The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-01-22
STATE sEwis.l

been resumed on the wharf ~ the river,
for the purpose OF receiving the iron.
This is good naws.
Tampa 7ribu.f Two hundred and
eighty railroad harjf came;on the Dcta-
tor last Sunday for The Plant Investment
Company Work has besm commenced
ON the building for Mr.. II. 4. Snodgrass'
refractory at the Goverllmeht Spring.
The machinery will be here As soon al the
building is ready foe it.
st. Augustine Press: Fare on the
ST Johns Railroad, including boat to
Jacksonville, is one dollar and seventy
FIVE cents; excursions tickets, sthree dol
lars same on the railroad DIRECT TO Jack
sonvillc. The fare between Jacksonville
and st. Augustine, two year, ago, was "a
SIS for the round trip. Cvmpetltlon IL
the life of trade"
Fort Dadc Messenger: i Within the
last ten days not less than. 1enty new
arrivals have been added tb the list of
settlers in Fort Dade . We axe pleased
To note the arrival Of Mr.. 'fh4mas God
fray from the island Of JerseY,at Ellers-
lie. This gentleman owns a Hrse guam
tty of fine land iii that viGi$,ty, and is
delighted with the country ahd-sts people.
Jasper Hami}to' CountY= Times:
Mr. c. w. Brown, of Suwaanise Shoals,
Columbia county, died very sstldenly a
few days since He had just sfrived at
the store OF his brother, J. Y, Brown,
when he put his hand to his torsshead and
complained of very severe pain there,
asking for a glass ot wine, hg. said he
i /. ,,,ki,h b., Ia al
in a little while. Mr. Brown b reputed
to have been the mo'' proslerfts farmer
in his section.
-DcLand Echo: The rcpr; shansible
practice OF firing the woods hat been in
dulsed in extensively around tDeLand
during the last week. This practice Of
hurnins up the world to feed ), cesv should
be- stopped Most of the Vsars,e trees
in our ncighborhood will dropthesr leaves;
no further harm was dome than s&cept in
the case of some young trees ane nurser-
les in which the trees had b.ss.n forced
they are killed. Where the gAovds: are iso-
lated and surrounded with pies or other
growth the trees are nninjureii. /
Fernandina Nir,'or, w lewis, Of
Cedar Key, shipped 5000 pqsnds Of fish
by the steamship San AntonGi THIS week.
Two new locomotives, M. ,, "Sum-
ter" and No. 20, " fieruale ID, *arrived
here this week. They were BSilt3with all
the latest improvements Ing AIR. brakes,
etc, for the Florida Transi,t aud. PENN
sular Railroad by the RogcrS locomotive
Works at Paterson, n. J slhe.." Sum
ter made her maiden Tip sN the road
yesterday, taking out the spiral train to
Callahan, which had been p'scef:by SUI
pcrintcndcnt Maxwell at the sf&c disposal
of Hon. ID. l.. Yulee. i
-Brooksvile Crescent NJ. J;J Hale
brought in an additional pr@yf that the
high hills of fernando were roothgainst
the ravagcS OF "Jack Frost snd his icy
fingered minions" We Lave before us
clusters OF lines nearly :&roWe, the
fruit Just forming aud til, 'blooms,
buds. Young fruit and esvcs aiEunl4uchcd
bv the frost or cold. Mr. IIafs cut these
samples Of fruit and flowers .Aolh. lemon
and lime trees growing in the 3ieR on his
place some miles north of .I1rosksyIlc.
fernando is bound to win, tt ne aets all
things even, and We will come .oul.of the
kinks yet. :.
columbia >t>n': W.. are glad 70 learn
hat the Rev Mr. Honiker, F4ttof.of the
Methodist church, has again bGt,n assigned
10 this city by the Conference {ecently i'll
session We welcome him ba*k L. We
have 81, sely examined many 6r:anSs trees
IN this section, and find them ,r;iniacd by
the cold, except Il few tender top ,9hoots,
which are killed The trees will Escape
with the loss Of their leaves Tht long
drought so exhausted the sap th!t the
trees were able to sustain the Gold which
did SO much damage iurlher voutA
The meeting of the fire cona'anys Tues
day night, was especially interesting.
The gentlemen composing this organiza
ton are determined to make it a stall fur
Their success. -
Cedar Key Jourmal: Tla schooner
J. y. I!attric, Captain J. Z. Mcnfhald
from Point Isabel via Endianqla, astived
here on the 18th inst, with . LOAD of'rlnlcS
and horses The schooner cac,u n!crcI
miserable weather, by which ,,she F.%t a
part of her sails and was c'n.+i's tahly
damaged. Captain Mcdonald sayl lhey
started with 232 horses arn! mules and land
"a here with only 81. The st"cL lic'j From
starvation and rough usage, whichs was
unavoidable . Mr. r. 4. Darby hofght
:" Texas mules and ponies brt1ight over
by the schooner J. A. Illtre We S.arn
that : 900 were paid Tor them. %arich
was an average of $3.50 per had. The
stock were in bad cond.ioa, arVl We
learn several have died since the parclasc
10y Mr. Darby.
aMonticello Contittton O. Mdiilav
last Mr. James :. Denham was elected for
the fourth term Mayor OF Nontii4l lo
This is !reSumptive evidence THAT Lab has
Given entire satisfaction in l.:s lAci:a ca,
naci1v, to the people of the sowf. T4rrc
was not a vote cast against hins, an1I his
nomination was by accIamatitn 1--WE
were pleased to meet Eev. +: Pascs on
our streets Tuesday evening. He !3oks
as though he had been WORKED ptktty
hard during the past year-havi.,g cbbrgc
Of the Gainesville church and 6lso 9ccu-
pying Professors position in. tl4e East
Florida Seminary. He has been sppoit 0ed
to the same work for the current 4Sar.
The Florida Conference ..rctuk ned
Rev r. W. Moore to the charge OF the
NJ. f., Church, South, in Mpnti;ello,: for
the current year. The cholera has -ap-
peared among hogs on Mr.. oint&insf tta-
ble lot lie has lost about twSity Head
within ten days. {:
-Grccn Cove Sl,riug: Mrs. SCAuNa,
the wife OF Major 4. b. CanovJ def at