The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-09-18
STATE NEWS.

year-old lemon tree on lrl"td kltesErn
place whose branches cover a diasesef Of
twenty feet i
Hawthorn GraphIc: lohn PeNeck
shipped seven barrels Of fish lash &,;cI
They were caught in Iochloosa la&e;:.. and
were fine ones =
A locomotive blew It's horn il, 1's$apa
on the 9th for the first :ir.c, and. ed
ing to the I'jb"t.c, upset itr equilibrium
of that whole semi-tropicai cono.nNity.
Everybody ran-ran t. set. the t}ii'g; sn3
were glad exceedingly
1t is not, perhaps, gSreraIv knbw@
that this State raises laGre han gall
of the sea island cotton proiuccek in
the entire country Last yrai+s t4op
amounted to 81, 799 bales, %; which J:3~r
ida furnished Is, los. = FHrE7q f1Slgg.h.
Fort Dade -Nes~ rgts~: TEtreEarc
thirteen carpenters engaged at woik d.
two stores and two dwellings ri FL;
Dade. E. There have been t.xo mplr 4,
sold in Fort Dade for bu~irc..~ ho,;,.,, Xiii
week, and another will .ikciy be 4ols:to-
day from the Indications. i
Waldo .1drerti~er The editor, 81.
John Is. Johnston, and IN, associate 81
itor, w. J. Johnston, Jr, are absent p;
tending the Louisville Exposition. Cldf
Johnston is the Representative .oi slir
Committee of Alachua, ana has chargfn(
a car load of exhibits frcm this county
Columbia Sur: Mrs. T. j. T.and:a~,
a lady living seven miles from Lake ",
is forty years old and the loothcr Of g.
teen children, the oldest. 81 whil :
twenty-five years of age. Mrs Lis iaic
and hearty, enjoys good health, and M.
fair to live many years Columbia .ouit>
is not to be outdonc in raising anythit.-,
Tampa 7rib,ne. The steamer Anafc
arrived on Thursday atcrpopn from w.
bile with large number Of hands for tSae
international Railroad =. 'rhc steMlfr
Alabama, on her Saturdays trip fr;m
Cedar Keys, brought lio ,afroad lang
for the Plant Investment Company. nnd
for the cross-tic contractors nu tht >ci.ah
Florida Railroad.
Mariana Times Hon. j. t. NJ
Clellan returned yesterday from .\h'i
Vile, Ala, where he had con, to.a:; 4
Circuit Court Mariana has mhrc i'll,
stores filled with fine goolS than any . 1:c
Of its size in the South Goods a Sc AL
here at low cash prices, AID ln,ivi>foEs
are cheap. The one drawback to E
prosperity of the town i tag >rHss.iiA q
dwelling houses and the high .rci$s t!h'
are asked
-Tavares Hcraid: Train, NOW run l.
Tavarcs regularly, the first paspcn )
train having arrived MGnlay motis4
The mail will, in the future, he brou@t.
in by the train, instead OF hs tho ~tcara,,r,
as heretofore This will lc gnat ~
vantage to our citizens, a~ il rivtS thas1
their mail at noon, instead 81 in It's, ati j..
noon, and sometimes late IL tie II @, 81
jacksonville IiueS- I1i.,o. 'Tlie Al<e'-
ticello Constitution is advised that n
same price is now charged Iol, transr H.
ing cotton to New Orleans tAar'is cha;.>ii
to Savannah; thus giving ih. l1aattf.
the option Of either market. Otc pla'A:s
has announced his prFposr t. start tw>n
ty-tive bales to New Orleans on q VA!
trip. 1t seems very strar9e tilsll snr
Jacksonville merchants do not " DIX IA;
trade through this port
Barlow M.fora~0nt.. At la>t s."
is to have tirstclass hotel If some :2Ey
rooms p. d. Wright, Of Rome, a.,
has bought lot :, block lo, and WIZ 1t
once begin work, and it " to he cn,h-
pleted in 60 days Mrs &. ": Gates 81
Evansville, and late of Jacksosvillc, ,:isl
have charge Of the house. and We s,c
sure there will be no more ack Of r,k'tn
for all our visitors. =. The pltntiiul gid
timely rains throughout this section hkpc
very much benefited the otange' and
other crops
-Micanopy Gazette: The we1cS.n:
"toot, toot," Of the construction tf!tin
was heard to-day, and the Haysng Of st,
track to Micanopy was really c'anmencta.
A railroad to Micanopy is ro9 m@t}ei-
Of few days. Our citizens Should gs
it public welcome upon its arrival hi 8,
Judge Edwards says TINS Is lhs hal-
test and dryest summer he cv;r cxprrs
enced in Florida, and as he Az herb ank
raised here, this makes him he oi,i,.st nz
habitant, and consequently h:- or,i+o:i.
has much weight.
-Paatka XeraM: Corn IS. selling IN
Leon county at 374 cents pkr bushrl,
while here we pay 81 buahil. Il the
best Putnam county lands veg. cg1i;iva
ted in corn our planters would rpj come
in with their wagons and cartS and bay
corn at $50 sack Make n good corn
crop and raise your own bacons News
paper work is the work of ting, and The
future will reveal the fact that Che papers
of Florida have been the mc;lns of en-
riching thousands who never contributed
one cent to their support -. Tee Ihlatka
Academy, under the management q Prof.
7 Wood onennd with q erosItr untu-