The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-02-13
|FL0hIDA HAPPENINGS.
WITS 4ND CONTENT Nv BRIEFPARA
GRAIXS
STATE PRESS CLIPPINGS
TIE BUSY HUN OF PROGRESS WAITED
PROM ALL QUARTERS OF FAIR FLORIDA
NOTES ABOUT THRIFTY TOWNS.

There is not vacant house to rent at
Sanford
Sharks fr N fire in the woods set the
horn Of Ms. II. l.. Mitchell at Oviedo on
fire last Saturday noon, and it was burned
to the ground.
The election at Tarpon Springs resulted
.. follows: Mayor, ii. B. Webster; alder
men, J Jhn X. Cheyucy, G. III. Platt clerk
and treasurer. V. Castaing; marshal and
collector, P. II. Miller,
Hunters ale killing offers in the Lake
Harris saw grass near Leesburg. Otter
hides, bring good prices.
The Citrus County Slar, now published
at Inverness Wi, be moved to Brooksville
in about TWO weeks
A petition with the requisite number OF
siguers having Oeen presented the commits
slonerS OF Gurus county have ordered d
vet and dry e'cc.ion on March 12
There ale twelve phosphate plants
4 ereced within rad3uS OF few miles OF
Barlow.
Six prisoners male their escape from the
. town j Ill at Llkeland few nights ago by
! prying the staples off the door.
A petition La, gone 10 Washington ask
ing for the Establishment o, a posiOffice al
\ New Prospect lis name is to be ia neiro
The machinery Tor another phosphate
Plant is beng snlpped tfom the South
FiJfldA louAury auu macnIuc suUpo al Or
lndO. Ii goes 10 Tampa.
In earring down the old Marsh building
at Milton ID day or two ago, X. Sandlln
foun between $50 AMI $40 in coin. He
tulGei Ii over 10 lie owner OF the land.
A 2-,,ory tu.l ing will be erected along
side ol Ell f aIncsts store on Oak street
at Arcadia ioi Cincinnati man. The
building viii be 40y53 feet and will cost
between $500 anu 81 00O MIR. Horn is
Gcttn5 al dc work nt vAu attend 10.
Capt Widen of Arcadia has struck
Phosphate al last. he recently purchased
No acres OF land uear J joshua creek. which
e sold lew days ago to AN Atlanta com
any lor $o,OUO cash and IS 900 stock n
company winch viii w0Ik i. The name
The company viii be the Atlanta Florida
phosphate company.
On last Silesday at Punta Gorda =
1ienn 500 That portion OF tne property be-
longing 70 Judge n H. DcCosIer. at Har
c~ view, uudcI mortgage to Messrs. Sim
Uone CaTton, to sausiy the mortgage.
opciai NaS'cr B q Frang r :o!1 the IrO;,-
eiy Vi MI. StubDlehed at Arcadia to sat
Il ~! mortgage Ia tavOr "a Twin Lochlair.
ads lne lofmer Was sold to w II. Simmons for
so'O ana the latter to Z. K ng tor $500
March Jessie L Burtz and A. F. Bim-
M!' vM! ."o wei known printers OF Jackson
mi' cne' Will Sci out 10 walk from that civ 70
S;lcIg' ". i0r purse OF $1,000. The walk
v maze against time and ,he entire
i','alce Oe'Wetn jacksonville and Chicago
: II, r, oe ever It l. sid, ol lvul mouths.
G, 1ue Improvements Of lands adjacent TO
". 49, Augustine Is being pushed ahead with
I"' sn "ou'ly an must result in good TO
G, nooer' II. Church of the Snwannee
th,"a ~as neisubo'hood made last year from
sv.u. 'cies III sugar cane 1909 gallons Of
snaap' p' worm S210 and 900 pounds OF
,co worth - or All average OF 500 Der
NJ "A A. Stewart, DR.. Mellette, A. Howard.
H. W, o4rgent,.J b Clongh IN, w NJ
ouu nave o:gauzed cemetery as.oci1-
ioa al DeLand, and purchased ten acr-s
SlIl saSe ., o1 ol the Old cemetery, which they
ont a. o. once have cleaned, fenced and laid
o nwi proper shape for a cemetery. All
ion "neis " become members OF the associa
b n uu he money received from the sale
he r'o viii be use to care for and beautiiy
pt,nra made up their minds TO set an
ese,Is eSI grove on the real estate they had
rOns;ss S@c(qulred in his vicinity, says the
re,s ns'a "a County Record, two strangers
ar e a;s discussing on III. streets the ofher
Nam u"srtnt Tt varieties of the orange best 10
ar;s,,.. @ lhey exclusively discussed all
be "oola anu came to the conclusion that
bin Sen w.s russell" was the best to grow,
des and as sweet as any Of the other vari-
WV d decidedly fine shipper.