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

tiers are in fine order, being :. little il. all
vance of the month with a9 in ii.
Services were held is; the neg st.
Andrews Episcopal Churc>e at Tafol:a on
last Saturday week for he:sirst time;
The local paragraphs of the Will
Wood, Sumter county. Orcsye Le,,f. is
daisy" so to speak HIS. column fpar-
kles
The editor of the Levy Enterprise
has eaten a pompano, anu says it il; the
best fish on the Gulf coast--+whi:h ~: ans
the best in the world. =.
The members of Hopewell Baf,is:
Church, south Of Madison. are huiIditg
church, and hope to hat: ;he bullying
completed by the LIST of Sep e1nber.
DIR. John f. Peck and lis sister, aliSs
Mary Peck, of ST. Augustine, while on
their way North, lost their: entire ward
robe by the burning of the X: lmbail Hsu~r
IN Atlanta
-Apopka citizen: \ god suppl Of
guavas in market at s. per tr>hel Chs
delightful fruit supplies the, place. If the
apple and the peach of IL; North! /,
makes fine jelly and marmatde.
Barlow informant: Fiq,m the lively
business that has been transacted in ,eal
estate this week. and the .3..iccs rait:, il
would seem there is great:,ledl % fs'th
yet among the people as to Tie future %
Barlow
ST. Augustine UeeII.: Owing, to
the increased travel on the .Tacksonv;lic,
ST Augustine and Halifax Ha!:roal, the
company were compelled ~ or.Ecr Wv"
more passenger coaches AMI tw" freight
cars, which are expected to afrive tlI"'::l y.
Cedar Key E"e,1ri<e Thu tnrtlr
catch is much better than rs.rlv III :thr
season Mr.. Bunting tells - the, Wm
Washington has just CONT in with Il
head averaging upwards Q. 100 pouhI-
each, after being out only fy;. days, which
brought the lucky f>hermaA $3.50
-Ladian Rj-,r Vars. Mr.. !. : Cur
liss, Of Chicago, Illinois, = large land
owner, called upon last week IIe N: l,
large purchase Of land nc:.rC apron. And
proposes to return to the ri -er Til win
ter Warm weather and n,1 rain 'fhc
young trees are sadly in nec:l Of rain
-Eustis .Sen,i- 7rop;c4i The ~l.il,
ments Of lines, guavas and pineal,Flc-
are increasing rapidly, and a lively ecenc
j. presented every day AT :he dep.t. in
consequence Of the numerous teams Nm
loading crates OF these fruit>t9 he SbIrp>l
The shippers are well plea~al 30 FIR will
their returns
Hawthorn Gro/,hic. 'ii tn. Lax
City continuation Of the Flpii!a >nuthern
Railway there are about 40 rner en-
Pioyed, the work progressing finely. Ono
day last week Mr. McFarland~ iron torcc
put down $500 feet IF roai. 4 station
Kill be opened at Hague a. soon a ,jc.
pot i completed, which i being built.
-Brooksville Crescent. Tampa l. now
The most important mail distributing cen
Ire ia south Florida. Twen.2 THREE ssla;l-
pr week are received, and jit "A ~ Gum
Der dispatched from that roing Il Is
Always good plan to los around aal
see what ones neighbor- are doing before
beginning to brag. Now. lie lnc,i.s, 1T
tie village Of Brooksyille hay the iuper.
tlnence to receive and forward ius- *
sctly as many mails a Tampa, and nn:il
tie lat Of last July was two mails ahead
Il what that city i now.
The Orlando Reporter .sys: Pfola-
bly, the largest tree in Flori:a Is located
on the land Of John Il. Mcdonald, ls-
tween Longwood and Sold,.r Greek. 10
this county 1t is a cypress. which by Sc
tual measurement is fourteen.teet in diam
eter just above the ground THIS is solid
wood There is none Of yhc inverted
funnel shape 50 common il. the cypress,
but II comes out Of the ground az straight
a. a candle, and at sixty fret from the
ground the diameter is estimated At ten
feet There are other larg. cypress and
cucumber trees about it b.; this giant
0EershadOws them all.
Tampa TrtL,me Over thousand
tons Of steel rails have already been
landed here for the South Florida Rail
road, and more is OIL the gay. When
the vessel which is now en Loutt. arrives
there will be sufficient rails 10 lay ove~
thirty miles Of track . b. The schooner
Scotia was towed up the RIVER 10 the
south Florida Railroad Cog wharf lat
Wednesday, and is now dissharging her
cargo, which consists of locomotives,
passenger, baggage, mail. smoking ami
box cars, steel rails, bolts. plates ana
spikes. The Scotia is thrc,, mister ard
Il one Of the largest vessels that ever en-
tered our harbor
Jasper Times One Of ;,he chniuc-
tors Of the :. +. & w. RaiIn,ad was f.
tally injured on Sunday last !: near .Jesnr,
and on Thursday a train aand in fon;-
ishly attempting to jump from Hat car
70 the top of box, while tise:train was il
motion, fell back, and the car ran ov.r
his arm and leg uuers huf vcry