The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-02-05
STATE NEWS.

ceeded in killing. They will bear the
skin away as trophy and sonv">kr Of;
Florida.
Enterprise Herald: As many .F,e,ls
have been recorded in the past ,kirty
months as the thirty years of the coa;,,y'e
history Lord Parker is down ut :.rs
Haven on the Indian river Staying jrcf
by the half dozen. Mrs lord I'a3krr,
had not the requisite staying qnaliti!.sand'
left for civilization, via Enterprises. +',ne
weeks ago.
Mariana Courier A little nfgrs
girl was burned to death at setlo",
houee near Greenwood last Friday =. ens
ing All had left for home EXCEPT tits: ,nT
fortunate child aud her brother; wsiIe
standing near the fire out doors shcr
clothes caught and no assistance, bcint: al
hand she was soon burned so that ,h,,
died the next day.
Tampa Tribune: The manages If
the State Fair may look out for ine:cx-
hibit from Hillsborough county. W"SrIn
make it, and we intend to do it, We
won't show any frosted fruit eithcrs
The steamer Captain Miller, belonging
to the Tampa Steamship Compapv, is
now running on the Mississippi i:vrr
between Vicksburg and Natchez NJ II.
E. Snow occupies the position If prs >eri
on her j.. . D.. Ex Governor Nance, al ~
braska, has purchased the Knapp r,ac,
on Nebraska Avenue, and will very j,"n
erect upon it a handsome residence, and
otherwise improve the property.
Monticello Constitution: We hsve
very little use for a Jail in this comfy
the dpors are wide open and not a >;,Ii.
tary prisoner claims it as his home il
rough on our sheriff, but the very 1T
evidence that this is a moral and Eaw J
abiding county There is a large guam,
tty of cotton still remaining on thr plan i,
tations OF this county. One da, las, week.
. Mr.. Simon made a visit to the courtrv
and purchased fifty bales from one tisut;
-r On Tuesday morning early Call IN
Cooksey's teams rolled into t"wn viii. u
large number of bales, and he has a good
many more at home.
Orange City Times The cold pro. ed
one thing to the new-comcr-that an ar.
ange tree can stand great deal OF lr,.4i :
The groves in this vicinity hav. n"t Sts,
tanned any permanent dalnae.. Tkc
leaves Of some will drop, but that il ruA'
ter of little consequence, and If thnaui,t
by some to be beneficial to the tree This
winter has been the coolest since !a.:r,
and probably another such will not hay,
pen Tor forty years. That SPARKLING
weekly, the Journdi, of Palatka, has c"in
menced the publication of semi wr, q II.
nine column paper The.Jounoli> neNsra,
per in every sense of the word. and W.
wish it continued prosperity.
-Ocala Banner: A great deal Of :ys-
tematic lying is INDUCED in regarding ,h-
One place will report " lemons in bloom
no cold here-fivc miles from here cv, ~
thing frozen" The indomitablt real 81
tate agent has tricks and fancirs of s,l>
own Cold weather is the topic OF i ~
eral conversation now. Never lri"rr Il.
the memory of the oldest inhalitant va
such weather expericnced-an strange
to say, the damage. is less than the treS1t
of 70. Small trees were the only oG,.S
that suffered at all-the large ones ms.
diately on the lake shore show signs ct
not the slightest injury -. The l.ecSh4r.
NeacS was sold this week to w w. Al
ston, formerly part owner Mr.. .flst'n
promises TO give the people of Iee-brp's
a spicy and interesting paper Everi-
lent oranges are selling in tn" streets H.
day for $l.25 per hundred. They were
plucked since the recent cold weather,
are juicy and sweet, and taking them AZ a
sample the cold did but little Injury .
the fruit of this section.
Key West Democrat: Mr.. f. J.. NJ,
reno was nearly run over last Nundsy
evening by a hack. In fact h W.
knocked down, and although he su> air. i
some INJURIES, yet we are glad to >.,N ~
were not serious. This careless drIvit
should be stopped, and we think il ",,Sd
not be out of order for our city nIih".i
ties TO compel every carriage T. ~ e
lights Mr.. Oroskn, a Cuban Ms>,Sn.
died last Sunday night at the rr>iH. -. =,
Mr. j. i. Browne, where he had rsut,
He was buried 10y the Masonic fi.r.ni'>
The above was cigar picker, la - ~
a long resident of this island n
was almost universally liktf
The building boom still conlinu = X, "
buildings can be discrrncd in n..,.i,
every portion of the city Wfi' 81
farmers through the varions soc, 'I, 81
the State are complaining of tlc c':id
weather, and the great damage recently
done the crops, yet we have not t":i. i
one complaint from the adjacent h"V.
Vegetables, tomatoes in abundance. a,'h
even as tender as they are, were hf',p.:S'
into market this week.
-DeLand Orange Rilge E"ho: ti'I.-
after We promise our readers hct', j.
per we will devote more Of our >l.r.. !, ~
local matters than heretofore. Ou, 1lS
ogy for neglecting this very i'm IT ,,d
matter for the past few weeks is 'h, ~
precedented rush of business thai Ia
overwhelmed us since the first ci ~,
vember we have issued twenty sces "
thousand copies of the Orong' Hi'Er
Echo, which, of course, necessitated rNt:a
work, and gave US less time for editorial
duties. Among the curious things s.,
DeLand is genuine human Albine TIE
offspring of negro parents. 1t is as whiE'
as chalk, has hair like sleeps wonl AMI
eyes as red as blood. Taking the specin'Gn
all-in-all it is anything but beauty. :.
-Four hotels. two restaurants, two livetY
stables, one saloon, two billiard halt
barber shop, tiuware shop and store, shoe
store, two drug stores, one wagon facior.,
one hardware store, two printing office;
one jewelry establishment, one bank, Sc, t.
ZEAL estate Offices. one bakery. one inrIt