The Florida star., 1901-06-14
State NEWS items.
Bits OF Information About Various Events
Occurring at Different Florida Points.


Occurring at Different Florida POInts.
The Florida tax rate to meet the ex-
penses of the state government for the
year 1901 has been reduced from mills,
as provided by law, to 2! mills.
The steamship Miami will run between
Duluth and Mackinaw during this sum-
mer, returning in the fall TO run between
Miami and West Indian ports.
Messrs. G. G. Strohm, w. II. Splitter
and c. c. Chillingworth, of West Palm
Beach, haye incorporated themselves in
10 an extensive grocery concern with
capital of $4,000.
At the annual meeting Of the stock
holders of the telephone company, held
in Daytona last week, it was voted TO in
crease the capital stock and build a line
10 DeLand TO connect with the Jackson
vile and Tampa long distance line.
Complete deeds were issued last week
for the sale of 1900 acres of timber land
in Calhoun county to the Dutch syndi-
cate. The sale was managed by F. A.
Salomonson, of Tampa, and is the last
lot of tremendous transaction which he
has completed with this syndicate.
A $4,000 libel suit has been fled in
the circuit court for Hillsborough county
by st. Petersburg parties. B. H. Tinkel-
paugh files snt against II. b. Strada, and
it rs understood that the allegation is the
alienation of the affections of Mrs. Tin
Ealnangh from tho aOp,plaipapV
Governor Jennings, Mrs. Jennings, her
sister, Miss Mann, and Hon. A. S. Mann
paid visit to DR.. and Mrs J. X. Rainey,
in st. Augustine, last Friday, on the way
70 the governors home in Brooksville.
A reception was rendered them that
night, and Saturday was spent in sight
seeing.
A large grampus, or blackfsh, as it is
known here, came into Key West harbor
a few days ago and was captured by one
of the crew of the steamer Florida. The
fish was twelve or fifteen feet long and
several feet i'll diameter. Hundreds of
people visited il while 1t was tied at the
Peninsular and Occidental dock. 1t is
supposed the fish came in to die.
The United States court was very busy
last week at Key West over the cOndem-
nation proceedings of squares l6, 26 and
q. A special venire of eighteen jurors
was drawn TO select a jury TO decide on
the valuation of the property. The gov
ernment has assessed the property at
SO, 500. Some of the valuations made
meet with the approval of the owners,
while others fall far short of their ex-
pectations. +. VI. Martin and George |.
Waite have been requested by the court
to 20 over the property and testify as to
its value.
Letters patent have been granted for
the incorporation of the Bond Il Bond
company, at DeLand, with a capital Of
100000, TO build and operate railroad
and necessary branches for the convey
ance Of persons and property, from
point AT or near Neoga, in ~. Johns
county, to or near DeLand, in Volusia
county, distance Of about forty miles.
This company will also build and operate
sawmills and planning mills and develop
their property generally. Frank f..
Bond, J. Il. Conrad and 4. ID. Mcbride
are the incOrpOratOrs.
Dade county seems 10 have solved the
problem of good roads satisfactorily.
Since the arrival Of the steam road roller,
recently purchased, enough experiments
have been made TO satisfy the most ex-
acting. The machine weighs twelve and
one-half tons, and is built something on
the order of a traction engine. An ex-
pertinent was made last week ON a rough.
uneven plat Of stone that had bSsn laid
OH the side of the public road near Buena
Vista. On reaching it the front crushers
mounted the stone without difficulty,
while the broad rear wheels crushed it
% atoms.