The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-08-30

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be erected to be ready for occupancy on
the tirst of December, modern building
for business purposes only. The walls
are to be of stone instead of brick ~ first
contemplated, while She front win consist
almost entirely Of plate glass; n win
contain four comlmodious stores, all of
which have been rented.-& Augustine
| Press
We had the pleasure of spending
a few hours at this thriving little town
and found everything life and hustle.
Brother Kelly is determined to make Rio
Carrabelle very valuable addition to
the commerce of Apalachicola and each
and every Apalach icolian join as is good
wishes for Rio Carrabelle. What we
need in ApalachicDla is dozen men with
the vim and energy of O. III. Kelley
The little craft, known as the Benz. L.
Curtis, came to our wharf last Saturday.
She is not fully equipped for business yet
but will be in very short while. Sew
eral gentlemen came over from Rio Car
rabelle, among them we noticed Messrs
Storrs, Baxter and Berry. We are in
formed that she will commence at once to
make regular trips between this point and
St. Marks. A party of about seventy
| gentlemen boarded her for ride up the
river Sunday morning. She went up
about seven miles and returned to the
wharf She is said to be very fast. She
will connect with steamers here twice
week.-ApdlGchicoLG Tribune.
1t is still the employment of certain
dissatisfied parties to animadvert upon
Governor Bloxham and the Internal I'm
provement Board for making the Disston
sale. It's pity we all can't be Cover
nors.-In fullfillment of Vennor's predic-
ton, cool wav struck this section the
early part of tn week, accompanied by
considerable win d and rain. The nights
have been delightful, and the people have
slept like DIR. Bliss bulletins say the
President does, that is, sweetly."-A
day spent in Sur inter- county this week re-
vealed the fact that the cowardly murder
of young Dicks son at Leesburg is con-
demned in unmeasured terms by the citi-
zens of the western portion of that county.
Outside of the perpetrators of the crime,
we believe there are no apologists for it
in Sumter.-Bee raisers coming to Her
nando county from the older states would
confer favor upon some of our citizens
by bringing along with them supply of
Italian queen bees. We know several of
our friends who are anxious to obtain
Italian bees, to take the place of the COM
mon black and brown bee of this country.
-BrooksUiHe Crescent.
j Hon. j. d. Westcott, Jr., Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court of Florida,
is at the Strathmore. Mr. d. S. Place
travelling agent of the Bureau of Immi-
grafton, has gone to Atlanta, to look into
the arrangement is for the Exposition. He
will lay his ideas of how Florida will best
be represented at the Exposition before
the convention to be held at Jacksonville
on the 24th.-Captain Thomas S. Ellis, of
the bark Sabine, now lying at Broome
street wharf, died suddenly in his cabin
on Wednesday morning last, it is sup
posed of heart d isease. The body, encased
in metallic coffin by Undertaken Hen
derson, was escorted by Amelia Lodge f.
& A. M. to the steamship Western Texas,
and will be forwarded to his late home at
Brooklyn, New. York.-A race took place
on the beach on Tuesday last for purse
made up in this city and 800 stake
money: distance half a mile. Three
horses ran. Mr.. Jones, of Callahan, en-
tered gray stallion, McMurray & Brit
tain, of Jacksonville, entered their bay
stallion Picnic and sorrel mare Mainsail
Mainsail won the race in three straight
heats. The ev ent drew quite large con-
course of our people to the beach.-Fer-
nd'adinG Mirror.
Capt. Ada ms, of Sumterville, is MAX
ing successful experiment of raising
goats. He has some of the Angora stock,
which is represented as doing well. We
would be glad to know more from Capt.
Adams on this subject.-The prices paid
all kinds of labor in Sumter county are
very high. Transfers and saw-mill
hands get readily SIS to $50 month and
board; laborers in orange groves about
the same wages. Cooks get from Is to
$l5 month, according to their compe-
tence and the neighborhood in which
they serve.-The cattle drive to Cuba for
this year has about ended. We are in
formed by one of our leading cattle men
that nearly a thousand head Of beef steers
have been driven during this season from
this country to Punta Rassa and Tampa
for shipment to Cuba The prices paid
from $40 to ga head. This, to say
nothing of cattle sold to morkets north OF
here, and used for home consumption.
A gentleman who has studied the pro-
gress Of the Peninsula Railroad, expresses
the opinion that it will takemore than
twelve months for it TO reachthe northern
line of Sumter county. His opinion is
based upon Information to the effect that