The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-01-08


tombstone, the able editor of She Waldo
advertiser, was down ON :>undsy last and.
gave us call The Captain; is general.
agent for the l.. d n kairoakin Florida,
and seems to be desirably successful in
his various enterprises.
ICELAND Echo: All.:p Douglas was
killed by Peter Sylvester ,last week. 1t
seems that Douglas and cousin Of Syl-
westerns were quarreling, when Sylvester,
without any provocation Whatever, drew
a knife and stabbed Douglas III the neck.
Sylvester was arrested the night OF the
murder, and after the preliminary hearing
was forwarded to Enterprise on the
charge of murder All the parties were
negroes.
Tampa Gunrdidn The Carrie Mel
son, from Mobile, arrived Thursday, and
is anchored at the railroad wharf. The
Carrie has come for another cargo of or
anges for that market .Thq Dictator,
Alabama and the Eliza Ilancox, make
each two trips week /" Cedar Eey and
back again, making in all SLY trips per
week to Tampa. The passengers and
freight list has greatly Increased since the
news chedule has gone into effect,
-Tavares Herald: Tavares. is already
becoming an important distributing point
for freights south of Us. Every day the
cars are loaded with freight, ami the Lake
Dera and schooner take it % its destna
ton from here. . The keel for ! new boat
is being laid at the Tavares ship-yard, to
be almost the same size A. he j. &. Speer,
only foot narrower /, is intended as
freight boat, and as such will rus in con
nection with the J. &. Speer into Lake
Apopka. 1t is to be built az fast as posi-
BILE
-Leesburg -Ne,c&: The other day as
we sat i'll our sanctum ponderlng over the
possibility of some of our subscribers re-
Numbering US to the extent Of "A Christ
mas turkey, we heard footstep approach.
ing, and looking up saw our ftiend DIR.
Parsons with a huge turkey in his arms,
which seemed to be already dressed and
ready for baking. We were about to
rush to the doctor and cover him with
thanks when We discovered that the sup
posed turkey was hornets nest. 1t was
really wonderful in size aud shape. being
fully as large as good sized gobblcr and
a perfect representation of one. 1t waa
found near town by some men and from
them purchased by DIR. Parsons 1t may
be seen at his office
st. Augustine UukLy:: Moultrc is
but a few miles from st. Augustine which
has the third deepest bar without dredg-
ing on the entire Florida coast; if per
fectly dredged it would admit vessels
drawing from twenty to twcnty-three
feet. We think it is high time that our
Senators at Washington should have
their attention called 30 this matter, as
there has never been an appropriation
made for this bar, whsle other cities on
the Florida coast have had hundreds OF
thousands of dollars appropriated and
used to deepen their liars With few
thousand dollars the st. Augustine bar
would be greatly benefited The first
strawberries of the season were brought
in to market on Wednesday last by John
Kelly, Esq We did net ascertain the
price obtained, but one dollar per quart
is usually paid for the early crop
Jacksonville Puadise: The Jack
sonville, St. Augustine and Halifax River
Railroad received through the Waycross
u
tive Monday morning. Passenger travel
up the river is decidedly on the increase.
The boats are frequently crowded. and a
greater than usual number ri visitors are
pouring on to South Florida It's none
too early to begin the collection Of cN
hibts and the making Of ether important
preparations for the Florida Stat, FAIR
to be held in this city, including the l2uI
and 18th days Of February next. Keep
the matter in mind and make th. ocra-
sion one of interest and success. Ocala
is still making rapid strides toward she re.
covery of her recent severe Losses hs
fire, and year hence will probably show
but few indications of the ordeal sac has
passed through. Nothing short II sue:
cess and prosperity can come OF sucf
pluck, enterprise and energy AS hers
Monticello Constitution The ptoba.
bilities are that there is a regularly organ
ized gang of horse thieves operating in
this county. Quite a number of horses
and mules have mysteriously disappeared
during the past month or two, aud the
most diligcnt inquiry fails to give any
clue az to who the thieves are or the dl,
rection in which the animals were carried
OF late tramps have appeared in
large numbers in this town. On Sunday
a gang of six put in an appearance, and
one night last week eight of the g road
agents" camped near the depot. Beg
ging is their favorite occupation, bat a
vast majority of them will not hesitate t"
appropriate anything within reach that
they can make available Oar citizens
will do well to be on the alert, The
present season, in the vicinity Of Month
cello, large acreage will be devoted to
the cultivation of vegetables lor shipment
to Northern markets. Peas, cabbage, po-
tatoes, onions, beets, tomatoes, etc, will
be raised in large quantities, and more
than usual attention be given u this
melon.
Orlando Reporter: Judge J. GsSpeer
and Captain B. M. Sims, of the O&kland,
region on Lake Apopka, are engaged in
building new steamer to run that lake
The machinery is all ready and itlis ex-
pected that the boat will disturb tie plas
cid waters of the second largest bSdy Of
fresh water in Florida inside OF fou,
weeks. That the boat will be kept going
and coming, it is only necessary to say
that there are one million FIVE huddred3
thousand oranges to market in the yIsinity
Of the lake, representing one thousand
boxes. BY the time theeC eranges are