The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-08-19
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DyTils, alsDiuu sOpEthSs, 10y "tE 4
he had snot ,removed, was fbarked last
Monday aigha, aud its conyents about
81 900 worth of furniture, destro@d. The
fire is attributed to incen.iiarism
Sumterville Adrertiser :. xsrange
trees in and around Sumtefvslie age hook
ing well, and the yield of tgsit w II equal
if not surpass that of last !yaar. & Sum
tervlle is loud with the groaris of 6 ysung
brass band Fortunately for..us, tbs band
has it's headquarters just acic;'s the street
-. Work on the Gordon road i going
on quietly, the way is cut duS to ths juno
ton, aud all the grading done tetFith,n
two aud half miles Of that poina's
Live Oak Bwtsetin TlsesofiioaEbt tie
Plant Investment Company at th:sl place
has been removed to Savannah. tAgF cit-
zens regret to bid adien t. the genial
CAPTAIN Hallowes who has had chakge eft
the Office since it was located hake -,
Captain Ray and his assistants arr nov
at work on the long -wishedScr -rfesiah
we'll They have been engaged thin week
in raising the derrick ard getting the
machinery in position. Boring n be
commenced next week.
Monticello Constitution < THEW are
a few cases # scarlet feynt ip thESspN II,
but it is of a very mild FORM = epssrs.
pettus and Douglas went deer h4Dting
last week and slaughtered el@s en- f4e fat
deer. The jefferson l,ples ehave
been reorganized. The old'offccr tetain
their respective POSITIONS The cater
pillar has made it's appearancegon & ne OF
the cotton plantations Of ttis edalnty.
They are webbing. The l.eEonsS pear
trees in Mrs. Partridge's yar' have
bloomed for the second time this year.
The same trees bore two icrops o9@frnit
last year ~
-ieesburg .Ne,cs.: Mr.. lharles { ,on-
verse will start laundry in this V as
soon AS he can procure buildings He
SAYS 4 = ne has engaged the serves of
two Cinnamon to begin with. ana hat if
the business iustities him in doinga he
will use steam. This is scmething et is
needed very much in our town, an4 will
no doubt pay handsomely. I'VE. swish
Mr. Converse success in his ente,krise.
Captain Phares will sobn be res.ny 20
cree; his guava factory, which will sia-
ua;cd at the head of the ~harf w un-
de tand he is going largely into the han
If turing of guava jelly, ahich We bore
W. prove success, as the.gua"a eng Is
- nense with us this year
N,y West Democrat: Mr. Tied lore
II, one of our most prominent u hnE
uban tcllow-citizens, made; a very Abh
speech Thursday evening. HE has nFN IS
taken any interest before iitnational Eoli
tics, but this time he las come tout
squarely for the Democratic nomi lees
AT San Carlos Hall Thursday 4'en
ing Hon. r. II. NJ. Davidson and Hon
Wilk Call addressed large and ri hu
siastic audience, including some OHouI
most prominent Cuban fejlow-ci,i8sns
Their remarks were listenedlo with mich
attention, especially those of Mr.. Did i'd
son in which he proved coneduslvely snat
he had not been derelict in his duta te
Key West.
-Fernandina Mirrcr: The rvcomra len
dation by Mayor Pope in reference d
supply of water by artesian. wells i Far
admirabl. suggestion, which we hopy tc
see carried out successfully: The: q"eslsor
of water supply is one of si,. fene ir dor
lance to the future growth eA F'ennanc3 s1
Our city cannot exist without yup2it D
pure and wholesome water No confid
cradle population can depend;on welFfo
cisterns There must be a:-ohrce OF FIR
ennial supply of pure and frrah waited II
maintain the condition of ", alth foil b..
population. Jacksonville has expand C
nearly if not quite $3.50, Oo0 for this rklr
pose. Palatka, St. Augustine and DyAo
ma have succeeded at sma., expens9
H. in OFT Il,
artesian wells. Let the experiment u
tried at once in the upper pat Of Censr
street, near the public squarr. y >in3''
we'll will to- the matter a, .i!cosi of iks
than 81 900.
-Apopka Citizen: During he hea2
thunder storm of August Pei Er. w.
Cronk and family were at their homestd
about three miles from town. wien light
ming struck the door sill, PASSED into i
middle of the house, splinterihg the ho{f
and exploited, filling the rooM with smc4
and leaving a strong odor :of sulpkkl
Though the flash passed within two f
of them, strange to say none Of them wt
injured in the slightest degree; !. A pal
full and dangerous accident happened
Mrs. Lizzie b. Stewart at the res 'dence 4
her mother. While getting intoa bugd
in which gentleman was seated with 3
knit. pen in his hand (he had been ca
ing truit). Mrs. Stewart stumbled and f,
upon the open blade. which penetrat,
her side, producing a dangerous. wourI
and great hemorrhage She is :,onsidere
to be in a critical condition ;Dt. H. 4
Brewer has charge of the case
Tampa Tribune: Mr.. C. ~. WelS
is engaged in planting out, q fsn-acr
orange grove on Florida avenue for M,
Munro, of Tallahassee. :. . .Araong TIL
II ,llet brought up to the wharf by one
~ e fishermen on last Thursday vas on
At measured twenty-five inches il
loth and twelve inches around tn
1v. We have seen only ode large
man this :. . We are informed that Nj
J. p. Andrea has obtained the necessar,
number of signatures to his petition for
liquor license and will present the sam
to the County Commissioners at thei
next meeting. Coils. Kreatner ant
Hopkins, of the Okeecbobee prainag
Company, and Capt. II. S. Duval, Stat
Engineer, arrived by the steamSr Dicta
tor on last Monday morning on their re
turn from a tour of inspection; of tb
drainage operations of the company
They report the work performed a. yer,
satisfactory On last Wednesday morn
ing an aged white man by the name O
J. c. Britt, was run over and killed nea