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

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The green turtle season on the Gulf
coast has begun.
"A bear weighing 900 pounds was re-
Gently killed in st. Johns county.
=" Brother Witherspoon is getting up
grand excursion to come off on the
10th inst.
There is . movement on foot in Pen
sacola TO re-organize the old First Florida
Regiment
Henry Stokes was convicted at Or
l&ndo, on Thursday last, of murder in the
first degree.
=" Basket dinners TO raise funds for
fencing the cemetery" are in vogue in
Yolusis county.
The preliminary survey Of the Fer
naDdina and Jacksonville railroad has
been completed.
The Fernandina Mirror suggests the
name of Gen. Loring for Congress in the
Second District.
Barnett q Knapp, the furniture deal
ers Of Jacksonville, have been bought
ought by E E Cleveland, of Lake City.
The passenger car of the South Flor
ida Railroad has been placed on the track,
and regular trains will hereafter be run.
-Conover is bitter pill for some of
our Republican friends, but most OF them
viii try and take it FoEusia Comfy
Asses.
A Cuban named Mereno, recently
from Havana, attempted suicide in his
room at the Louvre in Key West on
the 18th inst
Miller & Henderson, Of Tampa, have
purchased another steamer, the Neptune,
from Philadelphia, to run between Milton
and Warrenton.
The Pensacola Gazette calls the pros
Pectiye colored Congressional Represen-
tstive from the First Florida District,
George Wilmington Washaspoon.
st Augustine papers herald the early
establishment in business there of al
other underrker." They don't pretend
70 keep count of them in jacksonville
Two companies Of the Fifth Artil-
lerE, from Key West, have taken sum
mer quarters al Tampa, on the Fort Brooke
reservation, and their tents, camp equip
ments and drill make things quite lively
for the Tampa folks.
The colored troops in Marion county
are fighting nobly. The colored town
marshal and the colored Republican can
didaie for the State Senate, and the col
cred Republican newspaper are all mixed
Up in il indiscriminatelv
"A small cotton factory has been
started in Tallahassee, and is reported to
be doing we'll" Key Uest Diszatch
les, out the factory was started everal
years ago, and has been running prosper
ou-ly and enlarging its capacity ever
since.
The schooner Dora Ellen, Captain
Rodgers, arrived at jacksonville on Mon
day last from the Halifax river, having
On board q female manatee or sea-cow
eight and one-half feet long, which was
captured by W. A. .Ragland in the St.
Lucie riyer
Mr.. Nesbitt, who came from the
West and settled in Gadsden county
year or two ago, has decided to move to
Dakota Territory. We do not know the
reasons for his action, but We venture to
predict that be will be back in Middle
Florida in less than three years
On Thursday in the L. S. District
Court, Judge Locke decreed pilotage
against the Lizzie Henderson, thus pro-
nouDciDg the statute passed by the late
Legislature which exempts vessels owned
IN the State from compulsory pilotage to
be unconstitutional-Key Wea Key,
Among the accepted amendments to
the River and Harbor bill, adopted in the
Senate on Tuesday, was clause provid-
ing for surveys at different points, includ-
ing one for opening steamboat communi.
cation from St. Johns river by way of
Tahopekaliga lake to Charlotte Harbor
OF Peace Greek.
-G2inesville will be full TO overlooking
during the convention. Large numbers
Of citizens from every section have sigDi-
fed their intention to be present, and as
the reduced rates Of fare are not made
for the benefit Of delegates alone, but for
every one who desires to 60, there will
doubtless be an immense crowd.
"A gentleman living near the St. Johns
river informs us that he shipped three
packages Of freight, consisting of two
barrels and bundle of trees, from Madi-
son to his home, and paid freight on the
same from Madison to Jacksonville $3.50,
and from there up the river 200 miles, 81.
Comment is unnecessary.
While the Orlando Reporter is com
planning Of the present administration on
account of the tax assessments, it neutral