The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-07-06

M s.hssl Fairbanks, of Jackson,

Pensacola merchants rejoice over the
establishment of new line Of boats two
in number), to run up the Choctawhatchie
river.
An earthen-ware mandatory is in
constant and prosperous operation in Pen
sAcOlA The proprietor is Mr.. J. W..
Kohler.
Captain Hines, of the Western Texas,
and Miss Ella Christopher, eldest daugh-
ter of W. G. Christopher, deceased, were
married at Jacksonville on the LIST instant
by the Rev. X. Fl. Weller.
twenty-five thousand crates of vege-
tables were shipped via the Peninsula
Railroad from Orange and Lochloosa
lakes this season. The crop was much
smaller than anticipated. - Fe'1aGadind
Express. .
The building near Mt. Pleasant, in
which will be placed the Clement Attach
ment, is fast nearing completion, and will
soon be in readiness to receive the ma
chinery. This will prove profitable in
Festment for those interested Quincy
Herald
e A. Perry and j. G. Inglis have
been appointed Commissioners for Florida
10 the New York International Exhibition
in 1883, with L. d. Ball and S. B. Hubbard
ss alternates. The appointments were
made upon the recommendation Of Gov
ernor Drew.
There is no good reason why old
Alachua shouldn't send Democratic del
egstion TO the NEXT Legislature. The Re-
publicans, both white and black, are ut
terly demoralized, and if we but half try,
the small majority in the last election can
be oyercome.-G Gainesville Bee
The Postmaster-General has issued a
circular requiring that all complaints con-
corning irregularities in the receipt or dis
patch of mails should be addressed to Di-
vision Superintendents. The Superintend-
ent for the Division which includes Flor
ida, is NJ. Terrell, Augusta, Ga.
Last Friday night at 1890 o'clock
a small house on Sixth, between Beech
and Cedar, was burned. The adult occu-
pants were out at q dance, leaving child
in bed. The child and a watermelon
were all that were rescued from the
fsmes.-FeTndndind Mirror
We return thanks to Colonel B. F.
Whitner, Of Fort Reed, Orange county,
for q watermelon weighing sixty pounds.
Colonel Whitner has always been famed
for growing the most famous melons in
the State, and we would feel obliged if
he would write us the secret of his sue
cess.-AgTicssEtarist
"A correspondent from Daytona, Fla,
on the Halifax river, says there is not a
drop Of liquor sold in the place, except
on 3 physicians prescription, and that Ii
cense fees are $500, besides responsibility
for damages This is their prohibitory
law. The above accounts, in a great
measure, for the good order of that quiet
place
Capt. S. d. Mcconnell, who removed
from Florida several years ago and set
tied IN Atlanta, Ca, has returned, and will
resume the practice of his profession as a
lawyer in Ocala- Mr.. B. H. Thrasher, Of
Gainesville, formerly practiced law very
successfully in Atlanta. Thus Florida il
gaining both talent and population from
her sister State.
As the travel to the Suwannee Spring
from the points along the road has in
creased, the Receivers of the J. p. & NJ
X. r now offer tickets from the different
places TO Live Oak at the following prices
the price from Live Oak out to the sta
ton is only IS cents; Quincy, $3.50
Tallahassee, $3.50; Monticello. 1920
Madison, tl.s5; Lake City, $l.eO.
Capt A. J. Rice, of Townsville
Ga, recently purchased the mill and ad
joining lands of Chester S. Coe, in Liberty
county, and last Thursday, accompanied
by his wife, passed through town on his
way 70 visit his newly-acquired posses
sions- Mr.. Rice thinks Liberty county is
the garden spot of the earth, and intends
making it his home. He is thorough
business man, possessed of abundant
means, and will make citizen of whom
any county should be proud Quincy
Herald.
Capt Edwards, of the steamer Tuska
villa, who visited the Withlacoochee river
last week with party to ascertain the
Practicability of placing steamer on the
nyer, was in town this week. He says il
IL q handsome stream and flows through
magnificent country. High bluffs from
Its source to its mouth, from ten to forty
feet, skirt the margin, and from the sum.
mits of some of the highest bluffs can be
seen the country, like a facinating pano.
rama, spread out to the gaze for many
miles around. Blue Spring, twenty-five
miles from the mouth, is said to be one Of
the finest in the State, far surprising Sill.
yer Spring in beauty and transparency Of
It's waters. Captain Edwards informed US
that the river is navigable for steamers