The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-07-04

Tobacco culture is now going on rapidly
in every part of Gadsden county, and soon
a greater part of the crop will be housed.
The Florida Fruit exchange has about
twenty Italian labOrers clearing and plant.
ing pineapples near Jensen, on Indian
river.
N. A. Callison is advertising for 200 men
to grade the Gainesville, Rocky Point and
Micanopy road from Gainesville to Rocky
Point.
A few sticks Of mahogany, part OF the
cargo of the wrecked schooner Dewitt,
have been picked up and brought into
Tampa.
The capital stock of the Titusville Elec-
trio Light Company will probably be dou-
bled in the near future. The increase of
business will demand more capital.
Boatmen at Tampa report that this has
been an unprecedented season for turtles.
Great numbers have crawled on the beach
during the present full moon.
The different secret organizations now
occupying rooms in the Gary building at
Ocala are negotiating for the upper story OF
the Davis block now being built.
Sixteen hundred dollars, the amount
necessary to furnish the Methodist church
| at Arcadia, was subscribed in few mir
utes at the dedication services Sunday week
last.
Mrs. Capt. Murray of Ormond has a
handsome night cereus that now
has twenty-five buds showing, and when
they come into full bloom they will be q
pretty sight.
e. w. Hagerman has bought some 1000
acres of land adjacent the river, including
the natural bridge and cave near Mariana.
He will erect q commOdiOus mill near town
and will handle all kinds of lumber.
| The Columbia Phosphate Company OF
Columbia county, now have work progress
railroad TO connect with the Savannah,
Florida and Western is nearly completed.
A gentleman from Wisconsin, now visit.
ing DeLand, contemplates the erection OF
steam laundry. For the past six months
DeLand people have sent collars, cuffs,
| etc., to Savannah.
NJ. Davis has decided to build theatre
over his brick block, now in course of
erection at DeLand. 1t will have a seat
ing capacity Of $50 and be fitted up with
all mOuoTn improvements.
Cocoa Public Spirit: Some idea of the
guava jelly business may be had from
| our amount Of sugar used. j. N. Sanders
| received this week four tons Of granulated
sugar and G. j. Schoonmaker has two
and half tons to arrive in few days.
John Savares harpconel a shark at Port
Tampa, Friday, that measured III feet id
length and weighed 1000 pounds. 1t was
IF the shovel bill variety and measured 4
feet inches across the nose. Tbs 8 one
of tie largest sharks ever caught in the
by.
1t is stated that the F. G. s. P. railroad
will build at once a road from Sidney 10
| the Alfalfa river. We are also informed
that the F. c & P. will begin soon to build
a road from Harris crossing direct to Saw
annah. 1t is also rumored that the South
| F orda railroad will furnish the money 10
build the road from Lakeland 10 Arcadia.
Tampa Tribue.
| The Dunnellon Phosphate company has
now D~en in operation two years and has
shipped thirteen cargoes OF rock to Europe
and great quantity to home markets, and
YET of their $4,000 acres they have not yet
exhausted two and halt acres. This Is
showing that will give some indication Of
1
| what is to be its future.
Pensacola News: J. N. Carter has been
going about the city for few days past,
soliciting subscriptions to the stock of
proposed new railroad company which
purposes building line of road to the
northwest out of Pensacola. He is said
to have secured thus far subscrip, ion of
$50, OOO, and expects to increase the
amount to 100000 by Saturday night.
The new industry OF camphor production
gives promise of being permanently esiab.
lished 10 Florida says the Commercial Ad.
vertiser. Ii is believed that in ten years
time there will be more camphOr trees and
orange trees in Florida and that the cam
phor industry will be more profitable than
that of sugar. 1t is stated that the camphor
obtained from the Florida trees approaches
more nearly to that OF Japan than to
Chinese camphOr; since the OdOr Of satrOl is
distinctly recognizable.
Green Cove Spring: H. w. Mabry tells
a marvellous yarn. He says that some
three weeks ago stray hen, for the time
sojourning on the premises OF Blaine
Brothers car works, laid an egg near the
dry-kiln. No one disturbed the egg, and
" sterday morning one of the wOrkmen
who happened to be engaged near by dis.
covered that the egg seemed TO be animated,
and watched the proceedings for few
minutcs, when, to his amsZement, pretty
little black chick stepped out of the shell
and took in the surroundings as naturally
d rs if 1t had been under obligations to some
: mo'herly fowl for bringing 1t into exist,
8 ence after the most approved fashion.