The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-04-16

NEWPORT SULPHUR SPRINGS, FLA, !
April ~ 1QQS

NEWPORT SULPHUR SPRINGS, fla,
April 10, 1885.
Editors Fzorsdidn I arrived here the 10th
inst and found an unusual number Of visitors for
this season of the year. / met some five or six
persons from Thomas county, Georgia. Owing
to the recent heavy rains there has been too
much surface water around the springs for goed
bathing; but another clear day it will all be
gone, and then the waters will be splendid both
for bathing and drinking The bathing house
has been partially repaired, and is now in letter
condition than ii has been for years. Il
The following are the arrivals ut 1.-The Bcecier
Homestead" on the 10th inst: Col. John Brad
ford, of Bradfordville. Fla, Miss Emma hrad
ford, of Water Oak. Fla. Miss Jessie bernard,
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Page. Tallahassee WIN.
V. Page, Albany, N. W. Edmund Page New
York city; Rev Father Hugon. Tallahassee.
Previous arrivals: J. P. Crotty, of Massaehu-
sets and Fl. e. Rippey. of Tallahassee Stop
ping at Mr. Ladd's houses are Mr.. ard Mis-
Randall, of Ohio Mrs Allen, of Pensacola, Non.
W. s. w eeks and wife, of Tallahassee This is a
good list for The old deserted village, ami il very
cheering
visited ST. Marks Saturday. The town was
so quiet and everybody so peaceable that
thought something was the matter. | was in
formed that no liquor was now sold lin the
place. Business seemed good, and everybody
just as cOntented as they could be- end all
seemed to be happy without "drap Of the
criter." A well informed gentleman informed
me that Western Corn by water could he laid
down in st. Marks at from 60 to g. cents
per bushe At this rate corn ought to be sold
here at good profit for IS cents yer husllel
Think Of it, farmers of Leon and Wakula
counties, who are now paying 81 per buahei ior
Western corn, when if there was a tine OF
steamers or even sail vessels from New Orleans
to ST. Marks you could get your corn 2S cents
per bushe cheaper than you now do also your
bacon, -four groceries, iron, nails, &c, at great
deal less rates.
A short time before coming down here
asked corn shipper in Tallahassee why lie did
not have grain shipped by way of st. Marks.
He said that it cost more to get car lOa,l from
St. Marks to Tallahassee than it did from Kan
sas City. 1t is this discrimination that - drv-
ing immigration from u.s. Can't it be RENE
died
/, is claimed that near fifty thousand dollars
worth of sponge is caught annually near the
St. Marks lighthouse and shipped to AliAlAHh-
icela and Key West and sold. Would'i it not
pay the merchants of Tallahassee TO make an
effort to control this tradey
| am told that rs fine salt has been masiIfac
tured near St. Marks could be made 3ny
where There ought to be an effort made &c
have it manufactured there again. II certaia.y
would be much better to use our own sail than
TO send north tor it, A fish and oyster canning
establishment ought to pay well at or neat 81
Marks. There is certainly no better point for
one anywhere.
ST. Marks ought to he flourshing CONNER
cal and manufacturing place. She hos the
facilities to make her 80. There is gosd
harbor for sea-gOing vessels drawing ten feet ct
water two beautiful rivers with an abundance
Of splendid timber along the banks, and a good
agricultural country north of it,
H. G. R1prKs