The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-03-25
STATE NEWS

from Pensacola brought do@n crew.
last week, and they have eSiahtshed a.
fish ranch on Tampa bay, WITH headtupr !
tiers in the wreck of the Chimbaraao
Barlow Informant Thr mail c4n-e
tract from Barlow to Fort Meade was
awarded to Oliver p. Johnson, Gate of
Washington, but now Of i'artbw. He
also secured the route from Manatce to:
Palma Sofa, and will soon he hen, to 10,
cate permanently :. The old nou.t house:
was sold Tuesday on eight month = credit.
and only brought 800 The bidding was
spirited, and the price paid pas, in thsi
judgment of the very shrewd specpla:ors,
a full one. and we think so tdo. fhis il
the reason we have been so scliciG.us for
new one, because the cld one wSs
worthless -:
key West Democrat. The fiiosp,A-
ity of the farmers upon the keys il clearly
shown by the number of boats now in ne
course of construction Bishop. Yonag
preached Sunday to a large and appreeia
tive audience. After the sermon be ad-
minlstered the rite of confirmation, J. 10.
mato wrapping is getting quite an ;ndGs-
try upon our island. Although the pride,
two cents crate, looks small, yet solae
make AS high as $50 per day :. Lien
tenant-GovernOr Bethel arrived rkarsdav
morning from his grove, and reports that
he lost over 1000 young cocpanai trees
by fire. This is a heavy loss
Fort Dade MESSENGER: Tho lakes AMID
ponds in this section are remarkably ioT
One who visited this section {hrct wears
ago could hardly realize SO greht a'chaasc
III that respect. The amount of fish
caught in consequence OF this. gr'ai fall
exceeds anything ever known in that liae
in any country. The Circuit tor-t
which is now in session at Iirn&ksville,
presided over by the able iurist, fudge
II. l.. Mitchell. has more work before it
than for several terms. Up to tie :thisd
day of the term, however, only ore criin-
lnal case had been tried. Awaiting tile
action Of the grand jury the tlmc Of the
court was taken up with arguments :upor
legal questions in the cases
Orlando Reporter The term: ot pug
lie school in Orange county for ah: cur-
rent school year is to be of ti,c lmbnths
duration Two church bells have been
hung in Orlando during the past two
weeks, one at the Methodist church.. ana
one in the bclfry of st. Luke'a Ep:stopsL
church. The latter is probably Che lar
gcSt bell IN Orange county , 1t weighs
30 pounds. Hereafter, 90 To- church at
the ringing of the bell 1t 4 picnic
and fish fry at Rock Springs, near, .tpop-
HI, on Tuesday last, a young man n lmed
Glover accidcntly shot himself 10 the
thigh. He was made of good >tu., as he
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accident to a few intimate male friends
who assisted him to get home 'qnittlv, So
as not to disturb the pleasures y. :tkel
party. The wound is serious one :
Tampa 1rib".e. The trains on tisc:
South Florida Railroad arrive with the.
regularity of clock work, and it i. some 4
thing unusual for them to be as relich As:
ten minutes behind time. The T nitc,l:
States Court was in session ALI II last
week and is still sitting at this wiring. 1t.
will probably adjourn to-day. Nothing
Of Importance has been done; ONLY oii..
criminal ease having been tricd--,that 81
Abraham J. SaulS, charged with ;,assir 2
counterfeit money, which resulted in AZ
1uttal. -. The people of Tampa c,n;
keep cool this summer N very EtrIe *
pen>e. lc" is plentiful and cheap; >ellil5g
at one cent per pound by retail. lnn.i
the Mayo and Orlando factories hav,.
opened icr-hOn .eS here, fhr f,rnlpr unar
the railroad depot and the latter in tie
building next door to the Tampa bakery
In addition to these, Mr.. Snodgrafs' fas'-
tory Will soon he in operation.
Monticello Constit,aion The ANIMAL
meeting of the Grand Lodge of Florida
of the |. O. o. +. will be held u: Kew
West, commencing on the 9th Of April
Jefferson Lodge No. 3 will be represented
-. We observe that Mrs. Kate d. scott,
President of the Memorial Associations, is
already making arrangements for the oh,
servance of " Memorial Day" in thin
town. Judge J. b. Christie left mere on
Monday evening for jacksonville, where
he is TO permanently locate and engage
in the practice of his profession. That he
will be successful we have not doubt, AZ
he has ability, energy and perse> s'sancc
He and Mr.. w. b. Lamar will coltinue
their real estate business, and will, in All
probability, he better able to intlucncc inn
migration to this county, as Mr.. Christie
will be in position to bring the Adyan
tages of this section of the Stttp directly
to the attention of hundreds of homG-
seekers, who believe that the Il. johns
country is the whole of Florida, >.
-Fernandina Mirror: A large. cargy
of railroad iron was discharged during
the early part of the past week ior the
Florida Hallway and Navigation @C,;rr,
pany, to be used on the main line south.
.....Jay Gould's splendid yacht and
steamship Atalanta returned here FROM
Havana on the 18th, ana rcmainrd
in harbor several days, white Mr.
Gould and his family made a2 cxrursiop
up the st. Johns river Fe9nanlina is
the only port on the eastern c:'n>t afford
ing sufficient draught of water for
the Atalanta. The importance ii GU,
port as a harbor of refuge is al@
preciatcd by scattering men. The
chemical fire engine Samuel a.
Swami" and the hook and Ladder truck
for the Fernandina Fire Department, arr
rived this week from Baltimofe, where il
was built upon an order frosn: our City
Council. The engine and aRparatus:are
handsome pieces Of workmanship "A trial
of the engine Ves made on tls. base ball
grounds Thursday afternoon, ,but, owing
to the inexperience of the c9mIehy, it
could hardly be considered IA fair tsst,
and did not bring out the fill capacity
and effective power of the engine.