The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-12-19
FLORIDA HAPPENINGS.
MEWSAND C0MzkzNT IN BRLEFRARA-
GRAPHS.
sTATR PRESS CLIPPINGs.
THE BUSY HUM OF PROGRESS WAITED
FROM ALL QUARTERS or FAm FLORIDA
NOTES ABOUT THRIFTY TOWNS.

FROM ALL QUARTERS or FAIR FLORIDA
NOTES ABOUT THRIFTY TOWNS.
The daily average of water supplied to
Orlando is 100000 gallons, and It takes
fourteen miles Of mains to distribute it.
The estimable wife. of Capt Jesse 8.
Wood OF Lake City died at their home
quite suddenly Wednesday morning. The
evening before she was In her usual health,
but suffered stroke Of paralysis during
the night.
The county commissioners Of Marion
county have appointed the following
county Worlds Fair committee: FL. w.
Long, A. p. Baskin, Louis Aver, D. 81
Irvine and q. w. Campbell, Sr. This is q
strong committee. They also passed q
resolution indorsing the movement and
calling upon the people to pay the vol
untary tax.
G. A. Snow g Co., solicitors of American
and foreign patents, Washington city, re-
port the following patents granted to Flo
ridians for the week ending December 8
| p. FL. Herndon, Leesburg, automatic rail.
way switch; @. Hodgson, jacksonville
pump for raising water near railways; g.
Trombly and ]. ]. Kinsman, Tampa, car.
riage gear.
The body Of an unknown man
was found in the 81. Johns river at
Palatka Saturday under the docks Of the
Florida Southern railroad. In his pockets
were letters marked Horace Y. Upper,
Satsuma, and they were signed Emma
Tm&~
delpbia. Papers on his person show the
good standing of the deceased in the
American Order of United Workmen at
MansHeld, Mass.
Orlando Reporter: A very remarkable
occurrence was witnessed at the grocery
store OF Delaney & ives Tuesday morn
ing. Charles Abbott, ono Of the salesmeu,
was holding jug with its mouth to the
hydrant to wash tout. He held it down
very strongly and the upward pressure
OF the water SrAs % heavy . to explode
| tire jug into la&cGnA ones fragment cutting
Mr.. AbbOt u cl,ins 81 81
| The People, ! nes lilspaper started 6 Livl
Oak last February by Hon. Robert a.
Ivey, with D. M. McAlpin a. editor, ceased
publication with iis issue December 10.
| This leaves the Banner Of Liberty the only
paper in the county, and clearly demon
sirates that Suwanneo cannot suppOr,
more than one pader. The People make.
the third paper that has collapsed in Live
Oak since January /, 1883. The BanneI
of Liberty formerly the Florida Intelligen,
cer) was started September, 1882, by w
l.. Whitfield, the present editor and pro
prietor, and is, under his management
In q prosperous condition now.
Orlando Reporter: Advertising has be
come fine art, but to Orlando merchant
belongs the success of hanging signs upol
clouds. Several days ago about II o'clock
the sun shone brightly upon the hugo sigi
OF Delaney b Ives, rejecting 1t upon th,
plate glass Of the Eagle drug store OF Dick
inson q Chapman, which In turn reflectee
aud photographed it distinctly upon thiI
cloud that hung in the northern heavens
The spectacle was seen and admired bl
both Drs- Chapman and Dickins0u, and
/ for moment or two they could not imag-
inc how the grocery firm had managed &
tack thin sign 90 high up. The strang,
spectacle was finally attributed to the en-
terprise OF Delaney d Ives, supplemented
by the sunlight and the refraction Of Il,
rays.
The full stock for the First Nationa
Bank of Key West has all been raised, ant
| 1t will open up business shortly. The cap
| ifat stock will be $100, 0,G00. about one.hal
Of which Ii taken at Key West and thu
balance in New York. George w. Allen
ex-cashier of the Bank Of Key West, win
| Il Is said, be president and New Yorl
man will be cashier. e. N. Semple re
Gently left for New York to arrange ior thu
starting of another bank, with q capital o
$50 600 A considerable portion of thu
stock was taken at Key West and Mr.
Semple seemed sanguine of being able t
raise the balance and consummate an ar
rangement TO open In week or ten days
The excitement caused by the failure d
the Bank of Key West has about suhsided
and business Is picking up again.
The Sub Tropical building at Jackson
but now that it has passed into othel
hands IL will soon be opened up again q
an exposition. The purchasers or the
building held . meeting Thursday after.
noon in the Office Of ]. w. Archibald and
decided to form q company, which will b<
dnly Incorporated under the laws Of the
state. The name Of the company viii
be the New ub-Tropical Exposition
Company 9 The articles Of fincorpo atior
have been drawn up and signed. The
capital stock OF the company q placed q
Sd, 900 Tho incorporates are i. w
Archibald Al. b. Campbell, w. a. Bours
III. g. Greeley, Jsg gR. Campbell Charles
Benedict and M. a McDuG These gen
linen haya been requested by the stock
holders ~ act as inc0rp porntors, they, will
tour others ia BE elected at the firs'
Imeetan8 az the stockh0i ideks, Will conati
ltute the fitst bo4ad of directors. III
atoOkholdets win have B meeting " sooI