The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-12-11
STATE NEWS.

pi on sweet potato grower, by laying on
our table, this week, two specimens
weighing seventeen pounds. They arc of
the variety known as West India, and
were planted about the 2Oth of August.
-Alachua Advocate The Florida
Presbytery which convened at Micanopy
on Friday last, adjourned from there to
this place where it convened on yester-
day. The Synod of South Georgia and
Florida met at the Presbyterian church
last night and will likely continue in SEES
sion until Monday evening. Some tine
sermonizing is being done and important
business pertaining to church affairs ia
being transacted.
Waldo advertiser: We heard mer
chant say that he had sold between eighty
and ninety thousand dollars worth Of
goods during the year, much of it on
credit: Yet he has collected all, save two
or three hundred dollars What town or
merchant can beat this ?. Net ease Of
dengue has appeared in Waldo during
the year, and only three cf any other
kind of fever have been repo', ed or known,
We justly claim that there is no healthier
town in the world than Waldo.
-Davtona Journal: We are in re
ceipt of good one this time. Not long
since traveller applied to ';de official
in Jacksonville for directions t. the town
of Daytona. OF course he sent him up
the ST. Johns river as usual, landing him
nearly as far from his destination as when
he started from Jacksonville. Here he
was informed that Daytona was SO far
away and that venomous serpent5 were
SO numerous on the road there was no
safety in making the journey, Seeing,
however, that he was detern ned they
persuaded him to purchase :, quantity OF
rope and wind his limbs with it from hia
feet to bis hips, "as safeguard against
snakes" In this condition he managed to
reach our town pretty badly used up from
his trip. When Intercepted as TO his
snake experience on the way he admitted
he did not see a reptile on the whole
route, "but," he declared, from the
mouth of the St. Johns up, they have
the meanest combination Of liars this
side of the Internal regions
: Tampa Tribune: Track-laymg on
the Tampa end of the South Florida r.
r. has reached Plant City, twenty one
miles out about the same distance has
been laid on the Kissimmce end, and a
gap of only about twenty miles re mains
to be filled. Rails are being laid at the
rate of about mile a day ON each end
-. On last Saturday we received pleas
ant call from Colonel G. G. Player and
Mr.. Fl. Legler. The latter liz Swiss gen
tleman, who has lived twenty~cdd yeara
in Sicily, and is perfectly familiar with
the methods pursued in that country i4
the culture of the citrus family. Mr.
Legler has determined to settle perma:
nently in Florida, as offering superior in,
ducements in the line of fruit.growing to
any other country. AS soon as he de-,
cides upon location he will bring out a
colony Of Italian laborers, who are skilled
in orange culture, and may he able to
teach our people some useful lessons Mr.
Legler has been over almost all portions
of the State north of us, and is now max
ing thorough personal examination of
South Florida.
Monticello Constitution Our Cir.
cult Court only made contribution Of
two-a boy and a Woman-to the pcui-
Tertiary force. =. A few days ago MIR.
John Turnbull brought to this office q
white partridge-it was a real curiosity
1t was killed by Mr.. Jas. Neely'on Thurs,
day, near Drifton. Hon. Mr. Turner,
of Quitman, Representative from the Sc
cond District of Georgia, in the u. s.
Congress, made flying visit 20 Month
cello few days ago, and W. regret e1.
ceedingly that we failed to meet him. His
visit was to his sisters, Mrs John Turn
bull and Mrs. J. II. Perkins. > Albert
Anderson is both fool and thief. A
few weeks ago he stole bale Of cotton
from Mr.. r. Turnbull, realized good
price for the same, and then fled TO parts
unknown. Sheriff Simkins, however, laid
traps for the arrest of the sccun1rel, and
he generelly succeeds. Albert went to-
Palaka, and remembering that there was
little money due him in OLD Jetfersonj
by brother darkey, he stuck HE pen in
hand" and advised his debtor that he had
changed his name, was in need eff funds,
and to please remit. And thus il was the
fool put his foot into the Sheri%'s trap
Sheriff Simkins telegraphed the author
tiles of Palatka to arrest the thief, aud
left here on Saturday to bring hita home,
but on reaching the "Gem City :" he dis
covered that the wrong man waa in GUS
tody, and the right man still at large.
Gulf Coast Progress: Mr.. Fletcher,
of Bee Ridge, is the boss hunter Of Man
atee county. He has entered forty acres
of land, with the proceeds realized from
the sale of deer meat, obtained on the
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