The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-08-12
STATE VIEWS.

await tue Acttou vi the kESud Jury, ou
the charge of selling alcohb l without a
license. 1t seems pretty hard on, the. old
gentleman, bat we trust be maybe able
to prove his innocence. ;
--ApAlachicola Tribune: The Cara
belle mill Of Charles Reynolds & CD. was
sold at public sale Tuesday at " p. NJ.
for $1,000. r. S. Hicks, ST Vermont,
was the purchaser. L, is said that house
room is so scarce in the city: that Runner
GUS families are Inconvenience by having
to occuPy houses jointly; and they! can't
be choice about the houses ether:
Monticello Consultation Mr.; Geo.
E. Dennis has on exhibition it his store a
LeConte pear that weighs one and one
half pounds and measures eleven ai1d one
quarter inches in circumference Whe
can beat it?. "A few days ago Mr..
b. s. Pettus, whilst hunting near his
place. came across an alligator's nest and
destroyed upwards of fifty eggs, and in a
few minutes thereafter shot and killed
the gator, which, he says, was the largest
nNc" seen in this county
Gainesville Adrocdte: President Ar
'hn. has issued a patent for a private
land claim in Florida known 20 the
Huertas grant to Antonio Huertas; con.
frmed, comprising 1900 acres of land in
Orange county. -. We heartily con eratu-
late our towns people, the lIneratas heirs
and Col Mccall, who was their senior
counsel, upon their success. The lawyers
that had the good fortune to gain this
land claim of 1900 acres, which. is the
correct statement, were w w. Mccall,
of Gainesville; A. w. Bagsden, Of Pa
latka, and Drummond & Bradford, of
Washington city.
-Titusviile .&or: Sugar cane 10 this
neighborhood is reported 30 be doing I'M
usually well. The frequent rains If late
have made the cane grow thrifty and the
planters smile. The Star cifice is now
equipped with as fine lot of presses as
there are anywhere in South Florida.
Besides our large new eva. 'er press we
have half medium Universal aud an
eighth medium. Should cur large press
at any time break down. The Star could
be printed on one of the others, and thus
not miss an issue The press which We
have used for the past two years, and
which was thought to be equal to the de
mands of Indian river, is still retained by
us.
Lake City Star j.: The Democratic
Club meeting was largely attended last
Friday evening, and the debate was very
interesting. A committed was appoante1
ID look after the getting W of a rIuairg
barbecue in the near future The first sea
4. ana cotton of III" season WAS brought in
IN Saturday by X : Evans and purchpaed
by a. q. Bigelow, for six cents:per lound
in the seed. A small lot was trougt in
yesterday by one of our cclored farr1ers
and purchased by Mr.. J. Potsd amer.
Very soon now the fieecy staple viii be
seen in abundance We leatn th&I the
caterpillar pest has made its appearance
in the lower part of the county We IN
derstand that Mr.. J. w. Perry says he
has enough worms in one tyen, Y,acre
cotton field to furnish the whole coHrtry
-Leesburg Ne,os The Depocraes Of
Webster will organize a club Tomorrow.
Sumterville already has Denoelatic
club, and we believe other precincts in
the ,ty also. Let US close ult ;ll
alon. the line and give a. big maIlslrIty
this time Hon. w. A Hooker hat re-
turned from Tallahassee, where he went
to represent the County Commissioners
in suit pending in the Supreme C3urt.
He is to be congratulated ppoH his able
management of the case, and the citizens
of our county upon the result achieyei.
The artesian well has been sunk TO a
depth of 10 feet and the work of hofin g
is being carried on lively, At 81 feet
sold rock was reached, making che pibirg
below that point unnecessary. We .rruat
1t water will be reached next week.
-Palatka Herald: The graders O. tn,
Jacksonville, Tampa and Key w est Hat
road are at work Just west Of Orsncp
City, finishing the grading bet %
Beresford and Thrasher's Ferry. This
will be completed within a few weeks
then all grading will be completely for
the road except from Thrasaer's Ferr to
Sanford j.. Mr.. w. NJ. Husson, in ra.t
ing a survey in the "Slippes Thursday
came across poplar tree that was cni
down, which measured thirteen feet In
diameter and was solid to the heart. liz
discovered cypress that measured THIRTY
nine feet in circumference and was free
from all defects Mr.. Dohgherty, os,
candidate for Congress, visited our ei9y
last week, and is hard at work. He ,lonSt
mean to be beaten in this contest by Bis
bee, and as things now look there Ie "a
strong probability that Mr. DougherSS,
will carry this Congressional Districl!t ~
handsome majority.
-Tavares Herald: Mr.. J. II. Cattsr
left Tavares last Monday for the purpo4
of purchasing and shipping the niachiners
for the planning mills and wood working
factory Of Tavares. Mr. J. S. Cross, whs
remains here, ID now hard al work clesf
ing the factory lots and preparing thf
timbers for the building, which will Il
constructed within the next thitty davs
and be in readiness for the machinery
AS we have already stated this establish
ment will be the largest and most COM
plete of the kind in South FLORIDA. IL
addition to ordinary wood work it viii
engage in the manufacture Of A,ai:s. buck.
cts. tubs and o.hor wooden-wssre.; Wheh
fully equipped it will give employment
to thirty or forty hands. Mr. Carter will
be absent about six weeks. As; be vas
pricing residence lots before he left there
10 a suspicion that he will not returr
alone, but will bring Boston lady back
with him to add to our Massachusetts
colony.
st. Augustine Weekly: Mr.. James
Rolleston brought to town on Wednesday
the hide of a FIVE hundred pound bear.