The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-05-22
There was merry time in south Tallahas.


see t's' Tuesday evening Al The residence of
WI. W. r. Qnaie the young people enjoyed a
s"cis hop. while just across the street a, The
r'essdence OF Mrs. Kate Worrell. that lady was
married to Mr. A. F. Roby.
Mr. Geo Damon is burning a kiln of 200 oOO
orlca at his yard near the depot, and is prepar.
ing another kiln for burning few veeks hence
The brick for Judge Walkers new bui,d;no
corner Of Monroe and McCarty streets. are to be
furnished from the first kiln.
The engineers of the Townsville. Tallahas.
see and Gull Railroad have for the past ten DAYS,
been ousily engaged in making estimates for
construction on the lines surveyed They left
TINS morning for Duncansvlle, where they will
lake up and complete the survey of the Meridian
route TO this city
--~Jordan's Joyous Julep is highly recon-
meDded by all who have given il trial This
great remedy for neuralgia sick and nervous
headache is manufactured at Columbus, Ga, by
NJ y. Hood & Co, and has the merit Of being a
home production. Try ii. Only so cents a
bottle, at Lively's tlrug store
Mr.. N. G. Kerr, representing the Cincinnati
u'hcrn Railway, was in Tallahassee Yesterday.
lie IL trying To induce the fruit and vegetable
growers of SouIh Georgia and Middle Florida to
shil. their products to Western markets If
better connections are not made by Eastern lines
the rnckmen may be compelled HE ship West
Mr. II W. Rugg, an experienced silver
smith and watch maker, OF Olean, N. Y. who
has been with Mr. F. w Clark for some time
:. Isli, ind (, t. |.
C'u',lrv 1T Leon county. and maniicsts much in
'rleA IN making ils attractions known to his
fr"ds by sending them numerous copies of the
FIuRIDIAN
Vegetable shipments from Leon county are
N'rilily increasing. Since our last report the
con,lgnmcn's 10y freight were: Potatoes, 308
barrels cabbage, SO barrels; bec,s, 6, crates;
pea, crates; ana carrots AMI tomatoes one
cnc', Express -Fotatoes PSI barrels cabbage,
IS barrels beans, 80 crates; beels 4 crates Total
shipments 10 date, 1860 crates and barrels.
Last Saturday we saw n bunch of well-ma-
tur Bermuda onions, raised by Mr.. Jno. A.
Gag, that weighed ten pounds All OF the
truc&mcn who have This season experimental
Wit. The Bermuda onion have been very success
'
thar it is we'll adapted TO our soil and climate,
and " i'll next fall plant extensively tor shipping
crn;.
In mentioning Judge Wtstcotls Il ears last
week We omitted very important fact, namely,
'ha' they were grated on ounce stocks 1t is
ca'ned that by grating on the ounce pears are
pr,Fiucci the third year, whereas when they are
bu':tled or grated on other varieties of the pear
the do not produce fruit under six or seven
years, and in some instances not until the tenth
year
The cnlotrd people Of Tallahassee celebrated
The emancipation of their race on Sunday and
MCnday. AT the graves of the Federal soldiers
buried in the City Cemetery they had memorial
services, strewing flowers upon the graves. sing
ing and addresses 10y II. S. Harmon and John
Mitchell. On Monday large numbers Of them
wc0l to Lake Jackson and INDUCED IN grand
picnic
sheriff Moseleys q" chain gang" under the
supervision of Mr.. Braxton Shehee, have made a
splendid road through the valley south Of the
cte, on the highway leading to Bel Air They
art now al work on the road north of TAllahas
sec and thus managed the public will! derive
some beneil from the county prisoners convicted
{" petly crimes and sent TO prison upon failure
70 Jay fines assessed against them
The beautiful and fragrant specimens
ca,lc with the subjoined note:
EDITOR FLoRIDIAN send you specimens of
Pirn-to Peach and Nunan or Charleston Straw
hc1rieS. picked many AS dozen berries to-
,iay. from one plant have picked from same
l..
all, clcd 10y the present dry weather. How do
yea like The PcH-lo peach Yours,
w H. HASKELL.
W. learn that Mr.. r. l.. Smith, of Mccosu-
kl", has shipped forty nine barrels of Early Rose
pc'aiors from little more than three-quaIters
OF IN acre Al SC per barrel-and as far as re-
turns have been received, none of his potatoes
have sold for "A less sum-they will bring him
1924 Mr.. Smith used homemade fertilizers
had TO buy only the seed and barrels, and from
that scant one acre OF ground he will realize
mt profit of about 5000 With ordinary seasons,
truck farming on Leon county lands. can be
mode Il regular bonanza
-" Leon" in Savannah Meas: The West
Florida Seminary will close the 18th June
which is commencement day Hon R. H. NJ
DvidSon has been invited to deliver the usual
address that occasion. and, from his oratorical
rowerS, it is safe to say he will be greeted by
large and intelligent audience. Major E. R. Rv
ers, the Principal and Commandant of the corps
OF cadets, came here a stranger, though we'll
recommended. last summer. He has been tried
and not found wanting, proving himself eff
cient teacher, good dsciplinarian, and thor
ugh gentleman"