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

/ Jacksonville Union. eve sincerely
regret tohear of the death of Mrs. e. g
DOier, Wife # Col. DOzier, which oc-
curfed al FefIandiTA last Saturday. The
; deceased Lad yAhadAbeen sufferer for
many months, and the tender ministra-
tions of large circle of devoted relatives
and nd friends hsvs al ,PY4Fsd Pn9vaiIipg
to ward Off thaCdfeA hesaeugk q Her
remains were taken to Gainesville for in
terment. Our most cordial sympathie s
are e1teFdea to thelereavsdiamily."
-'-.n Orlando special -6rhe Jackson.
vile Times, dated August slst, says
The Democratic District and County
Convention was held here TODAY. The
proceedings were orderly, and the great.
est unanimity and enthusiasm prevailed.
J. o. Speer was nominated as State Sen.
ator for the Twentieth District, and J. J.
Harris and J. NJ. Bryan were nominated
as members of the Assembly for Orange
county. All three nominations were
made by acclamation.n
= Sanford Journal, August oath
From the experimental acre at Bel All
Grove there was sold during the month OF
July s4Gl worth Of pinqapples AadP6ts
and thus far in August 100 boxes Of lem
ons, att25oper box, making total of $7l1
and yet there is to be gathered great
many more lemons, a few more pine-apples
and the entire orange crop These are au
thenticated facts, with the dollars and
cents to prove it. Who else in this c6on-
try can show an acre of land which, Fill
give better return?"
The Jacksonville Board Of Health, al
a meeting held last Thursday, adopted
the following resolution: Res0Lred, That
the Board of Health request the mana
gers of the Florida Central and Waycross
Railroads to instruct their conductors tc
receive no passengers, baggage or freight
through to Jacksonville from Pensacola
via Chattahoochee or Cedar KEYS, OF
| Savannah, Florida and Western Railroad
until further orders As the railroad
managers have complied whit the request,
rigid quarantine is thus established.
Monticello Constitution, August 3lst
"The present week we are called upor
to chronicle the death of two highly res
pected ladies of Jefferson county, both OF
whom were well advanced in years Mrs
Eliza II. Tucker, (widow OF Col. J. r
Tucker, who departed tMs1if4many years
ago. died at her residence in Monticello
on last Thursday night, the Path inst.
aged "A years. Mrs. Turner, widow O
the late Nat. Turner and mother of Mr.
George w. Turner, died at her residence
in the bend Of the Miccosukie lake, OF
last Saturday, the Qsth inst"
Monticello Constitutions. "Col. w
c. Bird has a large body Of land near
town, and he offers the use of eighty acres
of the same to parties who viii cultivate
it, free of cost. His proposition is t.
divide it into ten acre fields, and any per
son can secure ten acre farm, free OF al
rent for two years, provided they will
plant the same in vegetables: The land
is cleared, needs but little fencing, is
within one and half miles of Monticello
and within ono nuar+a r of tbo NIoDt;o,.IIo
Branch railroad. This is a liberI offer,
and Is made for the purpose of encourag-
ING the cultivation of vegetables for ship
ment to the Northern markets. as the
Colonel is sanguine that said enterprise
will greatly tend to bring prosperity tc
this section of our State.''s : 2
Pensacola .1dgance Gazette August
Both: when the yellow fever irfaaf1iors
commenced three weeks ago, Supt Chip
ley quietly moved his steel rails and
other materials stored at HeHsa9oIs tc
Holt Station, forty miles east He also
sent forward the Shoai River bridge.
This will enable work to move ahead
steadily without Interruption until the
first part of oStobsr, PnsequsnSN III we
doI.not have frost suAta EoGabe& o5nl
a few seskl viii wdb&sbeF, IA the
road can yet be completed by January
next, as track laying at Choctawatchie
River, in the middle of the line., and al
ApaIachicola River, on the eastern end
will rot be afeetsa- by7 PspSAssla'l
scourge.. Milton HaSiGg -disSohtihIe1t be
train on this road, by its quarantine
Supt. Chipley and staff have moved up
to the front, where the work isx being
pushed, as explained aRoys- re setOon,