The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-10
DRIDA HAPPENINGS,
avn COMMENT IN BRIEF PAR4-
81 GRAPHS.
r.rE PRESS CLIPPINGS.
..v HIM OF PROGRESS WAITED
8. All. QUARTERS OF FAIR FLORIDA:
Z ,.orrs ABOUT THRIFTY TOWNS.

A King has on his place near
sas 1000 pounds of the finest
-, tobacco. He expects to be In
...eola on October l2 with 100
.s,pds OF prize tobacco. 1
Nv. Sutton of Hampton sold his
.r.ares Thusday to the agents of
..,rs eastern house for So, 300 on the
/ .rees. They also bought the fruit of
7 Rsy. N. Y. Kings place.
The Florida Southern is shipping.
Ion. On Thursday $50 boxes
| s..aed over that road for Kansas
sty from South Lake Weir, and on
F-;dsy another lot of $50 boxes from
I ~ same place went through Gaines
y;Ile. where they are transferred to
ihs Savannah, Florida and Western
iOr Missouri.
3. Johnson is negotiating for q
Leslie veneering mill to be located
& Leesburg, for the manufacture of
fruit boxes and vegetable crates. AS
sOon as legal papers are obtained a
eock company will be organized.
Shares of stock will be $50. Every
ohare will be entitled to 5000 worth
I of material at actual cost, besides
iharing in the profits of the company.
The mill when in operation will en-
ploy from so to 100 hands.
Friday afternoon the engine en-
gaged in hauling logs for c. W. Hill
brd g. Sons saw-mill at Dinsmore,
about. twelve miles west of Jackson
! vile, blew hole in her boiler while
pulling a train of logs. Fireman
Reuben Lewis jumped off in ditch
Of water and came very near getting
drowned by sticking his head and
shoulders in the mud, and had quite
time extracting himself. Section
Boss Alnsless and a gang of men
were engaged in repairing the track
when the explosion occurred, and they
took to their heels and hid behind a
magnolia bay until the escape of
/ steam had ceased. Fortunately no
spne was hurt.
n The Bank at Fernandina has issued
drafts on other banks for the fiscal
Raf ending.Iune 80 amounting to
l.z04 .65 g.9a. s9Assass d
s. Y. Finley of Gainesville has
gone to Washington, D. g., where
= will argue the Fort Brooke mill
ny reservation case before the Sec
Gary of the Interior.
Two robberies were committed al
Aey West last week, and no clew
~ yet been obtained against the
obbers. Tehodoro Perez's cigar
ectory was robbed on Monday night
two bales of tobacco, valued at
bout II 900, and David Stein, q dry
oods merchant, was robbed in broad
~ light, between IL and .
eiock Tuesday, Of $500 in cash. The
tser's store being closed for q few
pqfs, while he was out collecting,
= broken into, and his trunk, ia
.nlch ne kept his money, was broken
ea and the money taken there.
ney West is soon to have a beau
.el monument erected by her Cuban
llens IN honor of the patriots slain
the cause offreedom in the Queen
sne Antilles. Among the men
sle americans as well as Cubans.
~ people show greater honor or re-.
lence tor the memory Of their II.
'lious dead who laid their lives
= freedoms altar than do the
pans. The monument has beeu
efed from the Proctor Marble
pany Of Proctor, Vt, and il Sto
q White Italian marble. The
WI be about i've feet square
ee total height flhe monumens
g twenty-one fest. The lower
lA have npon each face the
g one OF the Tour states into
u Cuba was divided by tIbe con. On
aon. They ass klocia aento. Cam.
OFiente md NilIas These
n vii bein raised lstse1a The
.ent will b hers by October i,
y % unveiled Octcber 10. III
axy AZ the Cuban s3esl sration
pndence 81 lSle g the
of tho ieyol atjoI ey