The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-04-23

Luastwjse this is about the line OF argument al
vanced hv eur friends. AMI IN whose hahI> S"'hs-
thing is pretty ap, to BE- done, ii they keep up
their past record Tor enterprise.
BUILDING
4 considerable amount Of building VII be
done in the town This Sc&S0o. General itu~oN,
oi Maine will erect fine hotel ANA other huit-
iugs, RAINING ND to something over Sio0O'
will 20 M. There are many handsome res
Gences ana business houses already here, " Inch
hpspeakS the TASTE and refinement O. the ciilZenS
planer Than wordS.
\ large factory j, located here, whic menu'ac-
lures ele> preserves etc ouf ct The naiive irul>.
We learn they are beginning Ia have Il wide
demand tor their goods l. IS to b. hoped hat
with their success and the wonderful display at
such things made AT the Ocala Exposition that
other factories will spliug mp in al parts OF The
State
REAL ESTATE
Holds up well here. II il does not show an ac-
tual involvement. The health record of The
CITY is good, which. combined with the wonder
ful natural advantages, has continued 10 draw
people here al the time, Notwithstanding jhc
damaging reports which AL 81 Florida has hal
to sand from a lot Of sorchead cranls, who
would be failure anywhere.
Among he live men met and converSed with
were: Nlr-il l.. Hop>on & Co, real estate ana
orange growers W. H. VI, Corma,k, orange
grower; J. Is. Bailey, shoe and hurnes,
maker; O. l.. Russell & Co., groceries,
hay and grain; X J. Munlen, groceries
5 c. Freeman, groceries; \. Fox, Justice ct the
Peace; d. ID. Roach, blclcr and oran4e grower;
Hanson Bros, hardware: j. " LIS. real
estate and cOnvcvancer; Morrison. Stap,eton 4
Co, bankers and real estate; J. l. Gibbons,
Union Hotel: J. H. Richards contractor ana
builder; Bank of Leesbnrc. All of The above are
10 be enrolled upon tle Suo,c lptiOn books o;
+ orida'S G .cat Dollar Weekly. which BY The
VII n, Ia, -bAtr al
club at every prominent pn>'office in he State.
To u>ethe words of one ui the most prominent
men in this section, " The people a Florida al,-
preciae the advantage o; having one prominent
paper in the State, devoted to the interest OF The
entire people.
In the Leesbufger and the Commercial tie
town has TWO OF as good local papers Il, Viii be
found any where. The former has fine JOB office
and the latter is printing he Christian \ ivoca}e
the Methodist organ, recently moved here. on
contract Both have desetyedly fine patron
age.
The MethodSt@ have fine college here, in a
z urishng condition, and The same can be said
of the public schools. Al The leading Geuomi-
nations have congreg atoms here, with good
houses OF worship.
The State Sunday School Convention met
here last week There was a large attendance,
and much interest manifested. They were OF
course royalty entertained, and doubt each
one went away feeling, a we did, that il was a
mighty good town 10 90 to-
TAvAREs
Was our next stop. This is the present county
seat OF Lake, and where the Hon Frank Jones,
OF Vernon, proposes, OF did. 10 erect
and give the county is court house.
and we suppose he will suck to his
promise and thereby cHgrAve liz name
on the annals OF tame for failure crackers 70 10 *
at aud admire. .is everyone familiar WIN The
current history Of Florida even, knows, the town
was burned from stem TO s'ern' j;'lc over !.
year ago and With an exception or jwo has re-
NAMED burned. X very nice hO'el, containing
rooms for store, bank ana saloon, mas been
erected and occupied as aforesaid, while another
"a Don across the way in Il lcIi.tXi~lS. OIc at lhe
finest opera houses IN the sac, named after is
founder 5. Clair Abrams, i we'll under way.
Il Will also have pmr sore rooms on TIE frs
floor. The contract 'or The erection OF HE
court house nav" hccn IL 10 Al Ollan1o party
and The work i I" commence ~ soon As tie
brick be gotten here. A. present Tie coun-
" officers arc loo .tcd in dwelling The Flo
RIDIAN's roll OF honor was lene'hcned by The
following names J. r. White. Counv
judy; IL H. Dune n, County Clerk; J. p.
Galloway Sheriff C. II Newell dtv goods, ana
who IS also connected with the bank. Tnis irr
a Town scorche almost out Of existence is BOT so
bad. There is "A good local paper here The Her
aid, which seems 10 be e jpyins prosperity.
From here 10
SANFORD
down by the 81 john, 4 distance nl thirty miles.
was the next jumn, passing thr' ugh Mt. Dora.
The seat Of the South F.oiiit CAuu auqna, thea
in session. Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland
boarded the train here, a11 ill il her time by
writing on a big pie % manuscript and asking
your corrcsponi"nt abnul he larou. . int, a,
they passed. Mi,s Roe H., shown her
good sense by buying paop-rly ana III king Z.
home IN Florida Sanford pre- scnls To- The
stranger ii business like, and wth.l a pleasing
appearance, which improves rs one STAYS
Is streets are regularly laid on, in good repair
and liHed with, tor The most part substantial
bulldogs. Il Appearances % tor anything, il Is
one OF the b ST ctmmeicinl points in tAc STATE,
an we were toll, does a large business Ihrou gh
quite Is sc section 81 the country
RAILROADS.
The j., +. & H. w and 5. F. systems are
here with some branches, and the Orange Belt
Is j'.ot being completed here, it, eastern terml-
nus These, VITA the ) Johns river. with its
daily lines Of steamers to J tch >obvillp rive The
cry cXccp' ional trans ortaton ttcli;:c- The
CAion depot there certainly deserves especial
mention. l. is by far the best We have seen III
Florida, and i really very handsome slruc-
turc, VITA all the modern cDnVenicncte
The city has two good local daily papers
and foil complement OF schonl4 Churches
etc Among me live people met were Capt
VIM. Sirrinc, Justice o. the Peace AMI p:oDre-
tor Oi The SHRINE II vase, one o; The most home
like and comfortable hotels in HE STATE: 4 VI
ThrasheT lawyer; CHASE X c.. insuranc. and
extensive fertilizer dealers; ID. X Harrison, lin
ana sher, iron worker; Geo II Fernaid. hard
ware, planning m'll AM contractor, with 4 branch
establishment at Cocoa. and generally live
enierprsing citizen r. 5. Flint general con
Tractor and steamboat ON ner: and the Gate CltV