The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-12-05
FLORIDA HAPPENINGS.
NEWS AND CoAAEENT IN BRLEFPARA.
GRAPHS.
STATE PRESS CLIPPINGS.
THE BUSY HUM OF PROGRESS WAITED
FROM ALL QUARTERS OF FAIR FLORIDA
NOTES ABOUT THRIFTY TOWNS.

-NOIH6 AbOUT THR1ETY TOWNS
Work is progressing finely at both the
Land Pebble and Bone Phosphate works
near Lakeland.
The South Florida railroad paid last
year about 81 800 taxes on their landed
property in Orange county.
The annual meeting of the Florida Press
Association will be held in Quincy on the
second Wednesday in April.
Work on the canning factory at Lake.
land has been completed and the company
has taken full charge now.
A barber shop is to be opened at Jack
sonville in which the tonsorial work will
be done by FIVE lovely females.
w. J. Drumwright OF Sarasota has just
received returns from eight boxes of Sicily
lemons, which brought So per box.
There will be more building in Gaines
vile this winter than there has been during
any Sc ,son for the past six or eight years
l. j. w. Walker & Sons of Orlando sold
$28 900 worth OF orange trees last week to
Pomona, Cal They are packing and ship
ping them this week.
An immense amount of cotton. seed is
being imported to Gadsden county to be
used for fertilizing. Much of this seed is
purchased in Jefferson and Madison coun
ties.
Contractor Mann has comm cnced opera.
tioas on the new court house in Ferrandina
/ in q most energetic way. He now has
about forty men employed and the mate
rial is constantly arriving.
Ned Green of Barlow, q straightforward
old cOlored man about fifty years of age,
and the father of thirty-three children,
thirty of whom are living, sent his wife to
South Carolina last week to take rest.
A noticeable fact at Braidentown is the
number OF silver dimes and halt dimes IN
i circulation. HappeaFs that some time ago
the Gubens purchased two cargQes of cat.
s119 xk The rte OF @sBU 3 pleCe, and made the
1entire payment In these coins.
Il ]. n. Simpson left Manatee last week
to visit the extreme southern coast ol
Florida in the interest of the botanical
branch of the United States department ol
agriculture. He will push his explorations
as far into the everglades as possible.
D. E. Cooper has the contract fol
, building an extension TO the Episcopal
, church at Gainesville. The L will be or
8 the north side and will be used principal
|, ly for the choir. Besides this, however
it will increase the seating capacity of the
. church by from 80 to rs. =
Surveyors who have been inspecting
: the route from Kissimmee to Jupiter fol
, telegraph line to connect there with {
lcable to the Bahama Islands, thence t,
England, returned day or two ago, anC
| report that work will be commenced a.
3 once constructing the line, which is to b,
finished IN fifteen days.
i Gainesville Gazette: Between now ant
, the first of January there will be fiv'
weddings in which seven Gainesville peo
pie, four young women and three gentle
Q men, are Of the high contracting parties
: Three Of the grOoms are widowers. Rev
A. B. Curry will oficiate at four of them
and Judge Gardiner will get the licens
fee in all.
Nat Poyntz, E. P. Hyer and J. B. Para
more of Orlando, Capt. r. E. Rose of Kis
simmee, A. II. Hyer of Tampa and a part
Q of Kentucky capitalists were In Arcadi
It last Friday inspecting the works of th
"a Peace River and the Arcadia chcsphat
!. companies. These gentlemen contemplat
70 erecting phosphate works near Littl
Q Paine's creek and are taking dots.
Dade City Democrat: There are larg
Il areas of land in Pasco county that may
u reclaimed at little cost, which for the pre-
T, duction of rice and sugarcane cannot
Q surpassed in the world. For centurit
these areas have been lakes, at the bottol
. of which the richest mud Is precIpi
tated full OF vegetable substances. Thes
Invite capital to which they offer matchle
= opportunities.
III J. w. & Ed. Waite, proprietors of Il
Magnolia orange grove and nurseries
Belleview, are now busy packing two cal
II loads OF orange trees to ship 10 Californi
Y very soon. From 100 to 400 trees al
n packed in q box along with plenty
Ianhagnum moss well drenched with wat,
to keep the roots from drying out on Il
i long Journey. About $1,000 trees will {
forward on this frstShipment of the se
son. The stock 10 oil straight, handson
and we'll proportioned and the leaves Of
rich dark green.
ST. Andrews Buoy: Capt John Steyel
reports that when out ON hia last trip vii
the Crawford he picked up two men.from
IDEAL raft tied together with cords, ar
Irapidly drifting out TO sea near Apalach
Icola. The men told Capt. Stevens ~
s they had fed from an American Tesl
because Of inhuman treatment and hs
IimpFoYieed the raft, hoping Thus to Gro
This East pas from Dog Island, bat Wh.
they were fairly afi0at the wind chang
and Was fast taking them 20 the open
when they werc discovered ma Eescul
III the Crawford, 90 Aforesaid, and In q
meantime they had given themselves up s