The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-05-09

-Ths hahdsons new church. St
Johns Episcopal, Jacksonville, was las,
Sunday the scsns Of very impse~ivs cuu.
secration ssryiceG 1EA q
-Grasshoppers are destroying cotton
in the vicinity Of Baileys Mills. Mr.. J.
J. Willie has ploked up and replanted
some Of hia cottoh. 17etns Y46p
"A monster 'deviLfsh was recently
captured OF Point Pfhslls, but before il
could be towed to laad had to be absn-
doned on account of the sharks.
"A building boom prevails'at Jasper.
Carpenters have been taking advantage
Of the beautiful moonlight nights, and
continue their labors till late bed time.
Col FiIdes, of the Monticello Con-
stitutiO1, last week received cabbage
from DR.. A. B. Harrison that weighed IL
pounds and measured "a inches in cir
conference.
Mr.. Robert H. Jones, prominent
business man Of Jacksonville, was last
Wednesday evening married to Miss Sp-
sic, eldest daughter of Judge J. NJ. Baker,
of that city. '"7e
Barlow Informant Unless the
grand jury, when empanneled, make some
additions to the court calendar, there will
be nothing for our Circuit Court TO do in
Polk county for several terms.'
Petitions are being circulated in the
counties bordering on the Suwannee river,
which will be presented to Congress,
praying for an appropriation of $75, 1000
for cleaning out and making that stream
manageable from its mouth to Ellaville.
-DeLand AgricuIts1rist:: Capt. John
Rich has kindly and generously presented
the Episcopal church with one acre of
land, planted with so orange trees, as a
site for the new edi6ce they will erect, on
the corner of Rich and Clara avenues. In
few years. time the clergyman will be
supported from the grove.
The census office Classics the popu-
lation of Florida as follows: Of the ma
tive-born population of Florida, 17S,48
were born in the State; 32,6Ol in Geor-
gia; 1882 in South Carolina; 1908 in
Alabama; 6,297 in North Carolina; 1929
in Virginia; 1875 in New York; s55 in
Pennsylvania; s62 in Massachusetts, and
e33 in Tennessee.
The first number of the Tavares Her
aid, an Independent Democratic weekly,
will appear on the 18th. The prospectus
announces that it "will give hearty
support to the administration of Governor
Bloxham, sustaining, as it will, fully and
unreservedly the measures taken by the
Governor in the internal development of
the State 1t will be Democratic in the
broadcast, most national and liberal spirit. !"
"A correspondent of the Orlando Re
porter makes this wise suggestion to
Floridians: Enclose in all letters or
newspapers sent few flowers, rare kinds
of leaves, moss, vine tubers or ferns. 1t
will give your friends who receive them
occular proof of what we actually possess
in this highly favored land, and will ma
terially assist to dispel false ideas set
afoat by unprincipled and irresponsible
vilifers.
-Brooksville Crescent 4: "The hard,
over-worked clerks and young merchants
of Brooksville have organized informally
leap-frog club. Fred Lykes was elected
boss leaper and George Sanders scorer.
They gavetheir first public perfomancein
front of the Cresce,st Office on Tuesday
evening. During the third act Mr.. r. G.
Combs got his head in chancery, and is
now offering a standing reward for the
man who laughed at him"
"A mass-meeting of the citizens of
Jacksonville was held in the Trinity
Church, on the evening of the Soth ult.,
to protest against the repeal Of the Sun
day law by the City Council. The Times
thus comments editorially on the subject:
"The issue is met fairly and squarely,
and it is perfectly evident that large
part of the more respectable portion of
our citizens will not consent to any CON-
promise with regard to the law, to any
modification of its provisions, or to any
relaxation in the manner of its enforce
ment. The general sentiment, as voiced
by the speakers and approved by the au-
dience, is that if there is to be any change
at all it should be in the direction of a
more rigid and systematic enforcement"
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