The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-09-12
FLORIDA FACTS.
.n,rr RJTs OF NEWS CULLED FROM
STATE EXCHANGES
,xs OF INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY
nrcr1xG CHAT ABOUT TOBACCO,
DuospHATEs. WOOL, RAILROAD CON-
srprcTIoN. TOWN IMPROVEMENTS AND
OTHER SIGNS OF PROGRESS

Crops of tobacco lately sold Ill quincy
,oIo averaged 31t cents per pound. Prlces
n~o Ia little higher this year, and owing to
'ao-e nroficiency III curing tobacco bet
fer m quality has been obtained
Tomna is certainly favored as far as
hortinr facilities are concerned. She has
.%rne gl. national banks, with ample capital,
Ill Ill If which are doing big business.
They are the First National bank, the
Tampa National and the Gulf National
1obn Chipman. one OF the most reliable
,hosnbate men III the state, has been
snendinc some time in the Luraville phos
nbate region hunting for the rock. If his
examination proves satisfactory, and he
Links # will. $50. 900 will be expended in
nutting in a plant and developinG these
The Tampa Journal has it on good au.
tbor;tv that 1000 tons Of 6'-pound steel
rail with fastenings complete have been
purchased for the Dunnellon extension of
The South Florida Delivery to be made
November |. This indicates that the ex-
tension is to be built an equipped in first
class order.
One of the "oldest inhabitants" has at
last been located. He lives near Mariana,
and has birth certificate showing that he
was horn in 1865. He is an ex slave of the
family al the late Gov. John Milton, and
has applied for pension upon the ground
that be drove commissary wagon during
the war of 1612'15.
Orange County Reporter: The WOOL
growing business in Florida is more i'm
portant item than it is generally conce led
10 be. In the twenty-five counties OF the
state where sheep are raised, the July bull
lin shows there are III 500 sheep, from
,hicb have been clipped this year 330, 200
unds of WOO. Walton county alone has
y!OOO sheep, that produce $4,000 pounds
annually.
The supreme court has rendered decis-
ion in the l. T. Garner case, reversing the
Judgment of the circuit. Garner was in~
,dicSed tor lhe killing of j. T. Lashley al
Branford about fourteen months ago, was
4 tried, found guilty Of murder in first de-
gree and sentenced TO be hanged. A mo-
ton for q new trial was made and over
ruled, and an appeal TO the supreme court
was made. Tie decisions of the supreme
court grants new trial.
cident occurred at the mill of the Tampa
Lumber Company last Friday. Que of
The nue boilers exploded, fortunately hurt
ing no one. The damage 10 the mill was
slight and work will not be intertered with,
there being enough reserve power to keep
all Departments going. The boiler will not
Derepalred, bus the pair will not DO replaced
Oy lOO horse power tubular boiler, which
WILL cost to put in about 81 900.
improvements at Port Tampa city are
moving steadily forward. A number of
new streets have been surveyed and graded
and new houses are constantly being pro-
Jected. There are men whose opinions are
sound who predict that within two decades
lDere will be continuous settlement from
fort Tampa city to the city of Tampa.
hundreds of opulent citizens have their
eyes on that stretch of the bay shore known
as hyrtle bluff as suitable place to locate
future summer homes
Al Tampa the Florida! !Central and Pm
insular. Railroad Company is having its
docks on the river front in the garrison ex-
tended several hundred feet, upon which
Track has been laid, and in future cars will
0e run alongside of vessels, and freights
loaded from one to the other with compar-
awe ease. This is only one of the many
evidences of the rapidly increasing busi-
ness OF this road and the general prosperity
OF tne country down the gulf coast, the
products OF which find an outlet through
tampa, and by this line OF road.
Orlando Reporter: At this writing the
Gally output of commercial phosphate in
tae entire state will reach fully 1900 tons.
within the next three months, with the
improved machinery which is being intro
9uceo, the yield will reach $500 tons per
0ay The net value to mine owners and
m' workers at present is about "a per ton
ine demand is unlimited, and ia increas-
ing rather than diminishing, while the sup
Ply seems to be practically exhaustless
Ihis great industry will iscrease rather
tnan detract from the vast fruit and veoe-
ssoe growing interests Of Florida. 1t sim.
% p,y Sads another and far greater element of
.rIs. ai.n; n Inc present decade will show re-
'N,S ~ winch will surprise the wosld.
tampa Tribune: A little colored Girl
snsyeo on from her home few days since.
o4s ouu ner mother went TO hunt her. Among
vSner places searched was the range
WI. muere the child was in the habit of going.
sdu III IL was there that the loving mother
h.nessed W.. sight which seemed to petrify
sha., es WITH fear. She saw the child
d;raa. uu. wv yards away coming in her
sn.a smscllon and at the same time saw an
s~lsgeo bull rush upon 1t. The child
h. iisS'eamed and the mother made rush for
sI,o .I rescue, but too late. The animal had
sSSaty and lnpaled the child upon its horns
N ~ =. ossed - 1t high in the air. Fortunate
yona r., a. II 6y miracle, the child was saved
hranotea'h h tuea'h: In its decent 1t fell into The
hies icSIu OF some bushes, which were
force :, covered With vines, breaking the
have k;,,os ss iail which would otherwise
10 tbe eilSI nSn Il Beyond two slight wounds
The child iIs h.a oack It wa: not injured.
doubt u s.. nso on Q read dress which no
passed - 'sveu e % enrage the bull as abe