The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-08-01

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beaches are selling at 80 cents bushel
N some parts of the state.
nr 7 Shrader is now editor-in-chlef
.t.be Bartow Courier Informant.
nationals municipal election resulted
IN the success of the temperance ticket.
o,o rice farm under cultivation near
r:os;mmee consists Of $500 acres and
employs 50 hands
Tvolve houses within stones throw
,foocb other are being built in the up
Oor na1t of the second ward at Tampa.
The Apopka Advertiser says it is re-
,o-tad that the stockholders have just
pt fsnt 800 600 to repair the Midland rail-
way.
The Young Mems Progressive Club at
Gainesville has indorsed the water works
scheme. and is now working for it,
Over $50 carloads of phosphate passed
through Leroy last week.
The approximate strength OF the Farm
ors, Alliance in Florida is Is, 600, and it is
rapidly increasing.
number of big sail boats are now run
ming between Fernandina and Jackson
vile, carrying large quantities of shells to
be used in the repairs Of the shell road.
Y. N. Girardeau, of Monticello,
shipped over /, 100 crates of tomatoes this
season which netted him oyer so cents
ner crate lnere is money in them at
this price.
Hon. John ". Trammell has been ap-
pointed councilman Of Lakeland, to fill
the unexpired term of E. B. Briggs.
The Sanford Journal will change hands
the first part of next month, Mrs. Vane-
var giving way to Major W. A. Cook.
One day last week Frank Bass left a
single stalk of rice at the Kissimmee
Leader office on which he counted 300
grains of rice.
The Indian River State Bank of Titus
vile has declared a semi-aunual dividend
of per cent. and placed 81, coo to its
surplus fund, making their surplus fund
now 81, 800
During the past season there were
cultivated in Lake county 298 acres of
sweet potatoes, which produced II, $40
bushels. The value of these potatoes is
estimated at 1908 50.
At its quarterly meeting Friday the
alliance of Jefferson county passed strong
resolutions indorsnp the movement to
raise money to have Florida properly
represented at the Worlds Fair, and
% 70 hlo
ton called to consider the ways and
means to that end
Inc valuable new products ofthe Fer
nsndlna Creosote Company-pine balsam,
car rooi and ship paints-are winning fa-
VOr a large shipment of the pine balsam
was made by express and rail Friday, g0~
Dg 10 different points in Florida, Georgia
and Alabama
Iltusville Star: Capt 0. S. Porter and
VIE OF Lake Worth, arrived here on the
o. Augustine Sunday night end started
yesterday morning for orange county for a
lew days, then to Lexington, KY. They
viii spend several months in different
ssles before returning TO their Lake Worth
aome' Mr. Porter informs US that he has
iuS1 Sold bis home place on Lake Worth 10
D. b, Glow of Chicago for $4,000.
g, tampa Tribune: Two Cinnamon have a
lsh camp at the mouth Of the Alfalfa
lNer and are doing we'll. A Tribune re.
pOrter stopped in at their camp a few
lys ago and found both men busy re-
na xai'Ig their nets preparatory to stretch.
s tnem that night. The head man
SS.s J.s.eu that all the fish they caught were
oan Sllsa and then shipped to New York,
unsigned to Chinese firm, where they
So ouu ready market. The fish are
s~ryS'ougnly srS cleansed before being dried,
o.s osu ale preferred by the Chinese to any
-ef manner Of putting them up.
hor nommy Webb, crippled little colored
sS ~. VINO lives about mile beyond the
t-p, tips, trudged to Fernandina a day OF
s So ago and made an energetic appeal tt
tSs s county judge for protection against
he s"nS ~,adren OF his neighborhood, whom
Judscy doays are clubbing him all the time
4 have it. '''ui0o hiih he snouic
tha.s hsaerDandina News: On Wednesda,
Sone. 'e was on the beach train an inquisitiv,
vbn vbs'er OF about five or six summer,
in;, reached out the car window as th,
mShoTa ran through the hammock and
fSe fStu hu., mold OF a thick tangled bush
the aS ToSn appears to have taken hold o
bod;,Iun Inild in return, for he was pullet
vs, 20 OUT OF the Car window. The trail
iuio ,ho ,sh.oPped R and the stray lamb gathered
Ensels, west Equator Democrat: Th,
dsy Sa sSa,osu consul called at this Office yester
ia Telnoon T~ah1 and denied the statement O
ordered o. that Angel Crespo had beer
crespo hoS ~ ,Aey West. He says tba
10 the Ts,a Sa osen sentenced to banishmen
,lioned the governor 1eusroi se R 70 ns1nJ ,osue;
ion a S.s 20 come to Key West which nermiss %
sish uaS ~ oeen granted. But it ia not ih'
conan !, =, t1e governor, saws the Snanisl
pie Of Kor 70 ,T,ce M Crespo upon the good peo.