The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-10-14
STATE NEWS. !

son, the bar-keeper of ,hi. plaos, skipped
out on Sunday last befnre 1sy al tthe
morning. He left in debt 10 n-a;rfv e,@Fy
body in town, but all seen SNilliE!y ito
lose the amount to get rio ::oS sefh
consummate rascal as he. II
-Micanopv Gazette The wt,ek ss3ea-
tending the Florida southern t<cm: Iia4s-
burg t. Pemberton's Ferty, Gist4RtA,. of
thirty miles, was commepce,l Oh Monday
last. Mr. L. .. Gold, the: contGAetpi3bas
promised TO have the woik cors blst4in
five months The South f'lori,sa rail- ,ad
will meet The Florida SoutherI at Hem-
bvrton'> ferry, thus making Aicetsaine
To Tampa and Sanford Nia GcaIa sand
Lee>bury.
Cedar Key Beoco~: The ;>haepie,
days DAYS since with a loai of t>A 1ir:h
$50 q, wholesale rates in Crtar ~.
=. The demand for Cesar keyi hkl is
much greater 'ian the supply, wiHTkh"
quantity tHrnl>hcd = lar @.r THAN heHto-
tore 1t tins >ra>on.. NJ Isph'sng
shipped t. the Amonnr "l 500 barre s.ai>h
on Friday last. and 65 bar'-vl> OF; MPh1ay.
Tn rur,lr ,r.>ru is about p>ca pnA a
lex lansr ones remain unm.rHet%hii +
st Au.u>,inc Press Al ,iet&d .iow
Water there l. mac feet II water en1ur
bar At high water 'hrrt i -iN,=i4 ! ct.
1--WE hal the pleasure, in passing
through Jacksonville durLg the week. IF
mrttlu. and yra>piny the hoAest hahts of
the Hon Columbus Drew. Mr.. Drew is
one OF the Odd landmarks ni Floriaa, nd
it i through the influence. OF siSh nsen
that Florida Is 80 rapidly Assuming d 3o
>itlon as one of the m'~t preSper3us
States OF the Republic. Mr.. Drew m3dr
one of the best Comptr,'lcTs th,; StAte
ever had, and We hope vet to sc I'm
where he would 10 honor 81 the Stab las
it> Governor. az
-Bartow Informant: The l}igeDw
property at Maitland was sold a aay3or
TWO ago to an English ;,entlema an Cor
$53, 900. This Is one of ice han1,oinfDt
properties i'll the State, embracing kot
only Il large and beautiful grovs, g.
gAntlv situated on Lake Maitland, Hlt
aI~o a capacious hotel bailling. ! IL i,
said that the same party that bong hs fhe
Blgelow property also bcAght a4gr'N9
IN the ncighborhood of Orlando tof 80,
600: =. Captain J. w. Wh:dien, .all, r.
ni.' candidate for State Senator, ~ al an
town this week, and gave ~ a Ftasant
call. The Captain carried bis daalghQr,
Miss Della, and his neicr:, Miss Emp2
Whidden, to Lakeland, WHERE thrs ;otk
the cars for Macon, Ga., a which: li,sFc
they will attend school at the Wesleyan
Female Coliege-the CaptAAn himttlt. / =
iny summoned home by this illn,sli f H.
wife :
Jasper Times. One DAY LAST va
some twenty or thirty of th boys were
working the public road rLnnlng fem
Jasper to Niece. At dinner tame politics
came up for discussion. and & was agrtr,
To hold an election then ann there and a.
certain how the crowd >toof on tls Sta,"
ticket. The count being m;sde it was die,
covered that Pope had one SOLITARY; vuts,
whcrcupon the crowd un luimourNi re-
solved that the solitary popelte au-t
ieeI lonesome, and therefore, that, BE- be-.
excused from further duty shGt dat j
There /, little girl in this county tal4l
worth her weight i'll gold. Mr.. john y
Crews, ul the fourth dlstrirt, better has
than whom never lived, hA:! the n4i4tot
tune to lose hi, wife a few month"; $y,t
and thus have the care OF <lhr ten littl'
children on his hands. H'>:oldc>l milk
iittle girl about sixteen Sear> I'D .Iinf
medIately assumed the res |,ouslblIai,A 1
housekeeping 10: the family, aIId viii anl
iAIth1uliN has She perform q the :tl1l,1
Everything about the huu>,- i a. i4yAt -.
a pm, and children cared Tor, fat h9r 4
wants attended to and guests wekcbhlc
and entertained. None but .1h,. heads 4
ar.c families know the diss hculttN tEiI
little girl has t" contend wiz. /: /
TAMPA 7r.6,me:: Mr. Herr dnp j
representa-. the Morgan line of steamers
now raining from New Orfeau> To Key
West and Havana, was IL towFi IApus
week for the purpose Of max ~ arf4nge-
ment> for the boats of the sne 10 I Ut v
III here III future. We are iretormeG that
All necessary matters were adjusted sanl,
tnat very soon Tampa will bs one d lh,{
REGULAR stopping places for these stt ain.
err. The steamer Manatee will meet az
Morgan boats i'll the bay aud transIct
frelgh and passengers for THIS plaee al3,
the toWns OH the Nauatee ri,yer T1@i
;hree ua>,cd schooner Scotia, CaptaH
>hearer, which our readers wiz renetnbrr,
d, one OF the vessels that visited our p;r.
last year with material for ths conArti
ton of the South Florida Railroad, AID.
which landed here the first locompti. Il
ever seen in Tampa, again arrived in onrl
bay on Sunday last, this tipe bringing
the material for the erection h Tarasla'-
first brick building. This will Lc, th";
large three story building of Nessrs Am.
bier, Marvin & Stockton, to stand az th,:
lot Oh the southwest corner If Was&lig i.
ton and Franklin streets, purcha>ed byz
them someljme since Of Messrs. Miilxl &
Henderson.
Monticello Comstitutiou. As a part;:
of the programme tor the I)e1nocsaiie
demonstration Oh Thursday, at night
there was { splendid Illumination ori the:
academy green. The "Scott House was
made ablaze with lights and CAincse:lau,
terms, the large band wagon was also
covered with numerous lamps, and SEVERAL
huge bon-fres made it a, light as Gay
The band played several fine l9ece-, urd
finally Major Russell addressed the teo
pie from the balcony OF the cott
House" 1t was grand speech Iand
elected rounds of applause. rke ats end
ance at this speech was very large, rs
many ladies were present, and q great
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