The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-09-24
STATS rEws.

saloons, the town of Milton is the quiet
est town of its size in the State. We
have fewer arrests for disorderly conduct
according to our population than any
other town we know of.
Lake City Reporter: Mr.. Noodle
has saved large quantity Of crab-grass
hay, and is having q portion of his land
conveniently arranged for dairy farm.
We have heretofore suggested that he
divide his land into small tracts, and sell
to parties who will improve them. Now
would be good time to divide the land
into convenient lots, and map it, so that
parties could settle and build this winter.
1t is beautiful location for homes.
Fort Myers Press Mr.. w. S. Clay,
Of Twelve-mile Creek, went hunting the
past week with Mr.. Hagen few miles
beyond his residence. They found nest
of tigers FLORIDA panthers) consisting of
two old ones and four whelps. They
killed both the old ones and two of the
young. He described the young as very
pretty with their soft yellow fur. They
also broke into nest Of young alligators
of hundred or more and captured four
teen.
-Palatka Herald: Every year in
creases the value of real estate in Florida.
Especially among the cultivated farms
and fruit orchards. Young orange groves
are abundant, and every increasing year
brings forward new bearing groves.
Palatka is destined to become a great
railroad centre. Our pet idea of having
a road from St. Augustine is by no means
abandoned. That time will come. When
constructed, there will be more travel be-
tween Palatka and st. Augustine than
any other two places in Florida.
Barlow Informant There is one
industry in our midst that has been so
quietly and unostentatiously brought to
it's present high standard that very few
people seem to be aware of its existence.
We refer to the Sunnyside Nursery of
DR.. c. L. Mitchell, near Fort Meade.
This beautiful place is we'll worthy of
visit by all persons desiring to see a full
demonstration of our facilities for horti-
culture; and although the place is new
one, and the disadvantages common to a
frontier county have operated against it,
still it is truly wonderful the progress
that has been made.
-Starke Telegraph Hon. T. p.
Chaires, the able and vigilant Represent
alive Of Lafayette county in the Legisla-
ture, spent several days in the city last
week. He came up from the coast to
bring his children to school. While here
he contributed $25 in cash to the Starke
Institute building fund. The Green
Cove Spring and Melrose Railroad will
come within thirteen miles of Starke
The next best thing for Starke to do now
is to run road out to the beautiful lake
region country east and make connection
with the St. Johns river. We now have
railroad connections with all the world,
and a road to connect with the G. G. S. &
M. Road will put us all right with the
balance of mankind.
-Kissimmee Leader :. The travel on
the railroad for the past week or two
seems to have been about as heavy as
during the winter season. During a
little chat with Captain Rose yesterday
we learned that during the month of Au-
gust, dredge No. 8 cut 2,7s5 feet of canal
feet deep and so feet wide, an average
of about 600 cubic yards per day. This
dredge cost $4,000. During the same
time dredge No. 2, costing $4,000, and
after losing eleven days in repairs, cut l )
$50 lineal feet of canal feet deep and 80
feet wide, making the excavations of the
two dredges, during August, amount to
l,eOO cubic yards. No. 2, up to 18th of
September, had cut more than during the
month of August, while No. 8, up to that
date, had equaled her August work.
Cedar Key Journal Saml A. Swami,
Of Fernandina, is getting up map of
Levy county. This map has been much
needed for many years, and we shall be
very glad to see it. We hope the
new Suwannee & Gulf r. r. will be
represented on it so that we can all see
how good it looks on paper. 1t would be
a boss road if built Those who have
visited both the ST. Johns and Suwannee
rivers pronounce the latter by far the fin
est stream of the two, and yet so little is
the Suwannee known abroad that very
few visitors or tourists find their way to
its fine lands, beautiful scenery, and end
less and boundless field for the angler and
hunter, paradise for those who love the
woods. 1t is just little strange that no
hotel has been erected to accommodate
visitors, nor an effort made to attract
them.
-Fernandina Mirror. Charley Stark
was down at Nassau Thursday, fishing
for bass, but when he found nests of cedar
pals and cans of lard drifting in from sea,
he lost all interest in the sport and went
work wrecking, with the result of replen-
ishing his stock to quite an extent. 9th
or parties found barrels of kerosene oil,
all of which gave evidence of a wreck at
sea. From the moss grown condition of
the wood, probably the articles had been
in the water sometime. In another COL
umn will be found the notice of incorpor,
alton of the East Georgia & Florida Rail
road Company. This is the company
which will build from Harris Road to
Jesup, Ga. Mr.. Bushnell, chief engineer
of the Florida Railway & Navigation
Company, has surveyed the line as far as
the St. Marys river, and has located the
crossing for the bridge. Mr.. Morse, gen.
eral manager of this enterprise, was in the
city this week. He expects that work on
the road will be commenced in about two
weeks.
-PalatkaNe,os: work will be begun on
the grounds of the new Putnam House
to-day, and the lot will soon be put in
readiness for the builders. From gentle
men. who know the intention of the COM
pany who will build the house we learn
that the new Putnam will be set back ten