The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-04-26

Railroad.
The Brooksville Crescent, is doing
some hrst-class immigration work for
fernando county. Success to it.
The peach crop this year bids fair to
be an immense one. All the trees we
have seen are heavily laden.-I&. Au0us-
tine Press.
"A negro preacher was arrested in
Monticello last week, says the Constitu-
ton, with full set of burglars tools in
his possession.
Mr. G. Bevill says he will realize
four hundred dollars on one acre of cab
bage this year. Let every farmer do
like.-Lees6urg Adrdnce.
Scientific fishermen who have studied
the subject, say that the fish not biting
is attributable to electric disturbances in
the atmosphere, and that they have been
driven into deep water.-PensdcoIa Ga
zeae.
AT St. Lukes Hospital in Jackson
vile Thursday the 18th of April, died of
disease of the kidneys, Col. ]. P. Knapp,
Assistant Superintendent of Life Saving
Stations, and for some time stationed on
our coast.
The cold weather at the North is
lettering some of the more prudent of
the winter visitors from leaving, but the
large majority, forgetful that one swallow
does not make summer, are leaving by
every boat-Ferndndind Mirror.
The busy season is fast comirg to
an end. Every day numbers of visitors
are leaving for their homes, and although
there are still few arrivals, the hotels
and boarding houses are rapidly thinning
out. The season has been a long and
successful one, far in advance of any pre-
viOus years.. augustine Press.
We much regret our absence Thurs
day when our Office was visited by H. A.
DeLand, Esq, and Rev. J. H. Griffin, the
former gentleman doing SO much just
now toward the development of the or
ange belt of Florida Orange City
Times. From which it appears that the
Times also has an orange belt"
B. F. King, the late postmaster at
Milton, who is said to have beaten the
Government out of one thousand dollars
and fed TO Texas, and was captured at
Liberty, in that State, short time ago.
arrived in Pensacola last Tuesday, and
was placed in the city Jail, where he re-
mains for the present.-PensdcoLd Ga
zette.
Sumter county seems 10 be suffering
from an endemic of incendiaries. Fol
lowing the burning of the county Jail
there have been a number of fires, attrib
uted to incendiaries, the latest of which
was valuable barn belonging to Mr..
Dewell The town council Of Leesburg
has offered $3.50 reward for the arrest
of the guilty party.
We hear that Capt. James Mckay
intends to embark in journalism soon.
Look out for a consolidation somewhere
Tampa is pretty good place, and by far
the best place in the State; but it is
doubtful whether three newspapers can
stem the current here or not. At any
rate we wish Capt. Mckay success should
the report prove Tampa Guar
didh.
We have had an abundance of dry
windy weather, with good deal Of frost
and ice. The prospect concerning the
crops is very gloomy, it being impossible
TO secure good stand. A great many
Of the farmers have had to pillow up, and
plant over, and on last Thursday, we had
one Of the hardest rain and wind storms,
that have seen for long time-Jasper
Times.
Mr.. r. R. Miller, of Kingsley Lake,
the boss truck man Of this section ofFlor.
ida, has been shipping cucumbers for the
past two weeks Notwithstanding the very
unfavorable season for vegetable grow
ing. His cucumbers have sold for $3.50
per dozen in Chicago. Mr.. Miller is a
practical vegetable farmer and by next
season will be prepared for any sort of
weather.-iStarke Telegraph
Now that Spring is upon US and the
balmy air is ladened with the sweet per-
fume Of the orange bloom, the average cit
izen languishingly lounges beneath the
evergreens in the Plaza, and dreamily
dozes; needing nothing of the busy out
side world. The rush is over, the Yanks
are gone; but this happy thought is left
palmetto berries will soon be ripe and
sea-crshs are getting mighty fats.
Johns Weekly.
We are gratlfied to see a determina-
ton on the part of many farmers to cur
tail their expenses this year. Business
smuch duller with the merchants now than
1t was year ago, and it is better for the |
merchant as well as the farmer that such |
Is the case. By reducing expenses and |
buying nothing unnecessary the people |
will find at the end of the year that no |
matter how low the prce of cotton may
be, they will be be richer than they |
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