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

We have received a communication from
Snyder" in reply to one from "Barkis,n of
Mlccosukie, which appeared in the last FLO
RIDIAN. As the name of the author does not
accompany said communication, we cannot pub
lish it,
Mr.. g. d. Crafts, OF Cedar Rapids, Iowa
writes: am very much pleased with your
section of Florida, and viii visit you in October
for the purpose of making my home there.
Probably others will come with me and MANY
follow after"
Judge w. P. Byrd and family, Mr.. G. Hal.
Dickinson and family, Mrs. ]. A Edmondson
and family, Mrs. A. Hopkins and family, Mrs
John Hopkins and family, Mrs J. A. Pearce and
daughter, Miss Annie Damon and Others have
gone to st. Teresa
If We could have our courthouse, market
house, and the Townsville, Tallahassee and
Gulf Railroad all in course of construction at
the same time business would be lively in the
Capital City this summer. Enterprise and pub
lie spirit can do all this.
Last Friday afternoon the Iamonia base ball
nine and the Esthetes of this city met on Fishs
green for the purpose of engaging in a friendly
game At the close of the fifth inning the game
was broken up by severe wind and rain storm.
The score stood Is to 8 in favor of the Esthetes
We learn that quite storm prevailed three
or four miles northwest of Tallahassee last
Thursday afternoon. The rainfall was very
heavy, accompanied with wind and hail Many
trees were blown down, and the growing crops
were somewhat damaged by the hail and wind
Mr.. John A. Pearce agent for Emerson,
Talcott & Co.'S standard reapers and mowers,
and other agricultural implements, has taken
a number of orders lately, and next season will
show large increase in the number and variety
of improved farm machines used in Leon county.
So mote it be-"
1t Is said that the operations of the hog or
dinance recently adopted 10y the City Council
does not meet the expectations of the public 1t
was thought that hogs would entirely disappear
from our Streets and it is now claimed that their
complete retirement from our thoroughfares is
what is demanded.
Mr.. e. d. Owens, of New York, sends us
the following: Watermelons slow of sale, at
from $25 TO $40 per hundred. The demand con-
tnues light, and is dependent largely on the
weather. Tomatoes in good demand. good stock
selling freely from $3.50 to 50 per crate. Egg
plant, 81 10 $50 per crate"
Mr.. o. II. Kelley last week showed US sew.
eral specimens of very fine glass manufactured
from sand found in the vicinity of Carrabelle.
He took this sand North some weeks ago, and
had it tested at a glass factory in New jersey,
vrb ha v,lo
with the quality of the sand and the glass.
We are under obligations to Col NJ Martin,
U. s. Surveyor General, for a box of luscious
grapes, of the Hartford variety. The Colonel
grows different kinds of grapes with much sue
cess at his extensive vineyard, near Mt Pleas
ant, Gadsden county, and manufactures large
quantities of the best native wine to be found in
the State.
The health of Tallahassee is remarkably
good, and the best means to insure a continuance
of this gratifying state of affairs is to practice the
utmost pTecautiOn and enforce the strctest sani-
tary measures during the warm season. See
that your premises are thoroughly cleaned at
least twice a week, and use disinfectants when
and where deemed necessary
Through private letter from Mr.. W. O.
Ames, General Freight and Passenger Agent of
the Florida Central and Western Railroad Com
pany we learn that the owners and managers of
this line, with a comm endable spirit of enter
prise, propose 10 issue comprehensive PAM
phlet, descriptive of their road, stations, and the
counties through which it passes
Mr. NJ Lively is one of the solid men of this
80, H. ,s,i. IL ca.
and surrounding country, and is taking advan-
tage of the boom in real estate. He has recently
purchased two or three tracts of land near the
city, and yesterday he became the owner of the
fine property on Monroe street, upon which
stands the building known as the Southwestern
Railroad Banking House.
Business is looking up on south Monroe
street just now. The FLoRIDIAN building is
being scraped preparatory to having the Monroe
sireet-front neatly painted and the side fronting
on Pensacola street will be whitewashed. The
pOst-office will soon be removed to the building
adjoining the FLoRIDIAN Office, and in a few
weeks work will commence on our handsome
new courthouse, just across Monroe street, on
Washington Square.
and Miss Mary Stanley, living near Centreville,
came very being drowned They had
been visiting in the neighborhood, and started
home after very heavy rain. In crossing a
slough, which had been considerably swollen by
the heavy rain fall, the horse stumbled and fell,
the buggy was upset, the ladies thrown into the
swift current. and were being rapidly borne
down the stream when they were rescued from
their perilous situation.
| "A rather amusing incident occurred on
south Monroe street yesterday afternoon. A
number of hogs and pigs were ranging along to-
gether, leisurely devouring whatever suited their
fancy. They suddenly came upon bonanza y
when everyone of og-like-rushed for
it, each one trying 10 appropriate the whole
find" when one of the largest hogs and pig
became linked together by the rings in their
noses. Their loud and continuous squealing
alarmed the whole neighborhood and all the
hogs and dogs within hearing soon gathered
at the scene of trouble. While the hog and pig
stood there pulling their level best and squealing
for dear life, the mother of the pig took il into
her head to play mistress of the OCCASION" and
made lunge for every dog or hog that APP
preached the unfortunate ring wearers. In one
OF her hasty man9uvres che ran dog straight for
the struggling and squealing porkers, when each
one of them made an extra effort, in opposite di-
rections, TO get out OF the way Of the frightened
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