The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-09-03
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Fresh News Items from all over the
state.

The Lake Helen Life will be moved to
DeLand.
Nuwannee county has gone dry bv a
majority of 4G4.
r. {. Humphreys has been appointed
postmaster at Pensacola.
The State Normal College at DeFuniak
Springs will open October 7th.
Pensacola is working to secure the Chi
cago short line to Central America.
Santa Rosa county has vet unsold about
$4,000 pounds Of wool from the last shear
ing.
Chipley is evidently about to fall heir
to boom-new hotel, new railroad, bus
mess good.
The merchants of Lake City have
signed an agreement to continue early
closing until Sept. Is.
Circuit court will be held for the first
time Sept. 10th, in the new court house at
Arcadia, DeSoto county.
Mr. L. Lytle, of Barlow, last week pur-
chased the old Cohen estate in South
Rome, Ga, paying for it 900.
Collector Grady, of Apalachicola, is in
receipt of information that dredging will
commence on the bay channel on Oct Is.
The Orlando Farmers Alliance has
already elected delegates to the conven-
tion to be held in Jacksonville September
o5.
Judge Hanson has returned from his
New York trip. He reports prospects
for an immense travel to Florida this win
ter.
Pensacola's world champion pedes-
trian, Henry Klink, has gone to st. Louis
to show the boys up there how he can
trot.
The Georgia Southern and Florida
railway dock at Palatka is far ont in the
St. Johns now, and strangers often take
it for bridge.
One of the biggest base ball parks in
the United States is being built by II. NJ
Flagier, at St. Augustine 1t will be ready
by December lst
Tie Steamship Junata, Of the Ocean
Steamship line, has been sold to the Plant
system, it is said, to be put in the Mobile
and Tampa trade.
Mrs. WIZ. Porter, of Macclenny, picked
forty-two very large pears last week from
a three-year old tree, some OF them as
large as pint cup.
The Farmers Alliance in Florida is
two years old, and has membership OF
10000. There are organizations IN "A
counties-372 in all.
A. A. Wheeden. Of Port Orange, who
was sent to the State asylum at Chatta-
hoochee some weeks since. has recovered
his mind and been released.
1t is said that Republican paper is to
be started in jacksonville this winter, Of
which Dolph Edwards, formerly Of San
ford, will be business manager.
James L. Uernlon, of Macclenny,
shipped eight hundred crates Of peaches
this summer. He has made some money,
and is satisfied with The results Of the ex-
pertinent.
The negro arrested at Tampa Tuesday,
believed to be Willie IIansel, the mur-
derer Of Deputy Sheriff Taylor, of San
ford. has been identified, and is now in
iail at Orlando.
It is reported at Bradentown that the
contractors for dredging the channel OF
the river have sold out, but to whom has
not been learned. At any rate work has
been suspended for time.
Piles of Spanish gold coin were un-
earthed in tearing down an old building
at St. Augustine last week, and an armed
ousrd had to be placed over it to prevent
citizens from stalking out claims and doing
a regular mining business.
Orlando Sentinel: The South Florida
Historical and Archaeological Society
will. in the near future, begin series OF
scientific researches, visiting and investi
eating Indian mounds for the purpose OF
accumulating relics in the shape OF pot
tery. beads and skeletons of Indians fol
the museum of the society.
Barlow Courier Informant Owing te
the greatly increased private business o
the firm Of Wilson &c Wilson, Mr. I. L
Wilson has been compelled to resign al
States Attorney. The applicants for thu
vacancy are many and urgent. mr.. WI
son has served the people satisfactory
and we'll, and his host of friends congrat
ulate him on his growing and lucratlv'
practice. ;,
Orlando Record: Drs. King Wylly
ard H. H. Martin have just recently re
ceiyed one of Pasteur's celebrated inter
ers /; also a hypodermic syringe OF tn
finest make, and as soon as they receiv'
the guinea pigs, for which they nave sen