,
and a prominent member of the Orlando bar has
offered him 81 900 for il. The State Associa-
ton OF Congregational ministers and churches
will meet in Orlando the first week In March
An interesting programme will be presented,
and il is hoped that there will be a large atten-
dance at the meetings. The session will open
Tuesday evening and close Thursday evening.
Lake City Reporter We are sorry to learn
that Mr. George Floyd, of the F. r. & N. Com
pany, has resigned his position as conductor:
Health 10 you Jawge !. -. Parties are engaged
AT Cedar Key in preparing the outfit for stur-
geon fishery on the Suwannee river for North
ern market Boats are already afloat and the
business will shortly commence. Senator A.
S. Mann sold his grove on BrOoksville hill for
10000 and its present owner considers he made
good bargain in IT.
-Titusville Star Mr.. Lee, who has charge oil
the furnishing of the Hotel Indian River al
Rockledge, was in town yesterday. The steamer
Indian River carried down the largest load OF
freight she has ever had for this hotel last night.
Two car loads of furniture arrived here
Monday morning, and were side-tracked for the
Hotel Indian River at ROckledge. In all there
are len car loads for this hotel, which will be
landed at this place as fast as the furniture can
be carried down the river. This begins 10 look
like business.
Bronson Times = The cold weather oil a
few weeks ago has utterly demOraliZed our peo-
ple During the past two weeks there has been
only about thirty five acres set to orange trees,
within a radius of two miles from the court
house, and we hear of about the same amount
that will be set out during the next few weeks.
A few more scare-Outs from cold would set the
whole country to orange trees. All the trees set
out have been taken from nurseries here, and
are in as good condition as If no cold had come
on them
Live Oak Bulletin The F. r. & N. has
laid new platform at the freight depot which is
a much needed improvement Now let the two
roads combine and cover the passenger platform.
Mr.. Woodward. the station agent is working To
that end. :. Sheriff Sessions has been quite i'll
this week and is being treated by DR.. Overstreet.
He appointed Marshal Keaslear as head deputy,
and served in that capacity during the week.
The fun only cost the Marshal ten dollars per
day in the shape of fines imposed for mistakes
made on account OF inexpe!ience in this particu
lar line of duty.
-Ocala Banner Receiver Duval, of the +.
r. & n, is bring system out OF chaos-irans
run by telegraph and are getting in on time.
Wednesday noon as the iron train on the r. =.
into ha nf he
Palatka and Gainesville tracks, under a good
head of speed, it jumped the track, struck The
south side OF the station building, lifted it from
its under pnnings, and IN the general wreck OF
matter that ensued the fireman was killed and
the engineer badly wounded, others seriously,
the engine total wreck, and the cars inexirica-
bly, thrown into disorder and crushed.
-Eustis Lake Region The David Simpsons
saw mill near Zellwood, was destroyed by fire
last Saturday morning. The loss is almost a
total one. California Nurserymen are trayers
ing Orange county for young orange trees We
can certainly supply the demand despite The
frost. -. The Hall homestead near Round Lake
was sold last week for $1,000. The purchasers
were six families from New England States,
who will take possession at once. The ma
chinery for the ice factory came the latter part
of last week, and We may in short time expeci
to have the clear blocks of frozen water right al
our doors.
-Micanopy Gazette On Tuesday night a
south bound train loaded with iron attempted
to round the curve at Rochelle running al the
rate ofthirty miles an hour. The speed was too
great The engine jumped the track, ran into
the platform, knocked the eating room off its
foundation, and tumbling iron and CARS in every
direction The engine, a new one, was entirely
demolished, and also several freight cars Mr..
Powell, who kept the eating house, was in The
building, and was severely bruised about the
head. G.. W. Davis, train dispatcher, also in The
building, escaped uniDjured. Engineer Brannon
had both legs broken.
Halifax Journal Tuesday last week, four
of the prisoners in the county Jail at Enterprise
escaped through hole cut in the floor with a
knife. The fifth, a colored man, thought himself
better situated inside than outside, at least until
the weather gets warmer. The jailer got mad and
skipped also. Out of eight or ten schooners
employed in the light house work, five have been
wrecked, viz: Godfrey Augustus Wilson, Ajax,
Freewind and the johnson the May Brown
now lying at the lighthouse dock, is crippled.
We have been assured that nearly all of them
received the injuries resulting in wreck on the
Inlet Bar or in the river. Six men have also
been drowned.
Jacksonville Herald: One of the most gal
liant young gentlemen in Jacksonville is Willie
r. Sebring, in the city pOstoffice. He has a
manner that is irresistible. He is a son of Gen.
Sebring, prominent citizen of Florida . An
drew johnson, 16-year old negro boy, was
brought up before Commissioner Meek this
morning charged with counterfeiing and pass
ing coin in Alachua county He was remanded
TO Jail till Friday. We learn that Col. Hart,
of Palatka, as soon as he ascertained that the
oranges were frozen in other parts OF Florida
sent man down in the Indian river section to
buy up all the oranges he could He purchased
about one-half OF the oranges on the river before
the people here were aware that the oranges
were frozen in other parts Of the State.
Madison Recorder Mr.. w. T. Davis, pro-
prietOr of the new hotel, has perfected a three
years lease of the house 10 Prof Knott, and they
have made arrangements to have the hotel open
within the next thirty days. or sooner if possible
Professor Knott was here this week completing
his arrangements, and from him we learned that
only twenty rooms would be furnished at pres
ent, but they would be equipped in firstclass
style, and that the management of the house
would be conducted in a manner creditable 10
it, and such as to reflect an honor upon the
town. BY the terms of the agreement between
himself and Mr.. Davis, the house will be kept
open the entire year.
Orlando Sentinel The orange trees not
only are putting forth new leaves, but are also
beginning TO bloom, and soon the air will .e la
den with fragrance from the blossoms. :. Mr.. NJ.
C. Rerdell received bis fine dog Dan Monday.
Dan is an Irish setter. and his pedigree runs back
hundred years. His sire is the celebrated
"Dirg which was imported by the Baltimore
sheriff Of Duval county, Is in the city. While
down this way, he caught up with a murderer,
Charles Clark, who killed negro at Hunters
mill, near Jacksonville, about two years ago.
The murderer was captured at Lewis Lawrence's,
near Winter Park, and has been safely locked