The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-12-30

tinae the qualifications oil taaa paEer. They
are just starting out, and Sc wash them
success IN their nes enterprise. The
Junior is q frst-cl2ss prInt<r, 2AG nRder
stands fully the mech1nacal par: OF the
business.
-Fernaniina Mfr1Dr:. Mx. Frxzk Fer
rlera. locomotive engineer Of the koathern
division of the Florida Railway and nav
igation Company, who came mp &c spend
the holidays home, brought, - . curiosa-
II. lemon piucked from a lree n pana
sofikee which for size beats aavtkIng of
the kind We have ever see1. IL n1eNsHfed
- inches IN circumference ono say. g
inches tine other, and weigael 4 pounds
IL ounces. IOid-fasfsioa kaAfdock =
En- FLoRIDIAN.
Cedar Key Journal Confidence IN
the continued prosperity of our tfwD II
fast DIVING ont with many OF our citizens
aud probably an exodus will be inaugu
rated here within the coming year. What
ever others NAV do or think VT are here
u STAY and think that the day Of per
i.laneni prosperity for our little city,
though distant, Is surely coming and We
shall wait for IL
-Mlcanopy GdzetIt While Captain
Johnson was in Charleston last week
there arrived two schooner loais OF foreign
oranges, which sold for one-iiatf cent each,
and were of the texture Of sponge. He
save the Charleston dealers hay boxes OF
Florida oranges and mix them half Snd
half with the poor foreign fruit, and send
them into the country o. tine FLORIDA
oranges" This kind of swiadliug' should
be stopped The Captain succeeded III
getting q through rate 10 Charleston OF
80 cents per crate, and 10 ifiterlOr points
al - cents. via Palatka s.eauiers. This
j. q little better than & Is, tue sorpler
rate.
Monticello Constitutional Major T. u.
Simkius has returned from h' vists 10
kentucky, and brought with linn FINE
lot OF horses We are plesse:d 10 learu
that Mayor Denham, who mas been con
lined 10 his room for TWO weeks bs sick
lies, IL cOnyalescent. An eHoFmous
quantity OF cotton has come 40 town du
ring the past week We arr now satis-
tied tia, the planters of this county have
raised the largest crop that they have
been favored with for the past ten years.
Waldo Adrertiser Mr.. James isitcb-
IL, who lives on Lake Asio. killed a
white quail few days since. II Is 8 raie
bird Mr.. JoBson, Swede living near
Waldo, was the happy possessor OF play
ul and sprightly kitten. "A few day.
since kitty came up missing. search
revealed that some varmini had cangh,
/. Id - n,
ihe bead Mr. Jonson took the head,
baited his steel trap with IL. The next
morning upon going TO his Trap, he found
8 very large opossum. securely fastened
by the iron teeth With portion OF the
o,s,ssuin he baited hook and set IL IN
tl.s railroad culvert near by visiting this
the next morning he was agreezably sur
prised when he drew from thu water a
hne trout weighing - lbs
-Titusville Star: A Greek basqae,
named the - cannes" was wrecked or lsriv-
eli ASHORE on the ocean beaci, nj the lower
end of Lake Worth, al poiiss about SIX
miles north Of Life Saving Station NJ. 3,
on or about the I'd inst The vessel Wa
bound from Jamaica 10 Trieste and wa
loaded with logwood, parrots and snon-
keys. Charlie Moore bough, two Of the
parrots and the balance OF tis@ cargo was
sent to Key West The crcx were all
saved and the beacbcombere look pos
session OF the wreck after their dfpariur..
They found plenty OF rum, aad the cap
tain of the wreck had barrel of Fressch
brandy which he offered TO seal Tor k2a,
bu, finding he could secure no buyers, he
he Of A<. la II
lowed the contents to run or this sand,
much 10 the establishment and chagrin OF
the eager beacheombers 1bs captain
and crew got on board q stearsser for Kew
West. The barque was said To- be very
rotten and unseaworthy and tie former
crew refused to STAY on board before she
left her port II rs surmiseSI that she
may have been insured. Theee Was NO
very rough weather at the tiaiae of her
coming ashore. tH
Fort Myers Press: Mr. j. T. HenEry
returned few days ago frora . horse,
back ride TO the Kissimmee Valley, a
distance of one hundred and ssxty mites
or more He reports very active opera
lions going forward On the par. OF the
Okeechobee Improvement Company, 10
give navigable connection wah Lake
Okeechebee, and also, it is said, 20 make
a navigaule connection betwssn Lake
Okeechob<e and the Atlantic Mr. Hes-
dry's special quest was 70 End castle suit
able for market, Of which very fsw we're
10 be found. The cattle are mach poofer
than usual, owing, it is thought. 10 the
Overlooking Of the country. Is il Mr..
Hendry's opinion that owing t. TIE lack
of forage on the ranges many cattle will
perish during the drouthy season. l'stween
this and spring. We conclude that the
frequent burning Of the woods kaf SER
onsly i'll effect nj critical periods on the
welfare of the stock. Lands MOI burned
over would certainly not fail IN the pre-
duction of forage rs quickly - those des-
Olated by FIRE The moisture weAld bc
better held in the groaad, and the hanns
collected under the lesyes and desaying
rubbish would afford constant Baarition
for the grasses, which are now killed out
by the drouth.
--PAlatka Herald: The wonderful en-
ergy Of our people, we mean thsse who
settled in this section iiilsen yeaxs Agc, ii
one Of the marvels Of the day. FrEit esaI
tnre was in its infancy thsy had 70 con-
tend against much blnndering. N:ant Of
experience was another trouble, and add.
ed TO all this the lack Of measxg Hat
they struggled manfaily and with ssaeesss.
Near our own doors Ne ean paiH. cat
,x,<.s, ,vho hare s,aaned fhroanWh 4 krisiai