The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1897-08-20
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Supreme Court and Library carnivals
Foreshadow Good Times What Place
VIII Capture the Reiormatory Schools
Progressive Leon-other Information.
TALLAHAssEE, FLA Aug. II, 1897.
There were $50 cases on the docket
oil the supreme court at the beginning
OF the January term, 1897, since which
time. up to the annual summer recess
OF the court, July 3Ist, there has been
added % cases. Up to July 3lst, the
court had passed upon l5l eases. rend-
ering 63 opinions, 81 per curtains, and
dismissed 81 cases, leaving total uum-
Der OF eases OH the docket on August
LIST, 366 cases. Under the new cOnsti-
tutional amendment adopted at the
last election, and the new supreme
court rules, it Is estimated that the
court will probably catch up with the
docket within the next two years.
The judicial library of Florida, on July
| lst, '97, contained !Wi9volumes consist
ing of printed records of the state,
state reports and statutes from terii-
t"riai times down Ia date, supreme
court Reports and statutes of other
states, text books digest and ahrid~-
ments: to this however, should prop
erly he added documentary reports
| and statistical works, from Washing
l ton and tho varinuo toe II, tIo o,a
tody of the secretary of the state near
~ 5000 volnn- es, aggregating $1,000 vol
unes, with an estimated value of at
least S15,0oO. A great many of these
books are invaluable and if destroyed
could not be replaced The Flori-
da judicial library compares most
favorably with any judicial library in
the southern states.
Congregesses, conventions, carnivals
and fairs are the order Of the day in
Florida now. The first named is the
Gainesville Carnival August 18th and
18th, next is the Lake City tobacco
convention set for October 2Gth to 28th,
with merchants week carnivala at Jack
sonville, and several Others, the
date of which has not yet been set.
The most important of these congress-
es, will be the international fishery
congress set for January 10Th, 1898, at
Tampa. This congress will unqestion-
ably be one of the most important
gatherings in the history of the state.
The promoters of this congress will
not only have representatives duly
accredited from every state in the
UIlOn, but the Governor of Florida
has been requested, and has given Gre
dentials to the promoters, requesting
duly accredited delegates from nearly
every civilized nation, and they will
likely attend. These congresses are
fast making Florida famous the world
over, and can but result in attracting
desirable immigration and investment
in Florida, not from every state, but
from every quarter of the globe.
Bids are being advertised for by the
Governor until September Sth, for the
selection of location of the Florida
reformatory school. By liberal in
depreciation of the law, there will be
an annual appropriation of about S25-
600 following this institution.
The great Florida ship canal is once
more demanding attention from many
of the most important papers through
out the country. The New Orleans
press is discussing the scheme editor
tally, and says that that city stands
ready to render substantial aid to the
enterprise. A letter received this
week at the capitol from the chief en-
gineer of the canal states that the
preliminary survey shows the route
most feasible. This enterprise is one
Of the greatest magnitude, and is
said will be organized with a capital
ization of seventy five millions OF dol
lars.
The county commissioners of Leon
county have authorized reissue Of
q, 600 Of the Leon county pamphlet
with additional Photographic views,
and revised text down to date.
Every county in Florida should get
out pamphlet send supply to the
state bureau of immigration where
they will be mailed out free with its
immigration literature.
The following are the recent en-
quirers at the state bureau of immi-
grafton for information about Florida: :
]. f. Haynes, 347 DeKalb Ave Brook
Iyn. colonization; r. Ii. Sheffield,
Blakely, Ga; wants information about
the old st. Joseph Bay r.. r.; w. G.
Blagg, Jackson, w. Va; r. Hinkle
Missler, Ga; f. Bunstead, II India
ST., Boston, ID. S. Gardener, l06 Har-
ris ST., West, Savannah, Ga ; G..
Bunkerhoff, Hackensack, n. J.
Although very busy man, DR.. X.
V. Pierce, OF Buffalo, n. Y, has found
time in which to write great book of
over a thousand pages entitled, The
People's Common Sense Medical Adj
! wiser, in Plain English, or Medicine
Simplified. Few books printed in the
English language have reached so
great a sale as has this popular work,
over $50, 600 copies having been sold at
81 so each. The profits on this enor-
nous sale having repaid its author for
n..ws
expended on its production he has