The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-09-18

Tampa Tribune: Since JAN !, 1883, there
| have been three deaths in Tampa and vicinity
| from what the doctors call yellow fever. Three
| in eight months in city of eight thousand in
habiants-a terrible record that l.. The Tax
Assessor presented the assessment roll for 1888
| TO the County Commissioners ut their 8. sson
this week for equalization. The assessment was
approved fixed by the Assessor without
change The total assessment, including real
personal ralro d and telegraph, is $3 $50. 900.
being an increase of $237 900 over 1887. The
Commissioners made the tax levy for 1888
follows: County revenue 81 mills county school
Al mills, Jail tax mill, total ot mills, which,
added 10 the State tax OF mills, gives total of
12 mills being a reduction of three mills from
the assessment for 1887.
-DrLand Record Adam Corrrll has just
completed the er- cion of a fine fruit house on
his place on the Boulevard Ii has a capacity of
5000 boxes. 1t is a fact not generally known
that PinkeriOn's Detective Agency have claim
against Vousia county of 81 $1,000 for services
rendered in The Ncff murder case. Miss Cora
Fudgrr will have m inspiring tale 10 tell her
grand children when she arrives at the rrminis-
cent age. For she bravcd the dangers of disease
and death by going To jacksonville one day last
week and marrying the man at her choice, MIR.
VIM. Parsons. Shark fishing IL Il tavnriie
paslimr Al Omond. Fish business is opening
up al edar Keys on Il more extensive scale than
ever. The orange crop will be about four
times larger ms year Than IL was l;s9l year.
Clear Water Times The lhrcc lady judges
decided last Friday very readily that woman
had more influence than money. Oh course they
have ?. 1t any one is in doubt as to whether
or not an orange pie is good, let such one
take the trouble and expense to thus utilize
some OF The splits lit has been suggested
that crumb OF com ort may be CLEANED from the
fact that the yellow fever scourge in Savannah
in 1876 reached proportions far beyond anything
contemplated Tor Jacksonville, and yet the city
not only survived but soon recovered. The
epidemic existed there for period of three
months, portion of the time sweeping of the
people at an average of 20 per day 1t is cst-
mated that the cases numbered more than
$1,000, and the number of deaths is reported at
,2N. When it is considered that Savannah at
that date was about the same in population as
Jacksonville is now, the outlook Is made still
more encouraging.
-kissimmee Letder f. d. Bcggs has been
appointed ny Judge BroOme as court commits
s0ncr Tor OSceola county, whose duties are to
grant wrils of injunction and habeas corpus. in
the absence of the Jud re. :. The storm Friday
night tore the tin roof off the opera house.
and came very near performing the same act for
the root over Watson's hardware store. In adj
dition to this nearly every Tin roof in town
Except those put on by Mr. Strccty) leaked
badly. So far as we have heard the damage will
probably foot up $500 The storm Saturday
night not only played havoc with the small
boats on The lake, but sank dredges No and
4, the large barge o. The Okeechobee Co, with
load OF brick, and also barge of Capt. Clay
Johnson's. A large gang of hands went to work
Monday morning raising the No. 8, but the
weight of the ponderous machinery, as we'll as
the water in the dredge defed their efforts until
Thursday afternoon. The other drcdge and
barges have not yet been raised