The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-07-23
srATE NEWS.

sible, and work Will be begun az an early
day.
Pensacola A(cance Gd=est.: We
learn, from Mr. Sindorf, that the BagGad
Sash Factory has secured the the con
tract for furnishing the sash. blinds,
doors. balusters, handrails, etc, etc, for
the new Leon Hotel, in Tallahassee. The
same firm has also received >evera' orders
for similar work in this city.
-Fernanlna Mirror. Four FIRE large
green turtles were captured on til marsh
between this city and Old T~wn on
Thursday "A force of hands ~a, en-
gagged yesterday taking down The tele-
phone wires. The company cohld not
get a sufficient number Of subscribers TO
warrant continuance OF the servace.
Live Oak B,tlletfn: Gen. W. c.
Bril-. Of Monticello. has been appointed
L.. :. Marshal of the northern district of
Florida cice j. II. Durkec RESI- ynt,i. The
appointment is a most worthy "4.' We
are proud oi Gen Birds persona; friend
ship He is a gentleman all :'i'e way
through and will make . splendid officer.
st. Johns Weekly: Mrs>rs. Mccall
lar. Raulcrson, Cowar; and Masters,
while hunting about tour mic from
Cowpen Branch last wee, came. ipon an
Old tiger cat aud two vouEg ones which
gave battle. ana a BIZ time was had IN
.t-f;iu. away with them. W hci, Killed
hey meas ured SIX, Sven and lilac feet
r,-lrcti, ely.
-McClcnnv >,ar:: Mr.. !. VI. licrn1on
has very kindly furnished H. w:th the
numb OF inhal itants Of the n"s town
al McClrnnV. a. follows: Whites 2S2,
blacks l43-inaking a total Of 42G. Two
wears ago, when the town was first LAID
ont there were probably ," rc"l'It within
the present limits. Tne iacreas4 since
then is no, So slow for McClenny.
Fort Myers P,~x y ~naI:, fully
ex feet LONG and of a white c"l'r, wa,
Killed few DAYS ago on IL" premises OF
Mr. !. II. Elmonls. Il was s snake
somewhat peculiar in sharo. heinz quite
fiattenci at bis tail fer about \
foot 1t ,eetn~ 10 be a rarity. t"I 10 on"
knows Of such variety among the SER
pent tribe in Florida.
Cedar Kew ,/p,>,p,oi: The faAily Of
Mr. Geo. Burton, chief engineer 'st the ice
factory, arrived in the city Thursday
night from Pensacola. Mr.. r. j. we'll
pleased with onr city. aud w. trust An
other good citizen is permanently added
to our number The Cedar Key Fire
Apparatus having been tested and accept
cd by the city, it now remains t"I The tire
companies to meet. elect Ulcers, and
otherwise perfect their organization.
Altoona Mder:: A tomato aiming
factory is one of the crying nrrda ii this
section Hundreds and thousAnds of
bushels Of tomatoes too ripe to shi p have
been allowed to rot under the vines. The
Growers themselves might unite II CO.
operative association and cstablls "A fac
cory To utilize their own products. Thou
sands of dollars 20 north, every season,
for thu one article, while the raw mate
rial rots in our own fields
DAY tona Jo,GnW: C"mmodt5e Van
Rensselaer, Morgan arrived here sunday
With fourteen men en- route 10 tie new
House of Refuge at the Sheldon trail on
south peninsula Besides this nne the
iour new ones below are under ais sn-
perintendence for construction. The ma
terial for nearly all has been landed. The
one at Bulow just completed is q hand
some structure Unless decApitat"d he
fore he gets through the Commodore will
soon have them all in ship-hapr.
Monticello Constitution: Mr. +. i;
Bailry's new residence is nearly compile
ted 1t contains twelve rooms amt i an
elegant and convenient structure. And
still they come The g down the road -
darkeys are returning daily to their an
cStral Il Il ~. l,.t n
blue flannel suits, brass watch rhai - aud
empty pockets. At lcas, a dozen in ON"
Gang returned here irw days ag"-
some Of whom We had noIr.I had lett tor
good. The LeContc pear is beginning
to ripcn and will soon be on the market
i'll considerable quantities.
ICELAND .Agricu1t,l~ist: Mr. Marcus
Smith, Of Day iona, visited DeLaall last
week, and brought us box of vcfy fine
Tariff oranges. They hal been gath
cred and packed six weeks before, hut
Were in good state of prescrt alton. All
To whom we presented them prom; unccl
them first rate The Tardif vii. nlcrt
the wants Of our growers for l4;r or
ange. 1t does not ripen before April,
and the fruit can be kept for weeks after
bclnS SdCucItu WI 'fIIii'h InlOl ,IS u
that he is budding largely from t'.is or
angc and will have a number Of tlA trees
for sale in the fall.
-Ocala Free Press: Work on he )
5. o. Il &. is progressing rapidly. The
clearing and grading forces are at Cotton
Plant Iron will be here ncAt month.
The best of steel rails have been ordered
80. During the thunder storm on Tues
day last carpenter by the name Of
James George, who was repairing a store
house at Stanton, on Lake Weir, was
struck by lightning and instantly killed.
He was on the roof at the time, aud the
bolt passed down the side OF the build
ing, and did no injury to those ,,l the
inside His remains were inferred on
Thursday.
Sanford Aryus:: There are rs enty-
two prisoners in the county jail at Or
lando, seventeen negroes and FIVE whites,
one of the latter woman. The lowest
number in any cell is five, and the high
est is eight, ard as there can be no court
held before next December they will
have to spend the summer in that awful
condition. 1t looks almost inhnman,
especially as they have not yet been
found gnilty of any crime. The crowded
state Of the Jail was one of the arguments
used by the defense Of the Booue h..LeaS
cor3,us case, and Judge Foster showed