The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-12-14

week
Jacksonville has an Irish Land
LeagA"
-EIsctiOn for county officers in Gads-
den tomorrow.
Election for county officers in Nassau
next Saturday.
-Peas.oOIa is Indignant over the toy
pistol nuisance
Mr.. w. B. Garrison il the new local
editor Of the 81. Jols1s Weekly.
The schooner "If" makes regular
trPs between Cedar Keys and St Marks.
Mr.. Charles F. PerpaIl has been ap-
pointed Superintendent of schools for St.
Johns county.
An exploring party from Hamilton
county went down Suwannee river to the
Gulf recently.
Lemons are brought TO Live Oak for
aale BY The wagon load. They bring
sl-25 per hundred
A steamer 90 feet IN length passed
mp the Withlacoocbee river recently as
far ss Lake Panasoffkee
The Starke Telegraph has contracted
the daily edition malady, and will begin
the issue of daily edition this month.
The sugar house of Mr.. Parr, in
Gsdsden comfy, was burned last week,
together with syrup, tools and other
property.
General Sanford was honored by q
formal public reception on his return 10
Sanford the other day, by the citizens of
that place
Orange shipping is beginning in ear
nest; about 100000 will be shipped
within radius of six miles of this place
-DeLand Agricultural.
Mr.. John F. Whitney has resumed
the editorial charge of the St. Augustine
Pres, Mr. Rogue V. Rogero retiring 10
pursue the business of job printing.
-Ex-postmaster General d. NJ. Key,
Mr. w. B. Thompson, the chief superin-
tendent Of the railway mail service, and a
party Of friends are travelling in Florida.
"A great deal of cotton seed is being
shipped out of Middle Florida. This is
very wrong; it should 60 back into the
soil again. So much for our tenant sys-
TEN
The locomotive Seminole, of the S.
r K r, recently received some impor-
ts1t and much needed repairs at the
Orlando machine shop; showing that Or
laDdo hourisbeth.
Mr.. r. 7. Meany, brother of Rev. E
W Meany, was married at Gainesville by
the later, on the I'd inst. TO Miss Jennie
L Elliot, of that place, a sister of Henry
S. Elliot, Of Tallahassee.
One half of the Alsabrook orange
grove IN orange county, which for the
past three years has paid the interest on
$4,000 at 10 per cent, was sold recently
70 Rev. Mr.. Davies, of Kentucky, for
$4,000.
Miss Matte Ruleson, a young lady
from New York, who was walking along
the railroad trettle in Jacksonville, &C
companied by General Spinner, became
dizzy and sat down beside the track Just
as train was passing. She unwittingly
PIT out her hand to steady herself, and
laid II on the rail just as the wheel of the
engine reached the spot, and the hand
Was badly injured.
Mr. X. NJ Witt showed rs some or
snges raised on his place in town here
that were certainly the finest we have
ever seen The entire crop produced by
the tree made an average weight of one
pound, and Is of the largest weighed 1e
pounds, and the largest one weighed 1911
ounces. = GainesciAe Sun. Within one
ounce Of the Middle Florida orange men,
toned by rs two weeks ago. Next
For some reason, we have failed to
mention the meeting of the stockholders
Of the Gainesville, Ocala and Charlotte
HArbOr Railroad Company, which oc-
Cared At the Arlington House on the 18th
ult AT the meeting, 2s,455 shares Of
stock we're present and represented, and
the following named gentlemen were
elected directors for the ensuing year
Edward Avery, Alfred H. Bachelor,
Geo. B. Nichols, John w. Gambler, John
r Hall, Chas. Francis and David N.
SkilliDgs, al of Boston Gainesville San.
-General Sanford informs us that he
expects TO return TO Europe soon and
bring back the contamination of his long
worked for plan of colonization in Flor
ida He is forming company among
Engliah and French capitalists to do on
large scale what he has done here on
comparatively small one, and II he is met
IN - liberal . spirit by the State a. has
been shown TO foreign spectators, he ex-
poets 10 accomplish it. Stafford Jour.
nal Whatever General Sanford does or
eanses 70 be done, either for himself or
Others, Is sure TO be well DONE Would
there were more like himi
"A correspondent Of the Union writ
ing from Tallahassee receutlv saws: 1.-THE