The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-05-02

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lssta. Wa saseesd mayor q shas ssws
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city being dfbbe : viAgaN o. re,
no sdisa Va ID | mayor q ~
The ApslaSkiooIsr zssSssss BE- % g.
tered upon-iAs- second volume. Brother
johnson has given the people Of that
thfving town . good pgbef (daA kp
glad TO kncv that they atppSiat@ nm
and his joafh6l. =
a comparison of the number Of ves-
sells, and their tonnage, arriving ct Mobile
and Pensacola. daring the Rast twsaxe
months, shows IN excess u fasoe0f PEN
sacola over Mobile of ssS vessels and
4s2, Ale registered tonnage. s1 lou a.
MIR. J. G. Lanier, of. Sumter county,
stands at the head Of the "big best class. y
He presented the Leesburg Advance with
one that measured two feet six inches In
length, one foot nine inches in circumfer-
ence and weighed 1s pounda
The citizens Of Polk county will held
mass-rneeting at Barrow; on the iSsh,
to organize an immigration association, to
make arrangements for printing county
pamphlet. and consider matters relative
to the building Of railroads, DC. l:k1
The Liberty county Circuit Court
was in session but one day last week
Monday. The grand jury presented NO
indictments. Two appeal cases from JUS
tees courts were disposed Of, and the
civil and criminal dockets are clear.
Mr.. s. B. Thomas, ST., of Madison
county, has dug and shipped sixty barrels
of Irish potatoes from two acres Of land,
realizing over 800 per acre. The ground
is now planted in cotton, from which he
expects to realize two bales.
BRO. Finley, of the Lake City Re
porter, says: eff new buildings are an
evidence of boom, then we are booming
If plenty of enterprises and no idlers is
indicative of boom, we boom! If thrift,
pride in surroundings, increase of trade
and capital is boom, we boomi"
Tampa Tribune, goth inst: "Mr. T.
w. Fisher brought to this Office last week
a piece of petrifed bone which was found
at the depth of fifty feet in well which
he was having dug six miles from town.
The size of the specimen would indicate
that it belonged to some prehistoric ami
NAL of gigantic proportions"
-Palatka Herald: "Real estate cen
tinues to change hands, and building goes
on rapidly. Three years ago we built a
house, as we thought, in the woods, or,
at least a tiny forest of underground.
Now we are right in town, and Fourth
street is lined from Laural to Lemon with
dwellings, and good ones, too"
Gainesville is putting on city sirs.
The new mayor has increased the police
force and Bro. Myers wants them dressed
up in new uniforms. Her brick pave
ments are about completed, and it is
hoped the "city fathers will name the
streets and cause their names to be posted
on the corners. A recent census shows
that she has 2s7 dogs, and Alderman
Cessna proposes to reduce the number by
levying a tax on the worthless CANNES.
Hon. C. D. Willard recently pur-
chased 200 acres of land from the
trustees of the old Pensacola and Geor-
gia q. P. & NJ Railroad, and the Madi-
son Recorder, of April goth, says: "Last
Saturday, at this place, an injunction was
applied for by William Grosvener, through
his attorney, D. S. Walker, Jr., before
Judge E. ]. Vann, restraining the above
sale, which was granted, and the Sd day
of May and Live Oak appointed as the
time and place for hearing in the case. !"
The grand jury of Escambia county,
in their general presentment, say: I'VE
congratulate our fellow-citizens of the
county on the rapid decrease of heinous
crimes; upon the increase of good order
and conformity to law; the increase of
unity of public spirit, Of industrial pur-
suits; of all that tends to elevate q COM
munity, and place us upon the highway
of progress, in the advance with all who
love high morality. public education and
the quietude that comes from liberty nm
der the law"
in answer to the question, 4" L. Flor
ida healthy 2" Bro. Pratt responds thus:
From observations we are induced to be.
lieve that Northerners stand the climate
here for several years better than the ma
tives. 1t is is important that care should
be taken to preserve health. During the
season in the summer, avoid dreuching
rains, and especially change Of warm
clothing is necessary after getting wet.
To sit about with damp clothing, ex-
posed to the cool air after squall, is
enough to chill any man and make him
sick. The death rate of Florida, accord
ing 10 population, is less than, any other
State ip the Union. q e
Pensacola Advance Gazette: The
Florida State Medical Association met in
this city on the 18th of April, bst the At
tendance from abroad was limited to one