The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-10-23
STATE NEWS

SViHS On eNcI sledLhci.
Mariana Courier: Atether Tot 81
fifty-four hands left Marianaa Yesterday
morning for Kissimmee City'to work ga
the railroad Major Milton retaf'lc't
from Pensacola Wednesday,. He stasesl
We learn, that the report about fever rs
Bagdad [Blackwater] is mistakes
-Fernandina Mirror. The rcsilenci
of Mrs. Hazelton, on the south dnd:oE
Amelia Island, together with its entire
contents, was destroyed by fac on Thurs:
day morning, during Mr.. H&zelton's sh.
sence in the city. The fire was ineendi'
airy. Neither the building cor its con,
tents were insured. :.
Barlow Informant: TIE lr,igh:inG
business from Tampa is vers active q
present, and the teamsters hardly hay:
time to rest on Sundays, as il lak,a tsus
days for the trip. 1t seems aln"S; iacr: 'l,
ible that two years ago ona good teani
could supply the merchants hcret 'asi
now it takes six or seven. =
-Apopka citizen. The South floriaA
Railroad made an appropriation 81: se'e.
raj hundred dollars to secure articles tot
the Orange county exhibit a', the Expo:
sition. Judge Speer of Oakland. sent
a box of each of oranges, lemons ana
lines to help to gladden. the hearts =
Florida's guests at the Expo -;iion IN tilS
18th.
-Tavares Herald: An ezra tr1iil ~as
run into Tavares sunday for the ltFpo>H
Of bringing in the quantities Of freight
which it is impossible to transport Darby
the week A building boc!., has struck
Tavares, and every one seems T. be want:
ing to build at once The mills are key,
busy all the time, and c:tn scarrel1: X ~
up with the orders.
Mariana Times. We learn thai the
new town of Chipley on the J.. ~ a
Railroad is growing rapidly, and thar il
bids fair to soon be a business point Of
much Importance The ncw operator.
Mr.. White, son of Judge White, Of Qain-
cy, is a worthy and capable gentleman
whom we welcome to Mariana. M:sv
his stay here be agreeable ana profitable,
Tampa Guardian: So'.th F1,rid4
railroad has eight miles q. track lad
west Of kissimmee city coming this, veg
-. 1t seems now as if it viii! be @1eiis:
difficult to obtain boxes for shipping r.
anges this season. The railroad and.
building boom has kept right square up
with the mills in town Two or p.or...
mills would hardly supply the dcmaad for
lumber at present
-Eustis Semi Tropical: Gar loads Of
people arrive every day and the freight
is just piled up till you cant r"at In q
letter received by one of cur cigizcp@:
from J. A. Mcdonald. who at present IS
in New York, is the information tlat II,
fifty houses were Immediately put 40 in,
Eustis, he would guarantee to fiji 1i,s..u
all with families from the North lariEa
the coming winter
Madison Recorder Wednesday "a teIl-
gram came to Madison from Yaldost;s al
dressed to Mr. b. T. Allen, editor ot1 .He
Madison Nec Era, announcing tbJ sasl
news that his father had tcen shot ana
killed the night before. Nv AlcntEss
absent on the editorial excursion to I.eu-
isville. How sad will be his r"call TO
our brother we extend our sincere ana
heartfelt sympathies in his '.c"p aiiiiclios.
-Palatka Joumol:. Mr. J. r. Wen
ham has sold three lots OF Central, ~,
enue to some parties, and We learn That s
stone house will be built on one of them
which will surpass any building in .talis
section. The "Florida Southern . ran
FIVE excursions on Sunday isst There
was camp-meeting at Lochhic on tic
Southern division and Baptist Conner
ence in this city. The excursions we're
we'll patronized
-Starke Telegraph. One Of the GRAND
est fruit trees we have ever seen stands
in the yard of MIR. G. w. Fppersob, at
Lake Butler. 1t is a grape fruit TIE.
about rs or 80 feet high with massive
limbs and top, and is loaded DOWN to Chg
ground with large fruit. It's branches.
cover circle of 30 feet in diameter II is
variously estimated to contain between.
three and four thousand grapes avoreg-.
inO over ono nound each
Quincy Herald: We are GLAD to see,
Colonel John w. Malone upon 'h': streets
again. He has been very i'll On Tics.
day last the Board of County Tor1,nis:
sioners met and received the tax i,obk'
from Assessor McPhaul. Collector Nor
gan has begun to gather in rho ,asea.,
and will soon give notice to th0-.: leiter,'
ested when he will visit the var.us PEE.
cincts. Do not fail to have y.2ur TAX
money ready as the law is neg 5ery
strict.
Orange City. Times: Mr.. IL "A De.
Land is expected at his Floiij;. korae
Tuesday next We learn that b.: is pre-.
pairing for many new improvements for bis
town, and that hundreds OF parties seek
ing homes in Florida are now in corte.
spondence with him. The SURVEYOR