The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-08-28
STATE NEWS.

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Pine Level Times Mr.. John Hale,
OF Pennsylvania, arrived and took charge
OF the mechanical department of the
Times last week Mr.. Hale has had
thirty-one years practice in the business.
This issue speaks well of his ability to
manage our work i'll that department.
Mr.. Hale is deaf and dumb has never
heard nor spoken, but more correct
writer never lived.
Jasper Times: Car loads of hands
continue going over this line, to work on
the Live Oak and Charlotte IIarbor ex-
tension of the Savannah, Florida and
Western We are informed that the
first lot OF long cotton this season was
brought to Jasper on Saturday last by
our old friend Josiah Deas, of the first
district. There was a revival at a col
orcd church in the first district on Sun
hdS, W W IIlSI OilC COlIN eli HAS Dc6H u1du6
to the Suwannee county Jail, and another
to a six foot interment-cause, a dusky
damsel. There was much enthusiasm at
the meeting and a regular Fourth of July
fuslade kept up for while with no other
genuine conversion as yet.
Milton .Ne,cs The firm of Creary &
Rourke shipped 5000 pounds of wool this
week -. K. f. Landrum has gone into bus
mess at Westville, on the p. & A. road,
and has opened out a full line of family
groceries, drugs, etc. We wish RUDE
abundance of success in his new enter
prise $500 The Bagdad bridge across
Pond Creek, was "opened to the public"
on the 18th inst, just three weeks time
being occupied in it's construction. The
builder, Mr.. II. S. Cleghorn, deserves
credit for the rapid manner in which he
prosecuted the work. We learn from
Clerk Sheppard that the total cost of the
bridge will not exceed $500. tx Su-
perintendent Allen, We are informed, is
teaching school some miles in the country
Mr. A. puts his whole soul into the bust
ness and is one OF our best educators.
Monticello Constitution The cater
pillar has almost completed its march over
the county, and destroyed every tender
twig on the cotton stalks. OF course this
disaster is a serious blow to the planters,
as few of them will make more than
twothrds crop, and many not more than
half the crop they expected -. A goodly
number of bales of cotton were brought
to town on last Saturday, and in every in
stance the producer received the highest
market price. Our merchants are de-
termined that no Jefferson county cotton
shall go to Georgia towns if they can
prevent it. We have been advised by
MIR. Cleland, the engineer on the Month
cello branch, that some malicious person
has recently been making efforts to wreck
his train, by laying pieces OF iron on the
track and also driving wooden wedges
into the frogs at the switch. The motive
that prompts the outrage is unknown to
Mr.. c.; but If the guilty party can be
detected it will go hard with him.
Mariana Times Colonel Finley, of
that live and able exponent of Florida in
terests, the Lake City Reporter, paid us
welcome visit Wednesday. "Charlie
was sick from the effects of chill :"
of the day before, but mind you,
he brought the chill " with him, as the
article is not indigenous here. Colonel
Finley has, through the Reporter, done a
great work for his city, county and State.
He has also become joint publisher of
the Tropical Paradise, that will in the
future be published in Lake City and
Jacksonville. >. j. H. McKinne returned
last week from the bay. He killed another