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

-DFo. MArSchalk, OF the Een9McolA
Advance Gazette who has been harboring
a small elephant, has turned it loose. Its
name is BOOM" and it Is growing fast
The Orange Lake colored debating
society will wrestle with the following
subject at their next meeting: SHOW does
a rat convey an egg from basket to its
nest ?''
-AdUGace- GGzette: Too many men in
this State are tied down by cotton. 1t is
a good thing to make ropes with, but I'M
less you know those ropes, you may get
roped in on the money part of it.
-Brooksville Crescent: A caustic
friend, speaking of the unreasonable de-
mands of certain men for inducements to
settle in Florida, said: 81 am too old q
man to hire dog and tote him hunting"
Savannah Nesos:: Twenty-Five hale
and hearty emigrants from Kansas, bound
to Florida, passed through Macon re-
Gently. They report that Florida instead
of the West is to be the objective point
for the better class of emigrants.
-Messrs. Bird and Jaquot, of Jefferson
county, have shipped 40 barrels of pota-
toes from seven-eighths of an acre, which,
the Constitution estimates, will yield net
income of $144.1s. This is good show
ing, and is at the rate of 46 barrels to the
acre, and, according to the above esti-
mate, would net $le5.6O per acre.
Col. Pratt is we'll pleased with the
county officers of old Putnam. A per-
sonal acquaintance with these gentlemen
enables us to testify to the correctness of
the Colonel's estimate. Escambia county
is equally blessed with good officers
Pensacola Adcdnce- Gazette. Leon is also
one of the counties of this State peculiarly
blessed with efficient officers. \
Barlow Informant: "Our neighbor,
Rev. P. r. McCrary, moved here in sum-
mer five years ago, and expected, from
what he had heard OF Florida, that it was
impossible to come at that season and
avoid chills and fever; but since his ar
rival he has not had the least indisposi-
ton to eat his three mails daily. He is
past 20 years old, has a wife and six
children, and has never called in doc
tor"
Jacksonville Union "The lumber
business is constantly on the increase in
this State, and especially on the line of
the Florida Central and Western. Last
week, we are informed, 9O2, 500 feet of
lumber were brought to this city from
points along the line of this road. For
over month past the wharf of the above
road in this city has been lined with yes
sells loading with lumber for Northern
markets."
Jacksonville Union, May 31st ::
{" We received yesterday from Mr. S. P.
Buie, who resides three miles west of
Lake City, sheaf of very fine wheat.
We are unfortunately not able to specify
the variety. The heads are heavy, the
grains plump and fully matured. This
is another evidence of the adaptability of
our genial climate and generous soil to
the production of almost all the great
staples of the country"
Jacksonville Union "Florida is the
poor mans paradise. After once settled
down, they can either remain poor or &C.
quire wealth, live in houses or in the
woods, wear shoes or go barefoot-just
as they please. Mr.. Waterman and q
young son have finished an elegant three
story concrete residence in Marion county.
The lime was made on his own premises,
the rocks taken from his fields and house
built by father and son."
Jacksonville Times, June LIST: Cap
tain w. A. Cone, Sheriff of Volusia
county, Florida, was in the city yesterday
in the custody of the Sheriff of Bryan
county, Georgia, who is carrying him
back upon requisition to be tried for a
murder committed in Georgia ls years
ago. Captain Cone is evidently not
much worried about the matter. We
have good deal of faith in Captain Cone
and believe he will come out all right"
-Palatka Herald: "Wood is a scarce
article here. AT one time the blackjack
wood was brought in by the railroad.
But this business has fallen off and we
are left to get it as we can. 1t seems to
us that the engine on the block above
Fourth street might be made serviceable
in saving up wood. At one time it was
running, and sold all the wood they cut,
and at good prices. Some one should
take hold of it and make good business
out of it."
Jacksonville Union: Last month
there were 100000 feet of yellow pine
lumber shipped from this port, against
4,514,S44 feet shipped for the same month
last year, and 2 1884, $40 feet for May, 1880,
an increase of 2,9s6,l54 over May, 1881,
and 5,267 800 over May, 1880. This of
course does not include that shipped via
Fernandina. Besides the above amount
shipped, one or two of our largest mills
have been kept busily engaged in saving
for the local business.