The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-07-12
STATE NEWS.
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killed beak Ms reSeptls. &.

MIR. u. NJ. Call, Of jacksonville, has
prepared an Index To the Florida Su-
Preme Cont Reports. -
Mr.. w. b. Henderson, of Tampa, has
a ten-acre patch Of snelons which have
Melted him 5000, and not hail the cr66p
gone yet.
The name Of the Tampa, Peace Creek
and 81 Johns River isaiiroal has been
changed TO "The jacksonville, Tampa
and Key West Railroad
The St Augustine Weekly says that
the old sea-wall there r. crumbling away
rapidly, and will have to be repaired soon
or the town will he inundated.
-ThelL & N. Railroad Company has
decided to build new wharves at Pensa-
cola, and jointly with The p & \. Rail
road new depot for the use of both
roads.
-Thepe is a gentleman in this place
who has been shipping fish to Savannah
all dnring the warm weather, and will
continue throughout the summer This
is something unusual, as the fish season
Is supposcd1to commence about the lst of
September and ends the last of April.
The gentleman We alude to is doing we'll
at it e,lor Key Journal.
"A farmer living some or : miles
from town hired colored woman to hoe
for him, and not seeing her at work went
out to see what had become Of her, found
her sitting in the shade of a tree with an
umbrella hoisted over her. lie asked her
lid she not get .breakfast; yes, was her
answer; and he told her to 90 somewhere
else and get dinner.-Qmincy Star.
"A great and unlocked for improve
mcnt is observable in the corn crops Of
this section. Large stretches that were
turning yellow from the protracted
drouth have resumed, since the continued
showers, their original grecnncss, and
give evidence of large yield this year
We are pleased to see it, for the prospect
of our people feeding their stock on West
ern corn il not a pleasant one DTunge
LIKE F't1riltdn.
Captain ii. :. Duval, of Chattahoo-
chee, Deputy [. s Surveyor, the same
that has recently been engaged in the
Everglades and proved them partially a
myth, arrived here last Sunday.
Ia conversation with the Captain in re-
card to the Everglade lands, he says the
Key West .Democrat in its report misrep-
scented hi, description of them in one i'm
poTtant particular. lie did not say the
lands we're rolling, and wished us to cor
rect the report in that particular = .>on-
ford .Jo"Fndt.
"A negro settlement has been c>tab-
lished at Maitland by Mr. Lewis Law
renee, of Utica, New York, which is Iii.
vided into forty-eight lots, 50xl50 feet,
to he sold only to negroes, at from $40 to
$50 per LOT. Mr.. Lawrence has erected
ON this land frame church 30x20 feet, a
bell for which has been presented by the
Congregational Sabbath school of Chel
sea. Conn. No liquor is ever To be sold
or given away on this ground no gam
bling or disreputable house of any kind
will ever be allowed, under forfeiture Of
the purchase. fkf
The new trading boat of T. A. Bass,
which is being built for the KissimmeC
river trade, is about ready for business
and early in July will begin TO make reg
ular trips on the river and lakes, to sup
ply th@people with goods and purchase
whatever. they may have to sell. There
is region of fine country along this river
The soil is productive, and the frosts o
winter never interfere with the growing
of crops throughout the winter. The
new town of }assville has a fine situation
and promising future before it.-Or
Lando ReRHfer. ssN q = -
-chahs1 Della !, Rrs.idspt ofthePs
latka anahdian AiSs Railroad. caiIed
onus tezshing HeMskonh his returr
from tallahassee, where he has been il
the fntefsst of Tho road, lie Informed ii
that, the survey had beep accepted ant
State lands along the route withdraw
from the market This is the second stel
in the enterprise, and we are reliably in
formed that the building of The road vii
begin at an early day, and pushed to com
pIetion as rapidly, al cnergy'andl capita
can do it. The road will be one of thu
best in the State, and as an investmen
cannot but pay its builders PaIatkt
"'Tnf.hI) 3q2 1 FL
I'VE learn from Captain Burroughs
state Timber Agcnt, that a horrible triple
murder was committed in Hefnandt
county few days since. Mr.. J. b
MickIer, the Sheriff, who lost his wifi
aboHt three weeks agoyieft home, leaving
his tlfees children the oldest'Hb6ut efgh
yestsNoidy AID s-aosrd man. ~STAol lsttel
attempted some theft, and being discov
cred by the children he proceeded to muir
der them. Two of them were shot and
P19 kadf his \prpSt at. e l&t lited