The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-04-02


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F. ,r.a, .ur tan p,mpAle' issued by
. .be D ~ j., trycf. i, aboat 100 IN les from
To- ,nl w., established aS an Indian
. ibe o',a hy James Mary r, who obtained
usdl'A nom lhc Spani.h government. lie is
/ bis Gian hu,n upa large business, but what
/ sid !" came of him did not 90 down IN his
| tDsH Too next inhabitants were DR.. Brush
| tory 49, n Fillmore; but he was burned out
snd c' i',l,,ns at the beginning OF the Seminole
BY 'he Ths doctor was absent at the time and
val ~. escaped by flight, after enduring m my
ibe u st;ns and inning great peril. During the
@u'nar the United States army selected This
SAW Car headquarters and erected commlssary
p.N and olhcr necessary buildings, one OF
cDuH9 ,tiIl smnds-)hc powder honse-whlch is
EDNn lv the jacksonville, Tampa & Key
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Me TAYLOR and Gtilcs were all located here
SVus ,;a,s times. as was General Sherman, then
sieutenant o,,.nr,nDn
1914 Judre Bronson, Of the United States
and resident, secured Il special charter
lOWIh LEGISLATURE and the town was incorpO-
'' TSp first shipments were made about
emo 10 the two great Southern
ns Savannah and Charleston. Marion and
u a.oIo, counties shipped from here, and ship
Aa ",s Of cotton reached as high as 600 bales.
%~n.]-n,,wth Of the town was rapid, and Il num-
,ar IN ldings were erected, public and private.
" W. ,"oyth however was checked by the build
l~s,sof me Florida Railroad, thereby taking
.sov the trade OF the two rich counties named,
Chile the panic OF 1871, and the war, almost
".nad il of me map / remained dead until
w when Northern immigration, attracted by
49, ornnce interest, started il again on the up
w m naih Tie Florida Southern, the J. T. e
Nv roads were bul, the steamers once more
anre.rrd and improvements OF every kind went
Tdaa1v forward The next calamity, but Il
Nss.ing in G,Lu 81, came ia The iali OF 1881, in
%o shDno O, a lic. in which every business
hillpg. covering space OF five squares, was
burned down Use cmpe'S did not have time
,acool however before steps we've being taken
n reuild. in soid brick and iyon in place OF
,bs n1 wooden sr0c'Urts destroyed To DAY
10 city in Inc State Is more ~o!Itily bnlt
TRANspoRTATIoN FACILITIES.
The s.. johns River, With daily lines Of boats
each WAY with Abundance. II water Tor medium
sized o,ean s'c.ucf- There is 4 movement
now On foot with pat q III money already
subscribed, and almost q certainty oi the lc-
mandcl, To- establish steamship line direct to
csn'erl a thrJ r & K ". system comno,cl
" No. main Sem Of In, above. HE Fiurij,
S,n,hern & Jol,ns and U4liG,y River s.
,n'ns,;n.t p,l.,la TIN, ci;va(so has :, fine
s,.,t.,, l,f,I,,4rrilyya,. w nm,t,rd IN mon.
system "i >lee' IN" "''il'''p ~ hlcl-
;ai,;,l ~ .;,, =. ma O.I,L,v.,ha river steamer.
which make reaul4rirlp,. The Georgia Southern
and Florida Railroad, heoWn ~ the Macon road,
isnoy considered celanly. All contracts from
Valdos,a Ga 20 / Ike CIV have been let. and a
large orcc OF men are at work The remainder
is 10 be le, at once AZ tie whole work pushed
through to early completion. Tie Lake Weir
and G llf. to run from AnclDte X VS. to Palatka,
is also a settled fact utranacments now being
made 10 commence operations. When these
Two ia>l name! are com rlctcd, and the steam
SilP ''he q Up i''mA' T. aka Wal AT once take
ram ~ enc o. IN n''' q rs OF The State
HEALTH.
Til, i, the one etc,' important question now
allyS without whicl III other ADVANTAGES sink
into NIUE sm4flnc,, Special pains were
TAX 10 g. rll:hlr Information ON This point
We were PUNISHED uln the official moltuaYy
Isl BY d. CyiG, one 81 fin. LEADING nhyslc,ans
as Wei d. heath .iiir.r.. aad We r;ve il in h.l.
Co r0r'> ;'''N '.tN =" N"Vemher J. 1883
Mtsrnrlca G1r.M ? 3'n, ID D. ..s' ~
ali came le,c. An...o Ar',;.n, ~,'1I horn ..
Cholera nhn,u.m >. ,,,..m,ni, Tr,an,.
malal4l ,1cr ,..'...,..i,,n az ,hn h,ain l
spinal e>caSc chronic dysrnieIy, came
o ns19 "'a O - cA>t-, about one third COZ
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INDUSTRIES.
There alc several saw and FLAMING mills, ice