The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-03
FLORIDA HAPPENINGS.
,rc !. ND COMMENT IN BRIEF PARA
GRAPHS.
xrArE PRESS CLIPPINGS
nusy HUM OF PROGRESS WAITED
-uoN ALL QUARTERS OF FAIR FLORIDA
NOTES ABOUT THRIFTY TOWNS.

last Friday the little-year old
,hild Of J. D. Williams of Jasper
met death in a strange and unex-
nscted @ manner Mrs. Williams was
shellipc peas for dinner and the child
was playing near by with the pea
hul]s In its play it sucked a rea in
it's wind-pipe and died in a few
minutes.
The county commissioners of
Breyard county have decided that
that county shall not be left out of
The list OF counties making appro-
priations for the Florida state build
ing at the worlds lair, Chicago, and
the amount OF Brevard's appropria-
/ ton $500 will be officially provided
/ for and authorized at the meeting of
the board on the first Monday in
4 September.
The little six-year-old boy OF
Coruelia Baker was attacked in the
strert at Jasper last Saturday even
ing by dog belonging to c. W.
Bradshaw and was terribly mutt
lated. Fortunately J. M. Duncan
and E. P. Smith were near and
reached the child just in time to
prevent the dog from killing him.
At soon as Mr.. Bradshaw learned of
the occasion he hunted up the dog
aod killed him.
During the heavy rain storm last
Monday afternoon tightening struck
Dr. Jackson's house at Winnemissett
doing considerable damage. 1t en-
tered Pit the chimney and roamed
over t re house at will, knocking out
one able end and doing much dam
age TO valuable library, scattering
the books around and shattering
th' bookcases. 1t finally left the
n' ,use, passed out on the porch and
illed the Doctors pet cat, then
6oek to wire clothes line that was
fastened to the veranda posts and
passed from the wire to a pipe that
was leaning against the house and
went through that into the ground.
Fortunately no one was in the house
at the time.
The Dunnellon Phosphate Com
psny is having two steamers built at
Jacksonville tor use on the Withla-
coochee.
The cigar makers ofthe Ell Modelo
factory at Jacksonville, who struck
Saturday on account of a difference
over wages, are still out.
The wildcats are eating up the
geese in the neighborhood seven
miles east from Jasper. They killed
nVe geese Oh one place few nights
ago.
Several farmers of the western part
Oh Madison county have planted ex-
perimental crops of rice this year,
and the present prospects are highly
gratifying to them.
J.P. Grantham of Jefferson county
has a pig with six perfect legs and
ieet. The pig walks on all of it's feet
and is growing finely. 0. G.
Edwards of the same locality has a
cali that was born a short time ago
with the exact mark and brand of its
mother.
The Baptists of Ocala are erecting
a handsome $4,000 parsonage in the
beautiful Gary grove on Ocklawaha
svence. The lot was donated by
Mrs. n Fannie R. Gary. Rev. L. D.
Oelger, who has been called to the
Pastorate recently, will be the first
occupant.
=. 4. Jones while digging a we'll
10 Jefferson county last week, at a
depth Of sixth feet came upon a
part OF jaw bone and teeth OF some
kind of an amphibiops animal. The
!eeth range from one inch TO eight
inches long, and are seventeen in