The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-08-13
'gLoRIDA HAPPENINGS
,yD COMMENT IN BRIEF PARA
stDH0 GRAPHS.
.~.TE PRESS CLIPPINGS.
o BUSY HUM OF PROGRESS WAITED
,11. QUARTERS OF FAIR FLORIDA
..orrs ABOUT THRIFTY TOWNS.

10 than an ordinary, bait crop OF
arsnges'
rss cotton crop in Jefferson county
i. been seriously injured by too
much rain.
Tbe receipts Of the internal rev.
...s office of Key West for the
'.an,b ssr of July were so, ,269.68 about
II Is 600 less than for June.
The Sun says there are some de-
a;tute and needy people in Gaines
,Tle that are unprovided for by city
n county. What a shame!
Last Tuesday Polly Gooden, wife
dYork Gooden, (colored), of Milton
s.pd rattlesnake in the yard at
isnpting to charm the house cat.
Justice Joe de Lamar has been
Uving as justice of the peace, at
Kew West, since January 8, 1881,
IA from that date to June 3Oth, he
Is paid over to the county 81, l48 In
ines.
II is said that the little farms scat
he'd through the fiat woods between
Almond and the St. Johns river have
sfne prospect this year Of good
corn, cane and sweet potato crops.
Jack Evans picked l,lO0 lines
from one branch Of a tree on his
place out west Of Fort Meade.
The rate Of taxation at Lakeland
for this year will be twenty nine
mills; being sixteen for the state and
county and thirteen for the city.
The Volusia county school board
Bas made an appropriation of $lo(
b aid the county school exhibit al
BE Columbian exhibition.
Florida ~i4l elect governor and
|hte officers and a legislature to
||AOose a United States senator, vice
Samuel Pasco, October 4. and two
representatives. to congress, Noyem
|bGS.
Lake de Leon, one mile west OF
y Francis, is fast drying up, and
WITH a few more months Of dry
satber one of the prettiest lakes in
lbrda will simply live as a matter
dhistory.
United States Assistant Engineer
A. Giesler, in the steam yacht
laAea, is making an examination ol
sHrucdons to navigation in the
r st. Johns river. For this pur
p& $1,000 remains from an appro
rAiiou made seven years ago.
Acat, supposed to be mad, created
adorable excitement at Qnincy
Aasday by biting three persons, one
. aad two women. Beside these.
HHal animals are reported to have
e. g: oit'rn, but have not as yet ex-
ated any signs of the dreaded
5afoPhobla. The suspected rabid
me was killed shortly after i,
owed signs Of being mad.
on Sunday last the effect OF an elo
tht peroratlon of the Rev E. J
M sermon at Pine Grove wal
n'deraoly marred by the appear
OF big chicken snake going
saga a series OF gymDastae per
aante among the rafters of the
" hoaSe roof. 1t ia stated that
oAe daring the benediction, not
'he most devout, shut more thar
y Is probably the busiest
season that Lake Worth has
nown. Before the largest
pc crop was nearly shipped
tractors and builders were
Ininss hum, and the piles o1
f, half completed residences
- sound of carpenters tools
Ae east side assume quite
ar. On the west side con-
'e work is also being done,
Nnole lake, all around, gives
OF industry and improve
McNeal. porter of the
aoase at Gainesville, did a
ana commendable act Tues.
lady and little child were
aeross the southeastern part
mare when the horse became
= and started to run.
vas passing with the Brown
and seeing the danger,
,um ~ his vehicle and grabbed
snlng he could reach, which
re-. He swung to It with
gnt and stopped the buggy
stance came.
Chronicle Buzzard's
vast tract of land ou