The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-04-30

-ApOpka IQtzenS LIE han0A on the j.
o. & 4. r. r. have been paid Of and the
work is rapidly approaching cotnpletion.
The grading will be flashed this week,
and the track has been laid p asRoint
this side Of the canal
-Kissimmee Leader Winter Park,
between. here, and Stafford, isi bidding
high for the Congregational College The
aggregate of the proposals she has made
exceeds one hundred and eighty thousand
dollars, and if she gets the college she
will make money by it, notwithstanding
the big price.
-Darbyville Star Messrs. G. I. Shuey,
of Darbyville, and Henry A. Could, of the
Glen, have each an orange tree 5ne year
old, from the seed, that bloomed this
spring and now have young oranges well
developed. Our young frienc, NJ. ID.
Barber, has a honey peach bud on ma
tive stock, budded one year ago: and he
says that he will gather two bashels OF
peaches this season from that on, bud.
-Palatka Herald: During the heavy
rain storm on Friday last q stroke OF
lightning struck large oak tre. in Col
Harris yard, and a piece of bark flew
distance Of two hundred feet ard broke
five panes of glass in Aane's hardware
store The truck of the Gem Cisy Hook
and Ladder Company has arrived, and 1t
is beauty, containing all the latest i'm
provements A most enjoyable banquet
was served in Fry's opera house Friday
night by this company in homer of its ar
rival. at which members Of the ether COM
pany and many citizens we're present.
key West Democrat: Mr.. Mason S.
Moreno arrived Saturday evening from
Pensacola were he accompanied his IA
Their. He says that thu health. Of his
father is much better. Pine apples
still continue to come into market from
the adjacent islands by the boat loads.
1t is said that over 1000 dozen have
already been shipped and still they come.
I'VE doubt if there is a city In the
State that consumes mGre lumber than
ours. The wharves are daily crowded
with lumber and last week there must
have been five loads in port fromi Pensa-
cola and Pascagoula. Il all sells rapidly
at fair prices.
Barlow Express Mr.. Green, OF Lake
land, has a gourd vjre in his garden
which is now growing at the rate of one
third of an inch an hour. This fact is
well attested. Who can beat it in the
State: Trot out your gourd vines, gen
tlemcn!. "A s., 900 Episcopal church at
Acton is one of the probabilities OF the
near future. Mr.. Warburton, Mr.. Allen
and other English gentlemen of capital
and enterprise, will make Acton pleas
ant resort for our tired brethren across
the waters. The eldest daughter O
Mr.. Daniel Bloom, residing at New Hope
fonr miles below Fort Meade, committed
suicide on Saturday last by taking arsen
ic. No cause is assigned for the fright
full deed We extend our sympathies te
the bereaved family in this sad affection
Quincy Herald: Mr.. J. T. Dlsmukes
has decided to change his. residence from
Quincy to st. Augustine, where he vii
90 into business. Quincy can i'll afford
to lose such citizens as Mr.. Dlsmukps, anC
we regret his determination to leave Oul
town. Last Sunday morning Sheriff
Mitchell captured the steamer Ellis, a
Chattahoochee, and placed her in charge
of Deputy Thos. Slider. The seizure was
made under writ of reDlevin for. pur
chase money claimed by Capt Andrews
who brought the boat into the Apalachi
cola river. Mr. VIM. Munroe, j., viii
take charge of the postofice in few days
his commission having arrived severa
DAYS ago. The new Office will be IN thu
Dismukes block.
Barlow INFORMANT About ! p. m
Thursday the alarm OF fire was given
which was found to proceed from The 81
story of the SemiTropcal Hotel an(
though noble work was done byiwht'
and black, who succeeded IN aavinl
nearly all the furniture and furnishing
they could not save the house, which was
consumed in about an hour. Our sym
pathes are with Capt. Clay ana hi
estimable wife, who were managing thu
house, and with Mr. Davis, the owner
and we are glad to learn that the nuild
ing and furnishings were partially in
sured. Bartow's crack hotel is gone
brt we trust that in it's stead will b.
speedily erected still larger and lette
building. The origin of the fire. is 1
mystery.
Fort Myers Press: Col. j. NJ. Kfeam
er gave assurances while lie was in; For
Myers the other day that his coRpan,
would, with reasonable amount of ale
and cooperation on the part of the :busi
ness men here, put on a steamer to rul
weekly between Kissimmee aud For
Myers. A canvass Of the question ha
been partially made and the people 0
Fort Myers will meet Col. Kreamef an(
his company more than half way. The,
will take the required amount of stool
and more So we conclude there is no
doubt the enterprise will be undertaken
and that we shall before many week
have a comfortable steamer plying be
tween Fort Myers and Kissimmee, through
Lake Okeechobee. 1t will DC an avenue
of daylight for US in this quarter, and I
very great advantage to people along thu
Caloosahatchee.
-Titusville Star: The mail from En-
terprise arrived here in rather n,ois
condition last Saturday evening. Th
carrier said that the accident hap, snet
on the other side Of the halfway house
While driving through slough of white
the wagon ran over an alligator, who mac
quietly appropriated the road-bed or;th'
purpose OF taking nap. The water %a
about foot and half in depth. IA
soon as the wagon struck him he mhd'
such a plunge that it nearly upset 'bt
wagon, breaking some Of the harness aEC
precipitating the mail into the wafer
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