The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-03-12


Quincy Herald: The heaviest rain
of the season fell Sunday night, aid the
weather since then hiss been anything
but pleasant Hon. A W. s,nider is
preparing TO start his brick machine and
il will soon be turning oct brick of excel
lent quality.
-Westville Pioneer Westville needs
IA few specimens of the WORTHLESS, but
sometimes convenient class, professional
jurymen. The business men Of the place
are greatly bothered every few days
when The bury form Of Deputs- Parker
appears aud bids them shut up ehop and
hie to the classic shades of the school
house where Squire Headley dispenses
justice.
-Eustis Semi Tropicol, Two negroes
while attempting TO cross th4 ford at
Dead River on mules, found the water so
deep az TO compel the mules 10 swim
The distance being too great for the
animals TO carry their passengejs, under
the circumstances, the riders wherefore
slipped of and by holding on 10 the tails
OF the mules tried to reach shore, but
throu Oh some accident the men lost their
hold and were both drowned. The
mules. however. reached land in safety
Orange City Times, That gray haired
eur OF tins place that sent over the few
items from here 70 the Enterprise paper
last week dl1 himself justlcc by the lies
he told . Ii now rests with the people of
Orange Ci,v a. TO whetht' We shall lave
the LARGEST and most prominent place in
South Florida or not. ou have "a. in
tereei here, and that interest can bt IN
creased 1wofold in the location of esther
the college or the completion of our road
70 the coast.
-Apalachcola 7rtbu1ee On Tuet day
night last While Mr.. J. Is. Hewitt was
walking 10 tue residence II Rui IL, Tack
er, aud Just as he reached the gate III
front Of Mr. Hatch's sorne one raj up
behind and fired pistol and rAL away.
Tie bal passed through lis hat, or rath-
or mashed il as ii went upward. cutting a
clean CAST in hie head, about two inches
long To the skull. Tlis ineX plica.ble
aud heinous crime, and sneak Inlet action
should be thoroughly siited. Ii seems
u u mere accident thai the 81 oo;i ing
was not fatal. Mr. Hewitt tells u that he
hasn't the least idea WIZ rhe assa.sln
was
-Palatka Herald: We notice a l,4ra-
graph going the rounds, II at F." one-haf of
the orange crop of Florida is raised with
III a radius of twentv-iour miles around
Ocala." Well il is no doGb fact Ma
ron county has numrer Of orange
groves. Putnam county, however, steps
TO the front and claims thu; she haf the
largest and most fruitful groves, and the
area planted will foot ny d larger acreage
than any other county III the STATE.
Clear Water Harboi Times Our
section has been favored W til rain enough
10 gladden. the hearts OF our farmer and
gardeners but III no case has il been sut-
iiclent TO Obstruct labor Ct travel a
good blacksmith is needed ut Clear Wa
ter. and could do a pawn business all
the vear round. We understand that a
suitable lot for shop, to h- occupies by
competent workman. vii be furnished
Oh easy terms.
-Brooksvlle Register. A J. Lespi-
naese shipped some fine oranges TO Paris,
France, this week Each box war par
tltioned off so that only one orange was
Ill compartment. The fruit run ninety
SIN To- the crate. We think this IL the
first shipmeu, Of oranges from tins eoun-
" 10 foreign market Hon !. 5
Mann arrived last Tbursday The Sena-
tor II brlm full of business, and as lie Is
posted on our railroad matters he has had
good many questions t. answer. A.
We 20 TO press we hear him answering d
crowd, that Brooksville will have a Rail
road within the next six months, sure.
-Palatka Ne,cs: The handsome steam
Yacht Miscoc, which lay at G-itfn'e wharf
Sunday afternoon and yesterday morning,
was frcm New y ork, and belonged 10 a
Mr. Conuige, who, with Ills family. il
spending the winter III the south, havin Q
been at Cumberland Island rlnce No>%in-
Der The first carload OF early vegtta-
bes shipped this season rom Pal&,ka
left for The northern markets YESTERDAY
over the j. r. q h w railroad smaller
lots have been shipped heretofore, 5ut
now car load lots will be forwarded
Some Of the vegetables shipped yesterday
were very fine.
Orlando Reporter: News comes. 70
III from kissimmee that the Bitter .S,teet
has suspended This is az II should a.t.
The paper has been Of no advantage to
kissimmee, to Orange county, or to The
State Ii has been simply vehicle TO
carry OF Col Harncys surplus bile &ud
when journalism is pervertee: 10 so bar a
use, the people soon tire of 81. "A t(ee
puller has been III operation, III OrlaL do
for number of DAYS. 1t il a powerful
affair, which takes the growing pines oct
by the roots. Some of the tap roots come
up leaving hole like a well. from eight
to fifteen feet deep. This hs'ems to ne
just the kind of a machine For clearing
the pine lands of Florida ansl is the op;y
one we have vet heard of which woL.d
do its work effectively and well
Live Oak Bulletin Maj WOODWARD
hoisted the flag to the top OF the liberty
pole on the 4th. 1t foated 10 the fr~e
winds Of the Democratic Urited States
for the fret time in "a years &. . Tie
heavy freights charged by the railroads
and transportation companies last seaso',,
the low prices received by the commit
sion men and backward spring, all con-
bined, will reduce the acreage of early
vegetables in and around Live Oak fully
one hall, if not more. Our people car
only learn by experience, and will only
advance by encouragement in this impor-
tant feature, (the raising of early vegeta
bles for market )and we are OF the opinion.
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