The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-04-11

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strueeion e - J. 4. u E. NJ Raod
has received instrussioss 20 inssee -
force and vigorously pfosesase 90 wurlEs
--Colonel Henry CARTS, &C QuinSy, =
contract for grading the spur track at
Chattahoochee. he Il working So hands,
and the job is 70 be complsted within 90
days.
-Fernandins HPrsss: Eight vessels
are now lying in:the sound loaded with
rock for the jettieA Work On these i'm
provements has progressed most favorA-
bly,, and only waits an increased appro-
priation.
AN Alachua county minister makes
this appeal for rain: Oh Lord, we want
rain; we want good rain; we want .
ground-soaker; we want hghtwood-
knot foater; yes, Lord, we want log
foater." That ought to bring food.
The following officers have been ap-
pointed among the cadets Of the East
Florida Seminary, at Gainesville: Cap
tain, w. H. Smoke, of Newnansville First
Lieut.. and sAdiutaut, g. J.. Mitchell. of
Cedar Key, Second Lieuts hant A. Fl.
King, Of GsinessiAe.- - =.A~ E-A-
Rev. Father Murer, of Apalachicola,
has a large collection of relics, among
which is the tomahawk used Py tie In
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dian who Stayed the. gallant Gust y, 1T
was presented to hhm BY al BID thPper
who resided with the allies of Sitting
Bull for number of years. x
Tampa Tribune: "Gen. ]. B. Wall
has applied to the Supreme Court Of the
United States for mandamus to compel
Judge Lock to vacate his order tempora-
rily suspending him from prscticing in
the United States Court, for alledged par
ticipation in the lynching." f
Jacksonville Union. "The terms of
court continue to grow shorter in the diff
ferent counties, expenses reduced to about
half what they were few years ago, and
in the face of all this the old constitutional
grumblers and chronic fault-fnders keep
up their abuse and continue the warfare
of petty spite against the Governor and
his Cabinet" Ne
Key West Democrat: Mr.. Jat1es
Haskins showed US what was really 4 Gu
riosity-an egg within an egg. On Tues
day, while breaking the egg for break
fast, he was surprised to see another
smaller but still perfect egg roll out from
the same shell. { This fact would be hard
hard to believe unless one viewed it with
their own eyes," z8E
Sanford Journal; One of the finest
fruit trees in South Florida can be seen
at Major G. W. WHY'S place, at Fort
Reed. 1t is grapefruit tree, and the
view, looking up from the trunk, is beau
tiful, the dark, green leaves and golden
fruit in clusters of fifteen and twenty, pre-
sent fine contrast. 1t is estimated that
the tree has near ton of fruit on it.
-Palatka Journal: "Mrs. Vogel, wife
of Capt. Vogel, of the St. Johns, has q
most valuable relic in her possession, it
being the silk dress worn by Marie An.
toinette when she was beheaded. The
dress was of silk material, elegantly
trimmed and made, and is, of itself, quite
valuable. But having such historical as
sociations connected with it renders IL O,
incalculable worth"
The following were the successful
candidates at the election held in Jack
sonville on the Sd inst. Mayor, Morris
A. Dzialynski Marshal, John F. Tyler
Clerk, Jerome G. Andrea; Assessor, Thos
Lancaster; Collector, Madison L. Hart.
ridge; Treasurer, Jacob Huff; Aldermen,
Charles B. Smith, DIR. William Mol
Dancy, Bartolo 1'hebaut, George A. De
Cottes, Patrick e. McMurray.
Bro. McAlpin, of. the Live Oak But
Ietin, gives the following dimensions of a
collard raised by Mr.. julie Allen, Of Su-
wannee county: "Three and half feet
in diameter, ten half feet in circumfer-
ence, and six and half feet around the
head, measuring around the tor, and bot
TOM" He thinks Live OAK row ahead
of Tallahassee on the collard question,
but we don't surrender to Mr.. Aliens col
lard.
Tampa Tribune: Captain John, B.
Walton has been ordered by J. u sD1ine,
Vioe-President of the Florida Land md
Improvement Company, to make . pre-
liminary survey fora canal from the head
of old Tampa bay 70 Lake Butler, thence
to Anclote river, taking elevations to show
if such work is-practieebIe, ssnd what
amount Of cutting would be required to
give eight feet depth, of water in canal,
and how much it would lower Lake But
ler." r1
-Palatka Herald: "John Meter, a
colored man who owns little farm west
of Palatka, has sold this season, ninety
three bushels of snap beans ct $500 per
bushel, and has been shippinalssquashes
and other vegetables. HeIfealiEed from
his beans e256, and frdA = Sther pro-
ductiops viii make aha support.
This goes to show what ! poor man can
do > and any other man, ~ hs.'th,Rnd
with energy, can do the same La great