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

AZ dIupa OuTluH Tue uOutu VI July
there was recorded in the office of the
clerk of the circuit court 291 deeds,
mortgages and other instruments.
Bion Barnett, cashier Of the National
Bank of Jacksonville, keeps couple OF
guns leaning against his desk. No chance
to hold up the teller in that bank.
There were 259 cases tried by Mayor
Hil!iard in the police court Of Pensacola
during the month Of July, and the amount
OF fines paid into the city treasury during
that time foots up $773.75.
The Florida Tobacco Plant, apropos of
rice cleaning mill being erected at Kis-
slmmee last spring, advised the farmers
to plant rice. A number Of them took the
advice and now report encouraging crops.
The Watertown mill, two miles east of
Lake City, on the Florida Central and
Peninsular railroad, turned out every
working day in June 26, 900 feet OF lumber,
and now has its log railroad out twelve
miles in the pine forest.
Tarpon Springs Truth L. D. Vinson
went up the river recently and shot a
bald-headed eagle that measured five feet
and one inch from tip to tip of the wings.
The shot only broke one wing and frac-
tured leg, so that the bird was brought
home alive.
Florida Tobacco Plant w. B. knight
presented US three Kelsey plums weighing
just pound. It is fine fruit, OF which
he has sold considerable this year at s6 per
bushel. 1t bears in two to three years, and
should receive more general attention, even
for home use.
An election will be he'd on Saturday
August Is, in the city of Gainesville, for
the approval or disapprOval Of issu ing
bonds in sum not exceeding $50 900 for
the construction of complete system Of
waterworks and for funding the out-stand
ing indebtedness of the city.
Palatka Times: The largest haul of
shad in these waters is said to have been
made last winter by one Of our local fish
ermen. His net was struck by school,
out of which he landed over 300. This
is, perhaps, the biggest single haul. The
record for a week is said to be 1900.
There was banana eating contest at
Cooper A Boyett's at Tarpon Springs the
other night. Willis Cooper and James
Thomas were the contestants, and they
each ate sixty bananas, which were ripe
and mellow. The next day Cooper said
lie COulu eau DIS Ludly uOlo.
The Jacksonville Sub-Tropical Exposi-
tion building, personal property aud lease
of the grounds upon which the building
stands will be sold September to satisfy
the claims of creditors to the extent of
$14,076.90. Out Of the proceeds of the
sale the costs OF court, ami claims Of the
complainant will be paid, and if there is
any sum over, which is doubtful, it will
be paid into court to await further order.
Stark Telegraph: Joseph Ha vthorn,
who has the contract Of laying thirty miles
of track of the Amber road from the pre-
sent terminus to Dunuellon, lett last Mon
day with fifty men. He will complete the
laying OF thirty miles of track in thirty
days. The complexion Of this road gives
through line from Archer to Dunnel-
lon, and as there are several splendid
phosphate mines along the line it will be
one Of the best paying lines in the state.
The car Of Ocala exhibits for the G. A.
R. encampment at Detroit wss completely
filled Thursday through the efforts OF Capt.
John Walsh and Cash Thomas and went
% Jacksonville Thursday night with Cash
Thomas in charge. 1t is splendid collec.
ton of plants and trees and fruit, with
pho phate and every product that is a
staple 10 this county. Capt. Walsh con-
| tributed $3.50 toward the enterprise. The
expense connected with ii will be $500
Arcadia Arcadian: Tim Taylor and his
brother, Will Taylor, were arrested in
Arcadia last week, charged with being
principal and accessory to the murder of
another negro at Astor, Fla, on April /.
Marshal Thompson made the arrest at
| the instance of Simmons, the fish dealer,
who was witness Of the killing. The
prisoners were taken to Barlow Thurs
day, where they were turned over to the
sheriff of Lake county. The Lake county
sheriff recognized the men and said he
did not want any witness from this
county, as there was enough i'll Lake
county to convict them of the crimes
charged.
The Barlow Courier-Informant thus
figures up the profits of phosphate
mining: An acre of phosphate land, II
the deposit be only three feet deep, will
contain 4,84O cubic yards of stratum,
yi~lding 900 or 1000 tons of clean phos-
phate nodules Such land can be bought
| for $50 or 800 per acre. A complete
plant of the capacity of fifty or sixty tons
daily can be put up and started for
|
cient for such plant, and allowing $40 a
day for depreciation Of plant, incidentals
and interest on investment, the total
daily expense of producing fifty tons of
phosphate will not exceed $40. 1t will
cost so cents to 81 per ton to transfer it
to tidewater, and there it is worth $3.50
to u per ton.
Orange City Times Some ten months
ago the Florida Fibre Company was Or
ganized in Jacksonville with capital of
$40, 900, and the company now owns 1,31O
acres of land in Dade county, near Fort
Lauderdale, and it is pushing the work of
clearing the land, planting and cultivat-
ing the sisal, with energy. The company
has erected houses, purchased boats and
appurtenances, tools and implements,
procured over two hundred thousand
plants, and will soon begin making the
fibre This fibre is used largely for bind
ing twine and cordage purposes-some
SIC, ,OOO, 900 worth having been used in
the United States last year. The plant
requires nothing but favorable soil, free