The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-07-11
FLORIDA NEWS ITEMS.
EARA AGRAPHICAL CULLLNGS IRON
STATE EXCHANGES
SURE SIGNS OF THRIFT.
FARM, FIELD AND PHOSPHATE NOTES.
ITEMS INDICATING THE INDUSTRIAL, DE-
vELoPMENT OF THE sTATE-AL1, SORTS
OF ITEMS FROM ALL AROUND.

Fernandina has female bycicle rider.
Upward of 10000 melons have been
shipped from Wildwood so far this sea
son,
Walter n. Davis, son of Hon. r. w.
Davis was admitted to the bar at Pa
latka Monday.
A leopard shark ten feet long was caught
by j. G. Craven al the Casa Marina. near
s.. Augustine Friday.
The new saw-mill at Lakeland will cut
about 10000 feet oflumber per day and will
employ from 40 to rs hands.
The Plant Steamship Company has JUS,
put $25, 900 in cash into circulation at Jack
sonville for repairs of two steamers.
The grading of the Gainesville, Rocky
Point and Micanopy road has progressed
rapidly and will soon reach the Point.
Leesburg Lodge Knights of Honor is fast
| increasing in membership and the boys are
looking into the matter of getting up a
| uniform rank.
PoslOff1ces have been discontinued at
Billowry, Santa Rosa county. mail ordered
to Pensacola, and Startling, Walton county,
mail to Union.
Rev. William II. Bates of Longwood,
was ordained minister Of the gospel of
the Protestant Episcopal church faith
on Tuesday last.
The steam yacht, Missoe, with DR..
Porter, arrived at Key West Thursday
from Punta Gorda, after visiting all the
quarantine stations on the coast.
The orange groEe OF D. G. Hart at
Oviedo, with about seventy acres Of land.
has been sold to F. II. Gilbert OF Buffalo
N. Y. The price paid was 1900 cash.
Henry Basse,t caught shark between
ten and eleven feet long at the end Of the
dock al st. Petersburg last Saturday. Its
mouth measured seventeen inches across.
A. A. Parker, who is connected with the
Cult National Bank Of Tampa, the Tavares
Bank. Da ie City Bank, Altoona Bank and
County Bank at Barlow.
Mr.. Azpeitia of Key West has con-
structed miniature two and half story
frame cottage, and is now at work on a
miniature electric plant with which he
intends to light up his cottage at night.
Aachua county has more bearing orange
trees than any other county in the state
353, ,O19. Orange has 333 223, Marion 157,
4,7. Alachua has 1894 non bearing
trees, Marion 563, ,105 and Orange 618, 1858.
J. Fl. Tatum was prospecting piece OF
land belonging to him eight miles south
" lest OF Barlow, for phosphate. AT the
depth of sixteen feet he struck vein of
water which sends up a pure stream Ot
crystal aqua to height of three feet above
| the surface
AT an early day the Pensacola Methodist
News will enter the field Of religious jour-
palism as a candidate for public favor.
The new paper, as it's name indicates, will
be de voted 10 the interests of Methodism.
1t will be edited by Rev. w. NJ. Cox, nastor
OF the Methodist church. South, at Pensa-
cola.
The Chipley Light Infantry at it's last
meeting received all the accessions TO its
ranks permitted under the law, and now
numbers sixty-four, rank and file. II
stands the banner company Of the state as
regards plumbers, an it claims not to be
behind others in the state as regards all the
elements of q crack company.
Leroy News: The latest improve
ments talked of for Leroy are electric
lighting and telephone cOmmupication
with Ocala and other places. A line is
to be run from Ocala to Dunnellon, and
if encouragement enough is given by the
people Of Leroy we are to have the bene-
fit Of these modern Improvements.
Florida Facts: There is many an open.
ing in Florida for large canning factory.
Our hotels would consume great quantities
OF catsups, jellies, preserves and canned
goods made of Florida fruits If they could
Il, haa nd .frratf "a a in
1iust az the tourist season ends, and few;vis.
itors ever have the opportunity to taste the
delicious fruits which the Florida people
enioy. The sapadilloes, guavas, avocado
pears and many other varieties of fruit can
be preserved as easily as other products
Such articles, If we'll packed in attractive
cans. and properly introduced at the North,
would be almost certain to command q
ready sale.
Titusville Star: A stock company with
a capital of 100000 has just been Or
oanized in New York, to be known as the
San Sebastian Land, Improvement, Su-
oar and Investment Co. 1t is said it will
at once commence to develop it's lands,
which consists of 112, 900 acres of high
Land and some overhowed, lying between
the Indian, St. Sebastian and st. John S
river in this county. Sugarcane and
rice will be the principal crops cultivated
In short it will be on The order Of the st.
Cloul sugar farm. Within the next
sixty days operations will begin.
|Dredges have already been ordered and
a resident engineer appointed. He will
come south shortly prepared to begin
work. The company have already ap-
propriated $50. 900 to be expended in
draining operations during the first year.
This will give lucrative employment to
hundreds of laborers and mechanics.
There is fall of twenty-six feet from the
highest point of this tract of $4,000
acres eastward to the Indian river, and