The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-01-02
FLORIDA HAPPENINGS.
NE WS AND COMMENT IN BRIEFPARA
GRAPHS
STATE PRESS CLIPPINGS.
THE BUSY HUM OF PROGRESS WAITED
FROM ALL QUARTERS OF FAIR FLORIDA
NOTES ABOUT THRIFTY TOWNS.

There is talk Of building marine rail-
way at Titusville.
| w. II. Rogers will manage the new
Rockledge hotel at Rockledge on Indian
river this year.
| The Tropical hotel at Rockledge is to
open in few days with Peck & Moon as
the new proprietors.
The taxpayers of Orange county are
liberally responding to the 2-mill asses
ment for the Worlds Fair fund
R. T. Patten of Fort Myers announces
that he will give So for the first tarpon
caught a. Fort Myers, St. James City,
Punta Rassa or Naples this year
The South Florida foundry and ma
chine shops are manufacturing three
phosphate plants, to be operated at
Tampa, Barlow and on the Alafa
| Orlando is to have new weekly paper
to be called the Masonic Star 1t will be
published by W. V. Golf, and will be
devoted to the coored Free Masons.
| w. l.. Gibson, assistant cashier of the
National Bank of jacksonville was the
recipient Friday of Christmas present
in the shape of 5000 worth of bank stock
of the above bank
| The balance of the machinery for the
saw mill for the Seminole Indians arrived
at Fort Myers the other day and was haul
ed out Monday by two teams, three yoke
of cattle to each wagon,
The Interocean telegraph line reached
| Kissimmee last Monday, and has located
temporary Office at E. p. Tebeau's resi-
| ic to h1. fin
| ished TO Jupiter by Jan, 20.
There are at present twenty tramp
tourists being entertained at the Hotel
| d Orlando at the expense of the city
Twelve of them have found in Orlando
what they were not locking fTl--wc. -
John Gomez of ChOcaluski, Lee county,
aged III years, was in Fort Myers for sev
eral days the past week, returning home
Monday. The old gentleman is as spry as
a cricket and IL better health than a year
| ago.
A curiosity in the way of watch KEY
can be seen in Gainesville. 1t is the badge
of the society Of the South Carolina Col
lege, organized in 1906. This ba Ice was
made in 1923 for Judge Thomas Y. Daw-
kinS.
A citizen Of Lee proposes to buy and
erect all the machinery necessary for put
ting rice in merchantable condition if
the farmers OF the neighborhood.will plant
enough rice next year TO give ii employ
ment.
Work was commenced this week at IT,
tusvile on the addition TO the railroad
company's freight house, which addition,
when completed, will be used by the EN-
ployes OF the railroad company as general
freight office.
Commodore Hughes of Titusvlle sold
his fine yatch Silver King last week to NJ
F. Dwyer of Rockledge for about S4 900,
and has sent north for another launch call
ed the Wild Cat, which is said to be the
fastest thing that floats.
The DeLand Manufacturing company
have made contract with the Thomson
Houston Electric Light and Power COM
pany for one Of their improved electric
light plants, and the agent of the COM
pany will begin work at once
Governor Fleming has signed the death
warrant of Daniel Killens, alias DAME
Williams, convicted of murder in the first
degree at the spring term of circuit court
for The seventh judicial circuit, beld at Or
lando Thursday, January %, 1892 is the
day appointed for the condemned to sut-
fer the death penalty.
Dan Dixon, who lives near the Iamona
lake, in Leon county, accepts cooters as
legal tender al his store. 1t is said to be
an interesting sight to see Mr.. Dixon's
customers, after having purchased various
articles reach down Into a sack and hand
him large cooler, for value received, for
which, in return they get two or three small
cooters IN change according to the amount
of goods purchased.
The Okeechobee dredge, Capt J. F.
Menge in charge, Is now about ole and 81
half miles 10 the south of Okeechobee lake,
and The water is running so 1swift into the
everglades that the dredge has TO be an
chorcd TO keep it from going south The
water ia the great lake is falling percepti-
bly,, and there is no doubt but that the
| CuioOsahatchee will be kept free from
| overflow III the future.
Pensacola News: Miss Mollie F. Kelly
has been appointed postmaster at Pollard,
Ala, vice II. G. Witt resigned. Mr.. Witt
had been the incumbent of The place since
June, 1870, nearly twenty-five years, hold
| ing the office through every administration
since that time, and having ever been
consistent democrat He served through
out the war as private in the confederate
army, and is now giving up his Office and
Pollard as home to remove to this city,
where he will in future reside The old
gentleman is the father of John c. Witt
| of this city.
Ovied0 Chronicle: Mrs. w. p. Lasitter
had an unusual experience a few days
ago. AS the story goes she saw large
hawk descend to the ground AS the
hawk did not rise after short time she
decided to investigate. On approaching
the place the hawk arose and perched
upon tree near by. In few minutes it
descended again. Mrs. Lasitter proceed