The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-10-09
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Bonner. 8
Lake City Reporter: These li9ie,
black, unmusical, double-acting, double
barrelled, repeating, self-cncking Esd
breech-loading mosquitoes, that haunt FiIe
shady parts of the room, sing not, neiYi"r
do they hum, but they are lightning iall
the same. L
-Leesburg Ne,cs: A gentleman ,selar
Panasoffkee Lake has a cctlce tree Dist
lie growing and flourishing most luxtiFi-
antly. If one coffee tree will grow sgd
flourish, why will not number ot cote
trees do equally as well? 1t is worth w.
experiment.
-Ocala Banner: Mrs. DHvol seld her
orange crop last week to a gentlcnanSt
Cedar Key for 81 $50 on the tree I.st
year her grove did not pay over SAls>
This shows the rapid increase Of profit 3n
orange culture. Next year her efo$e
will pay her $500. -
Gulf Coast Progress: We have' An
ordinary orange tree in our grove, ssy
eight inches through at the ground, ata
probably twenty feet high, about ttn
years old, on which we can touch ti."
hundred oranges with our hand, aitl
stand f1at-footed on the ground. (.
MIR. C. f. Able, with bis Usual pl,tdk
and energy, has gotten together abast
twenty-five barrels of exhibits from MAf-
atee county, and left with them OF to:
steamer Sunday. He will visit first sop.
of the Northern fairs, and attrrwar1 TAXA
in Observation-Disclosures PfoY~tas. :,
Quincy Herald: New steel rails ARK
being laid between Tallahassee. and Chat.
tahoochee, on +. c. & w. r. L., ana vi
learn that about the 1st of November thy
schedule of the passenger train will Il
changed so as to greatly shorten the timt
between Jacksonville and Pensacola.
Bishop Whittle, of Minnesota, whe
spends his winters in Floria, and is 50
well hHO"H III hldlht, We a'g SHiIt L"
learn is in very bad health This sans
mer he has visited Ireland ard Englandf
and is now at Vezay, Switzerland. HID
will sail for home October 10th, I"lt,ti;o
Herald !;
Hawthorn Graphic a lemon tree
on the farm of Thomas krtncdy. OFF
Noonan's Lake, nineteen years OIL. lpds
ded on a sour orange stump. BIS been Jig
bearing eleven years, and yields It's owner!
a net average of Sos n year, the grratesti
yearly yield being slo6 Ter snch trees;
ought to furnish good income /
-Palatka HeraM:: a fight took place!
one day last week, near the colored folks
church, between two darkies named FrAnkl
Johnson and Henry Osborn. .Johnsos
bit Osborn's ear off, making an underhd
in the right This lessons our coiorad
population in the city by one, as the bi:>a
is not here any more. He has, not bc5.r
caught yet.
Quincy Herald: We have been shown
by Mr.. Elisha Wilson hog :n~k thai
measured IA inches in length The hoat
that wore this tusk was lore one leg
out of a large drove Of hogs hol"ugiag
to Mr.. Townsend, lighthouse keeper al
Dog Island, after the storm Of 1870. Eip
was killed by George Mont g"uery II
1882. The hog was about twel|c years
old. This tusk looks like a dangerous
weapon, especially when wield.d by 4
hog. ~
Gainesville Bee: A gentleman Was
in at Marbles tin shop on W"cnesdar;
purchasing tin cans in which to preserve
beef which he had just straightforward
He told the Bee reporter that he Last
winter put up in cans lot Of pork, he
last of which was eaten in AuguS:. being
then six months after canning, a. gcd.t
and sweet as any one could wish. THIS
fact opens up the way for much cheaper
meat to our people, as they can buy in
bulk, and know that the meat has bean
handled in clearly manner
Gainesville Adrocote Bro. Elan 8.
Carlton, editor and proprietor OF he
Pine Level Times, stopped in She city
over Sunday, while on his way home froal
the Louisville Exposition. He Is AZ et-
ergetic young man and we predict brig
liant future for both him and his paper. !.
The Rowland's Bluff Railroad surveyors
have completed the survey of the route
along which it is proposed to build tsss
road in the near future. 1t canc from 3
northwesterly direction through the prep.
erty of DR.. J. H. Post. and on in south
westerly direction intersecting the Trat-
sit Road at right angles at the extreme tei
minus on Liberty street, at which place
it is supposed union depot will be luilt-
Lake City Star: We learn that p
Mr. Hammond living near Olustec hrid 81
was drowned in Olustee creek last weeti.
The body of the unfortunate man was'
not found until Wednesday. II ~ sup
posed that he being subject to fits fell in
the water and, there being no assistance
at hand, thus persisted. d.. There we1s
shipped from Lake City during the moutk
of September, 1882, eighty-three bales q