The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-12-07
NEW SERIES. VOL. XvI.-NO. 33.


TO Ocala about the middle Of Febtrsry.
| On the strength Of this assurance We ad-
wise oas farmers to plant vegetables for
early shipment They can rely upon the
i road reaching here at least by the first Of
March. - Ocala Bdnner.
Maj. w. p Oouper took the level Of
the two lakes, last Thursday, and Sfonnd
| that Lake Harris is three feet aid two
inches higher than Lake Grifin. He Also
surveyed the ronte Of, the contemplated
canal, and found the distance between
the two lakes to be 2,s9o feet, and the
highest point of land eleven feet, The
above surveys were made twice with the
same result. A large number of citissns
| on the, lakes are anxious for the canal to
be cut. We would like 70 see some posi-
| tive steps taken in the matter Z4esbs,rg
| Adcasce. t
Senator Call requests as to say that
| the Agricultural Department has placed
at his disposal q number Of copies Of the
Department report on the diseases Of
swine, and that any citizen Of thu State
who would like copy can hsvesit sent
by notifying him of such desire BY postal
card or otherwise. He will take pleasure
in having them forwarded until the sup
ply may be exhausted We have copy
on our table and judge il to be valuable
work. Colonel Call requests that the
State papers copy this notice.-1ackson-
vige Union.
AT the drug store last week we saw
specimens of superior sweet potatoes
grown by Mr.. o. p Rocks on his pine
land grove few miles from town, They
weighed -four and half. pounds each,
and the only fertilizer used were pea
vines grown on the land and ploRed nm
der. Mr.. Rocks has four acres planted,
and is realizing $50 bushels to the acre.
He is demonstrating what can 'bedqne on
pine land, and his experiments VIA doubt
less be of vast information and profit to
fruitgrowers and gardeners. His expert
ments embrace nearly every vsriety of
fruit, shrub and vegetable that can be
grown in the State. = Lees6swg Idropos.
Last Thursday . acolored nurse, aged
IA years, named Tillie Baine, in. the en-
ploy temporarily of Mrs. DR.. G. i. Mitch
ell, of Ft. Meade, took the latter's Eve
months-old infant into the woods, and, it
is supposed, beat it fearfully, is, when
she returned with it to the house (Mr. T.
F. Spencer's, where Mrs. M. was stop
ping,) the child's cheeks were blue, its
mouth swollen, and left hip discolored
from bruises, as if the child Tad been
badly slapped and spanked. A warrant
was got out for the inhuman wretch, who
was lodged in Jail, and last J Monday
Judge Crane tried the case and sentenced
the girl to ten days. imprisonment in the
county jail.-7ampa Tribune. 25A.
Through a private letter from the
editor of the Sumter county Adyonce, we
learn that the Lake Eustis Railroad will
be continued to Leesburg. The route has
been surveyed and all necessary arrange.
ments have been made for the completion
of the work. In addition to- this the
editor says that several new houses have
been built and the erection of others are
contemplated. This is good for Lees
burg. We congratulate the yonng editor
upon the rising prospects of his town and
section. We would add as another evil
dence of the prosperity of Leesburg, that
the AduG'ace has more than doubled its
business within the last year. = RaIGkk1
Herald
Rev. w. w. Hicks has returned to
Florida, and made speech III jackson
vile last Friday evening. In the course
of his remarks he alluded to the charges
made against him of villifying the good
name of the State while in the North, in
declaring it the hotbed of lawlessness and
murder. Hed not retract bis charges,
and, to the contrary, repeated them, say
ing with intended sarcasm, that he had
"a good opinion of this great State of
peace, where no man is ever murdered
though hundreds sleep in unmarried graves
for political reasons" The faCf that Hicks
can openly stand forth in Florida and use
such language with perfect impanity is .
sufficient refutation .of his vile slanders.
--iSavGnnah, Neacs. sI.g sas f.
The Talahassee Rntrios wsnts3 to
knoW "why the devil don't the Demo
crats cslsbrate," and, keeps up the ques.
tions The fact is, We don't like to- kick IA
enemy when he is down, and then'we,cel-
ebrated1 at the polls on November ed,
(possibly the Pdtriot haa forgotten that
occasion) when we elected Bloxham by
fiyea thousand majority, over Conover.--
RalGtko Herald Yes; and then you
know, Garfeld's plurality Of the popular
vote in the whole Union was 50 muchg
smaller than Bloxham's msority in Flor
ida. (nsarly !. .ooe less) that sor rs tolcsl-
citrate would be more than the Raasos
could stand. Itwould burst with envy
and piops indignation. 4 s
49, An Ohio rentIesnan whN aatAlaa swaari