The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-08-05
- MArf SENS


has come back and purchased a place;
States Marshal Thosnaa passed. up tftisy
from Newhaven with Postmaster Nov In
charge, he having been taken for. seuae
post-office crookedness, Of which wis Will
speak later. Z 4 a. 4,
-Braidentown Progress Peter Mort,
one of the oldest negroes in SoutG Fldr-
Ida, died last Saturday and was buried
Sunday. He was a simon pare AcYcah,
brought here before the war, by Xajpr
Gamble !" The three wise men .te-
rusalem," who were in this place ysorpe
weeks ago, pedding crosses, rosarieS and
cruci6xes, have been arressxd. They are
supposed to have been Cuban tiibVstefs.
Upon searching one of thtsin, nearl hte
hundred dollars were fonn2. II
Lake Butler Times 1he rainsshave
been very heavy through tie centra4 por-
ton of the county during she past1 fort
night, and we fear the ce.tton cr6t has
been seriously injured Asvet the ;fater
pillar has not made it's appearance III this
section A gentleman by the naase Of
Edwards, living in the northeast rRpof-
ton of Columbia county, passed thApagh
our town this week, and reports catlrpil
! g having made their appearance on
q of the plantations in that seftIoh.
He further stated that he saw themE eau
ing the cotton. \
Jasper Times: Buck Bohanans and
John Jordan were out dipping turpeitine
the other day, and saw a wild car:ana
gave it chase. When thev found they
were out of caps, and had freed the crit
ter, Buck told John if he >ul2 wati>h he
would run home and get GAYS. SO IL, ran
mile and finding neither capt nor
matches he got an old flint, ran back, and
I'D John to hold a dead ain Oh tlV. cat,
he struck his finder over tb" tube If the
gun, when bang went the fuse, ard of
Jumped the cat; whipped a Jog ana ran
about fifty yards before It fell Head.
Only one shot struck it, and that went
through the heart.
Levy Enterprise !. The n:erchan and
business men of Bronson offer preAlium
Of $3.50 to the farmer who sells or ships
the first bale of cotton of his own raising
from Bronson this year. Four Cuban
st~dents from Spring Hill College, Mobile.
Ala, stopped at the Suwan1ee House a
dav or two last week, to awaN the steiner
to carry them homeward. They heloag to
Havana and Cardenas The turtle fish
ing has turned out poorly for sometime
past on account of bad weather, bug bet
ter fortune again attends seine of thd par,
ties Mr. w. T. McCrearv came on
Monday bringing, after week of abs Ince,
eighteen head, weighing 2,0no pounds,
Mr.. Jesse Tooke, twelve small TURTLES,
weighing 500 pounds. ami large; one
OF nearly 800 pounds. ::
Waldo .4dreHiser The canvass, in
this county will be both heated and III Or
ough Under the lead of Captain, t$r-
Isle, the Democrats are being orgasa3,.d
with An eve to success Every { tort Wall
be made to unity and enthuse the votsirs,
that they may present a solid phalans in
November and poll the full vot4. of dhe
party Earnestness and zeal will charlie
teriZe all his acts as Chairman of the kxke4
utive Committee of Alachua county, AID
all intelligent and honorable metk,3ls
adopted TO achieve Democratic vicaofy.
-. General Sebring passed through yesi
terdav en- route home. If lie could In,
slire the people of Florida with one t,ghh
OF his enthusiasm and awaken that int n,
est he desires Florida would stand pe3r-
less and unrivalled at New Orleans, and
the tide of immigration flowing into the
State in the next two years would bring
MS untold treasures in capital, energy and
intelligence. Shame upon the FloriHian
who is apathetic in such An emergeIycY
Come forward now and give your Curl-
missioner such substantial aid A. will ed
able him to accomplish so much for Su}
State. -
Monticello Constitution Oar plait-
tiers will soon be picking cotton, if Mi.
Hardy c. Croom's crop is an Indication
it's condition. He brought to this
Office to day number of open hollis. 1t
is probable, however, that Mr.. c. is Just
little ahead of all other planters, for ii
in conceded that he is one of the F,est and
most successful planters in the State /.
Mr.. J. II. Girardeau has sold to Messre
John Z. Turnbull and Willie GrarthaE~ :
two-acre orchard of LeConte peo- a
The consideration was one - j., 49,
'2r-, and the purchase" n,nsanT AL
splendid bargs;- cer,a;nIy sed -,
viii bear f. - ,ranu &c ,ho -,
than - ,,+ n,, eaasn1 and H.
.nree years the orchard will vida ,
revenue annually of more than fiftlTe
cent. Of the purchase money. Mr. ia
REYNOLDS, who bought the john WIFI
place last winter, brought samples OF Dbl
LeConte pears to this office on Tuesday
They are very fine. He has two tbe
that yielded only few pears for the fra
time last year, and this year they wer
heavily loaded Mr. Reynolds saw ID
would not sell the two trees for 3200?t
Mariana Courier. Chickens in
eggs are still shipped in large qnantiyie
from our county to Jacksonville, P'ytss
cola and elsewhere . The crops aordbu
to improve and prospects brighten ipf
lively business this fall w. IL Mistf
Jr. our talented assistant, returned kss
Monday from Atlanta, Ga, where he ia
been some time under the treatmenG q
DIR. Calhoun, the celebrated ocuiat. MI
Millions eyes were seriously injured a.
studying at night while off at colltEt
We are pleased to learn that DIR. CalhtSi
assures him of permanent relief in IL,
months. :. Mr.. H. A. Cordson sboweAu
Yesterday lot of peaches which arSIa
fine as any we ever saw anywhere. u
i. preserving them in alcohol to exhiki
at the Worlds Fair at New Orleabs
This is time when every one should b
selecting something 10 contribute to ii
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