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

II pounds. and measuring - Inches In circum-
ference and Il inches in lsagth. Many thaAks.
The contract for . semi-weekIy overland
mail service between Tallahassee and Canabells
has been awarded to geutleman In Alabama,
and service win commence on this route about
July 1st The mail WIN leave Tallahassee On
Mondays and Thursdays and arrive on Wednes-
days and Saturdays
"A colored boy named Jas johnson was
drowned In Lake Lafayette last Sunday. We
also learn that colored man was drowned in
Lake jackson on Friday, and that negro boy
named Bush was drowned In the same Lake on
Sunday, near the plantation Of Mr. 81. Y. R.
Schrader. No particulars.
Mr.. John P. Roberts il one Of The progressive
and successful planters Of Leon county. He lives
four miles west Of Tallahassee. and has a 100
acre corn-feld that viii produce, in the opinion
OF competent judges, over 6fty bushels Of corn to
the acre. This is the kind Of items we want for
publication. Give rs more Of them
Last Friday we noticed several wagons on
Monroe street from the North Carolina settle
ment" in the northern part Of the county, near
the Georgia line. This Is one Of the finest SEC
tons of Leon county, the people are frugal and
prosperous. and bring quantities Of good market
able produce to tallahassee, which they readily
dispose of at fair prices.
Right here among the magnificent hills Of
Leon county Is rs fine q country as there is on
the continent Lands are good and cheap; de-
sirable city property can be bought at reasonable
prices; but all are steadily advancing. There
FORE if you an have idea of investing in THE sec
ton, do not put it off too long. Delays are dan
gerous, especially in this matter.
The local columns Of the FLoRmIAN are
chiefly devoted to the interests of our home
people, and they can largely contribute to their
value and interest by furnishing rs with such
items as are of local interest and will assist in
giving to the public more thorough knowledge
of our resources and the inducements our sec
ton offers to settlers- Let us have them
In locating q market-house the question as
to who will be benefited, or whose business inter
ess will suffer by its location, should not be con-
sidered for moment lis location is not pecuni-
arily personal matter; 1t Is public enterprise
for the general good of the city-for the best in.
terests of the people-and the public welfare and
the good of the people. are the ruling points to
be considered in locating market-house
DO not drive land-hunters away from this
delightful country by putting too high price on
your lands. One thousand dollars is the gener-
ally accepted value Of every newcomer or i'm
migrant settling in a community, and if you sell
portion of your land to one q reasonable pro-
portion Of that 81 900 is applied to the remainder
of your land by increasing its value. Bear this
in mind when you have an opportunity to sell
land.
Colonel John A. Henderson, who owns one
of the best plantations in Leon county, which is
about six miles east of Tallahassee, has put in
about twenty-five acres of rice and ID still plant
ing. Some of his rice planted in March Is three
feet high and looking fine J. C. Kinsley, who
is ditching on the OOlonels place, says the rice
field is the finest piece of land IN Florida 1t is
black muck, four feet deep, with pipe-clay sub
soil
This market-house question is . personaI
matter only in the sense that every citizen is
equally interested in it. and no citizen should al
low any pecuniary consideration to interfere in
the contamination of an enterprise calculated to
benefit the whole community. The pride that
every true citizen feels in our beautiful city, and
the future prospects of the city and county, now
30 promising, demand that we have Q market
house.
As many of our farmers are devoting much
attention to the improvement of their stock, it
seems TO US that the organization of Leon
County Stock Breeders Association would be
of IN ausw
cooperation would create an interest and enthu-
siasm among the members of the association that
would soon spread over the county, and be pro-
ductive of great good TO the stock interests of
this section.
If you are looking for healthy climate
climate unsurpassed on the continent; if you
would live in country grandly beautiful and
picturesque; if you want rich and fertile lands,
at reasonable prices, come to the fine bill coun-
try of Middle Florida, where you will find all
the advantages Of good schools, churches. and
refined and intelligent people, whose hospitality
is unbounded. Here you will find hearty and
cordial welcome. Comet
Last years corn is offered for sale ct eighty
five cents per bushel in Jefferson county Won
der If as much can be said Of another Middle
Florida county.-JGcksonSiUe Union. Yes, many
Leon county farmers are selling corn raised last
year. at 81 per bushel. and If the season con.
tinues favorable they will sell great deal more
next year. Don't be uneasy, Bro Douglass;
Leon and the other counties In Middle Florida
will supply You Eastern people with hominy If
not with hog.
We would again urge upon eur people the
importance Of the poultry business In this section
just at this time. Chickens are very scarce In
our market now, and when the New Hotel opens
next fall the demand will be largely increased.
and they will command good prices. The poul.
try business is pleasant and interesting occupa-
ton, the cost of raising chickens 10 not very great
and they can always be sold at fair prices and for
e0&h. Let some Of our enterprising farmers con-
slider this matter and determine to make some
money out Of poultry. They can do it.
While other things are booming In our
midst, We are evidently on the eve Of Q build
ing boom. The Lamb House 10 to be remodeled
and made one story higher, which will give It
about thirty 6rst-cla@ rooma The material Il
being placed on the ground and work win begin
at once. The building Of Leon countys hand
some new courthouse win doubtless be CON-
menced at an early day. and when the contract
Is awarded for our market house, and ground
broke for the cotton-seed mill, we hope to see
the beginning OF building boom that VIII con.
tinue.
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