The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-08-06
STATE NEWS.

g. H. Emery, an old citizen of Jack
sonville, is dead.
ALI the Key West cigar factories are
running again on full time.
Col. A. M. Sloan, of Jefferson county,
died at Suwannee Springs last week.
-Gadsden county census returns re-
port Mr.. James Ford as 11e years old.
The Jefferson baseball club defeated
the Quincy club on the goth ult. at Quincy.
"A cavalry militia company was organ
lied in District No. Z, Gadsden county,
last week
The sum of $176,5O6 has been paid
for sponge at Key West during the past
six months.
There were 100000 feet of yellow
pine lumber shipped from Jacksonville
during July.
The Orange City Nescs, formerly in
dependent, has hoisted the entire Demo
cratic ticket.
The Pensacola Atlvance claims the
largest circulation of any paper in the
State. Give us the figures.
All our State exchanges report the
orange trees as making vigorous growth
and giving promise of large crop.
The Union mentions rumor that F.
M. Cheney is to resign as chairman of
the Republican Executive Committee.
1t is said that Hicks killed Settle in
Chicago by announcing that he was a
"Southern Brigadier." That settled it.
The Leesburg advance says its daily
mail is farce, and nothing but Ga daily
mailbag with mail three times a week."
Levy county has population Of
5,776, 1928 of whom are whites and ,s4s
negroes. In 1870, the population was
2,O18.
The Key of the Gulf says there is
rumor all over Key West that Wicker,
the custom-house man, has declared for
Hancock
Quincy had a rousing ratification
meeting on Saturday last, with pole
raising and flag presentation thrown in
for good measure
The population of Volusia county
was 1920 in 1870; now it is returned at
1925, but the Orange City Ne'cS thinks
it is really nearer $500.
MIR. H. M. Davenport died suddenly
at the Residence of his son-in-law, Mr..
Lucien Ralnes, of this county. He is sup
posed to have died of heart disease.
-Branscome, the bond forger arrested
in New York the other day seems to be
"wanted" by the authorities of Rich
mond, Va, but for what has not yet trans
pired.
"A reward of $3.50 has been offered
by Governor Drew for the apprehension
of w. P. Roberts, charged with having
outraged his own daughter in Columbia
county.
Mr.. John A. Whitney, of the Fer
nandina Express, has followed the exam
pie of Mr.. Gore, of the Cedar Key Jour-
nal, and connected a news depot with his
paper. Success to him.
The Orlando Reporter contains a
long account of the hanging of William
Henry Stokes colored, at that place on
Friday, July 2Sd, for the murder of
Lovely Gibson, in March, 1879.
The census enumerators find less than
| 5000 inhabitants in this county. Their
count is good as far as it goes, but we
shall believe for some time to come that
several hundred people were not found.
Orange County Reporter.
The Walls wing of the Alachua
county Republicans held a convention in
Gainesville July oath, which was quite as
boistrous and disorderly as the Dennis
convention, and nominated Walls for Sen
ator and Dennis, Arno, Trap and Lewey
for the Assembly.
| correspondence VI AICCpUuAS
Advamce relates story on one of the
Florida delegates to the Cincinnati Con-
vention to the effect that desiring to
appear in his seat respectfully attired, he
bought standing collar which carefully
attached to his shirt upside doom.
Peaches are becoming quite plentiful
in our city now. and good ones, which a
short time since were bringing twenty
five cents per dozen, may now be bought
for forty cents peck They will prob
ably become much cheaper before the
close of the season.-PsnsacoIa Gazette.
The Apopka Citizen having "defned
its position as neutral journal, politi-
cally, puts its new principles into practice
by publishing a news item as follows:
"Gen. J. J. Finley and other speakers
have advertised that they will be in
Apopka City on Wednesday, the 25th of
August. July Sl-4t"
M. B. Given illustrates what can be
done in the way of Embarrassing in South
Florida. He has fine grove of guavas
on his place, and since last September he