The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-08-13
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Fresh News Items from all over TN G
state.

St. Augustine is agitating the erection
of a large market house to cost ) Is, 900.
J. J. Metz, of Ocala, is said to be the
largest tobacco planter IN South Flori-
da.
The second crop of various kinds of
fruits will be numerous in Florida this
season.
The prospects for 100000 hotel at
Orange City are said to be exceedingly
tatterlng.
1t is stated that the Tampa street rail
way pays SO per cent. per quarter on its
capital stock.
A New York firm wants 100000 feet
of yellow pine. from New Smyrna, and
will send it's own ships for it.
Cotton bagging is selling in Monticello
at lO4 cents per yard. At the same time
last year it was sold at Is cents.
A government dredge boa: is ascend
ing the Withlacoochee river, and will
clean it out to Panascofkee lake.
The F. c. & P. has at last arranged to
build a depot at Waldo. Mr.. Temple
has the contract for putting it up.
The shingle factory of A. B. Russell at
Fort Reed, which was destroyed by fire
short time since, is now being rebuilt.
Tampa Journal: A small m ango tree
in DR.. J. P. Wallis yard is just loaded
With unusually large and perfect fruit.
The oranges in quite large number of
groves in the State have already been con.
tracted for at 81 per box on the trees.
In single mail recently one timber
merchant in Pensacola closed with twenty
three vessels to carry timber from that
port
A new postofice has been established
in Taylor county, with Mr.. Daniel w
Holcomb as postmaster. The name Of
the Office is Bauford.
Capt. Charles r. King, of Lake City
has been appointed land adjuster for the
entire system of the Florida Central and
Peninsular Railroads.
The New York parties who own the
Northwestern and Florida Railroad con-
template an extension of their line from
Alabama to Pensacola.
The dredge boat which is now at work
in Tampa bay will be transferred to the
Manatee river in few weeks to work out
appropriation of $4,000.
Apopka Advertiser The Spanish pro-
nunciation Of Florida is Floreeda, which
is much more musical than our English
style. Let US say Floreeda.
Lake city will soon have a mammoth
brick factory in operation. Machinery
for the knitting mill is arriving by
the carload and being placed daily.
There were between 1900 and 1000
punches of sponge offered for sale on the
sponge wharf at Key West Thursday,
and bidding was lively and prices good.
Palatka's military company have de-
cided not to disband since they cooled
off about the communication of Jim Austin's
death sentence to imprisonment for life.
The new bridge across Peace river at
Homeland is fast nearing completion, and
it is reported that when completed it will
be one of the finest bridges in the coun-
ty.
1t is reported that the revenue cutter
McLain captured Spanish smack fishing
and smuggling in Florida waters and car.
ried her into Cedar Keys few days
ago.
The guava crop of Ft. Myers and vi
cinity must be immense this season, az
the Press states that the trees arc bend
ing to the ground with their loads O.
fruit.
Tampa News: Aspinwall lies five de
grees east of Tampa and the fruit island,
along the coast of Honduras lie As hours
nearer to Tampa than TO New Orleans by
steamer. That settles the dispute.
Over 900 visitors spent Saturday il
Orlando, the result OF free excursion
from points along the TavareS, Orlando
and Atlantic road, the INGREDIENTS OF tht
phenomenal bearing the expenses o
the train. The visitors left about S., ,O0(
IN Orlando.
a stock company, with Mr.. Andrew
Ilandley, Of Savannah, as president, ha
taken hold of the Suwannee Spring prop
ertv in Hamilton county and erected 1--WE
, large brick and rock hotels and abou
, twenty pretty cottages within 200 yard
OF the spring at an expense OF $4,000.
Pensacola News: Messrs. T. c. Wat
son, w. d. Chipley, G. w. Shear, Of De
| Funiak, a. G.. Chandlee, of Chipley an'
r perhaps one or two others, have move
but effective scheme to attract travel am
settlers to this section next winter. MI
: Chandlee will give free lectures all owe
4 the Northwest and Mr.. Shear will illus
trate them with stereopticon views Q
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