The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-01-12

National Capital 10 1892 in honor of the 400ih
anniversary of the discovery Of America.
We learn that the number of students at East
Florida Seminary from abroad exceed that of any
previous year, and that the outlook for q still
further increase Is most encouraging.-GGiaes-
Gle AdCocdk.
Invitations are out for the marriage of Mr..
Robert Gamble, of The Florida Southern Rail-
way, and Miss May Summers, of Enterprise
The envent takes place at Enterprise, January
12lh.-Palatka Means.
Captain Frank Morten, Of Covington. KY =.
passed through the city yesterday en- route to
Titusville. where he has made arrangements 10
establish an ice factory, the machinery for which
has already been shpped.-Palatko Nesos.
The building being erected for the help of
the Ponce de Leon is in dimensions 2o9x32 feet
and contains 90 rooms 1t will soon be ready.
That portion of the hotel set apart for the help
has all been engaged by visitors-&. Augustine
Press
Pensacola is entitled to the blue ribbon, not
killing serious difficulty during the entire
Christmas, while nearly everywhere else the
deadly pistol or knife have done dreadful work.
This speaks well for Pensacola.-PensacoLaA d-
rance Gazette.
The Crawfordville WakuHa Times entered
its third volume with its last issue, and We
glad that the good people of the county appre-
ciaie and sustain their interesting and reliable
chronicle OF local events. History is first printed
in the newspapers.
-volusia county has 2 900 voters, or popu-
lation of about 10000 OF the number of regis
40 hae~ bout ay,d
this side of the county about zoe, of which
number Orange City furnishes nearly one-fourth.
Orange GUY Tfnes
The Decatur (Ala) Journal is right. 1t
says The proper remedy for the all cotton evil is
10 build railroads, cities and manufactures and
give the people some other employment than
raising cotton Growing cities will bring small
farmers in their wake.
Stock to the amour, of $4,000 has been Ia
ken in the Artificial Stone Company. and meet
ing will be held and officers elected next Tues
day night The company will 60 to work at
once, and orders are already on hand for some of
the sione.-RsnsacoId Adpance- Gazette.
While in Pssco county last week we met an
old gentleman 103 years old who had just pre-.
empied so acres of land and proposed TO break
il in and farm it himself The old fellow is well
preserved and in full possession of all his facul-
ties. He is native OF this State-Tdmp1 Tn
tune.
The tents Of the locating survey party of the
Georgia Southern and Florida Air Line have been
pitched at White Spring for some time. Most
OF the party are at home for the holidays, after
which they will complete the survey here. And
then away for Lake City and Palatka.-Jdsper
Tina
Gen w. H. Sebring is circulating petition
among the people of Florida addressed to Con-
gress through our representatives praying the es-
tablishment of postal telegraph. We hope
this petition will be signed by all and that the
object sought for will soon be attained. dorian
do 6entinel
On Thursday, President Cleveland sent in
the nomination of Mr.. Clarence L. Jack as post.
master of this city, vice Mr. Warren F. Scott, re-
signed. Mr.. Jack is well qualified for the posi-
ton, and, as there is no opposition. the nomna.
ton will doubtless be confirmed by the Senate.
-Fernandina Mirror
The New Years issue of the Barlow Infor-
mani was big thing. and elevated by peg or
two the standard of what the metropolitan press
isioo much inclined TO basely term the country
papers" The term country editors" is also
freely used-but not with reference to Journal
ISIS al The capital city OF State
-Alferd Bishop Mason. Vice-President OF the
J., 7. &. K. w. Ry Co., was here last Friday
with his special car, and a few of his friends
who visited Rockledge. He will, by request, de-
liver an address at our new school building on
Monday, the 10th day of this msnth. The sub
tect will be Self Help" and will be- undoubt-
eddy, very interesting to our citizens-7ausuNe
Star
We learn that there is to be large starch
factory started somewhere in South Florida.
and that car load of cassava cane has already
been purchased for the purpose OF planting q
large acreage. We hope the venture will prove
aproftable one. for it will be q source of con.
siderable revenue. as there are very few places
In South Florida where this root cannot be
grown--De Land Agriculturist
That was Q significant resolution of the
Philadelphia Knights of Labor who are en-
ployed BY the Reading Railroad They find
rather late in the day. it Is true, but still they
find that the tariff doesn't protect labor and 30
they now favor Q repeal of the duty on coal
Labor generally, Republican as we'll as Demo
cratic, will eventually nnd that the Republican
high tariff, protective so-called, does net protect
-Paiagh Nses and O6ssrpsr.
AT St.: Augustine King street presented
lively scene Friday night A gang of men were
engaged inuaying temporary track from the
Ponce de Leon railroad on Cordova street to the
wharf, foot Of King street, for the transportation
OF q locomotive and car of the St. Augustine and
South Beach railroad, on Anastasia Island. The
track was laid in sections OF about ten rods. Az
ter the train passed over 1t, the track was taken
up and relaid in front Of the locomotive. One
mile and half of the road on Anastasia beach
is already completed, and the work is still going
forward.-PdLaLka Nescs
Florida 10 receiving some very compliment
tary notices ct the hands ofthe press. The
Philadelphia Times devotes lengthy editorial
article this week 10 the subject of her desirabiity
asa winter resort and says the present winter
will witness the largest travel OF Northerners to
Florids's balmy climate that has ever taken
place. II also has good word for the coming
enbTropical Exposition, which 1t declares will
be o revelation 70 most people relative to the
wonderful growth and resources of Florida
GoeaaaaA Nesoa
AT 81 Andrews Bay the canal scheme has
taken new life, and II now looks a. though il
will know realization. A committee of citizens.