The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-05-30

OOIuIuD lA.
Gainesville will soon have cotton
seed oil mill.
1T is said that Alachua county scrip
will soon be at par.
z Marion county will levy direct tax
to build courthouse.
One firm have set out 10000 egg
plants near Lake Como.
The young men of Leesburg have
organized debating club.
-Florida's share under the five per
cent. land bill is &29,sl7.57.
Mr.. J. P. Whitney will edit the St.
Augustine Press at an early day.
Mr.. joint. Glass, OF Madison county,
grows snap beans 10 inches long.
1t is rumored that Mr.. Thos J. Jen-
kins will build hotel at Madison
The canal connecting lakes Johns
and Apopka is nearing completion.
Work has commenced on the court
house at Ntusville, Brevard county
The Okeechobee dredge is cutting
900 lineal feet per day, a feet deep.
The Senate has confirmed Geo. F.
Arrow as postmaster at Gainesville.
"A green turtle, weighing $50 pounds,
was recently shipped from Cedar Key.
Bro. Beggs, of the Recorder, is Civ
ing the people of Madison a frst-class
paper.
The thriving town of Bagdad is said
to be one of the prettiest places in West
Florida.
The regular term of the Circuit Court
at Mariana was opened with prayer last
Monday.
One thousand men are grading the
P. & A. Railroad between Pensacola and
Mariana.
Hon. Walter Gwynn, ex-State Treas
urer, has opened general land Office in
Jacksonville.
"A number of the citizens of Mariana
are preparing to spend the summer at St.
Andrews bay.
Work is progressing on both ends
of the Jacksonville, ST. Augustine and
Halifax Railroad
The grand jury of Polk county recon-
mend the building of a good jail as a
matter of economy.
The large number of saw-mills in the
vicinity of Jacksonville cannot supply the
demand for lumber
Only one criminal case and one in
dictment at the late term of the Circuit
Court in Polk county.
Mr.. Joseph Mauncy, of Jacksonville,
was married to Miss Annie Neubeck, of
Palatks, on the 22d inst.
The Advance- Gazette calls for the
modest sum of $775, 900 for public works
at the Port of Pensacola
DR.. Hentz, Of Quincy, has an orange
grove of 400 trees on Indian river that
Will soon come into bearing.
Tampa Frogress, "New settlers
are still coming in. They come in crowds,
and the cry is still they come"
The Jacksonville Times gives list
of SO buildings in course of construction
in that city, which will cost over $l2O, 900.
Judge Settle will convene an ad-
journed term of the L. S. Circuit and Dis
trict Courts at Pensacola next Monday
-Rumor says another paper will
be established at Waldo This will give
"the best weekly paper in the State" a
home rival
Mr.. d. II. Baldwin, of New York,
has presented the Presbyterian Church
of Live Oak with handsome silver COM
munion service.
MIR. ]. B. Marshall, Of Madison
county, has purchased 1000 pounds Of
wire, with which he will fence in his en-
tire possessions.
Mr.. Henry Varnum has suspended
the publication of the ALert at Gainesville
and accepted position in the Office Of
the Ocala Lacoa.
Among the new buildings to be
erected at Pensacola is $4,000 court
house, a $25, 900 Catholic and zoo
Methodist Church.
Col. q. T. Crawford, editor of the
Pine Level Signal and Advertiser, is
urged to become a candidate for State
Senator in Manatee county.
Francis E. Witsell (col.) has been
nominated for collector of customs for the
trict of st. Augustine and John M. Tar
BILE for the district of Pensacola.
BRO. Moore, of the Starke Telegraph
is announced as candidate for Tax AS
SCISSOR; so it devolves upon him to open the
"high-pressure campaign" in Bradford
county.
The Union says: The Gainesville
Guards and East Florida Seminary Cadets
are making preparations for grand union
ball on the 4th of June" Are they going
to dance on Sunday?
-Apalachicola Tribune: Our worthy