The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-12-02

STATE nHWs.
Indian River truck farmers are put.
ting out tomato plants
One of Palatka's new hotels viii cost
$500, 600, and have accommodations fer
600 guests-
do, which will be in operation at an early
day, is bottling establishment
Work has commenced on the Flori-
da Midland Railroad, and is progressing
both east aud west from Longwodl.
-Duval county has sixty one schools
in operation, with an attendai ce Of about
$500 out of 5000 children of school age.
- 1t is said that work will soon be re-
sume2 on the Jacksonville, lamps & Key
West Railroad between Sanford and Pa
latka, and that it will be completed by
April l.
Tampa Guardian The Al:cia A.
Washburn, Capt. James Mckas's new
steamer, arrived at Tampa Wednesday
afternoon. She is stsunch ship four
years old, and has a speed of aboe, four
teen knots per hour and draws eight and
one-balf feet of water. Her business will
be to carry the mail between here and
Key West. She will also carry freight
and passengers.
Fire broke out at Green Cove Springs
at o'clock on the morning of the 23d
ult, in the saloon of Geo, Zittei, and
spread to Leanler's billiard room, Law
rence's confectionery, the Croker block,
Mrs. Lovelack's boarding house, aid Mr..
Crooker's residence. all vi which were TO-
tally destroyed. The loss is $50, 900, and
the insula nce $4,000. The fire was the
result of an accident
Tampa Tribune Thomas F. Jacks on
made the Tribune Office 4 present a day
or two ago of one of the largest clusters
of oranges on a single liufh that We have
ever seen. They numbered 33, md he
informed us that part OF the limb, hav-
ing on it nine more oranges, had been
broken off These made fetal OF ~ on
ling, snd this is the first year j. has
borne. 1t had on it about 900 fru.i
-Brooksville Reqister The railroad
is rapidly approaching our ccubtv iine
on the east. We understand .hAt the
rails have been laid some ten MILES south
of Panasof'kee. We hope 1" rep,'it the
arrival of the iron hor-t hef',rc christ
mas. -. Mr.. {. {. Keathiy ha~ shipped
800 boxes OF oranges froln his garden in
town, and will have about As nam more
The trees from which these urangi~ are
gathered are ten years OLD. Mr.. Healthy
planted the seed.
-Palatka Herald: The city and count :
have combined, and are sinking a si1-nch
artesian we'll on the north emf 81 tie
court house square. Thy calcuiatf with
this size bore 10 procure \ dow 1t GOO
gallons per minute. 49, We learn tls:,t the
work on the new Putnam House Wiz coia-
mence in time for the next business
season. We have not intervicwo:l Mr..
Orvis On the subject, but have no doubt
of the rebuilding. 1t i >aid ;ha,: the
hotel will cost not less than $25GoGG.
-Brooksville Crescent. In 1856 tie
population of Hernardc county. was
SPAS. The registration books, compietei
ten days before the last election, slowed
there were $50 registered voters il the
county. II is estimated thai there Is one
voter to every FIVE inhabitants al. "a poun-
ty. Multiplying $50 BY aad Weihaye
e,40o, which is nos Tar fron, the present
population Of the county This SHOWS a
marked increase, bat will be sta more
marked in the next four years.
st Augustine Press t. F. Javcr,
the champion artcsian well dril:cr, com
pleted his drilling in the st. Augp.-tine
Hotel yard last week lie succeeded in
striking bountiful supply ,'f pure water,
which gushes forth in an Immense vuiume
through sixinch pipe. This makes the
third six-inch well which has been sunk
in our city, and Mr.. Joyce has jnst Som
menced fourth, near the Custorn House
property.
Barlow Informant. The inahous
robbing perpetrated by the South Florida
Railroad Company on tho defenctess
citizens of this section Is exenplife1 lin a
shipment to the writer of $50 pound. of
freight from jacksonville, which camt up
the St Johns 200 miles for $40 and
from Sanford to Lakeland, IS miles, the
freight was slO.l5. Ii tina; is not steal
ing, Messrs. Ingraham and Rand, what
is?
Gainesville Adyocate DR. J. D.
Cromwell has just bought him circus in
the form of two Berkshire pigs. Satur-
day morning, when he went ont to milk
his COW, he found the two pigs sitting on
their launches, one on either side, sucking
with energy and much satisfaction The
COW seemed to enjoy it, as she wan licking
and expressing her complete satisfaction
as best COW can. Her calf stood by
bleating, and stood no show for its break
fast, as its own mother turned her horns
against it in favor Of the pigs.
Plant City Courier: y visit to The
various packing houses this week revealed
the fact that an increased force of men
were at work, and some of: the houses
were working nights to keep the oranges
out of the way e. There we're wagons
loaded with oranges on our streets This
week which came from 50 miles south OF
here, in Manatee county, and others frpnI
rs or 80 miles to the north, inIIernan,lo
county These are facts which 90 to
show the business Importance of Plant
City.
The Florida Construction Company,
backed by ample capital, has signed cen
tracts, and given bond for the compile
ton of the Palatka and Indian; River
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