The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-06-05

-Manatee county, during the. pafs
year, has had -forty-three schools thai
have been taught FIVE months each. Il
Mariana Courier Thirteen lettess
received at this Office last Saturday rnorSi
ing making enquiries abont jackson
county. 4
Key West Key: Mr. p H. Wi;liauss,
left on Monday last with a large force, to
plant $4,000 cocoanuts on i,wer MatS1
cambia Key. :
Pensacola Express: Capt Gunuldp
Of the Board of Health is proving himself
a highly efficient presiding officer Of. thst
efficient body.
The Progress publishes tae present.
nent of the grand jury, which shows thu
county of Manatee to he in healthy
financial condition:
-Ocala Banner Ldcon James -
Harris, Esq, has ordered 4aloo orange
boxes, and T. i. Bishop & Co 20, "}. for
the coming orange crop.
Quincy Herold: Two of onr farmers
were in town the other day each aged s.
They were in fine health, ard agreed
with u hat our county is a very hc<lthy
one. They have lived in it for over 80
YEAR.
Putnam County Jo,rn0l- Mr.. Thonf
as Tucker has growing on lis plyge il,
Polk county an orange tree the loly 81
which, near the ground, measures three
feet in diameter, and yields All average q
ten thousand oranges each ve"r iSew:
The Halifax .Io,tf1tm sar = hack.
snake recently robbed a sctt ne 'ieh at
the Ocean View House and >ual.owesi the
eggs. Three game hens and : rooster at
tackled him while unable Ia tratsl hrrklv.
owing To his greediness. arl acl"ally
killed him
Live Oak L.teNigencer: Last Mon,
day morning Mr.. o. r. Eubsnks, whose
farm Is situated on the outskirts of Town,
placed on our table a stall of cotton
about half leg high. 1t vas full Of
squares, and is an average sanple % his
crop. Who comes next
The Board Of Health Of cedar Kew
established stringent quarantine against
jacksonville and Ocala on tie Path ult !,
and suspended it on the goth. The same
issue Of the Jo~rnal that am ounced il
officially on one page in large type with.
drew it officially on another page in small
tyIe.
The citizens of Quincy are making
an effort in which we earnestly hope tina
they will succeed. \ survey is being
made looking to the practiNahilty Of
bringing the railroad depot nearer tc the
town. 1t has been fully proved that the
town won't go to the railroad So the rail-
road must come to the town.
Tampa Tribune Mr. b. J. burnett
who lives near Fish Hawk, in this comfy,
made last year on one acre and one-quar-
ter OF land, lG barrels Of sugar, which
Melted him 1857; IL barrels Of syrup that
brought him fI7l.6O lie also made corn
and tomatoes on the same piece Of land
which he sold and realized *i5 Total
1890.
Tampa Gnarciidn Work was com
menced last Monday on the Ccrdon road
Mr.. Nisage has about twenty-five hands
al work near town on this road, and we
learn that others are expected TO arrive
to-day on the steamer from Cedar Key.
The rumOrs in circulation all tend to show
that this road is to be pushed through
right away.
We know all of our citizens will
Join with US in sympathy for Dr.. Knight,
whose little daughter to-dav developed
the lOathsome disease, we are g;ad to add,
however, in the mild form Of varlolod.
IL has been just ten days since the death
Of the little ones aunt in tie same resi-
dence, lO5 West Duval street from whom
she contracted the contagion. --.ytc6so,,.
rifle Herald
On his return from the late Diocesan
Council at Tallahassee, Dr. F. j. Scott
was agreeably surprised by being pre-.
sented with a certificate of deposit in tn,
Merchants Bank of sum of money sufi-
Gent for the purchase of an elegant phae7
ton. IL will take the place cf buggy,
also present, which from long and con,
slant use has earned the privilege of re-
tirement for life-Jensocoi1 Adrcnce-
G0zefte.
Key West Hey: AS an evidence OF
the prosperity of our little Island City,
we state that early in the week Messrs.
Fogsrty d. Johnson, Auctioneers, sold .
square of wild land, at or near the South
beach, consisting of about two acres, (di-
vided into lots) for the handsome sum Of
near 1000. This property s. few years
ago might have brought $1,000, but not
more than that, proving that We are go
ing ahead.
FLORIDA Agricttlturist:: Mr.. j. Rich
ardson, Of Volusia, who was on visit to
this place last week, believes in straw
berry culture as being the most profta-
bic 20 the poor man. He planted two
and half acres last fall, from which he
has already sold 1000 quarts, at thirty
cents Der quart. equal 20 81 300. and his