The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-05-21
FLORIDA HAPPENINGS.
rc .yD COMMENT IN BRLEFPARA
GRAPHS.
s~.TE PRESS CLIPPINGS
,-sv HUM OF PROGRESS WAITED
,vov ALL QUARTERS OF FAIR FLORIDA
NOTES ABOUT THRIFTY TOWNS.

s;rty-6ve cars of phosphate were
..ndled on the Florida Southern
niIrosd one day last week.
T. G. Cone sold seventy-three
horses iu Tampa and vicinity the
nsst season-since November, 1891.
As much as 5000 per acre has been
,sal;zed from tomatoes this season at
Winter Haven.
Arcadia has concluded to organize
/. company to place a water works
plant in that place.
The headquarters of the Charlotte
Hsrbor division of the Florida
Southern railroad have been moved
from Barlow to Punta Gorda.
Rev. Bob Meacham (colored) has
been removed from the Office of post
master at Punta Gorda, and K. B.
Hsrey( (white) )appointed in his stead.
There has been transferred from
the Tavares and Gulf railway to the
Florida Central and Peninsular, at
favares station, during the past ten
days 1901 packages of vegetables.
The bulk of them came from
Clermont.
1t is rumored that the Clyde line
will put on small steamer to run
between Punta Gorda and Key
West in connection with the New
York and Key West steamers and
tor the principal shipment of cattle
and ice to Key West.
Gainesville Sun: In May l541,
Fernando DeSoto, who made a
brief stay in Alachua county en- route
to the tabled El Dorado, finally
landed at Chickasaw bluffs on the
father of waters, the point at which
the grand new railroad bridge now
spans those waters, whose length
lacks only 1O5 feet of three miles
and cost $2,5OO,OOO.
A. A. James, agent at Ellaville Of
the Florida Central and Peninsular
I railway and Southern Express com.
pany, and also the Western Union
telegraph operator, "skipped" Satur.
day with $4,000 express package
belonging to Drew & Bucki, lum
Der firm, whose mills are two miles
from Ellaville.
Titusville Star: The dredge which
has been lying at the city wharf fol
the past two weeks left for the Oak
Hill and Haulover canals, towed by
the steamer j. W. Sweeney, where
IL will at once commence cutting 8
4.ioot channel through both canals
This work is being done by private
parties backed by New York capital
and it is done for the purpose of al.
lowing the Sweeney to compete fo1
the pineapple shipping, which viii
commence in about two weeks. The
work In the canals is expected to bt
completed by June l, so the steame1
can run from Eden to New Smyrna
Arcadia is not only to be congratu
isted on having a new bank, but il
having such men at the head of it a,
Snuoge Zib" King, who is not only
DeSoto'S cattle king, but the wealth
aeSI man in the county. He knows
everybody, and has been known herr
Wr twenty years. w. H. Simmons
ald .. j. Carlton have been knowr
slmost as long, and have for severa
years been engaged here and at Ft
myers IN the banking business. Al
nave nave more or less experience al
OanKers, and will have backing oi
Saliable cash of 100000, thu.
1aS'ng one of the strongest banks
y. south Florida fnancially.-Arca
qua Arcadian.
Mr' 5. A: Jones, the gentleman il
..afge ..s of the surveying parties whe
D.; D. operating between here and
splseayne Bay. came up from hi,
seas'qGarters, Eau Gallie, ,on Tuesday
.au lett for Jacksonville mex,
S;OInlng for the purpose of confer
ns g with Mr.. Hamilton Disston, the
~Sers .aS OF the j. T. & X. w. railway
i M D. Others: He expects to be back
Eau Gallie tomorrow. During the
I. Isey Mr.. Jones tells US his men
an" .e discovered several curiosities.
im.u iug them the skeletons of men o.
been ense - stature, supposed to have
bn;la nose OF the extinct mound
IL Ils; sar The back part of one ol
rth sAulis was crushed in as if done
~ = battle axe. The skeletons
lp.t;. ueen sent to the Smithsonian
s1ute.-Titusville Advocate.
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