The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-10
STATE NEW 9:

pirate $50 towards publishing tie neW
Alarhua county pamphlet
The Brooksville Cresr,5v force has
Nrestled Vicioriously with i fifty eight
pound watermelon 1t was Of he rattle
snake stripe
A <7n,o0e building, in which vii: be
a theatre, i about to begin ~ pcala by
J. r. Harris, owner of the a!rra' Grange
grele near that city
L,li.m Ki,'tr Ne,rS. On ."whunt,
ih.- .ih~r day. Tom Paine kii!e'; a bear
aid buck with his pistol. Conn the
.-rAck pistol shot of South Flo,ida.
Gainesville Ielrocofc Ciri. Ns,num
ilas three sons. two of whom are nrw~pa-
pr m.-n aud the oihcra sollic' lie SAYS
il.- one in the army i in the last danger
II l.'ing hurt
\ Ss"oon hotel is bri,- built at
n.-ala 81 brick brought from Hiaine and
Atlanta On the latter six dollars per
thousand freight is paid. aid they cost
i'uf firo dollars AT Atlanta
The 7'..tho'ck i informed 10y Col.
Thra>her. agent for theGordon Road, dat
il will pass through Pana-"f Fee. The
.-iiiz.-n~ of that locality have ubsrribcl
iiheral donations of land.
Mariana fo'fri1r: Col. !. +. Nc
Clsllan AMI lady will leave neat Monday
1" visit relatives and friends in Fort
North. Texas We wish th.,n pleas
AM trip anl an carly return.
ST. Augustine II,ckIy: From the
.i.rrease 81 water found on thr bar it has
i.'--n noticed lv the pilots that ihc bar is
making a change a little further south.
Thee change, occur about every four
E.arS.
-I'alatka .J,m1,H. The schooner
Florence * Lillian came in this week,
Consigned IL Capt. Il. j. Ada ~, loaded
ziih general merchandise and machinery.
snd about Too tons of IRON for :lr Florida
>.uihern
Walton .>;g"o. Our friend ]. I.
Manning. 81 this place, has been employed
ID tie Lake De- Funiak lanG company t"
-.-le.i specimens of the different kinds
q timber in West Florida, for tie Louis-
sille Exposition.
= Hrooksuille Crtscct: The voung
ls-.l.l.- of Fort Dale have organize, a
minstrel AMI dramatic troupe, and We eX-
l~-s-i viii give u 4 visit soon. 1ucy shaw
.iuii.. an array of home talent. and viii
make their first public appearaic" in Fort
Da.lo July 10Th.
Halifax .j"urnnf: The mos, danger
su~ -.ai"r in Florida Is one wIll: pretty
w"msn's loot in Very sne pre-
aig.l.-s are n"w filling the grocery stores
Hiih their fragrance Tut their Fr;,e makes
than too costly for an orlnnrx pocket
book L. smell OF them.
Florida Uer"fd: Mr.. {. + Taylor
brought "a in today two fin specimens
ii Florida raised apples, grows, at Hart
Bad. IN Nassau county. ftry were
I,irk.-'l from a tree seven year odd. which
LDf.- this year four bushels Ep one can
n"w say We can't raise apples ~ Florida.
Tampa Gnrdi0u Tw" hundred
hands ar. looked for on to-da~'s steamer
fer the southern Railway conn any. -.
4 few day- ago Lawrence BusIrae killed
ia" large catamounts, and was not cata-
mount hunting either. The railroad
wharf i rapidly being pushed t. compile
Ton
The Palatka Journol says I. J.
Whites railroad will be completed this
season. Ii runs from Rollstown, couple
81 miles above Palatka on the 1t. Johns
river, a distance of about fort. miles 1t
T. graded and cross-tied for distance of
fifteen miles \ large force Will be en-
gagged To push ii through at once.
-Palaika HraId: On Frlday, whilr
Alfred Taylor, a cOlored man, and hi
s"n, a small boy, were working III HI
field, three miles west of lalAtka, the
former fell dead. The boy, thinking hi.
father had gone to sleep, returned to the.
house. and il was not until tie following
day that the dead man was discovered.
The remains were buried on saturday.
-DeLand 1yriculturiSt:: Mr.. {. f..
Kirk desires Us TO inform the public that:
they can have tea seeds free If charge,
from his place, grown there. The
Eeho proposes that n military company:
be formed IN DeLand We second the
motion and think such a thing would he;
very desirable and have nv doubt the:
Young men of this town will take hold Of:
the matter.
Enterprise Herdid: Hamilton Dss-:
ton owns 10000 acres of land, mostly;
fat woods, in this county wifich is as
Sessed at p cents per acre or :42 ,50o,;
making him one Of the largest tax PAYERS.
IN the county, if not the largest. The;
Halifax Fish and Fertilizer Company:
have closed their factory at the Inlet nm:
I'll a new steamer of lighter draught than
the Paulina Wilbur can be secured Z
Surveyor Douglas, of Daytcna. has some:
good sized pearls obtained froni the Turn:
bull oysters.
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