The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-24
FLORIDA HAPPENINGS.
NEWS AND COMMENT IN BRLEFPARA'
GRA PHS
STATE PRESS CLIPPINGS.
THE BUSY HUM OF PROGRESS WAITED
FROM ALL QUARTERS OF FAIR FLORIDA
NOTES ABOUT THRIFTY TOWNS.

from Lakeland 10 Bocco Grand is arousing
considerable interest.
| The rumor Is again current that the
Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West shops
now at Palatka will be removed to Jack
sonville.
Editor Andrews has been compelled to
suspend the publication of the Cocoa Pub.
lie Spirit on account of the failure of his
eyesight
The new phosphate works on the east
side of Peace river, at Fort Meade, is to
bear the name of Chilocopica Phosphate
works.
A force is hard at work excavating At
the corner OF Palatox and La Rue streets
at Pensacola for the foundation of the First
Baptist church.
The orange crop is ripening very rapidly
and very soon the heavy crop will be going
into market, as some are already making
preparations to ship.
Patrolman Defee of Fernandina has been
temporarily suspended from the police
pending an investigation as to the recent
shooting at colored boy.
One ofthe schemes fora Worlds Fair ex.
hibit from Florida at Chicago proposes
that it be made in building built in exact
imitation of Fort Marion at St. Augustine.
The district convention embracing Or
ange, Lake and Osceola counties) of the
Young Peoples Society of Christian En-
sdeavor will be held at Sanford October 20
and 30.
The South Florida Foundry and Machine
Works of Orlando have contracts for fur
nishing the machinery for two phosphate
companies, the aggregate cost of which
will be $4,000
Nearly every newspaper in the state re-
ports an unusual number Of inquiries for
winter accOmmOdatiOns-hOu rooms.
hotel quarters, etc. The season promises
TO be the best one that Florida has ever
had.
r. A Johnson, who has been convicted
three times OF killing John c. Newcastle at
Barlow on January 1887, and who has
been jailbird ever since that date, has,
through ths persistent efforts of his attor-
neys, been granted bail in $500
Kissimmee Gazette: The Messrs. Nose.
ley of Shingle creek neighborhood have
purchased the Jack Barber crop of oranges,
1000 boxes, at rs. cents box, and are
now gathering them. The long distance
of hauling caused the low price
Lake Okcechobee is reported about 81 feet
lower than known for years. The ater
is running south through the new canal
lately cut in the south end of the lake. 1t
has been so dry there that one could tramp
all through the custard apple swamps.
The officers of the new company estab-
lshed at Gainesville for manufacturing
ironing pads are ]. A. Carlisle, president !;
Alexander Avera. vice president; Messrs.
Davis, King and Sheats, directors, and j.
A. Carlisle, secretary, treasurer and gen
eral manager.
Pensacola News: The steam tug Dixie
Sims brought ia the largest tow of clog
ends" from Ferry Pass Wednesday night
that was ever brought to this city. There
were about 5000 pieces all consigned to
the Pensacola Manufacturing Company.
This company converts the ''log ends" into
shingles and frewood and is doing quite a
lucrative business in that line.
Arch Blount killed his brother-in. law,
Robert Parker, at Barlow on Christmas
day. He was to be tried Friday, but
owing to the high standing and popularity
of the intense indignation of public senti-
ment against Bount, as we'll as affldavits
introduced by Blount's attorneys, to the
effect that fair trial in Polk county was
an impossibiIity, Judge Mitchell granted a
venue 10 Hlllsborough county, where
Blount will be tried at the December
court.
George Munnerlyn of Clear Water
Harbar is in very critical condition from
the effects of a catfish fin broken off in his
loot several days ago. from which blood
poison has resulted. He is suffering with
lockjaw. and is being kept under the in
fuence of chloroform and morphine. Dr.
Edgar is in attendance, and called Dr.
Tenney to assist in surgical operation for
the purpose of extracting the bone, which,
however, they failed to find The doctor
has slight hope of the recovery of his
patient.
]. w. QuigelY, the veteran logger on the
Ocklawaha, cut three cypress trees last
week out of which he got eight saw stocks,
the shortest being ten and the longest
eighteen feet. The eight logs contained in
the aggregate 10000 feet of lumber. They
were sold to G.. M. Davis of Palatka for
$40. about $37 per tree. Mr.. Davis will
have them sawed into lumber for cisterns.
Mr.. Quigely used an improved machine in
getting these logs out of the swamp, and be
says that the woods in his section are full
of such timber.
Oviedo Chronicle, October 16: The
orange season will open here In earnest
next Monday, If the weather will permit.
A large number of white and colored men
have been coming In the past week from
every direction, and all the large packing
houses have engaged their crews. L. w
Sherman will send about Is 900 boxes of
Oviedo oranges to London, and these must
be sent off within the next month or six
weeks. It 10 probable that all the large
packing houses will start up next Monday.
THIS will furnish work for 160 10 900
Hands.