The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-06-18

large per cent. on MS money
-Darbyville Star: From three to FIVE
cars of lumber will leave here for the
new Leon Hotel at Tallahassee daily
-. Mr.. W. p. Horne is inow realizing
five dollars per bushel far his crop of
early peaches.
Tampa Guardim .5herIf Martin
returned few days ago from
Chattahoochee, whittier he accompanied
the crazy Carpenter H. speaks very
highly of Capt Moseley bud DIR. Foe
man, who have the asvlum in charge, and
says that everything is kept in excellent
condition. He says that Carpenter was
happy, and on entering the asylum ex-
claimed: "Sink or swim, live or die
this is the place l long have sought"
-Gainesville Eceniny .Ne,cs There is
no use in growing aboat ,warrl weather
in Florida While it is very wArm here,
the weather reports show it to be from
eight to fifteen degrees hotter several
hundred miles north of Florida. So let
us quit talking about warm weather and
devote more time to telling the summer
lies that will have to be told between
now and fall.
-Chipley LteUigence.': Chiplkys wool
trade is no small matter, We suppose
it will be safe to say that she bought be-
tween fifteen and twenty, thousand pounds
during last week. +. We are Offering for
sale a few lots situated 10 She most desir-
able portion of town.. cbntaining one
quarter OF an acre EACH; al so 30 each.
Call on or address the eAitbr OF this pa
per.
- Orlando .Sentinel. yIhe Sentinel
learns from good authoritys that Orlando
i have public brick sc hool building
within twelve months, the cost Of which
than $4,000. This is decidedly the best
news We have for our readers tlls week,
for nothing is of more vital in portance
TO our growing city than that ste should
avail herself Of the opportunities now IN
reach Of becoming a greae educational
centre.
DE Land Echo: Whea a man stops
his paper because it has said something
that offends him, lie generally beg, hires,
horrows or steals the ncXs cops that Is
issued to see if it still liv4., ana he gen
GRAVY MUS llldl IL AttS j IL NlpA
sand dollars may appear'to be i biz pile
of money for our citizens 10 rass, but 1t
also appears that fifty THOUSAND dollars
must be raised or we will have no rail
road, and no railroad mc;.r.s everything
that is bad for our town.
Quincy Mr"M:: STRANGERS are com
ING in. looking tor lands, and places on
j., aDl ,h5t,l- To hc,
for this section has begun. =" ncle
Charley" Hepburn sent US the FIRST cot
ton boom We have seen this var. He
found it on the 10th inst, in lis field
two miles from town. Nr. augustus
Dykes, recently tried III ApalachieoIa for
murder and acquitted, died Hear Concord,
on the 29th ult He had been ALTERING
from All affection Of the lungs. The 9TH
er party charged with the same murder
died in Jail, at Apalachlcol4, before TIE
trial
Orlando Reporter: Tie four prison
ers recently convicted and sentenced to
the peniteniiary left on Tuesday ,l.t. Mrs
IIaw kins goes for four vears; Marcelius
Oliver Tor life: Tom Brown for one
wear: and John A. Irwin FOL. six months
Mrs Alice Hicks, daagkter Of Jacob
Summcrlin, and one of thu belle of Or
lando for many years, has .recentIy re-
turned from two wears spI"urn IN Lon
don, England, where her band's family
resides Mrs. Hicks will IT. welcomed
back by her many Florida friends, aud
her coming will rejoice tn ltearts Of her
parents.
Lake City Reporter. The workmen
began laying mains for hSd.ant service
this week. Our water-works system will
soon be in successful operation We
see from our Jacksonville exchanges that
Capt. Albert NJ. Ives has resigned his po-
stinn as agent Of the S. f.. s. W. K'y,
at jacksonville, to take the Presidency
Of the Florida Fruit Growers Assccia
ton and in his new sphere, wepreslct that
Captain Ives will prove a conspicuous
success, and will materialize the Associa-
ton into grand success. G9od luck to
all enterprises managed by such men, say
We.
-Ocala Free Press The first patent
of 100 acres of land in this colnty signed
by the President was recorded in the
Clerks Office on Monday. 1t was for
MI VI. Y. JNICH .OlNc n IlAU Il pun III
his home paper and ten to oEe he never
secs it, Give him left handed puff and
he will know it before the paper is on
the street an hour. A largo number Of
letters containing drafts havs been mis-
sing which were sent by mfrchauts Of
this city to Northern banks. Sonte light
handed mail agent has been doing the
work, thinking he could Appropriate the
papers to his own pocket. They are
being watched very closely now.
-PaIatka Ners: Major Uollistcr, SUI
perintendent of the Florid:s Southern
Railway, tells us a peculiar cat story,
which has thu merit OF haynig actually
occurred. When the train re- He'd ont OF
Palatka Friday mo. ming for 1emberton's
Ferry, cat was discovered on one of
the trucks of the second t;ass coach,
where it had probably taken ,fefuye from
a dog, where 1t remained thr4hghout the
journey OF one hundred AMI tii,y-two
miles, Notwithstanding the rain made
frequent stops. When the train arrived
at Pemberton's Ferry the cat: was found
in its position, where it remained until
taken by Mr.. Taylor. -:
Green Cove Spring.: Mr.. Arthur
Dudley, c. f., was in GreGA Cove this
week. Mr.. Durley is now engaged on
the road from Blue SPRING. OH Lake
CeorCe to the Indian River This road