The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-08-27
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Mariana Times We: are Informed
by our townsman, DR. Thee. West, that
many of the limbs on his orange trees III
Calhoun county, are breaking down
from the weight Of fruit they hold and
that the growth of the trees this yra' Is
unprecedented, being in many instances
five or six feet.
FLORIDA Mirror: Mr.. G. II. Ilu"t j.
now loading the Norwegian bark Column
ba for South America. He states tai
he has orders for several miIli"n feet OF
yellow pine lumber for the River Platter.
Mr.. Hue, is keeping things lively around
his mill. Ills log blooms are full Of logs,
and train loads are comm! N daily
An old colorcd woman, upon benz" IN
merscd at Palatka on recent SUNDAY
exclaimed Dress de Lord . dis an! five
times f-, been baptised."
Callahan Record: We are informed
tina, a good physician is Hce'icd n HI
lard. as they have to send to Kin" Ferry :
and Callahan when i knc>- occurs. WhIrh
is very ncomvenient and cNWn>iVc... In
a town not far from Callahan there i =
laryc surpIusagc of young ladies over
men. One night recently a Young nAI
stepped ont upon the h"tc! Pia>za and
said softly, care You there, darI'""
Whcrcupon there came in 70 >lnnI'an-
cous whispers, !" Yes, dear.
Orange City 71n,eS: \ population
of 500 is reported from th'. north end OF
the county The increase IN population
in that section for the past lev wears iA>
been remarkable. The til' is principally
from Georgia and South Carolina. Ii
will require 500, 900 feet Of tirubcr t" con
struct the bridge across tie river II
Thraeher', Ferry for the j. t. * X. W.
road. The large Andrews Mills At Sprlu9
Garden will furnish most OF Ills lumber,
the lowest bid having com" from those
mills e
Tampa G,,r,Ji,n.: l. i Al, assured
fact that Mes-rs. IIincklcy =. Fuller Will
put a passenger and freigi.' steamer on
the line between Tampa ans Mobile the
coming season. Mr.. IliurkI'y i HOW IA
Boston for the purpose a. hulins tie.
vessel This line will be OF great inr"r
lance to Tampa and especially t"thc mt
growers in thi, section of the SAT-. 1t
will give competition in fr'i:h. rates tlla;
will cunducc much to the benefit OF til,
shippers.
Mariana courier Tie. ~tcamDr
HAYS ran into the steamer imnuptr'>hA
sunday night near IIayw"nd'>, III IT.
Chattaho"chcc river, and tore ~ h'I
guards and came very near eating u'p
her hull, causing the death 81 a n"4r'',
who, through fear, jumped o>crh"Ar aud
was drowned Another n".r' wa "a
most mashed t" death and Wis lett 4
Chattahnochce for treatment he hn'it
Of the dead man had not been recovered
when our informant left ChAt,Hh"erh.c
Live Oak B1HTt;n: An -, ra.clcul.i
crop has been made in this county. ari
the farmers are consequently happN.
We learn that the dreaded cotton 'at'r-
pillar has mad" It's appcf enr IN 'lit},r
cnt parts of SuWanncr r,'ln'N. anil TIE
farmers have lomT faces IN t4HelD',.
The ravayc- n yet az" not very grr;if
but if they multiply a. n~n.t thy NH
destroy the entire top cr"p and he
damage will he mcalruiat.'r.. ..Thc
whooping cough is prevailing /" -"Ino
extent among the children il tie. c"un-
try The grand mothers -av, how cNcr,
j
for them TO have it.
-Davtona Nrxmny,r: The coast ca
nal has changed hands, and j. m"N bonn
managed by the Whining on prci.in.
Company, who propo>" to push thIng-
They have already made arrangements
I" have the canal in running order hy the
first of December at all haZay.i>. \ lar.c
drcdg" from Tampa j. now c"'niu@; tWo
boats are being built to run ca tli,. south
end, uIalitax rivcr) and ties ar, bcin2 got
ont To build a narrow guagc road from
the north end Of the unfinished work /"
drcdge No. |, on the south end. We are
informed that the opening Of the canal
for passenger and freight traffic will take
place on December list. The road viii
be built at once.
Sanford Arg4s.' Over 6" new hands
were reported at Mayo this week, to 90
to work on the Apopka and Atlantic Ry
The road is graded toward Apnpka a
number of miles and the irpn ior H.
miles is now en- route. This looks a If
our friends in the company mean business
$50. Mr.. Lester Clarke, owner Of tn'
Brock House in Enterprise, dicl eullcnl}
Of apopleyy at the Fifth y, cnuc h"tc
in New York on the 9th Of Augu>l Mr.
Clark was unmarried, Was about 81 wears
of age, and had amasscd n handsome
fortune, but owing To feeble health h.
had retired from active business Of lat"
years, and spent most of his time travel
ing. His winters were principally spent
in Florida, where he owns SOM handsome
orange groves on the 1t. Johns in aldi
ton to the Brock House.
-McClcnny Sur. We think our fruit
growers should pay more attention To titc
raising OF this fruit than they do at pr,.>-
ent. With so much of our ~nil that J.
adapted to the growth of the f@, and the
large yield that is obtained, there seems
to be no reason why this fruit could not
be made a paying one in thi, country
One Of the entcrprisiny citizens III the
western end of the county, Major j. Is
Russell, has set out about twcltty acres of
this fruit, and expects in a sh"r, time to
realize a handsome profit from his invest
mrnt While there are but lew ui oar
fruit growers who could enter into f..
raising az extensively a> Major Russell,
yet all could give a small paI Of their
ground aud attention 1" it, anal W hci,,r
that in II short time the Labor l"-t"wci
would give profitable returns.
Lake Aity Hrp"rt.r: Ihc ! n'm ot j
G. FarIand, Esq, Was struck 10y heh,
nIn,v and 1cstrnN,I Lax fire Ia N,,I..