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

-Belville, Hamilton county, has rice mill
Quincy is afflicted with the Alabama
Sling"
The cambridge cotton factory was burned
on Sunday last. Loss 100000
There was a heavy frost in Putnam county
on Thursday night of last week
the Orlando Reporter says that there are
panthers within two miles OF that place.
1t is said the " Tangerine orange trees in
East Florida stood the cold better than others
Immense quantities of Irish potatoes are
being planted in the vicinity Of Monticello this
year.
The Quincy Herald must be original
nothing Ii heads its personal column, About
People"
The ST. Johns Weekly complains of its friends
in the Legislature that they do not send il com
muncations
The Orange County Reporter speaks of
party of sportsmen who are cunning in that
gon, as sports.
Work is progressing rapidly on the PENN
sula Railroad, and there is every indication that
trains will be running to Ocala at an early duy.
| "A tramp visited Midway one day last week,
and after being kindly treated, succeeded in
robbing his benefactor of some 5000 and valu-
able watch and chain.
The Sumter county Adrance, one of
best State exchanges, comes to us last week en-
larged to a handsome, 6-coumn sheet, full of ex-
cellent matter. We extend our congratulations.
Captain Mc1lvane, with his steamboat the
Chafer, on his last trip up the Withlacoochee,
went within two miles of Sumtervile, and even
saw the smoke OF an Oclawaha steamer over on
Lake Harris or Griffin.
The Key West Key publishes list of the
assets and liabilities of Sedenburg & Co., the
| great tobacco house, which failed few days
ago, showing the former 10 be 1903 ,GG6 40, and
the liabilities 1888, 7o7Os
The Hamilton county appointments still
hang fire. The county delegation in the Lcgis-
lature have declined the responsibility of rec
ommending, and urged the holding Of a conven-
ton, which will doubtless be done.
| Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe complains that
the frost in the so called Sunny South y has
caused all the oranges on her /" Mandarin grove
| W HccZc anu uIOp lnc SlOunu WAS CoFcIcu
with one hundred thousand spoiled specimens
of the golden frht.-4Nonticelo Constitution.
DIR. George Casper of Manalee is, we are
informed, making arrangements To start a paper
to be called the lManatee aAeDs at Manatce soon.
DIR. Casper is a live, energetic and progressive
gentleman; and, if he succeeds in getting this
new enterprise on foot, will do good thing for
Manatee county and South Florida - Iampa
Tribune.
1t is rumored that David L. Yulee has pur-
chased the property of Captain James Mckay,
at Ballast point; if this be the case, we may
soon hear that the building of the r. r. to
Tampa bay is to be pushed by Yulee. We grant
that the people of Tampa may soon hear the
whistle of the locomotive and the rush of the
cars.-Key West Democrat
The Palatka Herald says of the Gainesville,
Ocaa and Charlotte Harbor Railroad: The
work Of cutting out the railroad route continues
About seventy4fve hands are employed, and
more will be put to work in few days Gen.
Varnum says that he is afraid the iron will be
here before he 10 ready for it. All goes well SO
far, and we have every reason to be encouraged
with the faith that the road will be constructed.
The report from Mr.. John r. Rollins, says
the Gainesville San and Bee, the courteous and
capable Receiver of the Land Office, for the past
quarter ending January 1st 1881, shows that
II S4910 acres of the public domain in this
State was taken up by private parties, and that
ca, 1888. IL was received into the Office Messrs
j. O. Plant & Sons last Tuesday bought in Or
ange county something more than 2, 400 acres of
government land, for which they paid about
5000.
The new mail route to Havana via Pensa-
COLA il now in full force According to the
schedule, mails will leave Louisville every Fri
day morning at II o'clock, arriving at Pensacola
the next day, Saturday, at o'clock, and, after
immediate transfer to the United States mail
steamer, will start from there BIT o'clock r NJ,
arriving at Key West Monday and Havana
Tuesday morning. The returning steamship
will leave Havana Wednesday night, Key West
Thursday morning, and arrive at Pensacola Sat
urday morning in time to make close connection
by railroad TO Louisville and all important
points.
"A correspondent of the Key West Democrat
writes that paper that the cattle trade between
South Florida and the Island of Cuba has been
for several years all that the cattle raisers could
desire Not only has the demand for beef cattle
been equal With the supply, bat il has far sur
passed Il and dealers have sought for large
shirmef,ta Of stack cattle So anxiOlis have the :