The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-04-12


cult Court occupied two and half days
Mr.. W. H. Pillow of jacksonville has
already shipped about 5000 quarts of
strawberries to northern markets.
The Monticello Consultation publish
es the death warrant of Andrew Fell,
who will be hung on Friday, the 22d inst.
The Pensacola Gazette of April first
was the first number of its 9Th volume.
The FLoRIDIAN extends congratulations
and good wishes.
AT Green Cove Spring, says the
Green Core Spring, = paper published
at Green Cove Spring, there was heavy
frost on Saturday, the I'd inst.
The people living west of St. Sebas-
tian river. in the suburbs of St. Augustine,
have held meeting and decided to name
their settlement " New Augustine"
The new steamboat built by the San
ia Fe Canal Company has made an expert
mental trip into Santa Fe Lake, and
worked satisfactorily. The whole enter
prise is regarded as success.
"A disastrous flood has occurred in
the Missouri river, which at Omaha is Is
feet above low water mark, and rising
High water at Yankton, Dakota, has done
great damage, and caused loss of life.
The Constitution says that in Jeffer-
son county tender vegetables of all kinds
were killed by the unusually cold weather
of last week. Even Irish POTATOES, in
many instances, were badly damaged.
Democratic victories are reported at
recent municipal elections in Chicago,
Columbus, o., Omaha, Neb., Cincinnati,
Dubuque, Iowa, Keokuk, Iowa and in
Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor, Jackson, Muske-
gan. Saginaw, and Holland, Michigan.
Captain H. Booth, Post Office In
spector for Alabama, arrived in Calves
ton, Texas, last Tuesday with F. King
the Ascending Postmaster from Milton,
Fla. King was turned over to the United
States Marshal to be brought back to
Florida.
Mayor Dey of Jacksonville has calm
" presented to the Council bill for his
valuable official services, amounting to
over $1,000, and consisting of costs in
cases tried before him, where the parties
were unable to pay. The bill was indef
nitely laid on the table
AT the present writing the laying
Of the iron on the Peninsular Railroad has
reached James James, distance Of about
ten miles from Ocala, the way the crow
flies, but about II miles as the road runs
Ii must certainly reach Ocala sometime
early in May cala Banner, april ,.
Two more locomotives have beer
purchased for the Florida Southern Rail
way. and several cars are on the way
1t is confidently believed that the road
viii be completed from Palatka to Gaines
vile in sixty days. The work of laying
the iron has commenced and one mile ha:
been completed.
Hon. p 7. Barnum returned to Greer
Cove on Tuesday. In an interview,
he expressed his delight at being in what
he terms the garden spot of Florida
He is located at the Clarendon Greer
Care Spring. Mr.. Barnum only re-echoe:
the talk he hears about "garden spots
How many "garden spots =" has Florids
got, any how?
The Union of Saturday says: "Dur
ing the two weeks ending the goth nit.
there were 1000 packages of Florida
vegetables received at New York. The
best Florida oranges are selling at from
$3.50 to S. per box, and inferior oranges
At from 81 to So per box. Florida green
peas are bringing $3.50 to IS per crate
caulifowers IS per barrel, and tomatoes
from $3.50 to So per crate"
"A Mr.. Walker, who lives near the
Six Mile Greek, and a colored man left
Tampa the first part of the week, in a
small open boat, and have not been heard
of since. 1t is supposed that they not
knowing how to manage boat, have
been lost-a boat and An oar have been
found some where in the neighborhood Of
Hooker's Point. And the parties not
reaching home it is supposed that they
have been drowned. Tampa Guardian
Monticello has had another revolving
case of infanticide, somewhat similar to
the one which occurred there year or SC
ago. The victim was an illegitimate
child of colored girl, whose father and
mother are accused of participating In
the crime; and the body was found buried
in the house yard of the family residence,
about eighteen inches below the surface
With a lightly drawn cord about it's neck
and marks of violence upon its person.
This time last year the tide of travel
had turned and was running Northward.
Now, it is still flowing Southwark, and,
from the present outlook, it will continue
so for some time to come. 1t would be q
great gain for invalids and pleasure seek
ers to remain through the beautiful month
Of April, which is decided the most charm
ing month of the season in Florida A
few warm days may be experienced, but