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

my "cce 4'e"sOs50 ;; i-s&t FEtieNuaE
evening, schooner Rosebud wat offered
over Il 400 for sponge gsthereds In 1. six
weeks e3piee, hot refassl to ~els s,
Cedar Key Journal The sArmIs Of
Mr.. W. T. Gibson arrived from llilassa on
Tuesday, and are to make this, their Mime
for the present We extend to tiissuN and
all new cnnssrs a cordial wclnomy. 5.
-Apopka Citizen t'ols,na G M: Da-
Wis has hrought ns . srsr.rnen 81: lths pa
paw (not pawpaw1 gr'wu or has rtace
1t resembles muskmeIon in al,peaftn
and taste, but grows upon j tree tx q
fg 1t is tender and easily kilt NJ tost.
1t grows from the seed :
BARLOW L.fsrna,,t A :dead beat,
representing himself az cnffeapopae lent
for-sesesal prominent nestA+,ss, ::nev pa
pers, is on his reands in FSsrida He
goes by the naneEof W. II 1'lAexihrIi,
and when last heard Of war M: ! e,rssE nla
The papers he claims to- rcIr%aut o.
nOunce him fraud lock sat for kiIn
-.South Florida Zgn.ex Joa IFundur
hill, after litigation Of snvcral seaee in
the |. 5. Courts, has secUr,N from he
GOVERNMENT perfect titt. To Fn:k IskAnd
In Lake lsext%r and about Ten Kiiles s1a,th
OF Volusia. The Island Contains ataaa,ti
cent bodies OF the riches; i,aunt2sk Ind
has two fine orange groves on it, 4he BALE
of which has been refused n an otfei Of
$25 900
Lake Cry Rtporfcr Ne are again
this week the recipient 81 ssllf dozen
OF bhe hlsciMss egg oranges Tins 1rah sc
is shaped like All egg. grows to u fine asze,
has very thin skin ami ) +iench,us .flaft1r
The egg orange generally hais pns sst4l
but sometimes has no seet! st all. ;aald
these seed are greatly roughl Rfier and
treasured by our orange gro~ers W.
have never seen this Descriptions OF brapge
except in this lColumbla) couri,:' !.
Tampa Tribune The material .for
Mr.. H. A. Snodgrass' ice factory il be,hg
hauled out to the old Governlne1f, Spring
where the building is In be erected 'she
ice machine viii be here .oms1me in
january The new hatldlnsss,, rAcensly
erected and those now in process pt ecu
struo&en are very far superior III Size asd
archi ecturaIstyle to the old ones; Oar
citizensk are exhibiting good taste ard
ju3gn4t Ip.this respect, aud tie ooree-
qutnt Change III The appearance Of the
town is marked !.
Mariana Courier Il; Is spid THAT
the negroes who came honle iaAt! Snnday
night from East Florida brought wEh
thens,ver 81 90" Oh =. AIRY good ne r.
paper man who l. willing 10 edl; "a squase
l'emocratac newspaper, not afraid tof
work, and can give good ref, rerade, might
find it to his advantage io correspond
viii. the editar Of this papa. We want
one to take charge Of an Office nj anotlper
section Of the State il l. mo, NECESSARY
fer him 10 have capital &C Ia. has the VIZ:
necessary for this undertaking and can
give the reference required :.
= Fernandina Ntyy,or The iarea.
was totally destroyed nv fre sn Mtat-
day night while at anchor n,.al Old Tcw;t
Two men sleeping aboart larrSwly 81
capped with their lives, So rapid was TIT
spread ID the flames II, FRI if ara,
posed to have originated from the sto,~
The lighter Was valued a: asl,etlt1 ~ ,0tn1 .
partially insured Frank tTrliia, al, ala
colored man, born in Camden count =,
ia, some eighty eight year Az u died 81
Conevihe "Wednesday e,eaire t1riifisl
was the father OF twenty I'VE Children.
Monticello Constitution A numt,eF
OF colored laborers who have BEEN work
ing on the Peninsular Raj road for Il
number OF months retained e. tht.lr
homes on sunday, TO spend the holidays
and enjoy the fruit Of then laDori WI
will start the new year by tSe advocacy
of q new railroad project, wh4h. If j,
can bc consummated, will n,'I: lail - make.
glad the heart Of every well.wSher q.
old Jefferson, and add many thou{ands Of
dollars To every landowners property:
We refer to a narrow gauge raIira ad from
Macon To Quitman, ga, and. from ,henea
viablcnticelle 10 the head ot IAs " acissa
river, which can he made navi aable tp
the blue waters OF the guilt
Green Cove Spring the Hamagn
which the Episcopal church 7f this place
sustained by lightning last sprilg VIE
soon be repaired by the INSURANCE com
paHy, the policy having in IL lightning
clause The elegant iron etesmtr Cyg.
nus, of the Iron Steambo2. Company,
made her first regular trip sat Weeh Jack
sonville and Palatka ON Thursday last.
She was receivse here amid she booming
OF our town cannon and the sf'otinr Of our
locomotive and mill whistles, a ret epticn
weAiYaYs NcceFd TO such 4.,stinguashed
new-demers. TAe Cygnus Is th. largest
stezrer Howsafipat on the ST. J0hus, With
nearl& at mach deck room "a any two
other boats on the river.
Green Cove Spring., n pbahly the
largest bear ever killed in ;this section
was shot recently on Black Creek by Mr.
John Green. The animal was supposed TO
hafeiwhbhed, when cleaned and dressed
for market, about four hundred pounds,
which wenid have made thetiun weight
between five and six hundred pounds A
portion OF the meat Was sold in the mar
kt NkArn9ng readily twelve cents per
p4u1 % u she enormous paws IL III
Mr. Af HIP iyhere 1t may De seen by
the curious The members nj the Clay
Guards are making strong effort TO
raise sufi 6asE n1eaey TO pay tor their uni
forms, afsawewcnld bespeak sor them tbs.
assistance of our citizens in efecllng their
object. This company was established
at time when we all felt the need ct
such an organization, and We know not
when we may need it again, and aeed it
very much indeed 1t is unfair ;lssa the
young men who form the company, and
who are among the very beat of odT eth
Ass1<} 10 IN all h.