The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-12-26
FLORIDA HAPPENINGS.
,yD COMMENT IN BRLEFPARA-
GRAPHS.
.~.rEPREsS CLIPPINGS.
-sx HrM OF PROGRESS WAITED
.,ox ALL QUARTERS OF FAIR FLORIDA
,,orrs ABoUT THRIFTY TOWNS.

work m the new courthouse of Citrus
.,.dty at Inverness is progressing.
willie Usina, II years of age, was
,.s.rned in the St Johns river, near Pa
h,ks, Saturday.
\, Barnard killed a white eagle in
r.d;sou county last week that measured
;vsty-fve inches from tip to tip of
xngs.
Tha Standard Oil Company have pre-.
,.,ed 20 make Lake City the distributing
raut for that section of Florida
q A. Colclough of Gainesville was the
- grower to make a shipment of let
nee On Tuesday last he shipped ten
aIrek to Philadelphia.
ms S. W. Loves clearinghouse in
ouipcy was burned Saturday night. Much
3 the furniture was saved. Loss about
500: insuranccSl 800.
1nthe 29th inst. there will be regatta
i aYallaha. Prizes: No. i, Lake Harris
drb, colors and S16; I'd, SIS, and Sd IS.
The opera house at Barlow has been de-
dred unssfe, and consequently all enter
sinnents have been postponed to await
EpairA
Tampa wants a new opera house, one
Rss can accommodate all who attend
a.xtainments.
By a secret process, Mrs, ]. W. Wat
IN Of Greenland crystylizes oranges
TkeY viii be served in the hotels this sea-
n
FL Douglass, proprietor of the Almeria
kGeI q Tampa, has discharged all of his
re colored walters and supplied their
lnces with white girls. Female walters
q something new in Tampa, but Mr..
Dmglss is sanguine that they will be a
nccess
Mk Geo s. Shelby, of Fort Meade. has
hlesef suit aesinst the Barlow Courier-
r11t br $f00O0 damaees The
llbrmant recently pnblished an
49, nriiten by Rev. A. e. Seldom 81
Meade. wherein he severely criticised
boeioys political and moral character.
Re leealify of the Manatee county COM
nnas taxing the county for q Worlds
g exhlblt has been answered. The at.
g9eneral has decided il may be le-
plEdoDe
ne business OF the United States land
- u GAINESVILLE is reported to be stead
, 4iraaang, and the number of entries
saoe ihas far this month is in excess OF
- q snJ previous month for years.
me canning industry at Fernandina is
lng large proportions, and in time
@ne' II properly looked after. will
empioyment to many people and
N hundreds of dollars that are now
a other places On one steamer
veg I24 cans of oysters were ship
~ New York from that city.
Arrty of six gentlemen went squirrel
70 San Felaska hammock one
'1 last week. says the Gainesville
ana killed 155 squirrels, besides
ne. There is nothing "fishy''
,as story, and the facts are vouch-
Akey the Suns editor
- endeveloped resources OF Florida
pester than now recognized. Fibre
4oaoInz sisal hemp, ramie, banana
Ss leaves, palmetto and yucca viii
1l rom in due time.-Florids
80 vas killed at the Chisholm
mines in Citrus county Tues
aee rope attached 70 q bucket hoist.
= half ton Of phosphate parted
voc entire weight ON the neRro's
asolng him to the ground. II pro
manaiee or sea COW was caugh,
y1e Bay few days ago. II gave
lively time and come hard
sevefal hours to get It across thu
- i.1umes II came along @ quiet q
-. We, oeing exhausted by iis efforts
10 Inen when somewhat rested Il
efeAk away, and 10 nrsvent swsmr.
niue boat they woul have ia
and let Il run awhile.
- s.a.ed - valuation Of real and per.
ePerty Of DeSOio county for 1891,
% Tax Assessor Gradiham'i
7SS. 100, an hcrease Of 32O7..
S4Ae Ae assessment Of last year. tn
xation Is Isl mills on tie S1. m,
- y and the county no. IN,
~ -. receive SIS, al .1O and th.
sn1i!.l5. Arcadia and Puntl
- eohecf . special school tar o
According to the returns Is,
II = 70. a thai there are 4,07E aerel