The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-08-02

FLORIDA has 50 600 square miles . Ne

The tax levy of Alachua county, In
Guiding State tax, is % mills.
The editor of the Barlow Informant
has just "seen his first ripe peach in Flor
ida"
"A colored Cuban laborer named
Rodriguis committed suicide in Key West
on the 18th.
The Key Of the Gulf man is happy.
Magbee has copied one of his editorials in
the Tampa Guardian.
Florida, Mississippi, Vermont, Maine,
and Arkansas are said to be the only
States in which no beer is made
MIR. Joseph Hernandez, of st. Angus
tine, was struck by lightning, during a
severe thunder storm recently, and badly
injured.
Married, at Rio Carrabella, Fla, on
the evening of the 18th inst, Mr. Rufus
Tucker, to Miss Blackwell, of Rio Cara
bella, the Rev. Mr.. Core officiating. The
young couple have our best wishes for
their happiness and prosperity.-ApG-
LachicoLa Tribune.
Gen. J. ]. Dickson passed up the
river to Leesburg, on Wednesday night,
for the purpose of bringing away the re-
mains of his unfortunate son who was kill
ed by masked party in Sumter county,
rooooaufl1 To Gou n;oL.0eovo orl l,:c
family we express our deep sympathy
PdLdtk0 Herald.
The Monticello Constitution gives
the details of the recent alleged illegal
arrest of two negroes on the plantation of
Major Bellamy in Jefferson county.
Some of the parties to the affair have
been arrested and bound over to the next
term of the Circuit Court, and the matter
will be fully investigated.
We are glad to learn that our fellow
townsman, John T. Howard, has been the
fortunate bidder for grading 25 miles of
the Pensacola & Atlantic Railroad west
from the Chattahoochee river Mr.. How
ard is an enterprising and thoroughgoing
gentleman, and we have no doubt will
push the work as rapidly as possible
Quincy Herald
While the damage to the corn crop
of our county has been very great, we
note one fact and that is the crops that
were highly fertilized and we'll cultivated
withstood the drouth best. This is sug-
gestve, and We trust the farmers will make
note of it, and this fall and winter give
especial attention to composing fertili-
zers.-1Maridnnd Courier.
The Ramsey Sniffle of Georgia
Scenes" seems to have his prototype in
every community of Florida. He is known
by his irresistible desire to attend to
everybody's business but his own, a nat
ural Droclivity to lie, and is always ira
ducer of better men and their motives
than he can possibly be. Who is he
You all know him.-Green Cove Sprinq.
Surf bathing on our beach this season
Is remarkably fine, and is much INDUCED
In. The beach has become more popular
than ever before-We understand it is
now the intention to construct a branch
of the Transit Railroad to the beach, the
track to pass up Beach street. By this
means passengers will be landed at the
Beach hotel without change of cars
EerndndinG Express
Two Assistant Superintendent of the
L. S. Mail Service visited Polk and Her
nando counties recently, passing through
Tampa, to investigate the matter of dis
continuing either the coastwise or over
land mail to that region but took care
not to call on Mr.. Carruth, editor of the
Gulf Coast Progress, whose long expe-
rience as Postmaster at Tampa makes him
one of the best informed citizens of that
region on the subject
Col. C. II. Allen, well known as an
able and courteous railroad superintend-
ent by his former connection with the
Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mobile Rail
road has resumed his old position on that
road under the present owners. We learn
that the Colonel has a high appreciation
of the value of Middle Florida, and will
exert himself to the utmost to further its
interests. His return to his former duties
is widely welcomed. -Ferndndin0 MIR
rOr.
Mr.. Henry T. Titus writes to the Tt
tusville Star " that the Enterprise and
Titusville Railroad is a fixed fact, and that
the road will be completed by December
3Ist, 1881, and, that the Coast Canal Co.
will commence operations at once, and
push the work to completion with the
greatest energy. So pat your houses in
order, your transit will soon be perfected
and our Indian River country will be a
continuous city from Titusville to Eau
GallIe." =.
Since the J., p. & NJ. Railroad has
changed hands there seems to be some
doubt as to when our depot here will be
completed. We hope that the efficient
manager, Mr.. Allen, will carry out the
plan intended by the receivers, of build
ing large brick warehouse. We re-