The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-06-17
STATE NEWS.

farmers have never had better tHap
prospect than now With dontMpst5dn 4
of good seasons they will all have more
money by Christmas than they will kllSW
what to do with Truly Bradford .eoaKty 1
is favored spot on the broad gSten
earth. i!
bradford Times: We are re,.uceted
to announce in our columns that the 1NA-s
sons and Odd Fellows will have aigtsnd
reunion at Starke on the 2O,h ,ls this
month, for the purpose of ded;cating thieir
new hall. The most prominent sE.aakErr
in the State of each order will he pssaes.t.
All the lodges in the county are itvhad.
Madison Recorder: Six ear loasif ,of
melons have been shipped this 3wsek;
three went on Monday last and twS, more
car loads will be sent to-day Several
car loads of melons passed here Thnrrsiay
and one car of pine-apples We hear
that the melons were forty FOUNDERS Aaa
took only $40 to the car. /.
Milton Ne,cs: Mrs. Annie :Beesa,
daughter of Col. &. G. WcWhortcr, has
gone to New Orleans, which will be her
future home. Her many friends regret
her departure, and society has lost one of
its most brilliant lights = Cresry 10
Rourke's wool press is kept pretty busy.
Gentle rains refresh the earth aud
keep the garden truck growing :. M1i-
ton will ship 10000 pounds Of wool this
spring. /
-Titusville Star: y new post-ofitSe
ha, been established on our river betwe
the post Offices of New Haven and st.
Iucie. by the name of Narrows. Our
friend L. 3. Dawson assumes, the autfes
nfpostmaster The Count a3d Countess
DeOsmond, who have been spending a
few weeks on Indian river, arrived here
from st. Lucie on the mail boat yestef-
day A new post-otfice by sne name :ef
Niece will soon be established near The
discontinued Office of Chipco. Mr.. .Tohn
Bowie will be the postmaster.
Waldo 4dretiser The watermelon
crop is very large, and the melons are ok
ceedingly fine, both in size and flavor -
The finest and largest crops st corn eyer
grown in this section are promised J..
During the storm last Sunday the gable
end of the town hall was bolgn off a1Sl
smashed into smithareens We bats "a
severe hail and wind storm East Sunday
afternoon. During it's continuance taft
vain fell in torrents The wind during
his frolic last Sunday peeped in at The
windows of the Episcopal Ch'b oh and de
molshed the lights.
Lake de Funiak Choutau1unn IN,
Memorial College grounds, forty acres p
extent, have been located i. Get ready
TO start lie Conte pear trees next fall
They pay better than orange groves. =,
There is fair prospect that a!large, vii
built, thoroughly equipped: saw-mill
backed by enterprise and capital, will b
erected here soon. -. The new hotel, l6s
by 100 feet-rxtremc dimensions. Their
are LAO feet of veranda. The hotel
when completed, will be one of. the finest
most convenient, and comfortable il. tn
state.
Brooksville Crescent The :'ain,
season has evidently set in. SHOWER
almost every day now, and frequsntl
four or five a day. The building lcotn
mittee of the Baptist Church have close
Il contract with the builders tn re-eres,
the church blown down last fall :'rh
new cdiice will be much handsomer thai
the first, and will be an ornament; an'
credit to our growing town. ). Genera
l.
ut New Orleans, came in yesterday, an,
is hard at work in the interest OF the Stat
mt the great Cotton Exposition We re
gret that his visit was not postponed jus
week Could he have come then h
would have met representative men from
all parts of the county.
Liverpool orange Grore., Betwee
six and seven thousand dollars worth {
alligator hides were received at Fort Og
den within few days. AS the rich me
are the cattle men, and there are no Shll
ments vet, the poor men have the none
they have coined from the gator hides
"A new steamer, the "Peter lsaulel
son. is running on the upper Peace river
We think good business might he w"rl
ed up there. One of our exchange
asks "Who is going to plant sugar can
FOR the New Orleans Expositioh:" Tn
editor of the Grore has the boss cane i
Alanatee county, growing on low, blac
%allberry land. The secret is IN the lit
cral use of Plow Brand fertilizer. Will
other cane around is struggling along
ours is seven feet high and growing vis
orously.
Mariana Courie,': A rock , fs
weighing twenty seven pounds was caugh
in the Chipola river, near here, yesterda
morning -. The melon crop promises t
lie the largest ever produced in the cour
IS. They are being shipped ont by til
carload, and are said to demand goo
prices. :. We have recently been over
l4rge portion Of Jackson county and ca
safely say we have never witnessed sue
excellent crops as are now growing
Without some disaster VIC will have tn
finest crop this year ever produced in tn
county. Col. J. II. Gardner, for som
time citizen of our town, late Of T-xx
has gone to. Albuquerque, New ;Mexic,
assumed entire management of,a lsrg
cight-column daily newspaper, known a
the Morning Journal, and is publiskin
straightout Republican newspaper.
.-Fernandina Mirror: The captsi
and crew of the schooner Marcia Re,
nolds, which foundered at sea May "A
arrived here on Wednesday last in .
small yawl boat. The vessel was boun
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