The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-11-06
STATE NEWS.

lie mas some very nice specimens on. tn"
olive now growing, some fully 6iteen feet
high and wider through The braaehes,
Monticello Constitution We @cre
pleased to meet in our Office on Tuesday
Mr. Theo. Turnbull, of Miccosukie Al
though Leon county citizen, he has a
strong attachment for old Jefferson and
Monticello, and will occasionally pay us
. vislt-and is always assured Of hearty
welcome.
-Palatka Herald: Building! contrac
tors have more work than they dau 'som
plete on time. They are advertising for
more workmen. Judging from APPEAR
ances, the saw-mills here are out of lnm-
Der. Will we ever have saw mills en@ngh
to supply the demand J? We hasc.1u it
counting the new buildings no aud gong
up. Last year the boom consisted IN put
ting up store buildings; this yearIi ii Che
reverse, all dwellings, and no stores
Orlando Reporter W G, WI
brought over from his gro.c at CLIFTON
Springs, on Monday last, branch from a
tangerine orange tree, which wax Won
der. The branch, whore srv, red from the
tree, was less than three-iourths al ar
inch thick, and its total length was DOT
exceeding three feet. This sInaki branch
held upwards of one hundred and forty
kid glove" oranges, all perftrg and of
the ordinary size.
--Ocala Banner: Mr. Iohn &tls ,|o
hanson has had Mr. Williams, Surveyor
at Lake Smith, engages in laying oil his
land in ten acre lots ant establishing the
lines of a scientific ive-acre ..u,.l,Ssnre for
hen yard. The same to he SURROUNDED
by twelve-foot paling tcnc" an'! lof*"1
here and there with suitable bi.lhli,.ts.
Nels is in earnest, and is bound Il, kIp,w
what is i'll a hennery" in Fiorisi&. con.
Quoted on the latest and most jrspro Ged
methods.
-Palatka Herald. IN conysr~alibn
with party living in the ,nterins he m
been attracted by large bolFo% gum
tree, and believing it was inhabited Salts
fed himself few days since i,v+rettl,ig
it on fire, and standing back to watch she
outlet which'was some fifty feet from rhc
ground. The following was the result
First came a swarm of bats, followed hy
flying squirrels, scrcech,owl>, various
other night birds, two coors end nne pcs
sum.
-Palatka journal. We want ,,i. or
two good, steady job ami rews ttsnpori-
tors. To sober, steady men ptrraanept
situations can be given. Apply Al once
at this office @. p. Rocks, IF Fruit
land Park, lost seventy-eignt bear0g or
ange trees by fire. He had planted cage
in the grove and the fire swept through
it :. The three-masted schooner Wilson
& Hunting came into port on SUNDAY
night with 1850 packages, the largest
cargo ever brought to this place. and st;e
is one of the largest vessels ever in the
St. Johns.
Madison Recorder The cnloysd
teachers institute has been in session al
the week Rev. is Wharton, who has
it in charge, and Messrs. II. J. Mccall
and p. T. Allen, have lectured and tie
4chers have made considerable prngre:w
And now we learn of two othes pafv.
ers who will go into the stock tasinsAs
another year. Just as We said sfd,Ac
Florida will some time be to SoutE; Flor
ida what Kentucky now is to many South
ern States, and the sooner this tinr.,con'&s
the better.
Tampa Tribune: Tampa will haze
two banks. Messrs Babcock & Pierpota
of Galesburg, Ills, and Amber, Marysn
& Stockton, of Jacksonville, will: opeh
about the lst of November. MesSr<.
Miller & Henderson, finding that their
present orange house does not give tb.
proper room, have contracted with Jones
& Co. to have an addition Of los feet pst
on the west end of the building NJ.
Ziba King, of Fort Ogden, IJr. Fl. +.
Lykes, of Brooksville, and Captain James
Mckay, of Tampa, have organized !
steamship company, and Captain McKas
has gone North to purchase "a steamer idt
the cattle trade We learn thai this
steamer will run from Cedar Keys t.
Tampa in the freight business in thei win
ter
Lake City Star. Home-rai~ef ha
nanas and oranges are plentiful upon DER
streets, and sell readily at. q fair price
We are pleased to see the little invK
lid son of Mr.. Wagstaff, of Tie Eeportes,
up and on our streets almost rnurety.
cured. Mr.. W. brought the little fdllow
to Florida a confirmed Invalid, but the
health-giving climate of Lake City has re-
stored him-put peg down here The
finest pecans we have ever seen were
brought to town one day lae; week by
Mr.. Henry Barwick, and purchased by
T. ]. Bush. These pecans were grown
Eve miles north of here, and are much
larger and finer than those usually sold
in the stores. We wish m0fe Of tbene
nuts were grown here. Mrs. Thrashsr Of