The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-08-29
VIEWS OF THE STATE.
,xs Of INTEREST IN BRIEF PARA
GRAPHS.
.,s,. OF INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY
1or-r1Nas OF MATTERS AND
THINGS cUlrED FROM THE COLUMNS OF
1--WE PAPERS OF THIS PROGRESS
I'VE STATE.

Contain Herring oil" 49, .1
,:SIe Ca. have gone INTO tne plneaPpio
OflusT' business in Dade county
e. ~ little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Il.
nv NJ Of Tavares, came very near dying
!. w days ago eating castor beans, "hicn
sha thought we're peanuts
oororo1 new homesteads have recently
.n.sred in the vicinity OF Juno anu Tue
enroo,;ve residents intend Improving
isS% Without further delay
=. ,sral,v takes date palms about nine
,sars to come into bearing, ouc Ulleio ".o
Voc; yr at Juno, only planted four years
sro which at present nave upo" 'heili
veil developed fruit
.hout o. 600 feet Of lumber per week
10 now being brought down the Orange
Dill railroad from DreXel, to 60 into
L.;idncs now in course of construction
in Clear Water.
x Allison, Jr., was shot Saturday
n;rht in Quincy by Chas. A. Gee, in a bar
I'm Allison was on spree and was
- w., abnsive to Gee, when the latter arm
~ himself with a cane and revolver and
oosontpd the insults by first striking him
ID then shooting. Gee is under IS, OOO
bail
w Rynum has the contract to build
the new depot for the Florida Central and
pon;nsular railroad at Live Oak. The site
solacted is where the Coats cotton ware
bonse now stands, and the company is
onIv waiting for its removal to begin
work.
starke Telegraph: n. T. Thomas has
discovered gold on his farm and Is pre-
naring to investigate to what an extent 1T
IS there. lie has had some of it analysed
and it proves to be pure gold. There Is
M telling what fortunes lie underneath
Bradford county's soil.
The city fathers of Mariana have
levied tax of four mills on the dollar to
create fund for the construction OF an
artesian we'll. If however, the town
finds itself, after due time, unable to bear
the expense of the well, this tax will re-
vert to the general fund and lessen future
taxation.
Rev. D. O. Davies, ID, who owns one
of the finest orange groves in the state,
located at Lisbon, Lake county, has re-
oeived letter from Japan asking the re-
fusal of his entire crop of oranges. Five
acres of this grove will, it is estimated,
produce between $500 and A, 600 boxes OF
fruit this year.
4 meeting Of the directors of the Green
Cove Springs Street Railroad company
was held Saturday, and it was decided to
begin work at once Work will com.
mence at the Union depot and proceed
down Spring street to Magnolia avenue,
thence northward. About 1000 feet OF
nd IN nf n
to be on the ground
s. R Renlz of New River, Bradford
county, is now making preparations &c
mine phosphate from his land. He CAR
sell 1t at 81 per ton to his neighbors. MIR.
Renlz has used the phosphate on his crop
this year, and ii has proved a wonderful
success. He says that ii will pay him. Ht
will erect steam crushing machine 20 pull
verlze the phosphate
The date of the alliance barbecue at Eus
ts has been fixed for Wednesday, Septem
Der, g. The following grand array o
speakers are announced for The occasion
Hon. Pat Calhoun aud Hon. L. F. Living
sion OF Georgia; "Sockle.s." Jerry Simp.
son OF Kansas Hon. Wilkinson Call, Hon
Samuel Pasco, Hon. Robert Bullock, Hon
d. M. Mallory and number of other dis
hDguished gentlemen.
Evans & Hubbard, whose phosphnt t.
mines are located one and half miles from
ooula Dunnelon, are proving their tact a
Rracllcal miners of This magnetic ore
inelr Iran roads run from their mines t.
me oarra Sofa, Orlando and Gulf railroad
aIo one mule pulls an average of one ant
q half tons
VI Y: T. Carver Of St. Augustine hal
MS ONCE the jaw Of leopard shark
lne nsh was caught near the jetties, ant
measures VI fe't in length and weighed
ABOUT 4OO pounds. The Jaw. VIII ch is il
An open position, is about fifteen inches
o adgn and twelve inches wide, and contAin
eW sharp saw teeth, each about one-hal
inch long.
PENSACOLA News: A negro mill hand a.
aumo0d ran his head against the cut-of
1w thursday afternoon while the saw
% III iull motion. Result: The teeth O
ue saw VIII have 10 be rounded ND ant
sue saw hammered before the latter ma,
o USED again. The negro only stopped
w "ofA long enough to dress an inch Ion,
w ~ Ms scalp, the result Of the collision
IA deed Of land in the counties O
naktr' Nassau and Duval was filed TO
a1cCra Saturday in the Duval count,
s Sa Office. Last February J. z. Rus
seL and wife of Olustee, Fla. bareaine,
1no sold to j. Gunner & Son of Gran,
hAplds, Mich, and of the Michigan Lum
r company, 1852 acres of land. includ
;ue al appurtenanoes thereon. The dee,
70 De recorded in the above three conn
s'os ana Is voluminous document.
business was brisk at the Owl cigar far
~ ~ay al Quincy last week, and large shin
0 Oen.s OF cigars were made each dsy. N
GsDpenheimer, one of the stockhoiders y =
s,o o company. is there looking over tn
srsc una ana places. preparatory to the earl,
~ . Gu OF large two.story building noril
The Tue present one. T. Y. Smith. one q
80, company superintendents. semi !,
c ron bales o: tobacco Of the new
Op' and j. q. Bushnell forty three bales
.oo wG,oneI J. g Burbridge arrived in Jack
s~er ,, ,e : Saturday from Alton, III. In sn
10 a., 70 query as TO what be was roin n
sJ NO 10 the matter Of rebuilding he s ss;d
Vii; vii ~ soon a. my insurance Is fixed y,
Fall ".n rebuild at the corner of M.;n An az y
"sysn streets. do not 80 ""s