The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-04-04

It's way" The Quincy H0ula ssys :
q Several -imniazAass, YiEh &eama and
wagons from East lerids for slton
county, passed thrdhgh town Of T6prs-
day Iast..s' = A-' - -" -1ss- go.
The entertainments in Pensacola, on
st. Patrick's Day, netted $1,000, which
will be devoted to purchasing Eas library
for the Catholic Knights Of America q
new and prosperous society 81 that city.
Pensacola Post: Gainesville wants to
be the capital of the State of Florida. Now
it may be that it is expected that we will
favor the removal of the capital 20 Gaines
vile, if for no other purpose than to show
our independence, but we don't"
AN insane man in Key West, who
purchased two boxes of Rough on
Rats" and emptied their contents into
the cistern of Mr.. VIM. G. johnson, his
father-in-law, came very near poisoning
the whole family-seven persons.
The County Commissioners of Jeffer-
son county have ordered levy of II
mills to be made on the assessment of
real and personal property for the year
1881, to satisfy judgment against that
county in favor of Mrs. c. Chancev, ex-
ecutrix of the estate of E. B. Clark, for
$2,161.s0.
-Leesburg Adoance:: "Sumter county
is being settled so rapidly that for dis
lance of six miles on the Tropical Rail
way there is but one vacant forty acre
tract of land in several miles of the road,
and it is railroad land and cannot be
bought. Give us transportation and
Sumter offers bonanza to ALL"
-Palatka Herald: cit is said that the
oyster beds on Indian river are inexhaust-
ible. The great claim in the Hampton
Roads, and around New York, cannot in
few years meet the demand. The con-
struction of our Indian river railroad will
start up new enterprise down there in
the oyster canning business, no doubt !"
Orange City Times: GA device for
killing the scale and other insects, that
prey upon the orange trees, by fumiga-
ton, has been patented. The gas is pro-
duced by the combustion of a mixture of
coal tar, sulphur, carbolic acid, and sui
plate of copper, and is rendered effective
by kind tent which is placed over the
tree"
Jacksonville Union: A strong firm
has just been formed at Tampa between
Capt James Mckay, Messrs. Miller &
Henderson and Capt. J. T. Leslie, of
Tampa, and Judge z. King, of Fort Og-
den, who will carry on the cattle trading
business. They are owners of large herds
of cattle in South Florida. Several mem
bers of the above firm have also formed a
copartnership in the mercantile business
at Fort Ogden.
The editor of the Sumterville Times
wants strawberries, and he wants them
bad. Hear him: awe have not seen a
strawberry this season. Are there any
planted in this portion of our country
If not, why not?" He evidently needs
something substantial, too, for we find
the following in the same paper: Will
not some kind hearted farmer bring in a
beef to this market? We do not wish to
entirely forget the taste of that kind of
meat"
The initiatory steps for raising fund
and securing home for Mrs. Governor
NJ. M. Reid, as testimonial of gratitude
for the services SO nobly rendered by her
as matron of the Florida hospital at
Richmond during the war, have been
taken at Fernandina. The Mirror says
one of the best lots in Fernandina has
already been donated, and liberal gifts
toward this object have been made on the
bare suggestion that such purpose was
in contemplation. Let the good work go
on.
On Monday, March goth, Judge
Dawkins opened the Spring Term of the
Sumter county Circuit Court at Leesburg.
The Solicitor and the Sheriff were present,
but the grand and petit juries had been
summoned to appear at Sumterville, and
there they assembled. Under the cir.
cumstances no regular term of the court
could be held. The Judge sent an order
to Sumterville discharging the jurors, and
gave notice to the parties interested in
the county site case, to appear before him
at Gainesville, on the 22d of April, when
he would hear the case
Hon. r. L. Campbell, of Pensacola,
has been lecturing before the Young
Mems Christian Association of that city
on Pensacola and its Past" The Com.
naerciaI says: ain his usual fluent style
and choice language, Mr.. Campbell very
graphically presented the history of Pen
sacola from the date of its discovery to
the present time, and we confess, for one,
that we were struck with amazement at
the many stirring events and marvellous
exploits connected with our past, aud in.
terest was heightened by the eloquent
manner in which the antecedents Of this
third oldest city of the United States
were protrayed by the speaker"
Dubuque Qows) Herald, March 18th:
A company has been formed in this city