The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-04-18

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pound and haf and measures sixhtssa
inches in circumfsrenoe.
AT an snsertainnsas IN Apalai Aioela
Mira Optdn Lang was v6led CO post
popular 10y, shd Blo. JohAsssd % Ne
1Is5sMe, received like eomplimnt -
the most popular gentleman.
Sheriff Hutchinson,r Of Z Esumhia
county. last week captured Bahs Wllislns
(ool), q notorious sthiek LEI lad ID his
possession watch, which was stolen from
Mr.. I. w. Hutchinson last August.
BRO. Moore, of the Starke Zslsgraph,
has the boss turnip. Mr.. d. L AIvsrez
has presented him with rusabaga
weighing fraction over ten pounds,
solid, sound and sweet TO the core"
Mr.. Byron Z Oaks, of jacksonville,
was married to Miss Mamie e. Ward, of
that city, on the 10th inst. The happy
couple have gone North on . bridal tour.
The bride was . native of Tallahassee.
Governor Blexham has appointed
Mr.. Bishop B. Blackwell. Of Jasper, State
Attorney of the Third judicial Circuit,
vice Colonel J. f. White, resigned. The
Times says Mr.. B. is an honor to his town
and profession.
Jasper Times; "Miss Lizzie Garter.
of Statewide, has completed patchwork
quilt containing thirteen thousand six
hundred and sixty-three pieces. The
work reflects much credit on Miss Lizzie's
neatness and taste"
Mr.. A. Nicholson, of Gadsden
county, who plants largely of Cuba to-
bacco, tells Bro. Keep that he has chew
ing tobacco which is thirty flour years old,
and that it is so good that it will make q
fellow strike his daddy" #
The National Board of Health has
made an appropriation for the erection of
hospital and other buildings at Pensa-
cola. Their construction will be under
the supervision OF Dr. Beemis, who expects
to begin operations soon. N
MIR. d. Greenleaf, of Jacksonville,
last Wednesday received a consignment
of A alligators from up the St. Johns
river. They were from three to ten feet
in length. He will ship them North,
where he realizes 81 per foot on gators.
The wicked little flea is "getting in
his work at Brooksville Hear the edi-
tor of the Crescent
How doth the little busy flea
| Improve the sable nights
| By crawling up our trouser-legs,
| And chawing with all his might.
| Shoe, flea, don't bother me.
Captain J. T. Leslie, who has beer
urged to become a candidate for Con.
gress. positively refuses to allow his name
to be FUSED in connection with the nomi
nation for any Office within the gift of the
great and good people Of the State, Dis.
trict or county"
Sanford Journal: 1--WE learn from
Geo. E. Sawyer that there is at present
$2,2s2.14 to the county's credit, exclusive
of school funds, besides several thousand
dollars in the hands of the collector ready
to be turned over. Scrip is scarce, and is
worth dollar for dollar"
Mariana Courier "We under.
stand that Hon. J. II. McKinne, J. Wood.
ward, S. M. Griffin, Samuel L. Mcclellan,
and others will soon lay out the town Of
Goodwin, nine miles west of Mariana,
on the p. & A. Railroad, and put the
lots upon the market for SALE"
The following delegates will repre-
sent the Methodists of Florida at the
General Conference of the N. E. Church,
South, to be held in Nashville, on the Sd
of May: Clerical-C E. Bowman, F.
Pasco. Lay. w. Tucker, TT. Turn
bull. Alternates-E. L. T. Blake, ]. p.
DePass. f
The grand jury of Gadsden county
congratulates the people upon the fact
that the present indebtedness of the
county is less than for many years past,
being not exceeding one thousand dollars,
and hopes that with moderate tax this
year the county will soon be on a sound
cash basis"
-Titusville Star: Florida syrup is
just beginning to be appreciated in the
Northern and Western markets. People
are beginning to find out that when they
purchase Florida syrup they are get
ting the pure and unadulterated juice of
the cane. No glucose--ns muriate of tin
no conglomeration. This is as it should
be. Let Florida producers make the best
and purest articles and they are bound to
be appreciated" HI
In the presentment of the grand jury
of Santa Rosa county, made at the spring
term of the court, we find the following /:
"We would also call the attention of the
sheriff to the fact that the saw-dust now
in the court room is the same that has
been on it for the last three or four years,
in which the ubiquitous flea finds security
and comfort under all conditions OF
weather and seasons, ever ready to give .
feeling reception to court, jury, witnesses
and suitors, with Democratic imparti.
atty"
-Apopka Citizen CDR. H. II. Mitch
ell, who resides on the great Apopka
Lake n few 6ava aoo .a- . ,nocsto- -,