The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-02-09


wantthe comnittee "a charge Of the 0ala Week
70 invite Mr.. Geo. w. Dickefson, editor Of the
81 Augustine Weekly, over to join In with the
base ball players. His New York record was
-onnge City 7smss The peti,iOa fos the -
moyal OF the county seat Of Volusia county will
be presented 10 the County Commissioners next
week to be acted upon, AID upon which
they are requested to call election for the pur
pose. Enterprise ismaking strong fight to pie
vent the Commissioners from Issuing the order,
and il has employed Foster and other prominent
men to present the case to the Commissioners.
Barlow Lejsrmaat.. Over $1,7oo Of the
subscriptions to TIE Episcopal College to be To-
Gated at Auburndale have been collected and It
men d. -. We have besn rsent 4 by Mr.. r.
ii. Burr, proprietor Of ne Ho iceland Nurseries,
v .th handsome photograph OF Kelsey plum
1 ;. II is q two year old bud on q four year old
native plum stock, 10i feet high by feet in
breadth. 1t bore fruit the past season, and 10
now filled with fruis buds.
-Orlsu 20 Sentir / The assessed valuation Of
Ocala Is $50 900 aud the revenue 10 be derived
$1,000. making the city taxes two per cent. Of
the valuation. We are glad =, know that the
taxes Of Orlando are not % high rs this. The
South Florida Railroad completed its temporary
tresle over the Hilsberough river at Tampa
last Thursday, and laid the track to the west
side of The river Fr: lay night Track laying to
Porto Tampa commenced Saturday and will be
pushed forward as rapidly as possible.
-Brooksville r 2ister About fifty Italian
railroad labOrers haI C been c. nped in the woods
near the dcpC. for the past two or three days.
They are froI-. the Orange Belt an are waiting
for transportation to the Silver Springs road
where they will go 10 " ,rk. Little Jessie Sax
on, son Of Hon. F. E. Saxon, drru small
quantity of concentrated lie on last Saturday.
A. "a 4.
moned Who counteracted the effect OF the lie,
and il is now hoped the title fellow will entire
ly recover.
Clear Water Times The editor of the Times
was snaiched from his box last Tuesday after
noon by a relentless Deputy Sheriff. This was
not because of a complaint from a de" nqueut
subscriber, but was occasioned by the demand
for intelligent jurors to sit In the Circuit Court.
MIR. Hunt was through Clear Water, putting
in cenieTs preparatory to track laying on the
Orange Belt. We are glad 10 hear that Difficult
ties in the Yellow Bluff neighborhood are be g
settled, and that the prospect is very promising
for track laying to be resumed.
Mariana Alliance: Mrs Henry Simmonds
committed suicide by hanging on last Friday
night. She had been unsettled in mind for som
time. Cottondale shipped this season, ending
Dec. 31st, 1887, 5000 bales coon, 1866 doz.
eggs ii ,6s7 head chickens and Ter fowls and
400 head partridges We have now the con
sent OF a sufficient numJer of the County Com
missloners 20 convert the court yard into a sweet
f,tle PARK. We have received, through the
F'ndness Of Col. Da, dson, a number of camphor
plants for shade trees, also some olive and tea
plants. We wi" set them oLt ss soon as posi-
bic.
-kissimmee Leader We learn from Capt.
Mcintosh that dredge has finished the canal
through into Lake Kissimmee The cut saves
some five miles of navigation. i. . j. NJ Bow'ng,
m praoidopf IF kho taos
NEE Ice Factory, and Col. Sugg, of Hunts> lie.
Ala, are directing the erection of the facto.y
building which they already have up and in
closed. The building is 31x56 feet, and is erected
in q most sslid. substantial manner. The ma
chinery is all on the grounds, and it WI be but
q short time now before kissimmee can use ice
of her own making.
Bristol Ne,o Era Hon. W. H. Neel speals
of moving to Apalachicola in . few days. :. A
couple of gentleman from Arkansas have Just
located a few miles north of Selman, and will
open a large farm. Mr.. ]. Hefferman, of Sell
man, has awarded the contract for getting out
his immense supply OF barrel slaves to Hen
B-itle. OF Liberty county, and the work is now
being vigorously pushed ah I'd. We under
stand that Mr.. Atkins, the new proprietor of
Ochesee suburb of Selman, will at once occu-
py his new home. We extend hearty well
come to our new neighbor, and congratulate
hin upon his purchase.
Oakland Sum- On Monday last, track lay
ing was resumed south of Tia. Jon Springs, in the
direction of st. Petersburg The work will now
be pushed 10 rapid consummat.on, ana a very
few week. hence, the entire lin. will be com
pleted and \ operation. "A brOad-guage fruit
car OF the Louisville and Nashville Railroad,
standing on he siding at Oskland was quite an
object OF interest, as I VIA the first of the kind
seen here. Business men and others can now
ship or receive the'- goods 7'om any ,ton Of
tho oountrv - The ORANGE Polt Ro;luov ord
its corn ctions, without any OF the imaginary
dangers ising ..'om '-anshipment This es
pee ] car went out TO Palm SpIi~gs this morn
ing. to be loaded by n Whcatley for Calfor-
MIA
Green Cove Spring. Il general protest is
being made a ainst the rage for investment in
California anG, OF course, Florida newspapers
are disposed to e've publicity to such protests
But we would call attention to letter written
by man cal 'ng himse Dr." Hale, and pub
lished in the Tim Uni'n, which he not only
protests against persons in delicate health going
TO Cal;foi lir but also casually rems ks that he
advises his patients TO winter ruth of Palat
ka, and at distance from the water courses The
Doctor is, plainly, We. choice in the selection
OF locality for his patients he shor' have bs en-
still more precise and published, as his opinion,
that the only truly safe localities are either east
of the Johns river, or in the vicinity of Santa
Pe Lake, in both of which sections certain 10
OF land are held in the name of DR.. Hale
Live Oak Banner: Our Assessor, Hon. d.
NJ. McAlpn, is busily engaged every day listing
the taxes of 1883. He has set out with a de-
termination to assess he taxes as correctly and
as perfectly as can possibly be done Under the
present system and TO do it wiz the time pre-
scribed by law. I'VE are glad to announce
that information has reached US, that Mr. E. c.
Sessions, who has been suffering for several
weeks from gun-shot wound, and who has been
expected TO die for the past few weeks, is now
fast recovering, and il is now thought that he
will soon be up attending to business again =.
On last Monday night fire was set to the Mccall
house here in Live Oak. We are informed that
the incendiary poured kerosene oil on the light
wood plank, struck q match, t the oil on fire.
and fed into the dark bold attempt TO sci FIRE
10 ahouse in town, 10 the early part of the night
Maj. buttons turpent ne fs m is the place he
ought to live
Fort White O6eerper A block from q pine
tree about twenty. seven feet in circumference
and in the neighborhood of nine feet in diameter
will be one Of the great Gu. 'ositie1 of the Sub
Tropical Exposition In few days. This tree IL
on the lands of w. 81. Hancock, on Hancock's
lake, fernando county. We state this upon the
authority Of Mr.. @. 6ingleterry, Of Lafayette
county, who has just returned from the EXPOSE
ton. Mr.. 8. Informs rs that he was present
when the tree was measured by w. Fl. and T. H.
Hancock and Eli Johnson. Amt il Q whopper?
About 100 900 boxes of oranges have been
shipped from Citra this winter and the prices
have been 10 the main satisfactory. Putting
them at the low price Of one dollar per box, and
the handsome sum Of &C 1000 Is put in clrcula-
ton by this crop alone, Q sum quite sufficient TO
bridge over hard times until next fall. The or
ange crop alone will ultimately make Florida
rich.