The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-03-08

as reported by US some time since. Is s,ssdily
improving s. -
oakland Sun !; The tive additional new 10
comotives that arrived for the Orange Belt Rail-
way yesterday, makes ten owned by the Com
Psny- During the past ten days MIR: John
Clark, Of Pine Island, has shipped b instalments
about 100 ca,es of beans to northern markets.,
and returns from the first shipments show he
realized an average of $500 per crate That
was well done.
-Kissimmee Lender Capt r. A. Hendry. Of
Fort Myers, has been experimenting with Para
grass, and has harvested three tons oi hay 70 the
acre three times year. making total yield OF
nine tons per acre. The match game OF loot
ball played on the grounds here yesterday be-
tween the kissimmee ard Narcoossee teams for
the silver cup. was won by The Kissimmee team
on a score Of five goals and two trys to nothing.
Live Oak Once Week On Thursday morn
ing last two colOred women known as Carrie
Paine and Ella Anderson became involved in a
difficulty III O'Brien resulting in The death OF the
latter, the former shooting her three or four
times with pistol. II is claimed that Carrie
acted in selfde.ence Ella being very large wo-
man and was coming at her with club aud
knife. Carrie was committed 10 jail by Justice
X L. Ivey.
-Gainesville Record.' Many Of our ladies
who visited jacksonville ON Wednesday, and
saw Mrs Cleveland became very much infatu-
aied with her. and said she was just Qneeniy
looking. Judge Ashby returned Friday from
Jacksonville, where he has been for some Ten
days al the Exposition helping along the exhibit
for Alachua county. We were glad TO hear him
say that the exhibit from this county is now at
tracing as much attention from the Northern
and Western visitors any exhibit in the State.
II is showing all OF the solid agricultural pro-
ducts. as well as fruits. ETC.
Fort Myers Press The schooners Lilly
White and Alice Vsne left Punta Rass Sunday
morning, loaded to the guards" with cattle
and hogs for the Key West market. Mr. w.
IL Towles came through from Jacksonville last
week in twenty-One hours He came horseback
across the country from the terminus of the rail
road. The Bishop of Florida is expected 10
arrive by the Alice Howard on Thursday, March
9Th and viii hold reception for those interested
in The episcopal church on the evening of the
same day, at the residence of Mrs. Fl. A. Parker.
Orlando Sentinel The Methodist church is
undergoing repairs. The heavy roof has caused
the walls 10 spread al least sixteen inches. Mr..
NOrthey is putting in seven trestles, forming an
alcove 10 draw the walls back to their places.
This acove will be pastered, forming monitor
ceiling. AT Sanford Friday, in the Exhibition
building President and Mrs. Cleveland were
shown the ludicrous automaton representing
themselves in fishing scene. They were high
y amused al the cOmical nature OF the affair. Mr..
Cleveland never caught q scale, but would open
his mouth wide whenever Mrs Cleveland landed
q fish.
Tampa Tribune. The artesan well at the
water works is down 700 feet, and no wa
ter yet. Mr.. Conover says he expects he will
have TO drive il at least 800 feet before salts
factory flow is obtained. When this one is COM
pleiec two or three more of the same size will be
put down. The pipe for The water mains and q
seventy five horse power boiler will arrive next
week. The foundation for the tower was COM
pleed Tuesday and the erection of the iron su-
pers;rucure will soon be commenced Two
powerful pumping engines were placed in the
engine room last week. Sir George NJ Pull
man, wife and daughter and an English friend
came down in Mr.. Pullman's private Car last
Thursday and took the Mascotte that night for
Cuba They returned Tuesday night and left
yesterday morning.
-Leesburg C1mmercial = The Leesburg
Board OF Trade has this week had printed thou
sands nfsmal folders for the purpose of adver-
Using the town. These folders have four pages
and are just the size to DIT an ordinary envelope
The matter on them sets forth in brief the
character and advantages OF our town, and be
ing Put IN pointed paragraphs, is sure TO be read
by all in to whose hands it may fall. Everything
OF Importance is stated succinctly and the reader
does not haye TO wade through dozens of pages
10 obtain II clear idea of what Leesburg is and
VIVA; her advantages and attractions are In adj
dlion 10 TO this. the board has contracted for the
printing OF 10000 envelopes having brief de-
scription OF the town on the back, the envelope
10 be usel by everybody feeling an interest in.
the advancement OF our material welfare.
Orange City Times The City Council will
meet Monday night next to order an election
for the purpose of granting the council the
power 10 levy tax to raise $12 500 for county
buildings. :" Dad" Lancaster. of this place
has a large order from California for orange nur-
sery stock, and is COW preparing to fill it. He
expects 10 leave with a load or two within
the next few weeks, and will be absent about
thirty days. "A citizen at this place sent
message over 10 any one at DeLand wishing to
cover wager of IS 900 that that town will not
get tue court house by or through the approach
ing election for the removal Of the county seat
The be; IS genuine one, and as most of the
moDeyed men Of that place are 80 sanguine
about getting the court house we should think
some one over there would jump at this offer
10 make 5, 600.
DE Land Agricultural: Last Friday evening
Mr.. {. p. Wilcox met with q serious and what
may prove fatal accident. A loaded shot gun
was on the counter OF his fish and oyster market
on the Boulevard, and Mr. Wilcox was leaning
with his right elbow on the counter, when his
colored by, in the act Of wrapping bundle,
accidentally discharged the gun. The entire
charge catered the arm al The elbow, frac,uring
the bone terribly, necessitating its amputatIon
The operation was performed by Drs Lancaster
and Gillen. At last accounts Mr. Wilcox was
resting comfortably, but the wound may yet
prove fatal. Christopher Codrington, son of
our esteemed tOwnsman, Col. G. c. Codrington,
met with painful accident by falling from q
horizontal bar on which he was performing
Friday night. At one time his life was despair
ed Of, but we are pleased to hear that he is now
better and will be out in q few weeks.
Tampa Tribune: The old building occupied
by the Tribune, which has stood the storms for
ihirty-sx years, and is the next Oldest house in
Tampa, has been almost rebuilt in the past two
weeks As the national. State and county cleo
tons are to be held this year 1t will be painted
red SO as to match the color the Democrats pro-
pose 10 paint these United States next Novem-
Der. Last Thursday Mr.. j. II. Cathcart, a
guard, shot Enoch Doyle, a negro prisoner who
had just escaped from Jail, on his faiing to halt
when ordered to do 90. At the time 1t was
thought that he was MORALLY wounded, but he
is still alive This is the sixth time he has been
shot while trying to escape from Jail. :. The
sugar refinery at St Cloud, near Kssimmee,
started up last Tuesday aud Will continue until
the present crop OF cane is exhausted There
lie now planted at st. Cloud about thousand
acres Of cane, besides hundreds Of acres around
the lake.
-Titusville &0r.. The tide of tourists to In
dian river n larger than ever before. Two and
three cars, crowded with passengers, arrive 10
Titusville every day, and they don't all immedi-
ateiy return either. Captain Robert SneedIey,
Of Georgia, formerly Of the Mississippi river has
visited the Indian river within the past few
weeks. and has returned to Georgia to arrange
for the building of an extensive Get OF boatways
or dry docks large enough to take out steamer
the size Of the Rockledge. In this enterprise he
will embark with Mr. j. E. Ender, who has now