The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-08-27
FLORIDA HAPPENINGS.
rc 1vD COM.HENT Nv BRIEF PARA
GRAPHS.
sTarE PRESS CLIPPINGS.
prsy HUM OF PROGRESS WAITED
..owA1L QUARTERS OF FAIR FLORIDA
NOTES ABOUT THRIFTY TOWNS.

An effort is to be made to erect a
beet canning factory at Kissimmee.
Giles English, the negro who was
;n ;ail at Titusville charged with the
mnrder - of another negro in Cocoa
recently, was allowed a writ Of ha-
beas corpus for the purpose of filing
an affidavit of insolvency on Tues
dav.
Word has been received that Judge
Hnohes of the United States circuit
oonrt of the eastern district of Vir-
oinia has decreed $4,000 to the Key
West salvors Of the EIdorado. This
Is m an additional count from the
one heard in court at Key West re-
Gently.
The orange crop around Leesburg,
taken altogether, is about as large as
it was last year, while in a great
many portions of the state the crop is
less by one-half and more than it was
last year. The probability is that
there will not be more than $500, 900
boxes in the state, whereas there
were about 3,7O0, 900 last year.
The city council Of Gainesville
has ordered an election to be held to
determine the bonding of the city for
$4,000, viz: $4,000 for retiring the
debt of the city, $1,000 to be used
in erecting a suitable school building
for the city public schools, and S2,-
900 for street Improvement.
The phosphate shipments from the
three Florida ports Punta Gorda,
Fernandina and Port Tampa for two
weeks ending August 6, reached the
total of 1858 tons the heaviest ever
known in the history Of the industry.
The three ports mentioned shipped
$3.50, 6,94l and 1892 tons respec-
lively.
.- The officer who was wounded last
Saturday while arresting the negro
at Pennington was Albert Dupuis,
a brother to Sam Dupuis of New
nansville. lie was shot in the side
and in both legs by the desperate.
The physician has amputated one of
Mr.. DupuiS' feet, and fears that he
will be compelled to take off the
other leg just above the knee.
The store owned by H,rrison g.
Son at Upsala was broken ioto Mou-
day night by two negroes. They
succeeded in getting a shotgun, a
pair OF shoes, some shirts, d small
amount OF money, satchel and quite
anumber of other things. Just as
soon as the proprietor, B. o. Seltzer,
discovered that the store had been
robbed he tracked the men to Enter
prise Junction, where he overlook
them and recovered the satchel and
part OF the stolen goods.
The county convention of Walton's
democracy last Frid y was large
and harmonious body Of men, and
much enthusiasm was manifested.
The following are the nominees: For
representative, j. Fl. Richburg ;
tax assessor, S. G. Mclean; tax
collector, j. D. McCrimmon; county
Judge, John L. Campbell; clerk of the
circuit court, James A. MeKeap;
sheriff, r. P. BIudsworth; superiuten-
Dent of schools, Rev. r. @. Baker;
surveyor, John Campbell. A dele
gatlon OF seventeen, one from each
precinct, was chosen to meet a SINH
lar one from Holmes county next
saturday, to name a candidate tor
the senate.
Key West Equator: Postmaster
Psacock tells us that a son of Indian
Bllly Jewel, be ter known as Bill
ney West, a young man 81 years
old, met his death in a singular
manner while hunting last week in
Tue Indian hunting grounds in Dade
county. Billy who is good hunter.
w vent out and shot a large buck.
thinking him dead he stopped down
u On coming up to him to cut his
s0roat. The buck in his last agonies
made for him and drove his horns
INTO the abdomen of the Indian, rip
Rlng him open. After three days,
Duly not returning, party was made
y and attracted by the buzzards
1o1n hunter and hunted were found
Oead together--the Indian still inn
Paled on the horns Of the buck.
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