The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-03-29

18OuQ8y.
Hamilton Jay was nominated by
Prsident Gar6sld on Monday last for
postmaster at Jacksonville.
Mr.. J. P. Jones ably edited the Pen
sacola Adrdnce during the absence of
Senator Mallory at the Capital !.
-Dr. W. H. Babcock, the regular cor
respondent of the Savannah Morning.
Nesos, has returned to Jacksonville, and
resumed his interesting letters to that pa
per.
Mr.. ]. H. Abbott, of Jacksonville, is
dead. He had severe fall few days
since from stairway, causing injuries re-
sulting in his death on Sunday the goth
inst
We learn from the last number of the
Tampa Tribune that the sugar-house of
Mr.. F. A. Hough, on Twelve-mile Greek,
in Manstee county, was burned on the
23d of February.
-Quincy was visited Friday night last
by a severe hail storm, the hail being so
large as to break many window panes in
the dwellings of the town and the court
house, so We are informed by gentle
man from there yesterday Union, 22d
The Lake Panasofkee regeon has at
tracted considerable attention the present
season. Parties leave here every week on
prospecting tours, and many have purchas-
ed lands. The demand for railroad that to
section is increasing every day, and when
one is built the country will develop as
rapidly as any other portion of the State
Sumter County Adrdnce
The Townsville Enterprise says of
the LeCsnte pear orchard of Captain L.
l. Narnedoe, that if no disaster befalls
the fruit in the next few days Captain V.
thinks he will certainly gather three hun
dred bushels of the pears, fit for ship
ment, from twenty trees this year, and if
the prices are as good as heretofore that
alone will give him very neat little sum.
The negroes of Duval county seem
10 be a hard lot The Union of Tuesday
last contains the particulars of two daring
highway robberies attempted by negroes
on the Sunday previous. "No arrests"
The same paper also contains an account
of riot and robbery at Callahan by a
number of laborers who had been at
work on the Waycross and Jacksonville
railroad.
The bill to remove the seat of gov
eminent of this State, from Tallahassee
TO some other point, presumably to
Gainesville, passed both houses during
the recent session of the Legislature, but
was vetoed by the Governor. There can
be no sufficient cause to induce the peo-
pie TO incur the expense of such change
for many reasons, both sentimental and
practical, Tallahassee should continue to
be our Capital City Green Core Spring.
The Tampa Tribune says: "The
sheep raisers in South Florida are com
mencing to shear their flocks. The wool
clip will be larger this year than ever be-
fore" Why does not the Tribune en-
deavOr to collect some of the statistics of
this growing industry, as well as that OF
cattle raising, for publication Such mat
tiers, properly and truly set forth, would
greatly interest the whole body of citi-
zens of the State, as we'll as a vast num-
Der Of intending immigrants.
Capt. T. H. Moore returned from Sa.
vannah yesterday, where he has been in
the interest of the Peoples Line of boats.
We learn that he made all necessary ar
engagements for securing a new boat, and
will have it on the river for the next sea-
sons business. 1t will be built in Pitts
burgh and is to be the finest that floats on
the river, capable of carrying one thousand
bales Of cotton. Capt. Moore has ordered
an electric light for the Moore, and it will
be put on in a week rtwo. The new boat
will also have the electric light CoExns-
bus EnQtsirer-Sun
Visitors to ST. Augustine should not
fail TO visit the orange wine factory of B.
Genovar, on Charlotte street, and sample
the celebrated wine manufactured by that
gentleman. This wine, az its merits be-
come known, is coming into general use.
As health-giving tonic it has no supe-
nor, while for table use it is also extremely
palatable. Mr.. Genovar has spent great
deal Of time and money in bringing this
vine to perfection, and we are glad to
see that bis efforts are now being reward
ed. As an instance of the popularity the
wine manufactured by him has attained,
we may state that on Thursday evening
he received twenty orders by mail and
telegraph, some of them from remote Sec
tons of the country. One order was the
tloenty-secOnd from the same party.-St.
Augustine Press.
The editor of the Claremont MINI
Cosmopolitan, DR.. Horace P. Porter, 10
working up Florida Colony for settle
nent on the Gulf coast. Articles of in-
eoEPorauoN have been adopted, and it is
intended to file the same in the Office of
the Secretary of State, and so perfect
the Incorporation in Florida. Several of
the members, says the Cosmopolitan,