The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-07-11

dred. Foreign primes GA 10 GEO per hundred.
Arrivals OF melons by steamer on 4th inst are
selling at $50 to $40 per hundred Small guam
NY oil grapes have been received from South
Georgia, but sales have not been encouraging
oeihg from &c to &c per pound.
Last week we mentioned the fact that
gentleman of this city had refused cash offer of
*oOO, or $13SSS2 per acre, for three-acre Lee
Comic pear grove. We made very elaring mis-
lake as regards the price per acre. which is $685.
6Oi per acre instead of $1ss.sss. If such hand
some figures are now refused for LeCone pear
groves, with trees one and two years DID, it Is
useless to attempt to estimate their value, when,
IN few years, they come into bearing
"A company has been organized at Thomas
vile for the purpose of engaging in LeConte
pear culture on large scale. The capital stock
was fixed at $4,000, all the shares have been
taken, and grove of one hundeed acres will be
put out at once The stockholders are T. E.
Blackshear, President; Dr. E. M. Mallatte. Sec
rotary and Treasurer; H. II. Sanford. E. NJ.
smith, b. f. Walters, John L. Finn, Withers
q kneller, DR.. p. S. Bower, r. Thomas & Co.,
and James Watt
As the principal Office of the Florida Fish
Oil and Fertilizer Company, of whose organza-
ton we made mention last week, will be located
at Tallahassee, the company will probably estab-
llsh their works at some point on the Gulf coast,
between st. Marks and Apalachicola The es-
| adjustment OF this enterprise on the adjacent
coast will doubtless create lively competition
with those already engaged in the business there,
and thus enable Middle Floridians to obtain fer
| 'lllzers at reasonable rates
Hon. W. W. Walker, of Craw fordville,
came to Tallahassee last week and brought with
him four ears of corn that had been left al his
store, which we saw at the store of Mr. d. Wig
gins. One ear came from the field of Mr. John
Council, and was sixteen inches long. The
| others were taken from the fields of Messrs
| George Hill, j. Ii. Watson and Noah Posey and
measured thirteen inches in length and ten in
| circumference. The four ears Invested of the
shuck, weighed about five and half pounds
The large crowd that turned out last
! Wednesday to witness the game between the
| Quincy and Tallahassee base ball clubs reminded
us of the days when the Garden City and other
crack clubs of the State were contestants for the
championship OF Florida. During the first two
innings the Quincy club scored 16 to for the
| 4Esthetes, but from that time the Ksthetes
| steadily gained on their opponents, until the
seventh inning, when Mr.. Robert Love, catcher
OF the Quincy nine, was SO badly wounded in
the left hand as to prevent his playing. At this
time the score stood II TO - in favor of the
Quincy club, but the umpire, Mr.. w. A. Rawis,
called the game according TO the rules governing
such cases and declared the score to in favor of
| the -Esthetes. The members of the Quincy club
were entertained by the Ksthetes during their
stay in the city, and complimentary hop was
given them on Wednesday evening
The removal of the posl-office seems TO give
general satisfaction, but there is one thing
needed TO make every thing correspond with the
neat manner in which the building has, been
fitted up, and that one thing is the new iron
lock-boxes so extensively used in other cities
and towns. Many plausible reasons might be
urged in support of this proposition, chief among
which are, this is the Capital City of Florida
and ought to have a respectable looking office;
the opening of the New Hotel next winter will
bring many visitors TO Tallahassee, who would
be surprised TO see the old-fashioned wooden
boxes in our post-office, while so many evidences
OF progress and enterprise TO he seen in other
places about the city and the excepting OF
the mail, as the present boxes are not considered
altogether safe by many persons. We have
handsome New Hotel, we are to have fine new
courthouse, new market-house and other sub
stantIal Improvements, and to keep pace with
the spirit of the times we ought to have iron
boxes IN our post office. We believe those who
rent boxes would be willing TO pay higher rates
for the improved style of boxes, perhaps enough
more TO pay for them in two or three years.
What say you, Mr.. Postmaster, shall we have
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