The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-07-25

'EAOfMENTS IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
Business at Arcadia is said to be on the
increase
An artesian we'll is to be bored at
Gainesville at the expense of the city.
The fine horse and buggy of the late
Dr. Gary, of Ocala, has been sold for
$475 at public auction.
No one residing and paying taxes in an
incorporated town is liable for road work
under the new road law
1t now costs 80 to use profane lam
guage on the Streets Of Quincy. Two
persons tried it | st week.
The commencement exercises of the
White Springs Normal School and Busi-
ness College begins on July 80
More people from Kissimmee have gone
north on visit this season than ever be-
fore in the history of the town.
On August Is an election will be held
at kissimmee for mayor to fill the unex-
pired term of Mayor Watson, resigned.
At Tampa Friday Captain G. M.
Mathes' baby fell from chair and sus-
tanned very serious injuries on the head.
The Jacksonville, Tampa and Key
West railroad con emplates placing Ber-
muia grass along it's roadbed in the near
future.
T. L. Ward has the contract for build
ing the warehouse for the Gadsden
County Sale and Packing Warehouse
Company.
G. A. CHM, now on the beach near
Daytona, found over 400 turtle eggs last
Friday, besides three other nests which
he did not disturb.
The Jacksonville, Tampa and Key
Wesf road, since January, has hauled
$50, 900 punches of bananas, and over
500, 600 pine apples.
The Tampa gun club will pay reward
of $40 to any one furnishing information
that will lead to the conviction Of any
party violating the game law.
Nothing is being done to re-estabhsh
de stroyed in the fire of May 18, at Jack
sdR1ville, which burned the court room
and Offices.
Specifications for the new $50, 900 uni
versity building at DrLand were given to
the contractors last week for estimates.
The building will require 1900, 900 brick,
or $50 car loads
DeLand was shocked Saturday morn
ing by the news that Colonel Codrington
had taken an overdose Of laudanum and
was in a precarious condition. He has
since died from the effects.
By the Revised Statutes the powers of
town corporations have been consider
ably enlarged Towns can issue bonds
to an amount not to exceed 5 per cent. of
the assessed valuation.
A force of men are busy distributing
new rails and preparing to broaden the
gague of the Charlotte Harbor division
OF the Florida Southern railway. The
new rails will be laid about August /.
The Ohio Phosphate Company, just
organized, is said to be the only phos-
phate company in Florida that has paid
dollar for dollar on its stock, and there is
none of the stock for sale. Three Ohio
gentlemen compose the company, which
IS capitalized for $50, 900, ali paid in.
A party in Gainesville has contract
with the town of Waycross TO furnish her
with 100 carloads of soft rock with which
to pave her streets. The Gainesville sun
saws there is no finer material in the
world that can be gotten SO cheaply ana
at the sane time give such entire satls-
faction.
CAPTAIN Hart of Orlando states that he
has made sales within the last few days
for 200 tons of raw phosphate, for which
he is agent. to be delivered in Sep ember.
This makes 400 tons that he has sold IN
Orange county during the past few
months.
Thomas McMurray, a livery stable man
of Jacksonville, proudly claims me last
est span of horses in the state OF Florida
Mr.. McMurray purchased them at cost
Of $1,000. One is brown 3-year-old,
son of the famous Amount, and the other
a bright bay, son of the fast horse Jay
Gould.
Gainesville Sun The first shipment OF
phosphate from this state was made IN
1888. and amounted to less than Z, OOO tons.
Tn 1889 900 tons were shipped, in 16vO
about 60, 600, and the shipment for 1881
will probablyreach $50, 600. The worlds
consumption of phosphate at the present
time is estimated at 1900, 900 tons, and
;ncreases at the rate of % to 30 per cent.
ner wear. South Carolina furnishes
nearly one-half of the amount now used.
Phosnhate in Florida was discovered by
ENGINEER Francis LeBaron, of the United
states army, 1881. 1t was not mined un-
iii seven years afterward by I. 3: More
haad of Pennsylvania The daily OUT
nut of the different phosphate mines in
ths state is now placed at 8, 476 tons. Inc
total amount of capital invested is esti-
mated mat, at S12.SS5, 900. An acre OF phos-
nhate ~ land with bed only three feet
deem 9 will contain 5,s4O cubic yards OF
stratum. @ yielding from /, 900 to 1000 tons
of clear phosphate nodnles A compete
niant n Of the capacity of fifty or sixty tons
can be put up and started for *lO,OW or
less. Twenty men are sufficient TO run
- The total daily expense Of mining
fifty tons will not cost more than forty