The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-05-31
STATE NEWS.

Mariana has b comet band, q SOCIAL
club and occasional fish fryA
-Seyeral young meuuf Jackson county
propose to take trip 70 Texas this sum-
mer.
Mr.. w. w. Smith and Mrs. Carrie
Z. Wood were married on Sunday, the
the 22d inst, at Quincy.
or counsel The Republican papers
are always ready to welcome the advent Of
Ofso-called Independent" papers. "Birds
of a feather flock together"
The State Board Of Health of Pen
sacola took formal possession Of the
quarantine station last week, the ap-
pointees of the National Board retiring
gracefully. f
The following getlemen have been
appointed by the. Governor, members of
the board of health of St. Augustine;
DIR. Anderson, Dr. Shine, DR.. w. S. NJ
Pinkham, j. S. Relf, G. S. Greene and B.
Genovar.-.H. AuguStine Press.
CLEARWATER Harbor has had.a fair.
\ correspondent of the Tampa Tribune
saws; Persons who have visited the
State Fair, and the Middle Florida Fair,
pronounced the exhibits of the produce
of our farms and groves equal in every
respect, and in some cases superior, to
any similar products exhibited at either
of those Fairs"
There has been any quantity of
strawberries raised in this section this
season. Five years ago, there was not
strawberry bed in the whole county; but
now there are many who are engaged in
the culture of this delightful fruit, which
grows to an enormous size in the soil of
South Florida, and seems to he specially
adapted to Tampa Guardian.
The Guardian will be the eldest of
the three papers published at Tampa, and
the only Republican among them. The
.Sunldnd Tribune, claims to be staunch
Democratic paper, while the new paper
which will be issued on Wednesday next,
will be Independent in its politics. We
don't care how many newspapers spring
up in our midst-they all do a little
good. So let them come on as fast as
they may, so they make "good fight !"
and have plenty of pluck to hold out on.
-7ampa Guardian.
Mr. Ii. S. Kennedy handed US six on
ions of the Bermuda variety, raised on
bis place on Lake Maitland, that aggre-
gated 81 ponnds-nearly . pound each.
from which he says he will get fully 400
bushels. They are selling now at $l.75
per halfbushel crate, but if he realizes
$500 per bushel, which he will find no
difficulty in doing, 81 200 is not bad for
two acres. He used 1900 pounds of
guano to the acre, and raised them on
pine land.-.SaJord Journal
"A lot of boys went in bathing at
Palatka wharf the other night and were
discovered by policeman, who ordered
them out, and as they refused to obey,
captured one suit Of their clothing. The
boys, determined on revenge, went to
Judge Harrison and swore out a warrant
against the guardian of the peace for
larceny, had themselves appointed special
deputies and took the policeman off to
Jail, just as he was going to bed in the
happy consciousness of duty we'll per
formed. Who was the joke on?
We have this week printed and dis
tributed card circulars calling upon eve
~ orange and vegetable grower around
Orange Lake, Citra City, etc.. to meet at
Reddick's Store Wildwood, on Saturday
May q, at 3 p. m. for the purpose of or
ganizng Fruit and Vegetable Growers
Association. 1t is to our discredit that
We have no society of this kind, in a
country where these branches are univer-
sally cultivated, and people from abroad,
comparing this with the fact that nearly
all other counties have them, naturally
conclude that we are either heathens or
have no advantages worth fostering. We
trust our friends will meet as one man at
the time and place designated and make
a united forward movement in this direc-
ton Orange Lake Floridian
"A correspondent of the Mariana
Courier says: There is no doubt but
sheep raising is the most profitable bust
ness that can be carried on in this part of
the State, and it is, in view of all the facts,
pertinent question, why don't the peo-
pie give it more time and attention p
The pine woods furnish fine pasturage,
and if it is not sufficient, pasturage can
be made by the introduction of some of
the many pasture grasses. This climate
is admirably adapted to the alfalfa, one
Of the best and most prolific of hay and
pasture grasses. 1t affords pasturage all
the year round, admits of being moved
four or FIVE times year, and one acre of
it on good soil will give from six to eight
thousand pounds of nutritious hay, besides
the winter grazing"
The Railroad Bond Tax of Jefferson
county isa subject for frequent discussion,
and some of the theories advanced are ANU