The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-08-15

uo,k will soon begin on the laylor
.ountv courthouse at Perry. -.
00ru w. Columbia County Teachers lns'l
Inc :n Told be held in Lake City, beginning
luls .rs, ",'1 ~ and continue two weeks
aug ~ Mc1ane has retired from the edl-
10, management OF the funIa Goiua
Go"rier, IS,rni and E. NJ. Poser succeeds h'm.
...noemepts are being made to greatly
oro Al the Fernandina bar-a kino OF
.mp,H snppulementary work to the Je''y improve
no 49, putnam County Teachers Institute
Ine onon : Spntember /, and will be con
Will optm m Prof Prof l. l. Hines OF White
Springs. +one;volv on.
.sGed in now throughout oou'n ioi lua
ssnS promises TO become a vigorous NV"
to the orange.
n.,,,to now wants to have regatta:
mo hove q splendid stretch of water, ana
lney iii doubtless be arranged TO take
Mace at an early day.
The Bloomfield Kaolin and Phospnate
u:.;nc Comnany made small shipment
o afLaol;n from their recently opened MINES
from Okahumpka Monday.
1is umored that large trade is pend
inn in which one Of the large Coiumo'a
nonntv ,Ss saw mills will be controlled by an
eastern company with large capital
An abstract has Just been completed at
tho abstract Office at Gainesville OF 2|,OOO
scros of phosphate land. The work is quite
artistic and is worth the sum OF $2OO.
Charles Vogt of the firm Of Carl ,Vogt ~
Sons of New York, is now in the tobacco
folds Of Gadsl county. Mr.. Vogt ex-
poets to buy 1000 or 3,CO) bales 'nis sea-
son.
The machinery for the phosphate mill at
Ferusndina has arrived, and will be put 10
Immediately. This mill will convert phos-
phste rock into powder at the rate OF four
tons per hour
Fort Myers Press The second crop OF
mangoes will soon be ready for market.
They are filing out round and plump, and
need few days longer to complete their
lusciousness.
An English coin bearing date OF IVA,
with the image OF an Indian engraved on
each side, was found in the field Of Addie
Rutherford, Of Madison. last week. 1t is
an old haltpenny.
A farpon weighing 205 pounds will be
one of the attractions al the Worlds Fair
in Chicago. 1t is feet and II inches in
length, and was caught in the Caloosa-
hatche at Fort Myers.
The Paradise Phosphate Company OF
Gainesville is progressing finely with its
work. The boiler and engine are on the
grounds, and it has been decided to aid a
saw mill 10 the factory.
The steamship Mascotte carried over to
Havana from Key West f1fiy-three steer
age passengers Tuesday night, the majority
OF whom were idle cigarmakers, who 60
to Cuba in search of work.
Twenty-nine celestias, direct from China
passed through Key West Monday on the
steamship Hutchinson en- route to Havana,
the nearest port to the promised land" at
which they are permitted TO stop.
The frogs for the use Of the Midland in
crossing the South Florida and Sugar Belt
railroads arrived at Kissimmee Wednes.
day, 80 it will probably be but short time
before all three railroads are connected.
The Florida Baptist Witness has changed
hands. N. F. Hood, for the past three
years editor-in-chief, steps down and out
and j. c. Porter, heretofore the field editor
Steps In and mounts the editorial tripod.
The Baptist church members from al
over South Florida are trying to secure q
uact OF land on the Gulf coast Tor the loca.
uon OF an encampment to be bought by
.ne members at 80 per share, the price o.
one lot
- A representative of the Savannah. Flor.
ida and Western railway has been inspect
ing Fernandina's mammoth phosphate ele
,ator: 1t is thought the Savannah, Florida
auu western will build similar one at Sa
Vannah.
All the members of the Pensacola bar
oays tne News of that city, are very much
RIeSsed with the appointment OF Hon. J
Saione to the judgeship of the second
srcult. They all say he will maize ar
excellent Judge.
q, AZ ~ meeting of the board of directors O
sus honduras Fruit Investment Company
u nelo friday night at DeLand, A. L.. Well
.su " as elected resident superintendent
saI uu instructed TO proceed to Honduras anC
isc' ana plant In bananas $50 acres O
September. ~ ' '0 y
coHor WORK on the Methodist church at Greer
f,. Eve springs is going bravely on, and tn,
Rrs.eTorK TorK Is now being put up. G. A
hs;aMse hsIse mas the contract, and if no bad lucl
~ ~nson,s II Will be but little while until tn,
bsvp sVple Of the Methodist congregation will
part Of the state. ' ~ '-'
The Florida Central and Pen,nsu,ar raj,
of lunhpany hmpany has ordered large amour
gin tha and as soon as ii arrives will be
Wharve.w work se ,1 OF bulkheading around it
honsaae rom Hogan street to the ware
the th. rina. a. Jacksonville. 1t will also fill il
prena,e ,ei :. oank with slabs and sand ant
plsce 'f 70 make pretty vegetation take th'