The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-10-16
STATE NEWp.

end, and the work moves b,avely .on.l
Gainesville Advocate :: Rev o. IA.
Myers, formerly editor of The -idpoaHe,
will aid the editorial depa2tment1 OF Che
Apalachicola Tribune He is too sell
known throughout the State TO ,aaed
words of praise from u.s.
Orange City Times Work on .the
canal from the ST. Johns Ia Dead river
back of Spring Garden has resumsd, and
it is expected to be completed in timG for
steamers to enter for the Leavy crop of
oranges in that section.
Port Dade Messenger Our drpgAst,
Mr. E. A. Hall, says that he wGald
starve to death if it was tiot foE' O, Ter
places ordering medicines from HIM All
on the account of Fort Datle heip Il so
healthy, not that the people s'on't tatson
ize him.
-Apopka Citizen We lratn that jthe
people in the Merrimack settlement ] ave
recently built themselves . neat AclFDol-
house 2oxao feet costing about, s 500.
Most of the work was done by tl;em-
selves, everybody helping Thaf lis 1he
way to do it, and that is the ~ay -fpcpka
ought to do
. -Kissimmee Bitter Street The bitter
sweet is the wild orange foIyDd naiiv3 in
our hammocks, and of not ai:cgetlierr an
unpalatable flavor Oar rapef MAS
named for it, both to express lis rirtQral
re- alton to the country, and our desire. to
furnish little sub acid toni: in our para
graphs, as we'll as the swert:tlav"r. Z
Pine Level Times: Judge i. C;oss.
agent for the Disston lana, viii ~ in
Pine Level on the first Mon'iay in N<eto-
ber Parties who desire to Purchase Hand,
will find him in the Times office in faid
day. Judge Cross has be@n one of the
most successful agents Di'%;on has eser
had. He has made arrangements, so that
all can purchase land on the most reas4on-
able terms.
Columbia Star And still they ro.ue :.
Mr.. J. NJ. Perry brought to the >tG< Office
one day last week, the '3oss" raiIlc
snake of the season. The snake was settn
feet long, twelve inches round and Bad
thirteen rattles and button, Ns'rily a
most frightful looking monster # gave
us ga most indescribablc stnsaiionE: 20
look at him. This production wa d4,n't
propose to brag on, still the size is in
keeping with other productions Of Co
lumbia county. .
Orange City Times: The ed:sor'of
the Sumtervile Times has at+,ndonsd.:fhe
idea of publishing the largest weeks,: in
Florida; he began such Il paper a 4sew
months ago upon a verbal promise q
liberal support from the merchants 3f. !'is
county, which they didn'& 10 when
called upon; the experiment cost him
5000, and he will hereafter publish 4 =
column folio, and nothing mtre unhl'she
business necessitates an enlargement. :.
Monticello Constitutions, The. n.an
who affirms that he can got w., 'iolIars
and fifty cents per bale in excess y. Men
ticello prices, in ThomasyiBe, i: hstkiy
mistaken The lower freigl' rate tfi!in
Thomasville to Savannah, here'gfe:e,
would justify the merchants 81 tha;ltoaassn
in paying sl.25 per bale III excess Of TIE
Monticello merchants, but tiiey cap 20
so no longer-and it will lie folly fog pFsn
tiers to longer haul their cotson to Gleslr-
gia. Our merchants can now coSptse
with them :.
-DeLand Echo: Mr.. BrSwn, oi,e, hf
the most stirring and enterpr!sing nIeif in
this section, has gone to Atlanta t. fsir-
chase brick machine and other Articles
to be used in the manufacture IF brick
and p ottery We have Oh oar tahlel.so9ne
specimens of pottery, from the mounds
around Lake Beresford. ThY riec&@ are
almost as smooth and as hard Is modern
pottery. One piece is apparently ::,$o'u
posed of three different varieties OF ,slay
Ion one side it is light yellow, OF The
other dark red, and in the middle D Jet
black.
Tampa Tribune: The business Il. the
Tampa post-office has increased sn rapidly
as to necessitate the employment Of an
other clerk. We see in the Eniefprsse
Herald a notice of Incorporation os TIE
Gulf Coast and Northwestern Raawsy
Company. The proposed r@,te of the
road is from a feasible dee; water ter
minus on the Point Pinellas peninsala;'
to Bronson, in the county of Lay y...ICne
capital stock to be $l,75o. OOsl. The ISL
corporators are VIM. NJ Tu,.no, v; K.
Marks, John B. Walton and Samuel r.
Hope. <':
-Tavares Herald: The lighter, ss'fng
built at the ship yard here, is Almost sot,
pleted, and will be launche3l in d idw
days. The keel for a neS steamer
was laid to-day at the 1avaree shp-fNa.
1t is to be a stern-wheel boat. ana tSe
keel is 10 feet in length. She Wi! pc
about 80 feet long over all, and abo;,i IL
feet wide The new side-whpel stestmer
was launched at the Tavares. ship yastl
on Monday, and is now waiting fcf me
machinery and INNER wOrka She 4 H6