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

caught in any little game Of swindling
the shippers. If they won't b. honest
and do. what is fair and square We will put
them on the "black list" This list we
shall publish and keep standing through
the season.
Lake City Reporter The orange
crop of Orange county is considered the
largest and finest ever gathered. We
hear of but very few splitting, notwith-
standing the frequent heavy rains have
given an unusually heavy flow of sap,
which is the cause of the splitting, say
the growers The citizens of Orange
City have subscribed 5000 out of neces-
Sary s4O0 toward the sinking of an arte-
sian we'll there, which is guaranteed by
bv the parties doing the work, on what
basis it is hard to tell, to yield a flow of
ulphur water equal in volume to that Of
the we'll in st. Augustine
Barlow I.torn1dnt Mr.. Jack Met or
MIX j. the happic~l man in PIX county
over the important arrival at what he avs
is the " first Irishman ever horn in Polk
comfy" Jack says the only thing that
throws the least damper on his happiness is
that his little Iri>hmau is girl. w { have
What we regard as perfectly trustworthy
Information. that rs soon as the short
gaps in the main line from kissimmcc to
Tampa are completed, the whole grading
force will turn toward Barlow, and that
il is quite possible that the whistle of the
locomotive may yet awaken ourpeoPlr on
new years morning to n new year and
ncN era in Polk countv's progress.
Live Oak BuAefiu Engineer :. II.
Butler carried over the Tallahassee grade
fifteen loaded cars with Engine Ne. : one
da> las, week How is that: Captain
c. y Bryan, Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Leon county. passed through Live
Oak last Tuesday with his family (who
haze been quite i'll in South Carolna) on
his way back to that lear old spot, ITALIA
hasSee, where health reigns supreme. We
hope to hear of their speedy recovery
80. The weather still continues dry
The cisterns are falling, and the ponds
are drying up. We hear that the rivers
that surround our county are also very
low. but we have no artesian well vet
Let Major Blackburn 90 to work with
his list before it rains
Lake City Star: An effort is being
made by the Masonic order of our city to
get up barbecue upon the occasion of
the laying of the corner stone of the Ag-
ricrltural College, and they invite all Of
the brethren throughout the county to as
sist them in making the affair a grand
success. We hope that every one will
take an interest in this matter and bring
it To a successful Issue. 1t would be the
means Of bringing orr people together
and of rousing an enthusiasm as great as
was shown when the struggle to get the
college located here was made Let all
respond and contribute literally We
were shown bale of long cotton this
week which is said to be the finest ever
brought to this market The staple
looked, to our inexperienced eyes, more
like silk than cotton.
Orlando Reporter. Colonel j. A. Nc
Donald, Of Eu>tis, writes back from New
York that he can fill fifty new houses
with occupants upon his return home At
that place some time soon y serious
difficulty occurred at Pinecastle on Sun
day last between DR.. Preston and John
Arnold, both well and favorably known
citizens. The Doctor used walking
stick and Mr. Arnold a knife The Doc
tor was dangerously but it is hoped not
fatally cut Particulars are withheld for
the present, for obvious reasons.
Eightyseven public schools have been es-
tahlishcd in Orange county up to Sep
TENDER LIST, 1888 Others will follow, as
the county is filling up so rapidly
School and church buildings are being
erected in great numbers ard are being
built in modern style. The primitive log
cabin is giving place to neat frame
houses.