The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-09-19
STATE NEWS.

School teachers are wanted in Mana
tee county.
+ The old fort at st. Augustine is be-
ing repaired.
-ApOpka City has incorporated and
elected city officers.
An soo-pound saw-ish was recently
on exhibition at St Augustine.
The prospects for a good orange crop
IN Sumter county are very promising.
The fall session Of Jefferson Academy,
at Monticello, opened on the nth with
sixty scholars.
The Madison Guards have reorgan-
lied, with twenty nine members, and w.
T. Thompson As captain.
1t Is said the first orange tree ever
known to be injured by lightning was
struck at st. Augustine last week.
The rent and premiums paid for
twenty five pcws in the Jewish Synag ogue
in jacksonville amounted to 500.
The first barrel Of syrup received at
Columbus, ga, this season was raised by
Mr.. T. J. shepherd, Of Liberty county,
Fla
-Palatka's new hotel will be three sto-
ries high, have forty-four bed rooms and
will be completed by the LIST of Novem-
ber
The Democrats of Bradford county
will be represented in the next Legisla-
ture by Messrs. j. L. Gaskins and w. ii.
Edwards
The Watty Wallack Troupe played
two nights at Mobile last week for the
bepeiit Of the yellow fever sufferers at
Pensacola
The plans and specifications for Jack
sonyille's new 100000 opera house have
been prepared 1t will be built by Mr..
H. g. Plant.
Tie Pensacola -fdrapcc- Gazette had
hut one compositor on duty last Wednes-
day, and a consequence, the paper is
ISSUED in a reduced form.
About seven weeks ago the office of
the Palatka Journal was destroyed by
fire, and this week the paper is printed in
MS usual size and form, with new type
and a new press
Key West Du.ocrat, Sept 9th:
Who had an idea that 20 votes would
be east at the Democratic primary The
enthusiasm over the election made the
Republicans look bilious"
-General Finley, Hon WIKI Call and
Major \. J. Russell will speak at Sumter
willie on the 18th inst, and the people of
that thriving town are making arrange
meut~ for grand barbecue on that oeca-
sion.
The store house of Mr.. : L. Clonts,
at Live Oak, was destroyed by fire on the
18th. The building and stock Of general
merchandise were entirely consumed
Nothing was saved The loss Is covered
10y insurance
The time for holding the Florida
Annual Conference of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church, South, has been changed.
Its session will commence at Jacksonville.
on the 81 of January next, instead of the
18th, as previously announced.
Mr. w /. Whitfield has commenced
the publication, at Live Oak, of the Flor
ida h'teAigencer, monthly magazine of
twenty-four pages, devoted to the inter
ests Of Florida. 1t is gotten up in good
style, is neatly printed and contains much
valuable information relating to our
State.
The people of Suwannee county will
decide by an election, on the Sd of Octo-
Der, whether the compromise 80 per cent
on the county bonded debt will be ac-
cepted OF not The principal and interest
OF the debt amounts TO about $4,000, 80
per cent Of which amounts to $2l,-
23250
Pensacola 1drOace- Gdzette, Septem-
Der 18th: "The Board of Health are now
paying at the rate of 5000 per day for
nurses, and are also feeding those who
have no provisions and not the money to
buy them. Our Board is doing noble
work, but will need funds to efficiently
meet the demands of this trying vista
ton"
The Tallahassee FLoRIDIAN has COM
menced the publication of its statistical
tables, showing the difference in the ex-
pense of the State Government under
Democratic and Republican, administra-
tions. Now let the soreheads and chronic
grumblers stand from under or be crushed
by figures that never lie "-JdcksonviHe
Union.
Jacksonville Union, September, eth
Yesterday at noon City Health Officer
Knight, in his weekly report to the Ma
tiOnal Board of Health, stated that there
had not been a death in the city during
the entire week-in fact, none since the
9TH inst The city is in good sanitary
condition and but little sickness"
"A special dispatch from Pensacola,
dated the 10th, says: "This evening a
hre broke out in shanty. The flames
spread rapidly to the Catholic parsonage,
thence to ST NichaeIs, Catholic Church