The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-11-27
STATE NEWS.


Of people into Florida many of these
purchase and settle.
-Apopka Citizen: Tine new press and
material from the Cincinnati type foundry
have arrived in good order. We expect
to use them in the issue of December lst.
The paper will be enlarged to.six columns
and otherwise improved.
: From private letter to the editor
from Thomas 7. Wright, ESD, Of Bir-
mingham, Ala, we learn that he will
shortly make this place his permanent
home. Mr.. Wright is heavy land
owner here, and expects to make improve
ments on his city lots at an early day.
De Fhniok Walton Signal
-EuStis Semi 7ropic"l. Some gentle
men from Atlanta, va, have concluded to
lprate first class saw mill in this town.
They deserve To be encouraged in this
commendable undert aking The Artit-
clal Stone Company are making good pro
grrss, and have made several specimens
which are pronounced tn be all right in
every particular.
-Starke Telegraph. Mr.. \. y. Smiley,
one Of our foremost farmers, residing on
New River, takes the cake for red sugar
cane. He has left one at this office with
thirty joints and ten feet long. We
should like to see the man who can
lay over Mr.. Smiley. He will have to
rise early i'll the morning, stretch himself
and flop his wings like the great Amer
can bird, and then there is no telling
where he can find cane to beat Mr.. :
-GainesNllle -4t}rocntt . Now that the
new court house is certain to he built.
Alachua county's "boom" will be doublv
increased We never knew lust how
pretty our Gainesville girls were until we
had been away and seen the girls of other
States. Brother Johnston, of the w aldo
advertiser, has lately purchased an add
tional outfit and is making his areadv in
tcresting paper 4 journal of which the en-
terprising town of Waldo NAV we'll be
proud
Quincy HerniH.: There was shoot
ing atfray near Bristol, Liberty county,
last Thursday, which resulted, it is feared,
III the fatal wounding and shooting Of
Mr.. Shavrrs by Mr. H. Oxendine and Mr..
Jacobs -. a dispatch from Madison, da-
ted November p. saws it is reported here
that Joe Williams, the murderer of night
Waterman Allen, Of Naldosta, Ga, was
caught in the eastern part Of this county
last night Those who captured him are
holding him to he identified.
Cedar Key .1onrnuI: The average
number of pounds Of fish shipped from
Cedar Key per week, is estimated at l25,-
600 lbs, at four cents per pound amount
ing to $4,000 Mr.. Croswell the Ex-
press Agent at this point very kindly fur
nlshed ns the following: ,o35. O20 lbs of
frnit and miscellaneous merchandise re,
c"red and forwarded from Cedar KEY,
for the month of October; 1896, O22. 80
received and forwarded from Cedar Kew
for October. The above is certainly
capital showing for the Southern Express
Company, as we'll a. for onr city.
Columbia Star: Mr.. Heron Green,
OF our county, who runs one horse farm,
sold in town on Monday last, his this
years crop Of cotton for the snug sum
of six hundred and thirty dollars Mr..
Green has harvested plenty Of corn, pota-
toes, sugar and syrup, and has plenty of
hogs to more than supply him with meat
for another year We commend the en-
ergy Of Mr. Green; it is but an instance
Of what may be accomplished by little
work. Would that our county was full
OF farmers of the same vim, verify there
would soon be no waste places
Cedar Key Jo,unai. Mr.. Gore, pro-
prietor of the journal, arrived last Satur-
day night with three fine cows and calves
from Tallahassee, bought OF Mr.. G. g.
Gibbs. They were bought for three
gallon cows, but we learn from Mr.. Gore
that they are not giving that much As yet
The freight OH the three COWS was $50
making them cost $l86 landed in Cedar
Key Attention is called to the certifi-
cate of General Barnes, Comptroller,
showing that Mr.. J. Ira Gore, ex-collec-
tor, had settled up Mr. Gore made the
settlement last spring, but it required a
receipt from his successor for the amount
turned over to him to secure certificate
as published This leaves Mr.. Gore with
clear record as Collector.
Tampa Tribune The first passenger
ccoah was run out on the South Florida
Railroad from this end on last Thursday
morning. 1t was sent ont to meet Colo.
mel Drane, who came over the line from
kissimmee. The streets were almost
TANNED in front of the orange packing
houses several days this week by the
crowds Of wagons laden with the golden
fruit. The crop seems to be immense
The local market is becoming glntted.
and prices are falling accordingly.
The shipments of oranges this season
from this port have been far larger so far
than up to the same date last year and