The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-12-24

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eyesore and . standing repvuech, - hefetoscfe.
measures l52x1s inches and weighs q pounds.
This 1ne specimen Of fruit wes eruwn BY Mr..
WI. D. CawthcFn, of DsFunisk Springs. and
h one Of half busl,el equally IS large, which
Mr.. Cawthorn had on exhibition at the Forestry
Congress. though It looked rather small COM
pared to one which he showed ~ that measured
17xSl inches and weighed over three pounds
Orlando Sentinel An association known as
the Orlando Park Go. has Jus, bten Organized
IN our midst, with q capital stock OF $4,000 !;
twenty five per cent. Of which will be called 10
this year. his company will erect . building
or buildings at once and will lease the same 10
the South Florida Fair Association for their
forthcoming exposition. This assnres the sue
cess Of the exhibition beyond a doubt. - 10 ad.
dition to this "a 500 have already been Collected
In cash subscriptions for the fair purposes. :.
George Nicoll is not only artist 10 his line Of
business. but spirited and liberalhearted
man. He 10 piasteriug the new Presbyterian
church Of Kissimmee and he does 1t as u FREE
will offering. without money and without
price" Such generosity Is highly cnmmendable,
and the Sentinel takes great pleasure in letting
the public know it. The work will cost about
$3.50.
Tampa Tribune On the 9th instant. just
after the Gov. Stafford had unloaded a large guam
tity of freight ON Hairless wharf, ON the Mana
tee river The pier head, on which were ten
thousand barrels of perishable freight gave way
The damage is estimated at Eve thousand dol
lars. Mrs. j. Atzeroih, of F"gartyville, says
that she has growing on her place in open air
number of thrifty coffee trees, some of them 6f
teen feet high. She sent US up branch on Mon.
day with q number of npening berries on ",
which bears her out in her assertion. The
citizens of Tampa, through our Board OF Trade,
guaranteed 10 Mcssrs. Ybor & Co., four thou
sand dollars in money or IN lands 10 that
amount, provided they would locate their cigar
factory in our CITY, On this guarantee Messrs.
Ybor & Co. purchased property and are carry
ing out their part Of the agreement by the erec-
ton of buildings for factory purposes and tene'
ments for their employees. 1t now becomes our
duty to fulfill our part of the agreement. Our
honor is al stake. and it would be an inefface-
able stain upon US If we allowed the matter to
60 by default, or the impression tn go out from
here that we had secured this factory by false
promises.
-Apalachicola Tribune. The recent ap-
poinlment of Mr.. John r. Blocker. of Cara
belle, as an inspector of Customs for East Pass,
is eminenty satisfactory to the entire Democra-
cy of the county, and bespeaks for Mr.. Grady, the
Collector, proper regard for the interest of the
Government 10 recommending Mr.. Blocker He
is man of intelligence and strong individuality
of character, and we predict that he will make
very efficient officer. =. On Wednesday last q
telegram was received here stating that the
steamer Ellis had sunk. Upon the arrival of the
Naiad Thursday, it was learned that she had
struck a snag Tuesday night going up and
broke such q hole in her that the pumps were
unable To keep the water out and she gradually
went down. No one was lost or hurt. and the
mail and a portion of the freight was saved.
This is surely misfortune to be sure, Captain
Moore having just completed repairs on the
Ellis. She was one of the best passenger boats on
the river. She being under water up TO the pas
senger deck, fears are entertained that ii will be
very difficult to raise her. The passengers
aboard ut the time of the sinking remained ON
board for an up-bOat
-Brooksville Register We are authorized 10
state that cigar factory for the making of fine
line of cigars of the superior tobacco grown in
this county, will be in operation by the LIST OF
January. This factory will take all the good
sound tobacco made in fernando county. And
our people cannot do better than to enter ener.
getically into the cultivation OF Havana tobacco
Of the finest variety, for which our county by
common consent Is admitted 10 be 80 well
adapted. This new industry will give us q d.
versifed farming and add one more to our valu-
able money crops. We are further authorized
to state that Captain j. F. Tucker and Mr.. A. C.
Groom have some fine Havana seed on hand
which they will furnish gratuously TO the peo-
pie of the county. Mr.. D. Turnbull returned
few days ago from visit to friends at his
former home in Middle Florida. He says he
had splendid time. and indeed he looks rs II
he had been 10 good hands. :. :. The County Com
missioners might do good work by spending a
little money in advertising Hernand" county.
Such an expenditure would be of general benefit.
Suppose it is INDUCED to moderate degree. i.
The new cigar factory al Brooksville. which will
be conducted under the firm name OF A c. Groom
& Co, will begin operations about The 1st of
January next. The bond has been executed and
forwarded to the Internal Revenue Collector, and
The license will ce issued very SION. This is u
most important enterprise for Brooksville, as well
as for the entire county, aud We wish its promo
tiers great success.