The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-02-28

Barlow nesls . nnt-c8nm hoael-
-The Dumi@ eounly Cir was snccsm
-sumtervilis b 10 have = e90,oOo hosel
BARROW wants . railroad or ssage-Iine.
-RsnsacOaa wants an automatic AFe-alAEm-
Gainesville b to have . cotton sd oil
The sumtervilIe 7EnS employs . lady CON-
position.
Pensacola has skating rint, which ID well
patronized-
-JacksOn county farmers are investing large
ly in guano
"A new steam 62-tOn ing phys The waters Of
Pensacola haTbor
The orange crop of Marion county d said to
be worth 100000.
Joseph Herst has been confirmed as collector
Of customs IT ST MArh
The Pensacola & Atlantic Railroad Com
pAny has ordered ten new engines
drinking water is . scarce article in PAlaika,
and the cisterns and tanks are empty
"A Mobile gentleman contemplAies the cree
ton of . large saw-miIl at AppAlachicolA
-Messrs Drew 4 Bucki's new steamer, the
Louis Buck, has arrived at jacksonville.
One hundred acres have been planted in
waiermelons in the vicinity Of Monticello.
The Esczmbia County Commissioners have
appointed MI D. Wolf County Attorney
The Infsrs41sf says there is fortune in
Barlow for brick maker and brick-lAyer.
1T IS said there are 1000 Indians IN the
FLORIDA Everglades We doubt the statement
Mr. Casper, editor Of the MAnAiee Neacs, has
the champion potato Ii weighs thirty pounds
The oat crop Of Jackson county promises
10 Be Is good xs wAs ever raised in the coun-
Mr. E Nozzle Of San Mated, IS mAnuEacsur-
ing Eoe pertumeriA pomsds and or1nge-juice
soaps
Miss Jose Stephens sged seven years, took
the premium on Pound-cAke ST the Sumter com
II fAir.
Gainesville Is in 4 healthy condition fnan-
ciAIly She h4s balance Of $622O above all
Liabilities
The new steamer Chatt2hoochee passed
Up the ApAl4chicola river last week, bound for
Columbus
The editor OF the Starke Telegraph last week
received ripe watermelon, plucked from =
growing vine
The Cubans of Key West propose TO erect a
monument in that city to the memory of the
Cuban martys.
MI 4. F. Williams, Of Sumter county,
gathered 80 bushels Of potatoes from seven
eigh's Of an acre
"A fish weighing 900 pounds, 8 feet long
and 8 feet in circumference, was captured at
Mayport on the 18th.
Two Apalachicola lads, while out riding a
few evenings ago, ran deer down and killed him
with lightwood knots.
Mr. DeFuniack, President Of the Pensacola
& Atlantic Railroad, is confident that it will be
completed by December.
The telegraph wires in Key West are being
laid underground to guard against breaks during
the prevalence Of storms.
The Adoance- Gazette presents the name OF
Hon. G. g. McWhorter as its choice for Con-
gresham from the First District
Mr. X. ]. Allen exhibited over thirty-fve
varieties of useful and ornamental Florida
woods at the Sumter County Fair.
rapidly, and the whole county (sumter) S-ens
10 be enjoying boom of prosperity.
Mr.. d. r Towns, living near Lake Panasof
kee, has stalk of sugar-cane with Al joints and
measuring 5 inches in circumference.
Florida string beans and green peas are sell
ing in New York at from 81 TO s. per crate
and strawberries at $1.60 to $1.75 per quart
-Leesburg will have national bank. A
gentleman from Illinois has taken $40 900 stock
and other parties has taken an equal amount
The County Judge of Escambia county has
bound over only two persons, both colored, to
appear at the Spring term of the Circuit Court.
Marion county will vote tomorrow upon
the question of issuing bonds to the amount Of
$4,000 for the purpose of building a court
house.
The House Committee on Buildings and
Grounds has agreed TO Recommend are appro-
pration Of e200, 900 for public building at Pen
sacoIa.
The survey Of the Palatka & Indian River
Railroad has been completed. The road is 95
miles in length and several miles have been
graded.
NNAAty hoS q I'LL 0CPoolt VI uAoAI
which contains, by analysis, "a per cent of car
Donate Of lime, making It one of the most valu-
able fertiIizen
-Fensndina receives and ships about 10000
feet Of lumber every week. This lumber Ia
brought over the Transit Railroad, and 125 can
are employed In its transportation.
Major B. W. Bethany, Of Jefferson county, ID
one Of The most successful farmers In Florida
lie annually sells from, 1000 10 1900 bushels o.
com and about 500 bales Of cotton.
Mr.. l. B. swim, Of Ocala, manufactures q
machine for ransplanting orange trees, which
he says can be done in such manner a. 70 in
sure the life Of every tree transplanted.
Brother Moore says there are only nineteen
widows len blooming alone" In Starke, and
adds: " II there is any such thing as a widow
boom we think we are in q fair way to have
one"
We have received q copy Of the GTOUleT
published at jacksonville, Lionel Jacobs editor
Il . ~sins liifis shoot end claims TO be 81,
terror TO eVil-doers and praise TO them that d.
well"
The Tampa PrcgreS says let all the little vii
lagos along the railrosds-each one OF which Il
clamoring forit-haye all the cotton seed oiI-mill
they want but we want a naner-mill and Wa