The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-06-27
STATE NEWS.

killed two bears last week
The Methodists of ST. Augustine
will build 9 q, 900 church.
The brick walls of the new hotel at
Live Oak are going up rapidly.
Mr.. Mussey, of Live Oak, shipped
seven carloads of melons last week.
Judge Dawkins, of Gainesville, will
spend the summer in North Carolina.
1t is said that Senator Jones will de-
liver Fourth of July Grafton at Tavares.
Major J. B. Spencer, highly re-
spected citizen of Welborn, died on the
goth.
The Jefferson County Commissioners
have had their courthouse insured for
$4,000.
1t is estimated that 100000 will be
expended for buildings at Pensacola this
season.
Mr.. Mitchell, lately Of Illinois, will
soon establish the Levy Enterprise at
Bronson.
The dwelling of Mr.. Richard Gatlin,
of Gadsden county, was destroyed by fire
last week
The steam grist-mll of Mr. E. j.
Bailey, at Monticello, was burned on the
night of the 18th.
The Jacksonville boy burglars will
be tried at the December term of the u.
S. Court in that CITY,
"A pineapple weighing pounds and
Ii ounces has been grown on Gen. San
ford's place, at Belair.
The work of laying iron on the Flor
ida Southern, northward from Gainesville,
iHnrogressing rapidly.
The Palatka Journal comes to us this
week greatly enlarged and full of inter
esting reading matter.
BRO. Moore, of the Starke Telegraph,
has received 45-pound watermelon from
Mrs. Mary J. Andrews
Rev. f. Pasco, of Monticello, has
been appointed trustee of Wesleyan
Female College, Macon, Ga
Miss Maggie Merit, of Mariana, re-
Gently graduated with the highest honors
at the Columbus Female College.
The papers of the I'd district favora-
bly, mention Col. j. NJ. Martin, of Marion
county, as candidate for Congress.
The editor of the Sanford Journal is
wrestling with an onion that weighs 81
pounds. 1t was raised by Mr. E Her
manson.
The Micanopy Gazette favors Mr.. B.
H. Thrasher, of Gainesville, as the Dem
ocratic candidate for Congress in the I'd
district.
"A Mocha palm, said to be the only
tree of its kind in the United States, is in
bloom in the yard of COL Coogler, at
Brooksville
"A recent church festival at Fort
Meade, a village of less than 200 inhab-
itants, Melted $685., which is sufficient to
finish the church, and buy a bell and or
gan.
The Live Oak Bulletin will be pleased
with either of the following gentlemen for
Congress: Col. c. H. Smith, of Madison
Geo. F. Drew, of Ellaville, or Col. Jno. F.
White, of Live Oak.
Geo. U. Bryson, of the Florida,
heretofore published at Orlando, has made
arrangements to move his office to Kissim-
NEE City, where the Florida will soon
appear in an enlarged form.
Waldo Cracker Mr.. Ned. E. Farrell
presented us few days since with several
pods OF green and ripe pepper. Some of
the pods measured inches in length, 3
in circumference, and weighed I of a
pound.
-Sumterville Times: The County Com
missioners have offered $3.50 for the arrest
OF the two Whiddens, dead or alive.
Now who will bag nice little sum, and
at the same time do Sumter county a gra-
cious act?
-Brooksville Crescent: "Mr. G. NJ.
Roberts, Of Fort Dade, offers through
the Messenger to give quarter of an acre
of land to each of thirty persons who will
erect buildings and improvements thereon
to the amount OF 5000"
Monticello Consultation GA large
number of sweet oranges will be grown
in this county the present year Con-
trary to the prevailing opinion, many
trees were not destroyed by the almost
unprecedented freeze during the winter of
$780,"
Jacksonville Union: awe are reli
ably informed that Judge A. A. Knight
of this city, has been appointed special
agent of the Internal Revenue Depart
ment, and has entered or will enter i'm
mediately upon the discharge Of his
duties"
"A gentleman of Gainesville has sue.
cessfully experimental on orange insects
with alum water, in the proportion of two
pounds of alum to bucket of water.
He informs the editor of the Advocate
that this wash will cleanse the premises Of
bed-bugs, reaches, ETC.
Gainesville Advoc0te Messrs. Fl. F.
Dutton q Co., we are pleased to learn,