The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-05-21
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-ttTccu SOSe DTHt1Y. 3ts- btAso1s
having reached the fecond ssory ON the
Croker brick building, il now shows mp
to advantage its lacye proportions and
the excellence of tbs struc4nre. Others
will doubtless soon follow in The wake Of
this, our first brick bstslding.
-Apalachicola Hey4sH. ,Ee@ enter
prise. are constantly <pringing mp in our
section and ApAlachscola contipues to
boom . . .Steambo2tn4;:n report the river
falling. The up country is suffering very
much for rain Our: city IL booming
depicted Of young mefs, about fifty hav
ing left for the Sponge Reefs and many
others will leave soon.
-D-Land Echo: Mr. II. T. Tanner,
two wears ago, purchased orr hive OF
bees Now We ha4te alwats claimed
that there was big mnney in t,-e culture,
and to prove this W.: give NJ. Tanners
experience During Che two years he
g gathered honey enough To supply his
familv-which is not a srnall one--and
increased his stock ~ sixteen stands.
Last week he sold cat his &piary for
eighty dollars
Fort Myers Pfecs: Mr.. {. w.
Thompson has on his mind good pro
Get which We trust heiw ,li put III execu-
ton. and that is to sake an excursion
down 10 the region Of !the Royal Palm
near the Everglades, and brin. a stock
If the young plants hare 10 Is. pat out
for street ornamentatina. We nope Mr..
Thompson will persevsre in this plan
Il several hundred Of ti:s.se imperial trees
were planted in Fort Myers they would
add greatly to the APPEARANCE Of the
place.
-Eu-,i- !>emf- TropnW: New stained
glass windows have been put inlo the
Episcopal church thi* week. adding
greatly to the appearance Of tic edItice.
49,. The first number ot the Florida In
der, an eight-page patcnt inside weekly,
Published at Altoona, m&sle it, appearance
al our office this week; This section
was visited by copious shower Of rain
on Monday and Tucs'las which had the
effect Of pnttlng new lIe into growing
vegetation, and will be If untold benefit
in maturing the vegetable crop.
-Fernandina Wrro,*: The second
locomotive for the Atla~;.ic, Orlando Il
Tavares Railroad arrived here tFs. week,
and i being fitted up sst the railroad
-hop- The first locomotive ar'l train
Of fiat cars, loaded with i or, wa run on
the newly CONSTRUCTED beAch railroad, as
far 81 Ninth street, on Tsuy-.lay The
steamship San -1ntDnt1, .5f the Mallory
Line, left for New York 4Thur-lay ven
ing With full list Of passengers nd the
following cargo: 500 pkg table,
900 logs cedar, 2r6 cases .edar. =; hb'-,
ro-in. So bbl-. sPirit-, - a'aIes me-, =
r,kg-. merchandise.
--iaine-,ille Evening VAR. y
.NS,rs reporter called pu t5}c WprK-n"n at
tie new court hou-c to-say and ioand
that work had been making great pro
grc-- since his last call 'Fhe inner walls
are now MP, and the roo! will H. com
lletrd in few days. tn work # pnt-
ting in the corrugated iroa which j. the
ba-e Of the floor has been begun, and at
the present time it looks 3 though the
Fall term Of court will te held III the
nov court house Lieut.. y. J.. Wag-
ner will command his la, drill II the
Cadets Tomorrow evening. Iic will
leave here on next " onlaY, and alter a
short respite Will join hi command in
| tab
-Apalachicola Trb"rr. Va hear
that company Of Colunbls expect t.
I,ut mp canning factory mathis city for
the next season Let thelu come rs We
welcome all SUCH enterprises, for " have
ample room for many more such a. the
enterpri-ing firm Of Hunt * 'Munsor, who
are in the canning bu-in".s here. and
have made it ernincntly successful the
past season. The Cypress: l.nmber Co.
are having a huge system of ,Vvell- dug u
supply water for their t,Giers . Mr.
John w Wakefield has rece, we'd h- APP
pointment a. postmaster Of Alphabetical,
and will have his Office in 80. ,. Rnge
Row. We wish Mr. Wakefield al the
pleasure Of success and APPRECIATION Of
the people which he deserve.
-Palatka Sun The satc:Gor the roof
ing and granite arches for The doors Of
the Presbyterian church are arriving.
We are glad To see it, for tho new church,
when finished, will be An ornament 10 the
city DIR. +. 7. IIuylar, y prominent
capitalist Of New York, WHO owns the
beautiful property at the corncr of Dodge
and River streets, will probably make
SoLc Hcd' iH'cbtHIOhIS III pun IlI! We
fore long. The doctor appreciates the
natural advantages Of the town as fully
as we do, and we may expcat to sec
large hotel arise among the grand oaks
before the year 1886 is usherdsI in.
Waldo advertiser: Capt: Williams,
who is now eighty years Of age. came in
and for the first time in his life voted
the democratic ticket at the late election
We are glad to note the fact that his
health is improving and that his spirits
are always exuberant, which sill adj to
his longevity in spite oi sthe band
Of disease Several OF our north-
'ern friends who never before cast dem
ocratic vote, did so at the iaes. election
They begin TO realize that good govern
ment can only emanate from the virtue
and intelligence Of the State and there
fore they deem it their paramount duty
to cooperate with the better element OF
society in placing the seal of public con
domination upon ignorance and corrup,
tion.
Quincy Herold: Mrs. Julia Ellis
canary bird Tom died on last Thursday
age, fifteen years. "A dozen negro
hands came up from Apalacli,cola shc
first of the week, mills having closed for
the season. "A fishing party cut bea
yer dam on the creek last Thursday and
captured eleven hundred fish Of different
varieties .. Nineteen colored people