The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-03-14

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pcft that measured slghtssn 1sss h lsagsA ana
had saw four fees long. He b now On exhibi-
ton ct Greenleaf's mussam, IN Jacksouville.
The Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad Com
pany has contracted for ten engines, six pas
senger coaches and the necessary mail and bar
gage cara to be delivered not later than Heptem-
Der.
The Quincy Herald says the fall Of the
eteeple of the Episcopal church, on last Wednes-
day, was heard tive miles from town. The
church has since been torn down by order of the
vestry.
During the months of January and Feb
ruary the State immigration Agency. at Jack
sonville, received and answered 472 letters and
postal cards. distributed 1870 pamphlets and 400
State papers. "
The Tampa Tribune entered upon its seventh
volume on the I'd inst The editor says before
many weeks we will receive a large power
press, and will thsn enlarge to an eight or nine
column paper.
Tampa Progress: Capt. Richard Booth, of
Old Tampa, has grated in grapefruit tree six
varieties of the citrus family Growing from the
same stump we find the shaddock, lemon, lime,
cltrOn, sweet and sour orange.
The Florida Dispdtch is now published by
Messrs. Ashmead Bros, of Jacksonville, with D
Redmond D. a. Elliot and w. 81. Ashmead as
editors. 1t will soon appear as a sixteen page
sheet, with an edition of 5000 copies. #
-Apopka Citizen: Our negro population is
rapidly increasing. even in advance of the rail-
road. There are no better laborers In the world
than negroes, as a class, where they are not tam
pered with by jack-leg politicians who suit them
amazingly.
of the $27 39S 20 taxes collected in jefferson
county for the year 1881, the white citizens paid
$24, 171.42 and the colored $3,222.28. The
amount uncollected is 81 ,9664s, of which the
white tax payers owe e19e5O; colored 81, 7e79S,
including poll-tax.
The question Of issuing bonds to build
courthouse was voted upon by the people of
Marion county on the LIST inst. As TO the result
the LGcOn says: No bonds-no courthouse
no progress. Stand still, oh world and let rs
catch up with you.
The Gainesville municipal election takes
place on the 18th Of April. The advocate says
one can notice the cordial hand-shake and
friendly greeting he is met with by prospective
candidates, which is always the case little pre-
visus to all elections. The fight promises to be
lively, as we understand there will be quite
number of candidates in the field
MIR. Robert A. A. Wright, an employee of
the Bay Point Mill Company, of Santa Rosa
county, is II years OF age, and the father of Trip
let's all of whom are now living, and 50 years
old. His father who is a resident OF Canada, is
116 years of age. He had an uncle. Davis Eaton
of Virginia, who died in 1922 at the age of 1873,
and who was mason 102 years of his life.
Monticello was visited by an imposter last
week, in the person of colored woman, who
claimed that she lived on the Bellamy planta-
ton. The Constitution says she failed TO learn
her piece. She was at chuch, yet she was forced
to fly from the burning building 10 her night
clothes; and, although not particle of her infant
could be found, the charred remains had been
buried.
summary of the exports OF lumber from Pensaco-
la for the month of February Vessels cleared,
TO- tonnage, 42432; exports, 649,373 cubic
feet of hewn timber, or 1902, 476 feet board
measure, 919,696 cubic feet of sawn timber, or
11,036,352 feet boaid measure. and 1924 900
feet OF lumber-making grand total of exports
OF %, l22 1923 feet board measure of timber and
lumber.
Gainesville AdUocdte A new industry is
opening up in this county, in the gathering of
palmetto leaves, to be used in the manufacture
of paper. few persons are now actively en-
gaged in cutting and drying these leaves for
market; and we know of quite number of
bales packed and ready for shipment. This bus
mess will, no doubt, prove lucrative one TO
those who engage in 1t, and the supply will be
equal to the demand, as there are millions of
pounds of the raw material all over the State.
"A correspondent of the Madison Recorder
writing from Perry, Tailor county, gives the fol-
lowing particulars of the sad death of Mr..
Mathew Coke's family: A young lad by the
name of Stevens was driving an ox-team attach
ed to a wagon in which were seated Mrs. Coke
and her three small children. The woods were
burning furiously on both sides of the road they
were travelling, and the driver attempted to drive
his team between the two fires at place where
the flames nearly met across the road, the result
of this hardheadedness was that the mother and
children were sufocated and burned TO death
Stevens was so badly burnt he will die. The oxen
had their hides charred and were killed by the citi
zens. Mr.. Coke was absent from home when
this occurred"
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