The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-01-03

moved 70 AtlNnl1 aa.
-Apalachioola Is still agitasing the
subject Of . dirt road 70 Leon county. /"
Ths Tpnps F%eFess says haek line
istS h ssAbkshkd from Tampa % Fort
Meade.
Mr.. Stilson Hutchins, editor of the
Washington Rpsfi is making brief visit
to Florida
The Sanford .lo.1,aal reports serious
loss to the orange growers from the
dropping " Of the fruit.
1T is feared that the harbor at St
Augustine is being endangered by the
closing of the channel near North beach.
-R. c. Har4et has been commissioned
pdstAaster At Ocala, and ". C. Snow has
been re-appointed postmaster at Palatka.
Mr.. w. o. JefFreys, an old and
and highly respected citizen of Jackson
vile. died on Thursday last, the goth
inst.
The Titusville Star has recently been
enlarged to six-column paper, and is now
one among the neatest and newsiest on
our exchange list.
The Union of Wednesday last an
nounces the arrival in Jacksonville of
John Wallace, who it states intends to
settle and practice law there.
The L5sfOn states that 1000 tons of
rails will soon arrive at Fernandina for
the Tropical Railroad, and that 800 tons
are awaiting shipment from England.
The editor of the Ocala Banner has
gone to New York to complete the selec-
ton and purchase of a power press and
new material for that excellent paper.
Lewis Fatio, AN old negro who hal
acted in the capacity of guide in the Sem
mole war, and who has for some years re-
sided in Texas, has returned to his former
home, Key West.
The Pensacola Gazette of December
25th contained half sheet supplement,
reviewing the trade of that thriving city,
and embracing some most interesting
statistical and historical matter concern
ing it.
-Fernandina Mirror: ave observe
among the bills allowed by our generous
council an attorneys fee of 5000 in the
quarantine case. A law was. passed by
the Legislature changing the mode of
appointing the Board of Health. The
law has been recognized and obeyed in
every other city and town in Florida, we
believe, except Fernandina, and in order
to nullify the law the council appropri-
ated 5000 of the peoples money in litiga-
ton
The Union of the 2sth says: The
remains of ID. 5. Place, whose sad death
at his post of duty in Atlanta was an
nounced in our last issue, arrived at Cal
lahan cia the Waycross road on Monday
night. Capt. Maxwell, the General SUI
Perintendent of the Transit road, had
provided a special train to continue the
trip on to Waldo, but the committee from
Waldo decided that it was better for Mrs
Place and the children to rest in Callahan
and go OH TO Waldo on Tuesday, where
preparations were already made for the
funeral, which were under the direction
of the town corporation and the Masonic
and |. o. o. F. fraternities.
Cedar Key Journal ave see it
announced in the telegraphic dispatches
that Mr.. Joseph Hirst has been appointed
Collector of Customs for the District of
St Marks with headquarters here; and
We learn from private sources that Mr..
L. W. Hamlin, of Bronson, has been APP
pointed postmaster here. These appoint
ees are, we presume, stalwart Republi-
cans, appointed by stalwart President,
and it is therefore no funeral of the Dem
ocrats. Petitions were sent from here
signed by Republicans and Democrats
recommending two Republicans for the
position of Collector, but of course they
were not the kind the bosses wanted.
The Gainesville Advocate has the
following concerning Colonel Ned E.
Farrell, one of the most accomplished
civil engineers in the State, and from the
time of its inception, chief engineer of the
Santa Fe Canal: "We learn that Mr..
Ned E. Farrell voluntarily retired from
the post of civil engineer of the Santa Fe
Canal Company, At their late meeting at
Waldo, he having brought the work of
the canal to a state of completeness at
which the president of the company can
successfully carry out their plans. The
qualifications of Mr. Farrell as a civil en-
gineer are so well known that efforts have
been made to engage him on other inter
nalinproEenents. No donbthe will soon
be ID aetiye service
AtShneetieut Valley tobacco, says the
Orlando RepOrtey, is the best 10 the world
for cigar wrappers, yet it sells for about
l4cents per pound, while Florida tobacco
from Cuba seed viii sell at from 10 to so
cents. Tie soil and climate of South
Florida Is similar to that Of Cuba, aud
with halfsthe money and labor that It
takes to get crop in Connecticut, more
satisfactory returns would be realized