The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-09-24

Fresh News Items from all over the
state.

Alachua county has gone dry again.
Monticello is being raided by burglars
A Chamber of Commerce has been or
gained in Pensacola.
The Sanford Daily Journal has made
its appearance again after ten days sus
pension.
Pensions have been granted to Frank
ID. Bailey and Sarah, widow of Miles
Hancock.
Mr.. T. j. Davis had his head and arm
terribly cut in his cotton gin at Mt. Pleas
ant " ednesaay.
Messrs Van Buskrk and Girardcau
went to Detroit last week with a carload
OF exhibits from Jefferson county.
The phosphate beds near Ocala are at
last attracting attention, and prepara-
tions to work them may be entered into
at an early day.
New Florida postmasters have been
appointed as follows: Mrs. Mary Cosner
at Campbell; J. NJ. Davidge at Wekiva :;
Jasper Taylor at Welborn.
Mr.. A. Frye, of DeFuniak Springs, will
soon leave for Norway to guide a colony
of some two or three hundred families
who will settle in Walton County.
Judge f. F. Dunno, of Pasco county,
will be delegate to the great Catholic
congress, which convenes in Baltimore on
Monday and Tuesday, 18th and 18th of
November.
The county commissioners of Polk
county have reduced the valuations placed
by the tax collector of that county on the
lands belonging to the various railroads
holding lands there.
Mr.. Walter Leverette and family, re-
Gently of Gainesville, have gone to Knox
vile, Tenn. Mr. Leverette has been in
Mr.. Mattheson's shoe and leather store
for number of years.
Geo. VanDorn, Of Apalachicola has
Just made a bureau containing lG3 pieces
Of black and white cypress. He will
make a fill set of furniture and has re-
fused to take 800 for it.
Joseph II. c., Pierre d.A., Charlie, II.
and William \. Pratt, have bought the
Palatka News, Palatka Herald and Lees
burg Commercial, which papers viii here
after be run under the firm name Of Pratt
Bros
Since the discovery of gold on Mr.
Trask's property near Bclleview, pros
pecting has becom" quite popular, and
rock has been found on the land Of other
parties in that section which is claimed
to contain gold.
A Scotch Company will invest $50,
600 in building fine hotel, etc, at the
and extensively advertise the Cantonment
Medicinal Springs which are part of the
property to be improved.
Jacksonville Metropolis 1t is evident
that the era of manufacturing enterprises
is dawning on Florida We hear of new
industries being rejected on every side;
tobacco factories, furniture factories, rail
road machine shops, etc This is a most
hopeful sign of the times.
Nearly all of the large orange growers
of Ovicdo have sold their crops on the
trees at prices ranging from 80 cents to ST.
lOper box. Mr.. Snyder of Sanford has pur-
chased about 10000 boxes OF oranges in
and around Oviedo. The total crop OF the
vicinity will aggregate about 100000
boxes this season.
1t is less than a month since r. NJ. Nc
David purchased fourteen lots just north
Of public school No. at Pensacola, pay
ing therefor $3.50 each. Three of the lots
he has now disposed OF, Capt. J. NJ.
Aiken becoming their purchaser at $500
each. 1t is Capt. Aiken's intention to
build a handsome residence upon the
property.
The Kmball Lumber Company of APP
alachicola have received the machinery
for putting in 100 incandescent electric
lights in their mill, work to be COM
menced in short time, and to be com
pleted by October Is, if possible, and not
later than November /. The Kimball
Lumber Company is the pioneer in light
ing by electricity in the city.