The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-11-13
2 -ENE nEws.:

son anwiN Returned Ssturilay from st.
lanta, Lea. Miss Blanche rcneinea Fin
Covington to attend the Female Csllegs
there.
Key West Hey: Messrs. i.um. a)s-
borne and Taylor, the great cocoanut
planters of Miami, arrived from the North
by this weeks steamer They have
100000 nuts on the way from Trinidad,
and next week will be followed from New
York by large force of labbrers, With
horses, tools, &c, for Immediate work.
-Leesburg Ne,cs.: The international
Railroad is graded Though the town:oi
Sumterville. Tina whistle Of the ioso-
motives on the Florida Southeru Railroad
is now very audible to the people on Lady
Lake. This is within ten mile, of Lees
burg, and with the roadbed gta,led into
town, a large distance of the ties Tad,
and'a ffct, lufcishtly large to Law iron
on dnr miie of~the road day, We ma
expect to have the iron horr putting
along our, streets within the next thirty
DAYS.
Iceland Echo The corner ,to,,. OF
the st. Barnabas Episcopal Charch was
laid or. Thursday with appropriate cera-
MONIES 'iA,snSpriests assisted IN the scr
vices, and music was furnished bv An ex-
cellrnt choir. =. The latter part IT De
cember We will Issue an edition # ten
thousand copies OF the E|.ho. The paper
will be protusely illustrated with many
views Of the city of DeLand au,. interest:
ing places in Noiusia county. Send yonr
orders early. Price So per hundred.
single copies, 10 cents.
Madison Recorder. Capt Jar,> r.
Tucker, Of Jefferson county, passeii
through Madison last week on his Way y,
lIernaAh county. where he will srttSn
and nuke his future home He hal pta-
vioql I pnlchased lands . On Friday ii
last week Capt. John l.. Inglis, She indie;
fatigable manager of the Madison Cotton;
Ginning Company, bought from 'hat Ii,e
merchapt@of Perry, Taylor county, Mr.
W. IL Towles, 100000 pounG~ OF Sea.
island cotton seed at $3.50 per hun;1red
pounds, amounting in all to the snug s'ra
of $4,000.
Quincy Hefall: Mr.. J. L. McF .trljp
few days ago presented us with a I>pa-
nese persimmon, which is the largest we
have ever seen. 1t measured thirteeM
iuches in circumference, and its weight
was one pound. The fruit was taken fro.a
tree growing in Mr.. McFarlin's gar5les.
and shows WHIST the soil OF tiadsien
county Will produce when property treat.
ed. Last Saturday night, at !, festival
a few miles southwest Of town, two negro
men Engaged in an alteration, one Of
them using a Knife. The result Of the
row was one man in his grave and the
other in Jail with chain around his leg.
and bright vision of the gallow< before
him.
-Palatka Herald: The Chinese ar..
finding encouragement in the South, cs-
pecially in this section where it il $" diff
cult to get domestics to do hott,c work
You need not be surprised to SIC & hus,-
dred or two pig-tails arrive on the-wharvcs
Of Palatka before long >. 1t is estimated
that FIVE hundred thousand alligators
were Killed in Florida last year. II this
be asss, il win not take many years for
the saurian to become as extinct as tho
Manatee, Tor sea cow which at Que titnn
wersxnRp esPs in-em State. Although
the Yea Wv il safd 10 have been .extcrmi.
mated mostly, by the Seminole Indians
years ago, who regarded their meat as
the finest of all other game, some stlt
remain, but they are rarely ever seen
Monticello Constitution Miccosu4
kie lake is now full of wild DUCK, and
hunters are having fine sport. Many
years ago map b., the name of Eird, re:
siding in the lQNsr portion of sMadison
county, was appointed Justice of the
Peace, and although his commission eA..
pirsl ySare age, until recently he has ex &
ercisefa dties of the office; irving
partieszguAty OF minor crimeS, psrform-l
ing the marriage ceremony, etc. OF
course none of his official acts We re or are
legal. =. On last Friday night Nh. Lewis
Taylor had bis left arm considerably man
gled ip -A4 cottphgin on Mr.. Eailey'e
" Bolton Place" No bones were broken,
however, but the flesh from the fingers to
the arf1-pit, and also on the chin, was
bad y3tla torn DR.. 7. VI. Palmer
w"s 4 III ND dressed the wounds.
A6Amdb Repone+: An excursion.
from Iowa to Florida was arranged to
leave the stste "a n osembtr
lst 1t is t6be hoped that a number Of
the wide awake and enterprisirg people
of that community will avail themselves
of the opportunity offered to visit Florida
and thaw out their noses 1t il getting
about the time of the year for thai. mem
Der to turn blue in the latitude of iowa
-. "A .fireFin the northern portion Of the
town on Sunday last endangert I'D fences
and buildings and compelled some good
people to turn out and fight fire. even on