The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-08-09

lowed in Illinois PA semiuweekly mai
service hasb een establehea between Mica
aopy and brenge Lake. s0gsrville and
Candy Station afe tue names OF two new
places on the Peninsular Railroad. The
engineering corps on the Florida Tropical
Railroad have crossed the Sumter county
line Ocal0 Banner.
The IRONING and croestieing Of the
railroad fro m Palatka in this direction is
progressing to an approximate completion.
Some delay viii be occasioned at Loeb
Ioosa and Rayne's Prairie Greek, but when
those difficulties are bridged the cars will
come this way at a rattling speed.-We
notice that several correspondents in some
of our State papers make egregious blum
ders in discussing the recent large land
sale to Disston by the Trustees of the In
ternal Improvement Fund. The fund is q
specific one held in trust by the Trustees.
1t is not designed to pay the indebted
ness of the State, or the indebtedness of
any other fund. 1t is subject only to its
own indebtedness. For that reason it
could not be used to pay the debts of the
State. But the lands were sold to pay
the Indebtedness of the fund, which in
debtednees was lien upon all the lands
held by the Trustees. In discussing this
matter, correspondents and for that mat
ter some editors-ought to inform them
selves about what they are trying to dis
cuss.- Gainesville San and Bee.
Certain parties are now active in
going over the county trying to get pc
titiOns signed asking the Commissioner
Court to order an election with view to
having the county site removed from here
to Middleburg. Should the election be
successful, the present court house and
Jail buildin gs, with the lots, revert back
to the donators, Palmer and Ferris, which
will be dead loss to the county.-The
railroad from here to Melrose will be
built, and large territory now very
thinly populated will be rapidly settled
and built up. The lack of railroad COM
munication has so far retarded the growth
of this section, but the boom is now on
us in earnest, and we'll develop and bring
into market one of the very best and
finest timbered lands in the State,-The
farmer who buys Western corn pays three
separate profits on the cost of its p.oduc-
tion-the Western farmer gets his profit
then the wholesale buyer gets his profit
and, lastly, the retail merchant makes his
profit and per cent. Then what does the
Southern farmer make? Cotton and
mortgages Fine crops, amt they p
Green Coee Spring.
MIR. Murat's boat, Old HeI,' was
torn up for fre-wood. Mr.. John Carrigan
conducted the services on this occasion,
and they were very impressive have
been infor med that parties North have
made diligent inquiries regarding the sit
uation of our islands, channel, harbor, etc.
and that the information as furnished
them has proven satisfactory, and that
tiese parties intend to purchase immense
tracts of land in the county for the pur.
BOSS of going into the manufacturing and
commercial business We have not been
able to learn any furthor particulars, and
yet give this article to our readers fol-
what it may be worth. We shall endeav-
or, however, to learn more about this at
fair and then our citizens will probably
hear more about 1.-THE State of Florida
is getting along, financially, in better style
than for years past. The Internal I'M
provement Fund, relieved by the four
million acres sold to Disston, and the ap-
preaching sale of the Florida Central
Railroad, will put one million dollars into
the treasury, and at the same time the
taxable property is increased upon which
the State will derive future taxes. Quite
a number Of persons appear to be dissats-
fed at the low price at which the land
sold, and it is rumored that better sale
could have been made. Every way we
look at it satisfies US that it was wise
move for Florida to put the land into the
hands of in dividuals, while, of course, we
are of those who desire the most favora-
BILE terms to the State.-ApdIachico
Tribune.