The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-03-21
STATE NEWS.


Sunday schools flourish in Mariana
-Palatka is enjoying building boom.
Mariana has the large hotel fever"
"A building boom prevails at Madison.
Lake City ships 400 crates of vegetables a
week
The peach crop is backward in jackson
county.
Jefferson county needs an immigration as
ISOLATION.
"A number of new dwelling houses are being
built in Monticello
-Good-hoDest laborers are in demand in all
parts of South Florida
The crops of jefferson county give promise
Of an abundant harvest
"A recent cyclone done considerable damage
on the Volusia county coast.
st. Augustine will put five hundred barrels
of oyster shells on her streets
Conductor G. w. Bassett is having hand
some residence built at Lake City.
Twelve miles of grading is completed on the
Palatka and Indian River Railroad
The South Florida Railway was to have
been completed to Oeala on the 18TH
-Gadsden county scrip, TO the amount of 81
O33.88 was cancelled on the 18th inst
Mariana is very much in need of first
class blacksmith and wood-workman.
Bro. Fildes says Monticello will never be
prosperous until she has large hotel
The sum of $32, 1896 was collected at the
Pensacola custom-house last Tuesday.
The Northern visitors at Monticello are
charmed with the climate and country.
Work is progressing finely all along the line
of the Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad
Forest fires continue to destroy fences and
orange trees in East and South Florida
Shipment of Florida vegetables to North
ern markets has commenced in earnest
An inccndiary fire destroyed three build
ings in East Jacksonville last Wednesday.
Mr.. s A Jones, of Tampa, proposes to es-
tablish saw and planning mill al Barlow
A schooner loaded with rails for the Florida
Southern Railway has arrived at Palaika
Two hundred and twenty-six crates of peas
were shipped from Lake City last Thursday.
Bro Codrington thinks the prospect is not
favorable for large crop of oranges this year
Mrs /. p. Higgins, of Putnam county, has
melted 81 per crate ON her entire orange crop.
a.,
wants an intelligent and industrious apprentice.
The Mariana Courier has candidate for
COngress-COl J. F. Mcclellan, OF the Mariana
bar.
The late report of the city treasurer of
Gainesville shows the cash on hand to be ST.
O3135
In Gainesville boys are subject TO arrest and
fine for jumping on and off of trains while in
motion.
Mr.. F. Marschalk. of Natchez Miss, has
connected himself with the Pensacola Adrance-
GGzetk @
Forty hands are at work on the jacksonville,
Tampa and Key West Railroad, in the vicinity
of Tampa
Two freight cars were recently thrown from
the ST. ]. & L. E. Railroad, and consumed by the
forest fires.
Col. ]. 81. Roper, of Gainesville, is building
a large number of handsome cottages in that
city for rent.
The Pensacola Commercial, now published
weekly, proposes TO begin the issue of semi
weekly soon.
"A vessel recently arrived at Pensacola with
a cargo of 5000 bags of superphosphates, valued
at &2O,202O6.
in rough and tumble fight at Pensacola,
one day last week, John Lear had his leg broken
in two places. i.
We haven't received copy of a the Brooks
vile Crescent for some time. What's the matter,
Bro. Robertson?
The population of Apalachicola is said to
have doubled In the last twelve months, and is
now nearly 1000.
1t is feared that the young orange trees in
the vicinity of Orange City will be injured by
the present drouth.
w. L. Peoples & Co., have established a
large saw-mill on the S. F. & w. Railway. three
miles from Jasper.
1t is stated that the work of constructing
the Green Cove add Melrose Railroad will be
commenced this week
-Messrs. 81. F. Dutton & Co. have purchased
10000 brick TO be used in the erection of cot
ion mill al Gainesville.
Mr.. VIM. Futch, of Polk county, has three
year-old orange tree twelve feet high, with over
9 hundred blooms on It. &c
AT Pensacola an engineer was fined $25 and
cost for running his engine over crossing
without ringing the bell.'
Rev. H. G. DuBose, ten years q missionary
in China, has been lecturing in Pensacola on
China and the Chinese"
The Mariana Courier is on deck this week
with the first installment of "spnng poetry"
Score one for the Courier
Capt. l.. G. Leslie. of Tampa, is experiment.
ing with new patent process for preserving
meats, fruits and vegetables
The large number of LeConle pear trees
planted In the vicinity of Monticello duri0g the
past three years are doing well.
The publishers of the Pensacola DAILY Id
OGnce-G osehe have commenced the publication
Of a seven-column weekly edition.
Col. Jas. o. Devall, who settled in Florida
In 1645, recently died in Palatka at the age of
10. He was q native of South Carolina
An enterprising citizen of Madison offers to
donate lot upon which TO build a large hotel.
such men are needed in many Florida towns.
vessel recently arrived at Pensacola with 9
cargo OF several tons of ice frozen into solid
lump, which had TO be hewn outsA small blocks.
We are pleased to learn that Judge ]. B.
DAwkins, Of the Fifth Circuit, has 90 far re-
covered be h able to attend TO his official duties
Mr.. ]. T. 6ummerall, of Columbia county.
laa year raised on Q two-horse farm, over one
thousand bushels Of corn besides other produc.s
The Jacksonville municipal election takes
place on the Sd Of April. The Conservative De.
nocray WIN nominsie : ticket Tomorrow
evsning.