The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-11-14
STATE NEWS.


The Lake City Gin Company will
prepare long cotton for the use of the J
& p. Coats Thread Company.
Capt L. @. Leslie, one of the Oldest
and most respected citizens of HILLSIDE
rough county, died on the slst ult
Rev H. b. Avery, pastor OF st.
Psul's NJ. K. Church, Jacksonville, died
on the 9th.
Major VIM. NJ Footman died at
Sanford on the 26th of October, OF par.
Alysis, aged fifty-6ve years.
"A regular schedule will go into effect
this week on the =. & a. Railroad, be-
tween ChattahoOchee and Mariana
There were shipped from Cedar Key
during October $4,000 pounds of fish.
$4,000 pounds of oysters and 2sO,O 900 or
anges.
"A comPositor is wanted at the Month
cello Constitution Office Permanent en-
plOyment will be given an indust rious
printer
The Savannah, Florida and Western
Railway Company are running three
trains daily between Savannah and Jack
sOnville
The steamer Isis fourdered in Lake
George on the morning of the 9th The
pilot, fireman and one deck hand were
drowned.
John b. Stickney, United States Dis
trict Attorney for the Northern District
Of Florida, died at Washington or the
4th, Of congestion of the brain.
Bro Moore, of the Starke Telegraph,
who was a candidate for Tax Assessor,
heads his editorial column with this SIG.
nihcant announcement "Sure enough
We are busted community"
Mariana Courier, The election i,
over and everything is now quiet the
Republicans are well satisfied that they
had free vote and fair count at
least We have not heard a single intima-
ton TO the contrary.
Monticello Constitution AS evil
dence that the " freeze of 1880 did not
kill all the orange trees in Jefferson
county, on last Saturday Mr. Thos Seurrv
brought TO town several hundred as fine
oranges as are grown in the Indian river
country.
The grand jury of Suwannee con-
graduates the citizens upon the decrease
Of crime in the county. But few years
ago, they add, our dockets were crowded
with criminal cases, now there are but
few The people seem to be quiet and
attentive TO their own business
Live Oak Bulletin: Mr.. w. r. Full
ford praneed into our sanctum the other
day bringing a huge cassava root. 1t
was 46 inches long, Z inches in circum-
ference, and weighed 81 pounds. Ii was
grown by Mr.. Fulford without anv extra
care, and shows what can be done in SUI
Eannee county. Can it be beat any
where in the State?
- Af"'cN- w Cilt pear
ure Of meeting few days ago, Mr. ! w.
CulPePPer, one of the projectors Of the
Suwannee Sulphur Springs We under
stand that the proposed hotel at chat
place is in course of erection and tina, its
probable cost will be fifty thousand ,lol-
lars The proprletOrs expect to have a
grand opening sometime next May"
Mr.. J. g. Knapp writes to the Tampa
Tribune: Mr.. Disston, with his large
location of land in this county, has been
offered by one firm in New York So 900
for the establishment of farm and school,
If be will give 500 acres of suitable land
for an experimental farm, which may be
made cOnjunctive with the agricultural
experiment. Both these may be scared
70 this county by timely action.
The grand jury of Gadsden county,
in their presentment, say: The present
term of the Circuit Court has been the.
shortest of any in the history Of the
county, and it is a subject of congralula-
ton that not only has the conduct of the
people been that of law-abiding citizens
generally, but the civil docket Of our
court shows that there is but little iisiga-
ton and strife among the people.
1t is said that the St. Johns and Lake
Eustis Railroad will be extended to Or
lando or Tayares, perhaps to both places,
a. once. A number of men, have already
been employed, and work will commencc
this week This road is now in operation
from Aster, on the St. Johns riyes, to
Fort Mason, on Lake Eustis, a distance
Of about rs miles, while the extension
now contemplated will be IS miles in
length, making the total length Of the
road about go miles.
Levy Enterprise: " As the culture of
Java is one of the growing industries
-;Tids we feel it duty to encourage
SIN. let our neighbors know what it
tool - IVY. We called on Mr.. L. d.
de- Saturday morning, and he
he arden and proposed to
= struck was Lr us. The first: one
80 growth. 1t Nous root tor, one
length and 6G1