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Tropical Holel. opp.
161
Tyler, O. Z. & Co opp. 209
Tysen, Smith & Co .opp
Jacksonville sketch
Union Hotel .opp. 225
509
St. Johns House.
133
St. Johns Railway opp. 257
St. Johns Weekly Chronicle.
300
Star Shoe Store. .inside front cover
Stockton & Stribling.
228
Webb, R. F.
Swearingen, T. J. 419
Whitfield House.
705
Whitner & Schuyler opp.
241
Williams & Swan. opp.
248
Wethington & Bradley
Wright's Hotel ... .opp.
St. James Hotel (Tampa). . . opp.
List of Business Blocks, Residences, &c., ERECTED IN JACKSONVILLE DURING THE YEAR 1886.
Of necessity the following is an approximate list.
Abell's new block, 32 and 34 W Bay, . $30 000
Andrew, C. V. Mrs., house, .. 500
Archibald, James, house, Broad S .. . 3 500
Arpen, Henry W., two houses, W Duval n Fifth, L. V .. 1 000
Barker. Mrs., three houses, E. J. 2 000
Brickwedel, house, W State, .... 1 500
Barker, Richard, house, at O .... 1 240
Barker, Richard, three houses, at O .. . 4 200
Baya's Block, 24 Newnan . . . Bisbee, Horatio, Law Building ..
5 500
13 000
Brown, A., residence, East Springfield, 800
Booker, Lucy Mrs,,* house, Ward. L. V. 500
Booth, William T. Mrs., house, at E. S .. 900
Ebersole. Hermon, house, Julia n Adams. .
1 800
Bradford, Frances E., house, Shell road, F .. 2 400
Bridges, William, house, Third avec Cedar, O ... 250
Co.'s blogs and improvements Fortune, Jackson, house, at E. S. Foster, George R., brick block, Bay c Clay 18 000
76 000 300
Brooks, Edward,* house, 502 W Forsyth, L. V .. 300
Four houses, at Fairfield .. 17 000
Four houses, Magnolia bet Third and Fourth av .. 1 600
Franklin, Selina, house, Orange 600 Gardner & Cobb. store, at F .... Gibbens, Truman D., 2 houses, at F 2 600
Giles, Henry, house, East Jack- sonville. .. 300
Grand Central Hotel Improve- ments. 600
Grover, Mary L., W Orange. 1 000
Hammet, Mrs., house, Shell 800
road, F.
Harker, William, house, F. R. & N. Ry S .. 1 000
Heath, Frank, house, W Bay n Division Lane, L. V .. . 500
Hildebrandt, Jacob, houses, Adams c Julia. . 10 000
Holland, J. J., house, Monroe C
Cedar .. 1 800
Hollins, John, house, Magnolia n R. R. O. 200
Hopkins, Frank P., house, Third n W Forsyth, L. V. 400
House, 12 W Adams. . . 3 500
House, Orange n R. R. O. 250
House at Oakland. 150
Clough. W. G., house, 209 Mon- roe, L. V .. 1 200
Coffee, J. R., house, Ashley c Cedar .... 500
Colcord. A. Mrs., house, W Ad- ams n Ocean. . 3 800 Conoley, F. H. Mrs., house, Julia 1 200
Court House. 75 000 Crockett, W., house, Liberty n Beaver .. 1 000
Darnell. Samuel B. Rev., house, W Ashley .. 4 000 Deans, G. W., 6 houses, E Ash- ley c Liberty. 2 600
Douglas, William H., house, Vic- 700
toria, E. J ... 500 and store, 200 Dowling, J. W. & Co., store, Bay c Second, L. V. 2 500
Dzialynski, M. A., house, Laura n Forsyth 3 000
Fehrenbach, W .. 2 bldgs W Bay Fleming & Daniel, Law Exchange Florida Railway & Navigation
2 200
Boulter, Stephen, house, Orange H 200
Burleigh, John, three houses, Julia, . . 2 000
Burritt, Ellen M. Mrs., four houses. St. John's Place, B. 6 200
600
Butcher, Robert S., two houses, Broad c Ninth, S .. . 500
Butler, John S., house, Bay c Hawk, L. V .. 400
Butler, Thomas, house, Forsyth c Second, L. V.
500
Byrne, William, three houses,
Church St. and Liberty St ....
500
Center, G. F. Dr,, house, 43 Julia 1 700
Christian Church, Pine c W Beaver. 3 500
Christie, Jeseph B., house, Third c Helen. S .. 3 000
Clark's John, Brick Block, 32 and 34 E Bay .. 20 000
Clarkson, two dwellings, W Beaver n Third, L. V .. 400
Cleveland & Son, bldg 143 W Forsyth. 2 000
Cleveland, E.E., house, W Union 1 500
800
Campbell A. B.,house, E. S .. . . Caswell, James, house ... 150
25 000
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House Ninth bey Panama
road, S. 250
Block, 18 houses, at O. .. . . Richardson, Charles, house, Fifth
8 000
House at F 200
Houston, S., building, Bay c Clay. 1 500
c Union, L. V. 200
Richardson, John H.,* residence, W Forsyth c Fourth, L. V. 150 Rivers, Frank, house, at F. .. 150
Howard, Henry, house, W Bay c Division Lane, L. V ... 200
Hubbards, S. B., brick block, Pine c Forsyth ...
75 000
12 000
Hudnall's Block, 43 W Forsyth Itjen, W. H., house, Cedar n Ashley House. 4 000
20 000
Robinson, Henry Dr., brick blk, 117 and 119 W Bay n Julia. . . Robinson, Thomas, house, State bey Ninth, S. 150
Ross, W. P. Rev., house, State n Second, ( 1 000
Jenkins, Shepherd H., house, King's Road ..
200
Shadrach, Martin, building, 508 W Bay, L. V.
2 000
Johnson, Mary Mrs.,* house. 901 Ward, L. V. .
250
Smith, Avery, house, North ... 400
8 500
Kent Bros .. residence, East S ... Kimball. G. A., house, Oak c Second, S ...
2 500
St. Andrews Society, Brough c Nellie, E. J. . 1 200
Laura st. Presbyterian Church Lawrence, Isaac, house, Third av., F.
300
Steward, Samuel, house, Second c Sadie, S. .. 350
Lee, Joseph E., house, Sixth av n Oak, O 150
Store, Broad c First, S. 150
Lee, Susan L., Mrs., house, Ninth c Lillian, S.
250
Styrup, Antony, residence, Mag- nolia n R. R., O 150
L'Engle, Camillus, Adaline c First, S. .. 12 000
Summer, W. P., house, at R .... Squires. November,? house,
3 000
L'Engle, E. M., brick block, Cedar n Bay ...
8 000
Thomas, Thomas. * house. 700
Thompson, J. I., house, at E. S. 600
Thompson, Jack .* house, at Campbell's Addition .. 600
2 500
Lipscomb, J. D , residence
1 000
Thompson. William, store, at
Campbell's Addition. . 200
Tischler, P., brick block, Pine n' Adams .. 30 000
5 600
Lofton, Alexander, 2 houses, L. V Lucas, Rosa Mrs., Bridge c For- syth ..
1 000
Manny, Franklin,* house, at H .. 1 500
Maxwell, Clarence, house, at R. McConihes, George L., brick blk
1 300
Vance, Samuel, house, at R. 2 700
Vinzant, W. D., house, Adams n Cedar ...... 1 800
Walsh, Thomas B., house, W Church, L. V .. 1 000
Ware. factory, Second n Bay, L. V. 3 000
Washington, Susan Mrs., * house, 909 Ward, L. V .. . 400
Watson, Charles, house, Sixth av n Oak, O .. 150
Webb, John. house, Forsyth, L. V .. 3 500
Wedding, John, house, Beaver c Clay.
3 500
Wheeler, George R., house
500
White, J. W., house, at E. S .. 400
Williams, A. H., house, at S 1 500
Williams, Lazerous,* house .. . ..
300
Williams, Washington, house, at O. 300
Reed, George house, Union c
Third av, O 300
3 500
Peterson, Charles, house, E. S ..
400
Randall, E. M. Judge, house, at R 4 500
1 500
tension, 14 and 16 W Forsyth Nooney's Block, Laura c Church Orphan Asylum, East Springfield Parker, Jacob S., 4 houses, at E. J.
2 500
Meyer, 3 houses Pine 3 600
Middleton, Isaac, house, Leech on R. R., E. J .... 150
Mumby, Stockton & Knight, ex-
20 000
12 000
Twiner, Charles, house, at Oak- land .. 200
Tutt, G. M., house, E. S. 300
Turner, Charles, house, at Oak- land . 200
and Warehouse, 40 and 42 W Bay. 35 000
Menager, H. H., houses, Monroe c Clay. L. V. 2 000
Merrill, James G., house, Spear- ing c King, E. J. .
350
Livingston, C. D., improvements
on Livingston Block, 1,200,
double house, W Monroe, and 5 houses Ward, L. V.
Tugby, Thomas, improvement Tremont House .. 1 000
2 000
Ward, L. V. 200
Leonard, Frank, house, at E. S. . Lewis, George, two houses, W State .. .
000
St. Andrews Guild-Hall (Im- provement), Nellie, E. J. ... 600
Jones, Robert, house at O
200
Smecher, C. C., house, at E S .. 900
300
Spratt, Col., houses, at E. J .... Sunderland, M., houses, Sixth av c River, F. 1 200
Kornahrens, J, F., house, W Church c Cedar ..
1 200
300
Lightborn, A. C., house.
Reid's, George, Sub Division
CHRONOLOGICAL.
1812-Patriot army encamped at Cow Ford (Jacksonville).
1816-First house built in Jacksonville by the first settler, Lewis Z. Hogans.
-December. Juan Maestre, the second settler, took up a residence.
1820-June. Juan Maestre sold his eighty acres, more or less, to John Brady, the third settler, for $200.
First hotel opened by John Brady.
First tourist for health arrived-Mr. William G. Dawson, of Middle Georgia.
First store opened by Dawson & Buckles.
1821-May 12, I. D. Hart settled in Jacksonville and same year opened a boarding house.
1822-June. The city named in honor of its territorial governor. Streets laid out and named.
First Mayor elected.
December 16. First County Court held for the transaction of county business.
1823-October. County contracted with Judge John L. Doggett to erect a Court House.
-December 1. First regular court held in the county.
-December 2. First Grand Jury impanelled.
1824-December 30. James Hughes appointed County Clerk. Daniel C. Hart appointed Sheriff.
1825 -Summer. Grand "raising" of the County Court House.
-July 13. Deed for the present Court House lot recorded.
1826-December. I. D. Hart appointed County Clerk.
- July 26. John L. Doggett, father of Messrs. Aristides & S. Fobes Doggett, lawyers of this city, sold his business interests and soon after was admitted to the bar, became Presiding Justice of the County Court, a member of the Leg- islative council of the Territory, and its president, and after was sole Judge of the County Court.
1827-County renewed engagement agreeing to pay Judge Dog- gett for Court House.
1829-August 10. County gave Judge Dogget certificate of indebtedness of $3,805, payable in 1835, with interest at 6 per cent-
1831-December 16. U. S. Deputy Marshal Daniel C. Hart, died. 1833-Jacksonville incorporated as a city.
1834-April 15. First service of the Protestant Episcopal Church at Jacksonville held in Court House.
1840-November. Tabernacle Baptist Church organized.
1842-Bethel Baptist Church erected and dedicated.
-April 24, Cornerstone of first church edifice laid (St. John's Episcopal church).
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1844-Jan. 8, Judge John L. Doggett died. Eminent in every ex- cellence, he lived and died without an enemy.
1845-May. The Rev. John Freeman Young succeeded Rev. Stephen Elliott Brown as Rector of St. John's Episcopal ch.
1848-Rev. Isaac Swart succeeded Rev. John Freeman Young as Pastor St. John's Episcopal church
1849-The business of Alsop & Clark established.
1850-First circular saw mill erected in East Florida, if not in the State, by Hon. John Clark.
1851-The original St. John's Episcopal church completed.
1852-Hon. John Clark built the first planing mill in East Florida.
1854-Rev. W. D. Harlow succeeded Rev. Isaac Swart as Rector St. John's Episcopal Church
1855-Rev. W. W. Bours became Rector St. John's Episcopal Ch.
1858-Rev. S. L. Kerr became Rector St. John's Episcopal Ch. 1859-First gas works.
-April 30. Jacksonville Light Infantry organized.
1860-Present Tabernacle Baptist Church erected and dedicated.
1861-Rev. H. H. Hewett became Rector St. John's Episcopal Ch. 1862-May. Jacksonville Light Infantry organized on a war basis. 1863-March 29. St. John's Episcopal Church burned by U. S. troups.
1865-St. John's House opened to the public.
1867-Hon. John Clark transferred the steamboat business on St. John's River to Capt. David Brock.
1869-Jan. 1. St. James Hotel opened to the public.
-June 18. Rev. R. H. Weller, D. D., became Rector St. John's Episcopal Church.
1870-Hotel Togni built.
-January. Trinity M. E. Church Society organized.
First service of Trinity M. E. Church held in new building. Ambler's Bank (the first banking house in Jacksonville) established. October, 1881, the firm changed to Ambler, Stockton & Marvin.
1872-March. Rev. S. B. Darwell became pastor Trinity M. E. Church.
1873-March 11. St. Luke's Hospital opened.
-April 7. Corner-stone of the present handsome and commo- dious St. John's Episcopal Church laid.
1874-January 9. Union Congregational Church of Jacksonville · dedicated.
-March 8. Catholic Church consecrated by Bishop Gross.
-April. Mayor Peter Jones required the merchants to re- move chicken coops and dry goods boxes from Bay street.
-May. Moncrief Shell Road completed.
-May. Mayport selected by citizens of Jacksonville as a summer resort, and five cottages erected.
-May 8. Meeting of citizens was held, which resulted in establishing the First National Bank of Florida. John Clark was chosen chairman, and Philip Walter secretary. L. Furch- gott, C. L. Robinson, D. Greenleaf, and J. H. Norton were leading movers.
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-- June 27. First meeting of Board of Directors of First Na- tional Bank.
-July. Florida Savings Bank and Real Estate Exchange in- corporated.
-October. Rev. Dr. Spence became pastor Trinity M. E. Church.
1875-Windsor Hotel erected.
Citizens' Gas Light Company organized, and the price of gas reduced to $4.75 per thousand.
-February 24. First State Fair held at Moncrief.
-February. Wm. Astor and W. Stokes Boyd arrived from New York and located for the winter, Mr. Astor becoming a large property holder and Mr. Boyd subsequently being elected Mayor.
-May 2. Eppinger & Russell's sawmill burned ; loss, $75,000.
-May 21. Seventy-five Indians arrived from the West for confinement at St. Augustine.
-July 30. The Jacksonville Light Infantry was reorganized.
October. Rev. J. T. Lewton became pastor Trinity M. E. Church.
-December 7 .- The Daily Union, the first daily newspaper
in Florida, was established, with telegraphic dispatches.
-December 20. The Windsor Hotel was opened having 200 rooms.
1876-Rev. W. W. Hicks became pastor Trinity M. E. Church. -Wanton S. Webb first arrived in Florida.
-January 4. Nicholas (now The Duval), opened.
-January 5. Hoeg's Block burned ; loss $50,000.
-February. State Fair buildings erected.
-March 8. First brick laid in building the Carleton House.
-April 22. St. Luke's Hospital destroyed by fire ; loss $8, 000.
-- October-The Duval Fire Company purchased their first hand fire engine
-November. Work of building the new county jail was be- gun.
-Novenber 20. Carleton House opened to the public
1877-Daily Evening Journal established. The first daily even- ing journal in Florida.
-April 1. Easter day, St. John's Episcopal church used for the first time
-April 28. Florida Yacht Club organized
-May 1. Bank of Jacksonville established.
-July 17. Wilson's Battery (then First Florida Light Artil- lery) organized
-August. Reed's block completed and occupied. The finest building in Jacksonville at that time
-Sep 13-Guards were stationed at all roads leading to the city to prevent the introduction of yellow fever raging at Fer- nandina.
-Sep 17. Six hundred and thirty-one dollars raised for the Fernandina sufferers.
-October. City Council made the contract with Gen. Ledwith for the erection of the present city market
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-October 10. Squire's weekly schooner line established be- tween New York and Jacksonville
-October 16. First daily mail went into effect on the St. Johns river, during the winter months only
-November 16. Tne Duval Medical Society reported yellow fever prevalent in Jacksonville
-December. The present building of the St. Luke's Hospital association was completed.
-December 19. The Yacht Club building was formally opened.
-December 27. First ball held at the Florida Yacht Club house.
1878-Baya Line of Steamers established.
-Post's St. John's River Fast Day Line established
-January 4. Jacksonville Tampa and Key West Ry Co. organized at Tampa.
-January 15. The city voted to issue $50,000 in bonds for- sanitary purposes.
-Spring. Vigorous war made on the bunko men by the city press.
-February 28. First regular passsenger train run from Jack- sonville to Tallahassee, all trains previously being mixed- freight and passenger combined.
-March 6. Corner stone of Trinity M. E. Church laid.
-March 22. Captain Eads visited the St. John's Bar on in- vitation of the citizens of Jacksonville. Grand ovation ten- dered.
-April. First pipe organ in Jacksonville placed in the St. John's Episcopal Church.
-May. Owing to the refusal of the City Council to expelfits president three councilmen resigned. A citizens meeting sub- sequently requested the entire body to do likewise, which they refused.
-May 22. Evangelical Lutheran Church dedicated.
-October. State Park Association organized.
-November 7. Steamship Western Texas of the Mallory Line, made her appearance at Jacksonville, beginning the first steamship line to Jacksonville.
-November 20. Steamship St. Johns built for the Charleston & Florida Line by William Astor, made its first trip.
-December. First ice factory in Florida began operation at Jacksonville.
1879-Jacksonville Library Association organized.
-January. Rev. S. D. Paine appointed pastor Trinity M. E. Church.
-February 3. Generals W. T. Sherman and E. Kirby Smith met for the first time since the war at the Windsor Hotel.
-May. Astor Building completed.
-June. Contract for the construction of water works closed with Dr. J. A. Cloud for $200, 000.
1880-Mr. F. H. Orvis opened The Windsor.
-January 2. Grand reception to General Grant
-February 1. Lu. Johnson and Tuttle rowed a scull race for $1,000, Johnson winning.
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-February 18. First electric light seen in Jacksonville on board the steamer St. Johns.
-March. Bell Telepone instrument placed in Jacksonville.
-May. Construction of the water works completed.
-May 8. Roberts & Bent, cigar manufactures, failed. Lia- bilities $60,000.
-June. The act appropriating the first $125,000 for the im- provement of St. Johns Bar approved by the President.
-June 25. A striker's riot took place at the East Jackson- ville saw mills, during which one policeman was killed and several persons wounded. The militia quieted the disturbance. -July 10. Trinity M. E. Church destoyed by fire.
-July. Discovered that through the foresight of Mr. C. L. Robinson, Trinity M. E. Church was insured for $5,000, and Parsonage $1,000.
-July 29. G. M. Branscom arrested in New York for forging $137,000 of Sanitary Improvement Bonds of the city.
-August. Fire alarm boxes erected.
-Sept. Construction of the Fernandina & Jacksonville rail- road begun.
-Sept. First laundry established.
-Sept. 5. Mrs. William Clark and three children burned to death in La Villa by the explosion of a gasoline stove.
-Sept. 20. Jacksonville Light Infantry reorganized.
-Sept. 22. The body of Gen. Torbed, who lost his life in the wreck of the steamer Vera Cruz, was received with honors, by the civic and military authorities, and laid in state at the Artillery armory.
1881-Jan. Work of building the Waycross short line begun.
-Feb. Jacksonville Light Infantry ordered to Madison to preserve peace.
-April. Surver of the J. T. & K. W. Ry commenced.
-April 26. First regular passenger train arrived over the Waycross Short Line from Savannah.
-May 20. First street car run in Jacksonville.
-June. J. T. & K. W. Ry took its present name.
-July. Jacksonville Light Infantry ordered to Fernandine to restore order.
-July 2. Ferry fare reduced to five cents.
-August 4. First regular train run over the Fernandina & Jacksonville railroad.
-August 24. A State immigration convention was held at National Hall ; J. J. Harris presided.
-Oct. The firm of Ambler, Marvin & Stockton formed.
-Nov. 29. Florida Daily Times established.
-Dec. 12. Exciting race to Palatka and return between the steamers John Sylvester and Sylvan Glen of rival lines. The Sylvester won by eight minutes.
-Dec. 27. First Diston Lands sold after their purchase from the State.
1882-Trinity M. E. Church completed.
-De Bary-Baya, Merchants Line Steamers consolidated.
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-The Everett Hotel opened under the management of Mr. J. M. Lee.
-January. Rev. C. C. McLean became pastor Trinity M. E. Church.
-January 6. The Florida Central Railroad sold at auction, under decree of U. S. District Court to Sir Edward J. Reed, for $395,000.
-February. Work of construction on J. T. & K. W. Ry. commenced.
-February 24. A grand banquet given the merchants of the State by the Jacksonville business men at the Everett.
-April 24. Steamer City of Sanford burned off Point La,- Vista, in sight of the city. Ten lives lost.
-April 30. A mass meeting of citizens was held at Trinity M. E. Church to protest against the violation of the Sunday laws.
-June. Great depression in the lumber trade.
-August. Bettelinis Hotel opened.
-September. Jewish Synagogue dedicated.
-November. Florida Weekly Times established.
-December. First passenger depot erected in Jacksonville by the Waycross Short line.
-December 2. Steamer Volusia blew up at her dock. No lives lost.
1883-Jacksonville Library Association incorporated.
-Rev. S. F. Gale became pastor Union Congregational Church.
-Grand View Hotel opened to the public.
-Warner House enlarged and reopened.
-January. Tropical Paradise established.
-January 30. Hugh B. McCallum, the leading editor in the State and one of the proprietors of the Daily Union died.
-February 1. Florida Times-Union (consolidation of Times & Union) issued.
-February 2. St. James Skating Rink, (Park Opera House) first used as a theatre.
-February 17. Græco-Roman wrestling match between Ross and Bauer for the championship of America in which Ross won.
-March. Daily Florida Herald established.
-April. William Alsop died.
-April. Work of grading the Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West Railway begun.
-April 6. President Arthur visited Jacksonville.
-May. Carrier delivery system introduced at the Jackson- ville post office.
-July. The Jacksonville Library Association entered its present quarters.
-July. Stock all taken in the Jacksonville & Atlantic Rail- road.
-July. Pine street horse railroad began running cars.
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-July 19. Great strike of telegraph officers. Jacksonville office closed.
-- Aug. Steam ferry boat placed on the JJacksonville ferry route.
-- Sept. 1. Jacksonville & St. Augustine Railway opened.
-Dec. 3 Steamer Frederick De Bary burned at her dock. Loss $60,000.
-- Dec. 7. Steamship City of Palaka made her first trip from Charleston.
-- Dec. 21. Electric light first introduced in Jacksonville at the St. James Hotel.
1884-Louisville & Nashville Railroad established an office in Jacksonville. Lou R. Tuttle, agent.
-Jan. 11. Pere Hyacinthe delivered an address at St. Johns Church.
-Jan. 31. Board of Trade held first meeting
-- Feb. 6. First Florida Battalion organized with W. B. Young as Major.
-- Feb. 7. Board of Trade constitution reported and adopted.
-- Feb. 11. Rail communication established with Tampa by the completion of the South Florida Railroad.
-Feb. 13. Convention and banquet of the Expressman Aid Society, H. B. Plant, president.
-Feb. 18. Board of Trade organized with ex-Govenor George F. Drew, president, and John P. Varnum, secretary.
-Feb. 22. Minnie Hauk opened the Park Theatre.
-Feb. 28. The Fernandina and Jacksonville, Leesburg and Indian River, Transit and Peninsular, and the Florida Central and Western Railroads, united under the name of the Florida Railway and Navigation Co.
-March. Contracts closed for the erection of the Mohawk Block, Ely's Block and the Hazeltine Block.
-March 4. Machinery started at J. C. Hart's grain elevator and milling establishment.
-March 6. Four p. m. ; First train over J. T. & K. W. Ry. from Jacksonville to Palatka.
-April 1. First Florida Light Artillery changed name to Wilson's Battery, in honor of Capt. George C. Wilson.
-May 15. The Woman's National Christian Union estab- lished permanent rooms on Laura Street.
-May 20. Over seventy five editors of the Missouri Press Association visited Jacksonville and were received by the Board of Trade.
- -July 29. Corner stone of the new Court House laid with Masonic and military honors.
-Oct. 1. Rev. Samuel K. Leavitt became pastor Tabernacle Baptist Church.
-Nov. 28. Hart's elevator burned. Loss, $65,000.
1885-Webb's Florida issued. Grand parade of twenty dray loads of books, accompanied by a cavalcade of horses, bands and banners.
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-March 11. The Florida Fruit Exchange organized.
-March 16. Post Office moved into the Mohawk Block.
-April 1. Southern Press Association held its annual meet- ing at Jacksonville.
-June 22. First artesian well completed at the water works.
-Aug. 8. The city draped in mourning, business suspended and memorial services held, in honor of General Grant.
-Sept. First report of the Board of Trade issued.
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