The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-08-14

rank and file
The Indian Rirer :Vecs reports
Japan persimmons FIVE inches 10 diameter
Il Lake Como.
A rattlesnake's rattle il on tx Aibiaiun
IN Lake City, having tairay-two'' rattles
and button. The snake ,was ksiled at
Ocean Pond, the famous Rlorida: battle
field Of Olvstee.
Miss Ada Jones, daughter ID >rna-
Tor Jones, of Florida, received ;nedal
and FIVE premiums for proficiency n her
studies AT the Visitation -Aradksoy, at
Georgetown, ID. {.
The GuLf Coast Progress il 20 be
removed from Braidentown to MA1atee,
and We may expect the latter to onsgrow
the former, We suppose, as it wiz. have
two able newspapers.
The Palatka Heraid says that sy the
FIRST of December, or not lager than jan
uary first, the " Waycross will mike it's
terminus at Palatka," landing passengers
in forty-four hours from New Eorl.
We should have KEEP, stans'ing"
the correction of the state.nen, that the
Drainage Company has received rom the
State over half million Of acres arf' land.
Papers usually well informed cp,dli.ne in
error
Hon. George {. Powers. state Srna-
tor from St Johns county, who ias<some
months since stricken with paral sis, has
recovered sufficiently to bc removed from
his home across the ST ,!ohns river to
Green Cove.
Up TO date no one IT the lpdepen-
dent Committee has come forWSr TO
claim the credit of being the prominent
member who wrote the feivate leater to
Hon j. Willis Menard, oi Key Y asst
They don't "all speak at once, As it we're.
The New York 7iiJ,ine learns that
the only thing left to Bi:'y Chandler in
the wreck of his political estate in New
Hampshire is the Craftsmanship nf the
delegation to the next Republican Ma
tional Convention. But Billy bias no; ST.
cured it yet.
We cheerfully give sl,ace to the let
ter of Mr.. Stripping. Ans one who read
the 9uasi-official report II the sulphur
water meeting perceived thu propriety of
the entitlement Independent Repubh-
Can" But what's in a n4,ne \ rose,
or anything else, by any ether name
would smell as street.
On the first page OF tbs paper will
be found the "open lette: . of Capt w
ID. Chipley addressed t. Comptroller
Barnes, who replies thereto through .atse
columns The letter oi f'apt Ci6p!ey
has been Published by several papers,
which, We presume, will g',e place to she
reply Of Gen. Barnes.
-Gainesyille Bee Til, county Com
nissiOners have responded 3" the call for
assistance, and have Appropriated goo
Tor the defraying Of por. ION "t the ex-
penses Of the county exhitil at Louisville
Let every one constitute himsclf som
mittee Of one TO gather h"iequireG arti-
cles and cash, and Alachaa will easily
carry off the palm.
The Panasofkee I0m<thusck is dead
Possibly it's very original, or aboriginal
name killed it thus quickly and if 81, not
the first instance of slaughter by that i'm
PlemeDt, you know. Now happy hunt
ing grounds, &c, compare Pleasantly with
editorial treadmill, &c Mast nave gone
there, for the young die good as xbel.
they get old they generally.
"A meeting of the Board Of Directors
Of the Florida Ship Canal company, says
the Times Union Of the 9Th inst, has
been called for the 10th Inst AGyices
from New York state the outlook TO be
most promising from fir.sEcial point Of
view, and it is almost certain that at: the
coming meeting the Directors will order
the prompt beginning of the work.
Van Rensselaer, Morgan, Superin&eud-
ent Of the United States LIE Saving sta
tons, has lately returned, from 8 pro
tracted trip down the coatt Of Florida,
where be has established fl &c refuge sta
tions, as follow: No. /. Indian River
Nsrrows (rebuilt). No Z, Gilbert; bar.
No. 3. Orange Grove, six niles south of
Lake Worth. No. 4. Foty Landerdale,
Oh New River. No. 5. Bieeayte
In regard to the suspe ssion of Cap
tain Mckay, for violation of the pAssen-
ger regulations in carrying from Cedar
Key to Tampa some go railroad hands,
when the Lizzie Henderson, Of which he
was master, had license fbs Only lorty
passengers, it is stated that he was
obliged to either refuse 20 carrys the
hands and be discharged b. his employ
ers, or to carry them and lose bis papers.
lie chose the latter course i
The wires of the West,ru Unios are
being cut by hundreds. Che Brother
hood deny any knowledge # the pespe-
traitors and denounce Their. OF course
the damage is being done ny their sym
pathizers, if not by membe<S of the fra
ternity. This method of warfare is not
likely TO prevail, and it is ts,'be regretted
that it has ensued almost" - a natural