The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-06-12

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East and West differ but little. The basc
baliists of Pensacola and Jacksonville tx
ercise on Sunday. !. Il:
-Eustis Semi Tropical: Ii is s:aled
that forty thousand boxes OF oiaugts has y
been shipped this season from sNiIdweed,
the present terminus of the TTopica; Hgil-
road
Base bail has attacked key West.
Exercising on that parallel is rathe, a
matter of taste than necessity. he ria
joity Of persons can keep Harm with
out IL
"A Fort Mason correspondent Of the
Jacksonville Herald says thai. the trick
business is prosperous. One SHIPPER nl,
ted over four hundred dollars yer arre in
tomatoes
Enterprise Herald: Real estate WILL
drop nearly hundred per cent. within
the next two weeks. Land-hpyer> haf e
stopped their rounds. and tie Assessor $
about TO begin his.
One grower of Alachua counts has
Melted about ten thousand doliara ~ Oh
cumbers this season. He is nt.w market
ing the crop of tomatoes off of Ont bur
dred and thirty acres
-DeLand Erho:: Col. Codrsngto' a:as
unfortunate enough to lose ole hulirt,t
Panels of fence last Saiurdas Anyone
who will set fire TO grass in llace whele
II will endanger peoples property ~Aond
be prosecuted
Jacksonville HeraM: Air Henry
Jones, for brief season managirg cdii4ir
Of the late Florida T-mioa Just previous
10 its sale, is again upon thu siaa' Of ;hsa
Baltimore Day, which Journal he. Icft Il,
come 10 Florida
Oh the 4th Drs W. H. Isabtock ara
A W. Knight thoroughly saitcsi thu
old pest house of Jacksonville with sa;-
phur, sprinkled it with kero-e;:.c ami them
set fire to the plague nest which xas
burned 10 the ground.
Green Cove Spring.: Strawberries
may henceforth be classed a a fcnr
months crop. Commencing carly F';b,
ruary, they have continued IL abundance.
ever since, with a fair prospect Of heiag
with Us throughout June.
A packing-house was burned in TIC
grove Of Mr. A. S. Weeden, oi lIernanGo,
and the loss was little considered; but ten
full bearing orange trees were hligh:ca
by the flames, and the loss on them was
fixed at 81 900, lowest estimate.
-Starke Telegraph: One 81 the grand
est sights in America in the way OF 81
orange nursery may now be seen q, Tein-
pies Mills. The nursery contains over
one hundred thousand young orange tres,
all in thrifty and growing condition.
The Micanopy Gazette. "ayt that
seven bushels of peaches have bc,!n
gathered from five year cid seeding
tree that sold for fifteen dollars pnr
bushel, and that three bushels remained
on the tree, which belongs to Mr. J. J.
Barr.
Cedar Key journal: Mr. john J.
Tyner, one of the best marksnlen III our
county, while out hunting few days ago
with his celebrated gun bow legs" shot
and instantly killed two, and seriously
wounded the third deer, all at one shot,
the distance being lis yards ::
Lake City Reporter: We learn that
one of Mr. Roam Growers SONS, aged
about fifteen, had his brains dashed out
by the limb of falling bee tree. cua down
by his cousin for the purpose Of obtaining
the honey. This is indeed sad, and we
feel deeply for the bereaved family.
Quincy Herald: 1t is estimated nov
that 500 acres will be planted in Irish pc
tatoes about this place the next scasf II.
Al half crop calculation our shipmene,
IN this crop alone, next year, will bf
about 800 barrels instead OF about 20n
barrels this season. Goodbye, king cot
ton.
. Key West Hey: Privateletters from
Havana state that Louis VALDEZ La Rosa
aged about IS years, and well known IN
our city as an importer of traits, &c
WAS assassinated in the streets Of Havana
on Monday night last, by stabbing. liz
leaves a mother and sister in ,l,ls city Ia
mourn for him.
The citizens of Madison county ere
having printed at the Office ot the NcV
Era pamphlet descriptive Of the county
IL is a commendable enterprise on their
part that should be initiated by the Gil
zens Of every county. A new and en-,
larged edition of the Leon county pam
phlet will be issued shortly.
-Starke Telegraph: Last hondas Mir.
Sd. Temple treated us to sorne of the
largest and best favored Peell-to peaches
We have seen grown anywhere. They
were produced from bud just one year
old and were remarkably large and de-
lightfuIly luscious. They were superior
in favor TO the best Jersey peach.
We advise our farmers. says Tire
Quincy Herald, not to be in too ;huch
haste about selling off their c;.t:le, a. tie
prices are raising steadily. Iiuyers fteln
81 oo,ot.x.