The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-07-29

his head out Of the way in time To rsdeiSe
the two-inch iron barb in his shoul6tr.
DR.. White removed the barb, and ssys
it would have entered his brain 5llaa,it
struck him on The heal He is dung
very well now. ID:
Fort Dade Messenger: The us4t-
Office at Fort Dade il now money 'ottlar
Office, and money orders can he ,lrBwa Is
soon as all the necessary papers h4ya 'ar-
rived. This is an evidence If the rAEsd
development of our section. TWO yFtFs
ago the mail was carried on hOrxebhSk,
and one rost-ofice supplied all i!of lhe
Fort Dadp section now Wa have b mel
titude of offices and prospect OF h tiAl-
road at an early day. III IL
Live Oak Buk,tiu: Orr dude waits
to marry, and ne wants to marty BID.
He has some new buttons. and he,l KaIsts
a wife to sew the pants on them. il The
LeContc pear trees around toWf 3re
growing finely. The fruit upon th4se
trees that are in bearing il getting ripe,
and is as fine rs we ever saw. Nfe *
perments with this pear far have btsen
very satisfactory, and it is predicted The
LeContr pear is the coming fruit of Fne
county
Lake de Funiak Nd,tt0nqmt,, One
day last week Mr. Darby was in pursait
of deer near the Double PondS Iais
dog following the animal closely, it sprahg
into the water to swim to. the oppos3te
shore, the dog followed Mr.: HutcR nsen,
who was on the opposite side OF thtpolsd,
stationed himself so as to intercept tie
deer when it landed As il sprapl from
the water he shot it,. In the nea1lima
large alligator had spied the ddg iahd
came swimming rapidly after, intHnt 5n
making meal of him. 4 howl frtn the
dog soon indicated that he WAS ovcktak4n
The alligator pulled him under, anil THAT
was the last that was seen of him. /
Santa Rosa NerS:: Captan EourAe
succeeded in raising over 300 on THUS
day from private donations. They pSw
have enoug money to buy tn" lahd bn
which the cemetery is located. Orc.
teral to fence it An infant davghktr
of Captain q ratfe, t. s. Schoonta Be
search, came very near being killed pm
Wednesday morning. The child was
lying ON the cabin floor, and tie Captain
went up to lower the sky lights when they
slipped from his hold and three ststions
of heavy glass went crashing to th4, floor,
distance of ten feet Fortunately only
one piece struck the child cutting il quite
badly but not dangerously.
Madison Recorder: From Hold L. ],
Brush who was in town on Thursdhv, WIZ
learn that the damage in the buralng ID
h., lie hnrt "a
at $4,000 They claim that thel actual
loss above insurance and Salya9t will
amosnt to about 100000 Mr. CHARLES
Buck is now in jacksonville arid will
leave for New Iork in few dan and
as to the location and size OF thy next
mill We cannot learn definitely, BIT Mr.
Brush SAYS it will be built at aE early
day There are numbers ct workm"h
clearing away the debris now ! We
hear that the Madison Cotton GinnIng
Company is going to add to it's maeh ihcty
two more engines and boilers. Tits Will
enable them to continue making the f,il
and ginning at the same time. Seteeal
other buildings will have to he erea4d,:
-palatka Heruid: Two fine horaes Sc-
longing to the Palatka Transfer C"tdllaay,
were drowned in the river Yesterday
about $3.50 o'clock They were hatRessad
to a truck and engaged in hanRbg he
from the hull of the schooner Fhiscttt
lIazeltinr. In pulling UP very heal y
cake of ice it caught under th,s fstaa5e
which is used tor sliding ice irtb Die
house, which caused one oi The h3fscs't
slip, and the weight of the ice pulled
them back, and the truck went ovarbo9rd
pulling the horses with it, a cSlotd
man jumped overheard and tried f. fste
the horses from the truck, but its heavy
weight soon pulled them under, an .hry
were drowned. After berg in thsswsSer
a short while they came to the s3rfare,
the harness and truck was removtl, and
the carcasses were toweG down theiriv,,r
Sanford Journol: General SsblSng
passed through the city, going sodtii, ahe
other day, to fill an appointment, fzkorfng
the ./omn0i with brief call whisR STOP
ping over. The General reports Hptisi-
ton prospects bright. He proGifes to
visit Sanford and address our 4kizans
soon. Capt. J. A. Mcdonald, ~ Like
Eustis, editor of the F'iO,idd -Nea' 9o,Aer
and r-famed land agent was in TIE sty
a day or two ago AS witness in the csse
of Fox vs.. Fox, bill tor divorce, ST., be
fore Judge q. NJ. Nolan, MastM BY
the way, bystander Informed us ;of ian
amusing episode that occurred wHen
Capt. Nc. went upon the stand, inf which
land agents generally, and the witsiess.in
particular, were tenderly dealt with The
defendant in the suit objected TO til Wit
ness, first "because he is the LrotherIof
the plaintiff, Mrs. Fox" secondlf "be-
cause he is a dead-beat, a cheat bad; a
swindler," and thirdly, because iN a
land :gent :" OF cours, the only HctSiD
the Defendants objections were IN r6la-
tionship and the land agency. TIE a.
ections were ovcrrulcd and the wtness
testified.
Orlando Reporter: Mrs McLik Wild
ow of the late Judge $. b. McLiI did
suddenly of heart disease at her .re5Slenfe
on Sunday evening last She was ttiAg
in her chair conversing with one Af lar
servants when she suddenly ceased ape&-
ing. A question asked by the srva9lt
elected no reply, and upon examl batien
it was found that she was dead. II Mes
McLin was an old resident of QanAe
county, lady of intelligence and cSltu,e,
but whose domestic tastes were 40 &roAg
that she was kept from mingling m2 chf 30
society. She leaves two sons, upon Hhdm
the loss will fall with unusual sa&eritS