The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-10-02
STATE NEWS


years crop of oranges were placed s:sn
our table this week by Mr.. Henry illds8s-
They were large, fine favored aud of:a
bright golden color-such az would e.
us honor at the Louisville Exposition. !.
Indian River Ne,cs: John NJ. Tieefe
lately drove $4,000 worth of ErevsSd
beef cattle to Punta Rassa in one drosr.
-. Mr. ID. Howard, of Orange City, ~
tends visiting Jerusalem this fall Hr
we will start this week and expects to t;e
absent for two years. :
-Ocala Banner: Mr.. sol Smith, Fl
Whitesville, can certainly boast Of tie
prize lemon. 1t is not hybrid eith$F
but is as sour as Sicily, and is a bong
"a Of It's kind. He has tree loaded with
them and has sent specimen: box % tie
Louisville Exposition. The one he.gase
us weighed 81 pounds, and made cnpuan
lemonade to last the off ice all day.
-Brooksville Crescent: The irrrprey
sible Captain Bill Kendrick, the ia&noas
land man. has been around this week
and is Just as full of talk and business 4s
if the talk hadn't been boiling out Of hifa
at the rate of 1000 cubic feet per hotr
for the past 30 or 40 Yeas. May he's
shadow never grow less, his mind uevfr
fail and his pockets be always full Of A.
cats.
Live Oak Bulletin There are SEVEN
sawmils in Snwannoe county and otkesa
going up. Some of these mills have "a
capacity of from 10000 to 10000 feet q
lumber per day. .. Six regular ttai2'
come into Live Oak every day now, aIs
the freight trains are particularly lo'1
and seem to be heavily loaded. TN
travel will soon commence, and the pas:
senger trains will be ditto. i
-Palatka Jounol: A huge easkaNA
root was grown by S. NJ. Witty, i. hik
from Ocala, on pine land which had never.
been fertiized. The single tuber weighef
twenty-six pounds. 1t has gone TO LOU;
isville to be placed in the Florida depart
ment of the big show :. . DR. A. =: Sloan.
after getting cured of hay fever b. tw@
weeks sojourn in this city, retu:ne1 III
his home in New York on Tuesday. 1hiR
is another proof that Florida cuccs hay
fever
Sanford journal: Since our last i>su'
two locomotives, the II. b. Plant ana K.
NJ. Pulsifer, twenty flat cars, 100 tons e
rails and about 100 laborers have "rris rdt
for the South Florida Railroad FGom
two hundred to two hundred ana fifty,
boxes Of lemons are shipped per weekS
from Belair. They are readily sold in,
the markets, at prices entirely sat isiactory,!
49,. The business of the South FLORIDA,
Railroad now is simply immcusr. The:
passenger trains go out full of pas nQ'orr !
and the freight trains burtEc1scI with
freight The price obtained by Mr.. G.
F. Sawyer for the lot opposite In bunk.
building, 81 800 for 3Oxll7, is the higr,'si,
ever paid for piece of unimproscd propS
erty in this city, and illustrates tn ct'nti: !.
dcnce felt in the future of Sanford
Tampa Guardtdn The rr.scnt ria:
son of the year usually brings an e3;tr%
share Of life "and activity a;ong tur:
coast, for now is fishing tim MulIet.
are ripening finely, oysters are in illE
bloom, peace and contentmcn, prevail;
But all jests aside, it is really remarkable
to witness the amount and cN)em Of the
local fishing interest here The quality
Of the present years catch has been quite
superior, the quantity taken h&s not Net'
been as liberal as is anticipated later.
Several vessels, both sail and steam. are
engaged in transporting fish. salt and
fresh, to Cedar Keys for shipment by rail /;
besides there are dozens Of WAGONS with
families on fishing fun intent, many Of
these coming from seventy-fya to ono.
hundred miles in the interior "
Lake City Reporter: The ere is no
prettier shaded town in the State than,
Lake City. Every street in Che toen
is lined on each side with gigXntic OAKS
whose towering heads and w;Tie-sprea,l
ing branches intermingle and form arch
ways through which the sunshEle comes
cautiously peeping as if reluctant to dis
turb the quietude of the shadows. The
long, narrow streets far away IL the dis,
lance, while here and there the Slistenng
waters of lake adds it's share t;ward the
forming of the prettiest pict4res to DO
found in Florida. In West Florida edi-
tors receive gophers for subscription.
Here they are 80 scarce that We; can't lind
one to show to our visitors. Al few days
ago we exhibited a specimen to Ken
tuckian as a natural grass nj ,wer, and
now there is a general inquiry among
strangers to see The bug work.
Iceland Echo: Orange City voted a
tax on her property with wlsch she is
going ahead and building roomy, com
Portable academy, which will have seat
ing capacity of 1870 pupils and vi III be fur
nished with all the latest school iurniture
=. Daytona's Town Council Aas taken
action, with the full approval of the peo-