The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-11-14
FLORIDA HAPPENINGS,
NEWS AND COMMENT IN BRLEFPARA
GRAPHS.
STATE PRESS sOLIPPINGs.
THE BUSY HUM OF PROGRESS WAITED
FROM ALL QUARTERS OF FAIR FLORIDA
NOTES ABOUT THRIFTY TOWNS.
sTATEPR CLIPPINGS.

Wild ducks are swarnoing on Indian
river.
The cigarmaking business IN Key West
is looking up considerably.
Tampa had only two deaths last month
all white. Population 10000.
Thirteen carloads of orange box mate
rial went down Indian river this week.
There will be nearly If not quite 900
acres in winter vegetables this season in
Lee county.
The Carpenter house at Barlow and an
acre lot have been sold to Capt. ]. A..
Armistead for $10,500.
Joseph Ferris of Tampa is the possessor
of history Of Florida published in 1848.
1t was published by Lippincott 6 Go.
E. II. Gainor has completed his contract
| for the jetty work at Cumberland bar, and
has sent his stock, etc., north by the Rio
Grande.
It is estimated that on account of the
excellent weather for harvesting that 90
per cent. of the Columbia county cotton
crop is gathered.
4 number Of tracts of land in the vicin-
ity of Herlong have recently been leased
for turpentine purposes. It Is in finely
timbered country.
Quite number of the college boys at
Lake City save from $5 to $8 per month
| by putting in the leisure hours on the work
squad" who are paid 10 cents per hour.
Capt R. A. Hardee has the contract for
putting down seven or eight more beacons
rows. He expects to commence the work
this week.
A Car containing $4,000 pounds of rice
from Z. j. Whites prairie farm at Hastings
Station, in st. Johns county, passed
through ST.. Augustine for Savannah
Wednesday.
Contractor Mann is cleaning up the new
court house lots at Fernandina, erecting
sheds for tools, and hauling material pre-
| paratory to commencing work on the court
house. he will probably do this within
about ten days.
Key West Advertiser: A number of our
Cuban citizens have organized themselves
| for the purpose of encouraging a taste for
| the fine arts, particularly in painting and
sculpture, and have named the organiza
ton the Association of Cuban Artists.
Postmaster Dolph Edwards of Sanford
has been making an official examination OF
seventeen offices along the Orange Belt
| and South Florida railroads. During the
seven days trip he Travelled 800 miles by
rail- SO on foot, besides visiting four Offices
| by team. With two or three exceptions
he found the Offices we'll conducted and
books neatly and properly kept.
Marianna Times-Courier One of the
strangest wonders in the way of man
that we have been permitted to see, was in
town Saturday, and is citizen of this
county. He is Ebenezer Long, and was
| born, black, IN Georgia sixty years ago.
He is pow perfectly fair, except a few dark
spots that may be discovered by looking at
him closely His children are as dark as
he was in his youth, while his now seems
one of the whitest of white SKINS When
he was about % years Old his color began
| to disappear at one place on his arm till it
spread the body over. EbeneZer is quite
healthy, and looks ten years younger than
he is.
Thomas J. Pepper, editor of the Area
| dian, was convicted at Arcadia Friday of
| assault with intent to murder Charles II.
Bonard and sentenced to two years hard
| labor in the penitentiary. The assault
occurred On April 6, 1890. The defense
was represented by Hon. T. L. Wilson
and Judge G. A. Hanson; the prosecution
by Hon. Frank Clark and Samuel T.
Fletcher. Much interest was manifested,
| and the able and well-matched counsel on
either side were on their mettle through
| out the two days of the trial. The mo-
tion for new trial was overruled. The
defendant appealed but without hope of
getting the case reviewed.
A special election called by Mayor
Perry for the election of city treasurer
was held at Key West Tuesday, which
resulted in the choice of Geo. W. Allen,
cashier of the Bank of Key West, by a
majority of thirty six. At the general
| election, held on Oct. 6, last, both candi-
dates, Mr.. Allen and George 81. Curry,
received the same number of votes, ne
cessitating the calling of this special cleo
ton. More feeling was exhibited and
more hard work done by the friends of
the respective candidates than in the gen.
eIal election, and much bad blood was
exhibited when it became generally
known who was elected. Many demo-
Gratis supported Mr.. Allen, who is a re-
publican, while a few republicans sup
ported Mr.. Curry, and the general feeling
of the democrats who supported the lat
ter from partisan principles is very bitter
against those of the party who voted for
republican when democrat was run
ming as a candidate.