The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-06-29


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The BrooksviIIe Crescent Of the 18th
inst, reached this Office on the 22d- There
must be fast mail service" down that
way.
The new steamer Eva, intended to
run on the Suwannee river, passed Pen
sscola on her way TO Cedar Key on the
18th
Maitland is TO have an Episcopal
Memorial Church TO the memory Of John
Whaple. son Of the Bishop of that
name
A portion Of the United States troops
stationed at Fort Barrancas, Pensacola,
have been ordered TO Little Rock, Ar
kansas
The hands at the saw mills in Jack
sOnFiIle have been attempting strike,
but do not seem 10 have made brilliant
success Of il.
-ysckson WEIGH, negro farmer OF
Alachua county, planted an acre Of early
corn on the 18th Of February last, and
Lad tie product ground into meal on the
18th inst
Mr.. George VI. Barbour, late CORE
sBoDdeni Of the Chicago Times and Tn
Jalne, has been appointed as the inspector
and paymaster for the South Flonda
Railroad Company-Patriot
An order for a case Of orange wine
f0r Senator Bayard was received by T..
A PAeetti, Esq, through Captain Nogel,
and the wine shipped on Thursday. May
the illustrious Delawarean receive equally
a. much good from Florida's delegation
a. from this produce Of her soiL-.H.
-JokSs Wselay.
The Duyal" hotel, jacksonville, is
n0E in the possession Of James 5. Tur-
Der, q Leyyyille, Fla, he having pur-
cLased the other interests in it and be
come sole owner. The travelling public
vii he glad 10 know that he proposes to
remodel and generally refurnish the house,
and that General Bolly Lewis will have
charge Of the Duval the coming winter.
We agree with friend Pratt, Of the
Pzlztka Herald, that there has been
enough Of the {" alligator nonsense, and
do not blame him for getting tired Of it
lie says in his last issue: awe don't
mind hii-of al our expense provided ii
hzs the merit Of wit and humOr But il
0Br friend DIR. Babcock, Of the Jackson
sIlle Lsi0n, thinks that he Is promoting
our Interests, domestic, socially, or other
Eiss, IN keeping up TRADE on the ALI
gsior Pratt, be has a devilish poor way
Il showing il Perhaps the editor Of the
Ike Oak EslLJetin understands as much
Il his PAPER of the 18th inst. He says
The Pzlztkz Hez0A man is sometime
loosely called alligator Pratt but lay
NJ JOkes aside, there Is but few better
DeE-DsIser men, and there is none tina,
sIDresses determination TO stand by the
BoniDess 81 the Democratic party thar
IL dDes, and We Ike him, whether you
al him alligator, or catfish Pratt"
Pensacola Adcdnce:: Mr.. John
OEens, who lives two miles this side o.
Florida Town, On the eastern shore of Es
Gambia Bay, related TO one of our citizenl
yesterday most borTifying affair Hi
stztement was-aDd he gave it as a posi-
tiEe fzct-that on the 10th inst, while {
party numbering some three or four
Eere enjoying SABBATH, their attention
Ezs directed 70 a little ten or twelyt
Fszr-Old boy whom they had left on ;
ref IN ehOzl water near the beach, tn,
men having ventured into deeper water
On booking in the direction of the chic
they realized the awful fact that the boz
EAs being swallowed by an alligator
fully half the victims body still being
visible, and then suddenly disappearing
IN the fightful jaws Of the monster
whose tremendous mouth was plainl,
seen by each one present. They at ono
ArAAIIcA " INC rhOIc, OuS III StoOCo "
the unfortunate lad could be discovered
save the blood which foated on tn
Exter.
The Gainesville .Sa0a's Jacksonville
correspondent says: l do not write iron
Northern Dakota in the dead Of white
and then from East Florida in mid-sum
mer from choice. am not the extremes
my weather experiences would indicate
! am radical in my views of hash, bu
not Of heat and cold. ! believe in a haDp,
mean, especially in weather, though Jack
sOnFille weather is mean enough, JUS
now, 20 suit the meanest. Tom Pain
asserted many years ago, there is no he'll
We have the benefit of his theory, bu
not Of bis pOst-DsOrten experience. / b
heEe there is one. am willing to bt
lieTe this without seeing it proved. M
morbid curiosity, at least, win never lea
me 70 investigate the matter. dom
know what the place is like; whether
has location or simply sensation, but
heard IN opinion yesterday. The CHI
eAgO papers say that General w. n. Led
with of Florida. was a yice-president @