The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-12-26


"A nsx Catholic church has been
dsdicxted 1t Fort Dsde.
Editor r. r. Shepard, of the Milton
Eesos, has taken unto himself compan-,
ion for life
-Jadge Magbee, of the Tampa Guar
dian, wants peace. He says the Guardian
has put its warplume aside for the
time-being. So don't provoke u.s."
Bishop III. H. Kavanaugh will pre-
side NJ the Annual Florida Conference OF
the NJ z. Church, South, which conyenea
n Jacksonville on the Sd of January.
Gainesville Aduocate: " A pig with
three separate feet on one leg was sold IN
one Of our markets last week At this
rate the price of pigs feet will soon go
down"
The Gainesville Advocate, recently
the property of Mr.. J. w. Cannon, is now
owned by Messrs. McCreary & Trench,
and the latter gentleman succeeds Mr. o.
A Myers rs editor.
The city is filling up with tramps.
and some of them are putting in their
work As street beggars. If they try on
any Of their last winters tricks, such 81
rObbing peoples premises, in all proba
biIity several vagabonds will be buried
Al the expense Of the public.-.)dckso,,-
rifle Times.
"A new weekly paper, to be known as
the Altoona argus, will begin its publica>
ton on the LIST of January, 1888, at Al
tOOna, Fla The paper will be published
by c. A Wilson & Co., with c. A. Wi,
son as editor. 1t will be strictly indie
pendent Democratic, and every effort 10
offer the public newsy sheet will bc
made.
"A St Augustine special, of the 18th,
20 the Jacksonville Times, says: can
Obstreperous crank was on our streets to-
day claiming inspiration from God, and
saying that he had a divine commission
20 kill two hundred people in town,
and meant TO do it. Sheriff Hernandez,
N endeavOring to arrest him, was shot
and severely wounded in the leg. The
crank was then overpowered and hans
euffed."
-Leesburg AdcGnce: " The premium
list for the Second Annual Fair, to br
held in Leesburg under the auspices If
the Sumter County Agricultural AMI
Fruit Growers Association, commencing
February 9Th, 1883, has been published.
The departments are divided into field,
fruit, manufacturing, stock, poultry and
baby, ladies' handiwork, and art, giving
large room for competition in the various
branches of industry"
Pensacola Adc0nce- Gazette: "Thc
beneficial effects of the Pensacola and At
l2ntic Railroad are already felt here New
merchants come in daily by this road TO
buy our goods, who heretofore have puf-
chased at other points. Our merchal4s
should wake up. If they fail to secn.e
and bold the business which this road has
brought them, they must not growl Ike
wild cats at the Z. & A. Road if the bust
ness seeks other points"
Madison Recorder: Last Monday
while Miss Mary Lou Thomas, a 1T
tie daughter of Mrs. A. +. Thomas, was
Petting kitten which was on her shosl-
der, an enormous hawk flew into the
house and made a dash for the kitten,
but the brave young lady succeeded in
Esrding the hawk off when it flew on, at
the window crashing a pane of glass in
It's outward passage. 1t had small
chicken in its claws at the time
-Micanopy Gazette: We have on dur
table a bOquet of very beautiful flowers,
picked from the flower garden of Ms
Judge Edwards, on Friday, December
LIST The flowers greYand were plucke,l in
the open air. The bouquet consists of
eight different kinds of roses, one espe-
eiAlly beautiful-two cream buds, jassa-
mine flowers, geranium leaves, and several
other kinds of flowers, whose names we
cannot recall. These flower plants will
be left out all winter
"A correspondent of the DeLand Agri-
c1harria furnishes the following remedy
for destroying reaches: "Take one egg,
one tablespoonful of molasses and the
heads of one box of matches stir these
until the egg is thoroughly broken. Pour
into small dishes and place where the
reaches frequent. The heads should be
cut q sixteenth of an inch or more long.
This ! find is more efectual than anything
have tried except camphor; but that
can only be used where articles are boxed
up"
-Pensacola Adcdnce- Gazette {" 1t is
most gratifying to us to know that our
merchants are beginning to look hope
fully ahead. Shipping will soon return
TO our harbor; and we shall see bright
and eager faces and hear the ring of
merry laughter echoing along our streets.
As France recovered from the appalling
blow which Prussia struck at its prosper
ity At Sedan and elsewhere, so will Pen
saeols recuperste from the blow which
Was struck at its prosperity when ysllow
fever entered its portals to indulge in a
ssturnalia of death" Il