The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-09-10
stats NEWS.

Of Putnam county, Of which Palatka 10
the county site, yields over Ave million
oranges.-Asl0tka Hsvnia
Mr. J. n Wyatt has sent Ms . sam.
pie of rico grown on his farm near town.
Il is over ak feet in length and well
headed Quincy Herald /.
Tho schooner Ada j. Simontion,
which went lahore 1t Matansas, lumber
loaded, has been sold by Underwriters
agent for tlS0. Tho cargo brought t<so,
Captain Allen Of ST, Augustine was tho
purchaser UhioM
The residence Of Mr.. Angus Nichol.
son, q abort distance east Of Little River
on the Concord road in Gadsden county,
was entirely destroyed by are on the sOth
ulL Nearly all tho household property
Of Mr.. N. was destroyed.
Tho body Of General Albert I. A.
Torbert, one of the Inflated passengers on
the Steamer Vera Cruz, has been disinter-
red and ombalned, and win be scnt to
his late homo At the expense of General
Dent, of ST Augustine Telephone.
Tho late gale caused the destruction
of much unripe fruit on several groves
near this place, though not so bad as
might have been expected. All things
considered. ii is anticipated that a favora-
BILE return Of the orange crop this winter
win not fall short of the last years crop, in
this neighborhood. Ralatka Herald.
The Jacksonville Telephone gravely
remarks that "The latest indications are
that the Atlantic Ocean has not suffered,
or but lightly, by the recent storm" Glad
to hear it. 1t is a source of great salts
faction to know that the old Waste of
Waters was only slightly injured by the
storm, and to hope that it will be about y
in few days, as lively as ever. VI
Besides the Indian Riuer Times,
mentioned elsewhere as being published
at Ntusville, by II. S. Harmon, we are
now in receipt of the VolssiG County
Ncscs, published at Orange City, by H. s.
Harmon, and the Florida Star, published
at Titusville, by ii. S. Harmon. Verify
Mr.. Harmon seems to be endeavoring to
rival the great Forney, and is even now
able to refer proudly to his three papers
all weekly" Where are you going to stop,
Brother Harmon?
On Friday the Sd inst, two boats
containing twelve men and one woman
landed on the beach some nine miles
South of Mayport. They proved to be
Captain Watson and wife and crew of
the Norwegian Barque, "Captain Mat
son." from Pensacola, Fla, bound to
Leeds, Scotland, with cargo of csc, 900
feet of yellow pine lumber. They had
saved nothing from the ship and were
poorly clad. The good people of May
port received them Hospitality and are
still caring for them-Union. IT
The Telephone Of the eth states that
large vessel was discovered by the pilot
boat Maggie B. about ten miles south of
Mayport, lying on its side afoat The
same paper reports the schooner Rosa
Eppinger, of New York, was beached ten
miles north Of Canaveral in the recent
storm. She had cargo of lumber from
Cedar Key for New York, and is being
wrecked as there is no hope of saving her.
The coast from ST Augustine southwark
is said to be covered with debris from
wrecked vessels. A 5oO-ton, copper bot
toned brig is lying bottom upwards at
Matanzas bar. There is no report of lives
lost except from the wreck of the steam
ship Vera Cruz
"A New Smyrna correspondent of the
LndEdn River Times, new paper pub
lished weekly at Ttusville, Brevard coun-
ty, by S. W. Harmon and N. T. Feaster,
says: Eve visited not long since, on the
plantation of Morrison Lewis, the boss
watermelon patch of this section. Thirty
nine hills were planted in straight row
of orange trees. The vines, some of which
are two and one-half inches in diameter
at the roots, now cover an area Of 60 by
500 feet completely mating the ground
within that space. Over 100 melons have
been picked, and many remain from the
sine of an egg up to sO-pounders. We
also saw . pumpkin vine that covered q
space 60 feet in diameter, with rs pump
kins on it, in all stages Of maturity. Had
the worms not retarded its growth the
vine would have grown much larger"