The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-05-28

cleanliness, the removal of all garbage
and trash, the application of lime and
liberal use of whitewash. The great ne
cessity of Feruandina is an abundant sup
ply of pure drinking water. The sink
ing of at least two good artesian wells is
imperatively demanded.
Fort Myers Press The Press issues its
twentv-sixth number this week and is
therefore six months old. 1t has had an
encouraging growth thus far and We trust
its next half year will add greatly to its
prospects of permanent success. One
of the Indians here by the last arrival
from the Big Cypress, was Miami Billy.
from the Miami side of the Everglades.
Another, Big Cypress Indian, had the
name of Nokushatchee. Capt. r. \.
IIendrv reports his Para grass, forty acres
Of which he planted at Fort Thompson
some weeks ago. as doing very finely. He
has goolly amount of excellent pasture
which he counts on for fat cattle next
winter =. Mr.. Dennis O. Hickey says he
visited Fort Myers in 1884. 1t was a
military station then in charge Of I. :.
soldiers. They had orange trees growing
and beautiful plantation of pineapples.
The soldiers made it look like a very
pleasant location.
Waldo idrertiSer i. Both the rail
road and express companies are being
taxed 10 their utmost capacity for trans
porting freight AMI vegetables Public
spirit is absolutely essential to the future
of Waldo. \ par>imonious spirit in pub
lie affairs is detrimental and brings its
own punishment =. Mr.. Ned. f. Farrell
has inaugurated movement whereby q
~utiicien; fund will be reised In paint the
Academy. This implanted public build
ing has long been an eyesore to the pro-
greS>ive spirits of our town, and IT has
stood as a mournful monument of the
want Of thrift and enterprise of our PEG
pie. Strangers visiting us have always
been most unfavorable impressed when
they beheld it, and our people have been
subjected to comment by no means flat
tering. Let every man who possesses even
a scintila Of public pride and public
spirit at once contribute of his means TO
aid in painting the Academy and adding
t. it such necessary improvements as our
growing Importance demands.
Barlow Informant: The expenses of
our Circuit Court term to the State were
only trife over *4o0, which shows that
VIZ are law-abiaing, quiet people, croak-
er> 10 the contrary twithstanding ...
We learn that the two liquor petitions for
Barlow have received majority of the
registered voters, and will be published
for the July term: also one for TT. Meade.
Two are already published for Lakeland
Tor the June term, making quite a jump
from nothing to seven within two months.
49,. During the storm on Wednesday
evening lightning struck the large pine
back Of the old shop. and threw pieces
against the door of the Smith cottage
where Mr.. Conway resiKs, knocking out
q panel Of the door and breaking up the
china AMI causing such 4 rumpus that the
lady Of the house fed in dismay to DR..
Smiths 1t was an unccremonious and
uncouth visitor. and we don't blame the
lady for running even after the DANCE r
VAS over. This was the second or third
time that the tree had been struck, and
Mr.. ". II. Johnson. thinking it had had
enough, hired a Senegamblan To cut it
down.