The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-08-07
STATE NEWS.

bCh HI O'st-ItD-'i'f. S'A~'N
be some mistake, if it did slo':grow on a
melon vine.
st Augustine Press Mc are heart
Nv glad that all the purch tsers Of prop"
erty in II. Augustine are n+t lconoclasts.
Mr.. Renwick, who has pur,.based tte lot
on Marine street with ~ Oh cngnna
house in a state of ruin, las 80 aSYut to
repair and restore instea,y Il pallBng it
down. He thereby showe': his TASTE aud
good Judgment and sets n.exampfe sure
10 be followed by others.
1t has been said that lie opening OF
the Louisville Exposition :wx.nld strike
Florida at wrong season f%'r t.nits- And
20 II will so far as oranges, !cin1'ns, grape
fruit, etc, are concerned. h.ii > good Dis
play of lines, guavas ana u larga Va
riety Of bananas, can be- rad;-,. The cit
rus family will have ample 'imi for a lis
play before the Exposition tl,.s~ IL NO
,ember-I.iltko H,ruid
LAX, City Rtrort.r 'faer: are tnorc
Dream ami trout caught ;ls'rs. Alligator
Lake than all the other bikes 4.paI here.
The reason is because i; J. tis!,"l more
Fishermen destroy the ontml%> Il fish.
Our reporter wcni ">,oi :.ath,i iI.g
this week, and finds that llitr.. N:.ye b.'l.
Shipped from Lake City In 2"asou g.
date, s,332 pounds of WOO.
Quincy HeroId: roionc' li"frry
Curtis, and Captain II :. Rowe, hav,
been shipping crates Of iis>' t" Jaft.~"n.
vile. The net price is ST. pr ip.ei.rI.
They have been at no cNptu-', 1T 81 *
reI.t The cost of crates 'i'nc tari<tyi i
known a. " the little broAn IL. an'i J.
very sugary in taste. The pnrcEa~ea Vii
dry them, and doubtless rcili2t / hand
some profit from his salc,
Tampa Guoriian.: Raiiroai: irbu i"r
the South Florida H. H. uhc l'lahr w.
restment Co.'S road N ~mall ln',. i
landed by every steamer taat ~"ricS in
from Cedar Key. Tia work OF 'l',.
wharf and road is moving ar rapidly -.
The steamers Of the Tampa steam dip
Company arrive here regularly every
Tuesday and Saturday. 1ncy Ease c.
dar Key on Mondays arl Fridays all
the train gets in from F~rnandinA wdioh
connects with trains Wet. Norlh. East
and South
--Starke TIegraph: Til, -l:ho" ntsise
al Kingsley Lake was burutI to the
ground on Tuesday morning last by game
unknown party or parties The ire l.,
supposed TO have been SGT so,uc time be
tween midnight and day. Fresh hoe
tracks were discovered leading To aud
from the school house, wLich wcre FOL,
lowed far enough To determiE.- where Che
horse belonged. The building w.t9 2tx$G,
well constructed and wcli furIShcl, aid
was built in the latter part 81 $50 al a
cost Of about 5000.
-Giainesville .1drocate Andy Vii
hams, a colored man residing about five
miles from town, was struck and Instantly
killed by lightning during the storm last
Thursday We are informed By Prot
r. j. Cater that the furniture for tie
new Seminary will cost 81, l.Ic in CHI
eago. Il is all of modern So &c and wall
harmonic with the building in which it
will be placed -. The new residence ef
= l. Finley, Esq, is nearin.e completion.
II will be one of the finest IN East Gaines.
vile, rejecting credit on the Skilled cor
tractor and builder, Mr.. r. NJ Clark
-(fainesville Bee : Now that the Flor
ida Southern has gone back I'll the agce"
ment 10 locate the car-work> AND machin"
shops in this city what will be done wi,f
the forty acres OF land presented to tmtn
IN consideration of their carrying oiIi
their agreement :? Mr. .int;n Ccylon.
living about twelve miles nnrih Of til
city, dropped dead while u, br.akia,d
Tuesday, heart disease being: the SUI
posed cause of his death. Mr. Cevlia
was born in France, but CAME to th;,
country when quite young man. Tfi$
county has sustained a great so-~ in h;>
death, a. he was one of our most worth.
citizens. He leaves wife eng xix clil
dren.
BARROW informant: y remarkable
family Of horses has been brought to o1s
attention, which proves that stock raising
IN Polk county is profitable outside q.
cattle One Of our citizens us "A maze
twenty-three years old that i;es brougi,f
him nine colts, the youngest now sixtee'
months old. lie also has the SECOND colt
now sixteen years old, which his brought
him FIVE colts, some of wl,ich he stlll
owns, and all which have done 3wcll. r.
say nothing Of twenty years service o
these animals, the sale of TIE; offspring
has paid very large percentats' on th'
original cost Of the mother ana She still
gets her support in the woods witho,0
other feed. ..
Tampa Tribune: Mr. Il. y. 5rantFy
Of WaycrOss, ia, arrived on Tslcsttay Il
superintend the putting together Of hi
locomotives for the 5. +. H. Ks, now E.,
route for this place Ilii'eborou4i
county is now pretty well SUPPLIED will
Post-ofices, having eighteen within hil