The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-24
FLORIDA HAPPENINGS.
.-rolyD COMMENT IN BRIEF PARA
GRAPHS.
sTaTE PRESS CLIPPINGS
r, prrsy HUN OF PROGRESS WAITED
,voMA ALL QUARTERS OF FAIR FLORIDA
NOTES ABOUT THRIFTY TOWNS.


oountv that cannot be bought for
$4,000 per tract. Two hundred
and fftv dollars looks like a big
nr;ce per acre but it's no inducement
to the owners to sell.
There is some talk of organizing a
stock company in Gainesville for the
purpose of manufacturing cigars.
The move is a good one, and the en-
terprise if engaged in will prove
successful More factories is on of
Gainesvile's greatest needs.
The Kew West Advertiser pub
fishes list of the fishes which inhabit
theFlorida waters, prepared by Fish
Commissioner J. A. Weatherford.
The list comprises l07 different vari-
ties. Specimens will be sent to the
Chicago Worlds Fair.
Robert Murrell, the orange buyer,
saws the Ocala Banner, has disposed
Of his purchase in the Manatee
country at an advance Of $4,000
without touching an orange, with an
offer Of $3.50 per month to super
intend the packing and shipping of
the crop.
October - is going to be a grand
day in Pensacola. The tobacco ex-
hibition of itself will be worth going
hundreds of miles to see, and then
the fremen's contest for the Sl0O
premium offered by the city COM
missioners will be wonderfully al
tractiye feature.
Fernandina's board @: health h;.s
issued it's edict against the steerage
passengers. 1t has also passed au
order quarantining all vessels from
New York, and they are required to
stop tthe lower quarantine station
and there await the inspection of
the health officer.
"WaIren's cave. in the northwest
ern part of Alachua county, has
never been fully explored, but suffi-
elent investigation has been made to
leave no doubt OF the fact that it is one
Of Florida's most extensive caves. It
has been explored to the depth of
seventy odd feet below the surface
Of the earth and for distance Of
several hundred yards in different
directions. A stream of water as
Clear as crystal continually flows
through this cave. - Gainesville
Leader.
Gen. J. E. Yonge has sent to Gov
ernor Fleming his resignation as
county solicitor. The friends Of
John B. Jones Esq, are working
earnestly Tor his endorsement. Hunt
Chlpley Esq, who has been repre-
sSentlng Gen. Yonge, is absent at
orlando, but his friends in reply to
inquiries, said that no petition had
oeen formulated in his interest. The
news man met several members of
NE me oar, however, who had suggested
Mr. Chlpley's appointment to the
governor. Mr.. Jones also has many
snoorSers amcng the legal profess
slon.-Pensacola News.
hephosphate interests of Alachua
county are rapidly growing into
munster proportions. We have no
means OF ascertaining definitely the
0um invested, but the amount is i'm
Ilense' All the various interests of
~e county are benefited directly or
uuilectly as result of the develop.
I Ilent OF this great industry. We
yarn lhat most of the phosphate
~" "panles south of Ocala are shut
,g sg Gown N a, count of the quaran-
aHe' 1t Is said that most Of the
phosphate mined in that region is
ISOn'rac'ed to be delivered at Ham
Ou Ouag and Stettin, Germany, and the
da daarahtlne has made it out Of the
tdton question to reach those ports during
e prevalence OF the cholera.
to inree p years ago peddler came
Ch;r ~ ralatka selling what he called
m wulntse water lilies. These plants
MO! ~s; De seen growing in tubs of
c;,s aser IN almost every yard in the
foc,. .; by some means they got a
a" ao'n'id In the river where thew have
tbsm b,'shed until great floating beds OF
,he ,he'n may be seen in many places on
dova ,'ser Tor several miles up and
ao..: that stream. A beautiful
o.ss;.lng garden Of these aquatic curl
Ea.;ss E,es lodged itself against the
o,. s'loa Southern warehouse, a dav
th,, "o ago, giving the employees Of
,ss establishment q magnificent
ill., as o. Of the myriads of fragrant blue
'ss That are lust now IN aeesor