The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-06-28

-Fernandina is to have an amateur
performance of "The Pirates of Pen
Zance."
The Fenandina Express suggests
that the Bureau of immigration under
take to place an exhibit Of Florida produc-
tons at the Atlanta Cotton Exposition.
Martin Long, we learn, has field of
growing corn four miles east of here that
is now twelve feet high and is just CON-
mencing to silk and tassel.- Orange City
Times
The contractors for the Beach Hotel
completed the frame at the mill on Tues
day last, and hauled it out to the selected
site. 1t is intended that the hotel shall
go up with mushroom speed, though not
with mushroom frailty.-F5rndndinG En-
press.
Six thousand pounds of wool was a
portion of the cargo on board the Mary
Morgan when she left the dock last Thurs
day. This valuable freight is the product
of the eastern counties of Alabama, in the
neighborhood of Pensacola Id
rance
-Caterpillars. on the Withlacoochee
river and in some sections Of this and
Sumter counties, away from the river, are
making serious inroads on the corn and
pea crops. Along the river they have
entirely denuded many trees oftheir leaves
Brooksriue Crescent
Books of subscription to the capital
stock of the Monticello and Georgia
Railroad Company" have been opened at
Monticello, 1t was resolved at railroad
meeting held at that place on Monday of
last week that the road should be built to
Quitman instead Of ThomasvilIe.
We hope the efforts of the Agricul-
tural and Fruit Growers Association to
publish a pamphlet on Sumter county
will not slacken. Our county is continu-
ally attracting attention, inquiries are
multiplying from every State in the
Union about her field, garden and vege
table productions, and nothing short of q
pamphlet will meet the great demand for
Misunderstanding Adcance
MIR. J. W. Armstrong came in last
Monday from a visit to the engineers
engaged in surveying the T. P. c. &
st. Johns railroad route, who wher
he left were fifty miles from Tampa
Lake Parker in Polk county has been
determined by Mr. Carter, chief of the
corps, to be 2I1 feet above sea level
while the altitude of lakes Msdora, Van
and Alfred is about lao feet, though II
was observed that lake Alfred was feet
lower than lake Van with only 500 feet
of land between them.-T Tampa Tribune
Last Thursday was field day in c.
dar Key. Marshal Finegan laid aside hi.
insignia of Office and had three passages
at arms with Westbrook. One in Jack
Lastinger's bar room, the other at Bet.
telini's and one in the Journal Office.
Red fluid poured freely on each occasion.
About midnight J. r. Mitchell and w.
H. Lucas finished off the days exercises
by mixture rather freely. Mitchell we
understand was cut in several places.
Gentlemen, in the memorable words Of the
great Ulysses, " Let us have peacei"-
Journal
The Monticello Constitution of last
week contains lengthy account of the
capture near McRae, Ga, of Peter Ken.
nedy, one of the murderers of Deputy
Sheriff Whitfield, and his subsequent
escape The capture was made by citi
zens Of Georgia, who were only q few
hours in advance Of party from Mont.
cello, with whom they could not agree az
to the amount to be paid them for the
capture. Pending the dispute, Kennel y
got away, although he was heavily ironed
and guarded. It is believed that bis es
cape was connived at by his captors.
We understand that the freight tariff
for melons from this point 20 New York
is in excess of that prevailing last season
and it is placed at so high figure that
parties here who have raised very large
crops will find it an improbable venture
to ship. The tariff has been placed at
tl35 per carload of one thousand, and
with the prospect of an enormous crop,
the grower cannot, in all probability, re-
alize the expense attending their shipment
to 3 Northern market. This is another
reason why our Quitman railroad should
be built immediately.-Monticclzo COnsti
ton.
-Palatks, just now is dull of locals
The railroad has got so far from us that
the hands usually brought in every even.
ing, have 70 remain in camps Nobody
fights, seaffie sometimes, bat nobody
gets hurt There is nothing of interest
more than the old routine of every day
Since the eclipse of the moon, the earth
has become hotter, and vegetation il dying
up for the want of rain. Our sanctum il
hot; it is intolersble to write, especially
when you have nothing to write about
We might say, that our brains are in Q
melting condition, but then some devilish
editor would reply that there i no danger,