The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-02-21

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wssely journal. lssaed 81 Fallahassse. and A.
ways comes to.us slled With TIE latest and mos,
interesting news Long may Il CONG Florida
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Mr.. F. L. johnson, Of Norwalk, Fla, has
ihis season raised a strawberry thaa nieasasedsiz
inches ID circumference Il He isslfippiW ssr9upS
berries TO New York and will have some on ex-
hibition 1t the State Fair
The last issue Of the Palaika Journal an
nounces that Mr.. Hammond retires from the
management Of that paper, aud that Mr.. S A.
Adams, formerly foreman Of The ONCE, succeeds
him as editor and manager
The Malianna Courier very iruthiuly says
it b better 20 have one hunded bushels of corn
off of one acre than to go over two acres for the
same amount 1t is infinitely better TO cultivate
only half as much land and cultivate il better.
The Pensacola C1mmercsal, seyen-celhInn
weekly. owned and edited b. Mr. Charles r
Magee, has been received. II the first number
is al indication of what it is to I've in future,
II will take rank among the best weekly papers
in the State
During the week ending Saturday, February
18th, the mayor OF Pensacola disposed Of AZ
cases, and imposed fines To The amount of $218.
Two parties were charged with carrying con-
ceal weapons, and were fined respectively, $50
and $25 and costs.
A Pensacola correspondent of tile Milton
1Netes says line of steamers will soon run up the
Escambia and Conecqh rivers, and open The cot
ton and timber section of Alabama at least 600
miles through its centre, bringing it TO Pensaco-
ia 10. foreign shipment.
The editor of the Leesburg Adudnce has beer
shown a hybrid OF the citrus family, supposed t,.
be a sweet orange Seeding when planted. The
fruit has the form of an orange, the rind of a
lemon, and the taste of apple The leaves
are OdOrless and tasteless
The Governor appointed DR.. Starbuck port
physician of FeInandina, and the mayor of that
city appointed DR.. Pope tn the same position,
which brought about a conflict of authority The
case was submitted TO The Supreme Court, which
decided in favor of the former
Key West has shipped within the past six
weeks 1O,S49 crates of tomatoes, and it is csti-
mated that this number will be increased to 100 :
600 crates by the first Of April The Democrat
says next year doubtless many other vegetables
will be tried and found equally profitable.
"A distinguished physician says: 1T is salts.
factory TO know that of all the places in the
United States, east ofthe Rocky Mountains Flor.
ida possesses the most desirable climate; thou
sands have been restored to health and lite by its
agency, and millions will be cured in the future
a no ri ololo ~ n,,:. I'll
14ih, the following gentlemen were the success
full candidates: Mayor, E. Owens; Marshal, E
F. Piitman Clerk and Treasurer, H. L. Ray
Aldermen. J. d. Stockton, D. H. Wilson, T. S
Stearns. H. 5. Reeves, J. E Dupont and j. T
Dlsmukes
Two sons of Mr.. E. c. Evans, living neal
Leesburg-John, aged 10 years and Ohio, aged
Z, years-started out hunting few days ago
Johns gun was accidentally discharged before
they got out of the yard the contents taking ef
feet in the arm and side of his little brother
causing a wound from which he died in few
hours.
-PAlatka Herald: People buy lots but dom
put up buildings. If ii is their object to specu
late, we would like TO know just where The
money comes in. 1t is population that builds VI
towns and cities, and not naked town lots thai
lay out for years. In This matter, it is not wis,
in the owners OF town lots to sell to men who dc
not intend to build
Pensacola Daily Adr0nce Gazette. The Flo
ida Western Railroad, which we mentioned il
previous issue hal purchased the franchises O
the Pensacola & Barrancas Railroad has en-
gineers already a, work Surveying the route
This company is 10 a branch TO the navy
yard, in accordance with The privileges grantee
by the charter given The Pensacola & Barranca.
road.
-Fernandna Mirror: There are now being
built in this city one concrete building contain
ing five stores, a large brick building for one
store, an iron addition to saIoon, an iron store
n concrete bakery. large and handsome con
crete church, large brick convent, aud severa
frame residences Carpenters and mechanic.
have all they can do, and there is room fo
more"
"A Lcesburg negro has been amusing him.
- Jy attaching combustible materials 10 dog:
tails, setting fire thereto and turning them loo.
in the streets. One dog ran under buiIi
and set it on fire, but the flames were f0rlunatel,
extinguished before any considerable damage
was done For this hazardous and barbarous
amusement the mayor fined him $50 and sen
him to prison for Ten days.
Mrs. E. n. Pellet, of Madison, W as awarded
the second premium, a $68 sewing machine. at the
Atlanta Exposition for the best piece of sewing or
Wheeler Il Wilson machine. The Recorder
says she attributes her good fortune to the i'm
press of early training, Il lesson her mother
worth doing was worth doing we'll" She ex
ecued the work during a period of GONZALES
cence, and putting IL on exhibition was an after
thought.
The Alachua Ad0ocGte says Gainesville needs
| moneyed men who will erect cotton seed oil
mill at this point. Some of our citizens are now
using The oil as a substitute for the unearthly
stuff sold for lard Every particle of the seed
could be sold and used TO the advantage OF The
manufacturer and the purchaser in the surround
ing country. BY sending seed away by The ton
planters are imp"verishing thrr lands, stock
poultry, themselves and fellow ciiizens We
encourage stop TO he put TO this sort of thing
and we invite live man to come here and put
all the money TO be made out of The business in
to his pocket and save our people from running
| themselves.
We are pleased at the encouraging reports
from that part of our county lying across The arm
| OF the Gulf known rs the bay. From Sharks
nver, little 10 the northwaFd OF Cape Sable, to
Funia HASA, and thence up the grand Caloosa-
hat IN 81. r