The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-12-18
STATE NEWS.

two Thousand dollars worth ct oranges
this season.
-Brooksville Crescent: The venerable
Willis M. Russell, long and faverably
known in Georgia and Florida Journal
ism, and the father of our esteemed fellow
townsman, Rev. A. G. M. Russell, is. in
town staying with his son.
Jacksonville Herald: About twenty
tramps are in the city Jail. A petition to
raise funds to pay guards to care for them
while working on the streets is being cir
culated The city is too poor to furnish
policemen TO guard them.
Madison Recorder: Mr.. w. J. Bar
low, of Live Oak, was in town on Tues
day lie will be one hundred and three
years old Christmas day Is he lives till
then. Our readers will remember that
last spring we presented a short sketch ~
this aged gentleman's life.
-Daytona Halitar Jommol Yester-
day Mrs. M. +. Leach, the pcstmistress ut
Blake, walked to Daytona, three tailes,
with the mail from that place in time to
catch the morning mail to St. Augustine,
The mail boat failed to stop during tn"
night, but the lady was bound the mail
should go.
Mariana Courier On Tuesday night
last Mr.. b. +. Hart, who had recently
moved to this place, breathed his last.
Mr.. Hart was in bad health when he came
to this place, but the excitement Which
the fire on Friday morning produced was
so great as to cause congestion of tn"
brain from which he died.
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Davis, two veteran steamboat men from
York State, have just returned from a
trip down the coast and have made Ar
engagements to put new line of steamers
on at once between this city AMI New
Smyrna The vessels will be OF seven
feet draft, carry thousand barrels o.
flour and fifty passengcrs.- Times Union.
Tampa Guardian: Mr.. Joseph Ro
bles made us present this week of a mcss
OF sweet potatoes, which he raised from
the seed We find that these potatoes
when baked are very sweet, and far suPe-
rior to those raised from the alp or from
the vines. Our farmers will find that
they can improve the sweet potato crop,
by little care and attention, as it is fire.:
quently the case that sweet potatoes,
bloom and go to seed in the warm eli:
mates.
Orlando Orange Comfy Reporter
The public school of Orlando commenced
the present week with an enrolment OF
one hundred and ninety-two pupils, which
is not very bad showing for a town.
which but three years ago was little more
than a y road in the pine woods. The
growth Of the town is only on a pace with
that of the county at large and the sur
rounding country. Another three years
for Orlando means water works, street
railways, electric lights, and perhaps,
daily papers.
-Fernandina Mirror: Another cargo
of iron has arrived for the Transit and
Peninsular Railroad, and an additional
cargo is on its way. The Leesburg poo
pie will soon rejoice in the establishment
of a through broad-gauge road connecting
them with the whole railway system of the
United States, besides the narrow.gauge
road of the Florida Southern, which ia
also completed nearly to that point,
where the Transit road is extending to
Tavares. She will also have all rail com
munication with the St. Johns river via
the Lake Eustis Railroad.
Live Oak B,tlletin:: Some eli our
trains arc about to become tri weekly
That is GO one week and try to get back
the next. Frank Gornto hauls water
to run his gins. Pretty hard, bu; the
gins must run. Orders for water will
he filled il left at this office during tho
next week at thirty cents per barrel APP
plicants furnishing barrels. The woods
all around town are on fire, and orr poo.
pie are nearly stifed with smoke and
dust. We have heard of no casualties
from the fire as yet, but it Is so dry that
it ia very probable that fences, il not
houses have been, or will be burned. ..e
Dry, dry, and still drying, is the report
that comes to us from all parts. Wells,
ponds. cisterns, creeks and even the riv-
ers, have entirely failed, or are getting
80 low that the question of water isquite
a serious one 1t has now been l05 days
since we have had any rain, save ono
small shower.
Pensacola Advance Gazette We
learn with pleasure that it IA now the in
tention of the Cotton Compress Company
to begin operations on Monday next, the
18th instant. The machinery is; now
about in place, and it is cn..iidentiy be-
lieved all things will be in readiness IT,.
set this great enterprise in motion. 1t is
stated that a quantity of cotton is now on
hand waiting to be run through tho mill.
We congratulate the incorporators and.
managers of this new industrial enter
prise, and wish and predict fer it grand
and permanent success We veg:turie
the assertion that there is no city III the
South more plentifully supplied with iins,
game at this season of the year than Pen
sacola. Almost every day may be; seen
bear, wild turkey and deer hanging in
front of the butchers stalls. II is stated
there is an unusual number of deer 10 be
found this year along the line of the !P. u
A. road, while hunters say Wild turkey,
duck and other kinds of game are aRand1
ant l.; !,
-DeLand Orange Ridge Echo !; We,
had an edition of 5000 papers last week,
necessitating $4,000 Impressions dn a
Washington hand press! Think Of it..
Every impression requires about 1906
pounds of muscle But even counting it,
at 100 pounds it required 1,20d,O00
pounds of pulling to get out one weeks
issue. Our Washington is for sales. ;,
Last Monday morning at o'clock the
good people of Orange City were aWak-
ened by loud explosion in the centre OF
the citv Ouite a number started towards