The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-31
FLORIDA HAPPENINGS.
NEWS AND COMMENT IN BRZEFPARA-
GRAP PHS.
STATE PRESS CLIPPINGS.
THE BUSY HUM OF PROGRESS WAITED
FROM ALL QUARTERS OF FAIR FLORIDA
NOTES ABOUT THRIFTY TOWNS.


shipped to Portland, Ore, last week.
Lake county has fifty-one postoffices;
only one county (Marion) in the state has q
greater number.
b. h. Alden of Lewtey will plant this
year about three-fourths of an acre in
| celery for market.
The Barlow Phosphate company plant
will be, when completed, the largest phos-
phate factory in Florida.
The contract to build the court house a,
Fernandina has been awarded to w. H
Mann TOR $40, ,614. He gives $4,000 bonds
and has eight months time.
Prof g. P. Young has sold his Crosby
lake orange and pear grove in Bradford
county to Mrs. M. j. SOnthwick an Mrs
F. Edwards for the sum Of $4,000.
D. B. Mckay of Tampa has twenty-five
Italians at work on the new railroad from
Barlow to Phosphoria. The ties and iron
are all laid and only lining and surfacing
| remains to be done before the contract is
completed.
A weather service Office for Jackson
county has been established in Marisnna.
and as soon as the flags are received from
Washington, there will be displayed every
morning the weather indications for The
following twenty lour hours
Green Cove Spring A fire occurred
Monday afternoon, destroying the building
lately used by the Western railroad, near
the freight depot. The house was used as
4 repair shop and for storing and was the
property OF r. B. and p. j. Canova, trus
tees tor Misses Weedman.
Capt. John Zellers, in his schooner Yacht
Manatee, accompanied by Capt. NJ. Nose
ley, commissioner of fisheries, have lust ar
rived at Titusville from the south ard.
bringing fine specimen of that monster
mammal, the man atee The one captured
Is female and weighs about 700 pounds
II is for some northern aquarium
A. G. Berry and Jesse Harrington, a
committee 10 weigh and measure products
by different competitors in prize farming
contest now under way in Escambia
county, have reported to Chairman Dennis
Burns their measurement OF the one-acre
WELD OF sweet potatoes ON each Of the
farms of J. C. Van Pelt and Robert
Filingim. The former produced 1911 and
the latter 1885, bushels of good marketable
potatoes.
In all probability there will be two full
military bands for the hotels Ponce de
Leon, Cordova and Alcazar at st. Angus
tine this winter. Prot. Ellis Brooks hand
has been engaged for the Ponce de Leon
and now negotiations are p .nding between
Managers Seavey and Wilson and Adjt.
Tillson, which it is hoped will result in
securing the Fifth Infantry band to ply at
the Alc4zer and Cordova hotels.
Leesburg Commercial: A circular let
ter of credit, issued by the Leesburg and
County State Bank to our globe-trotting
townsman, D. B. Campbell was cashed
for him without difficulty by the bank at
Yokohama, Japan, whence it worked it's
way back to Leesburg via New York for
redemption by our state bank. Thus
does the credit of Leesburg financial in
stitution make itself available for it's
customers in the uttermost ends of the
earth.
The war department wants William E.
House, who deserted the army at St. Louis
a month after enlisting. He is thought to
be in the western part of Florida, where he
has relatives. On his right arm the India
ink shows two prize fighters, the initials
u. 8. S." dove, a woman's head, the
American flag, an anchor, scroll, dag.
ger and two ballet girls. On the left arm
is the American flag, two birds. a cowboy.
two ballet girls, the initials Nv. E H."
flowers, woman's head and horseshoe.
A reward of $50 is offered for his arrest.
Jacksonville Metropolis: Silas For
man. the cOlored man who resides in this
city, leaves to-day for the Macon (Ga.
fair with fifty.one rattlesnakes, all of
which he has captured in this county,
save six. The serpents are we'll trained,
and Silas says he will make great deal
of money in his exhibit at the Columbian
fair. He has now two dogs trained with
| which to catch these venomous serpents.
On last Friday he received q letter from
r. 8. Godfrey of San Francisco, CAL, Of
fering $40 each for snakes, provided 100
can be furnished, but Silas says he in
tends to carry over 500 to the World s
Fair and exhibit them on 'his own
hook
Clarence w. Smith of Jacksonville owns
one of the handsomest and smartest setter
dogs 10 the city. On Bay street Saturday
he went up TO water tap, looked beseech.
ingly at bystander and wagged his tail
until the gentleman turned on the water.
Then he drank his I'll and wagged his tail
in gratitude. Further down the street he
put his nose against piece OF Ice and was
60 surprised that he stood looking at the
ice tor fully minute.
The st. Andrews Buoy contains vivid
description of the fire In the woods which
threatened destruction to that town few
days since. Several empty cabins were
burned. The fire, famed by strong
breeze, advanced with such rapidity thai
the Catholic and Presbyterian churches
the Hoover property and Y. ID! Greens
residence were In imminent danger of de-
struction, and were only saved BY the
united efforts Of every man and boy ID
town, aided by many ladies, who buih
back lires and thus arrested the progress ol