The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-12-17


Sauna Rosa Essss :. Our venerable frisnd,
Jsdve Chain. had an aitack IL vertigo this
week. but we are glad 10 announce that he hae
recovered and Is attending To busintss as
usual
waldo Adpsrtissv :. Manager Duval as
suree % that new and cummodIous depot mus
be built at this place. Col. X. +. Ia.i"r on
gainesville passed through Waldo Saturday en-
ruute h.,me. Col Taylor is one oil the most cu
tured gentlemen as well Is one oil the must bril-
liant md able lawyers ia the State. A future ut
eminent usefulness and highest honors Is before
him.
--Qujucy Herald. We learn that the Bruce
Bros have started a cigar factory at their resi-
dence, one mile west Of town, and now have sew
eral cigar makers at work. They have large
lot of fine tobacco ON hand, which they intend
to work up The County Commissioners last
Tuesday allowed the colored man Cruise fifty
dollars Ms compensation for injuries 10 his cattle
by the falling of the bridge over Mosquito creek,
near Chattahoochee, two or three weeks ago
-Apalachicoia Herald Early Wednesday
morning a darkey half frightened out of his
wits appeared ON the streets and reported he
had s..rn a =" monster" bear out in the woods
short distance from the city. The Franklin
Guards seized the opportunity and dozen or
more of them shouldered arms y and marched
OUT against the domestic" enemy. They re-
turned in the afternoon after walking about
twelve miles wet and hungry, without finding
track OF bruin.
-Ocala Banner DR.. R. j. Kendrick, OF
Anthony, was in the city several days last week
and in conversation with him he informed us
that he raised six hundred bushels of sweet po-
atoes this year to the acre. His mode o. plant-
ing was published in the Florida Dispdtch year
or two ago If any of our readers are interest
ed in the matter we will get the Doctor To re-
write il for our columns. If any OF our readers
however, can beat the Doctors yield, we
would be glad to publish their method OF plant
ing.
-DeLand Florida Agricultural kaOhn is
species of clay used for the manufacture Of the
finest description of porcelain Under the Brit
ISL occupation quantities were shipped from
Pensacola to England We have seen fine spe-
cmens from Levy county. and some exhibited
at the first Nassau County Fair al Fernandina,
by Mr. Yulee. There may be some found In
this par of the State; but we have seen mari
from many places that has been mistaken Tor
kaulin Ii is SO well known that this material
is plentiful in Florida that we have been sur
prised that no mandatory for using it has been
started
Jacksonville Herald Evidences of i'm
movement about the Florida Railway & Navi-
CATION Compauy's depot, under Receiver Duval :
administration, are already pcrceptible. MIR. joe
Marzyck is erecting framing for pile-drivers Ia
meut of the dock and extension 0 the freight
house 200 feet There is also in contemplation
the erection OF IA local freight and passenger de
pot fronting on Hogan street The lot is being
cleaned up to-day, and just as soon rs all prellm
mary matters are arranged the public may he
surprised at any hour by the commencing OF the
erection of these additional structures Mr. Du
val l. chock full of good business know ledge,
and will prove the correctness vi this assertion
in less than three months.
st Augustine Weekly Recent govern
ment soundlngs indicate thirteen teet OF watrI
at high tide in ST. Augustine channel And this.
too without dredging or government and Now
that appropriations tor harbor Improvements
are IN order, why moi put III our Ancient Cily
oar The new town, "Oc, an Heights"
gently started near Sweeiwater, on the line OF
the jacksonville, ST. Augustine and Halifax
Railway, is said To rs enjoying a big bonn
Judge Wright, tue founder of the new CT :. r.
ports many sales OF lois at $40 each. y t
have received bills OF lading for our steam press
es and new printing material the days ofhand-
power and shoe-peg types are numbered in the
Office of the old Weekly and CtrOntcje.
-Fernandina Mirror Gilbert Gibson a col
ored man, from King Ferry, was sent To the
county jail in this city, by Justice J. II Hadduck
this week for killing his brother Emanuel Glib
SON. with an axe on Friday ot last week The
TWO brothers got into an alteration about a col
tention which resulted in the killing of Eman-
uel. Gilbert escaped to Georgia, bu, afterwards
remorse tor his awful crime worked upon him to
such an extent that he returned to Kings Ferry
gave himself up to the authorities, confessed his
crime and was sent to the county Jail here.
Mr. J. " Bushnell Chief Engineer of the Flori-
da Railway 4 Navigation Company, has been
appointed Master of Roadway of that system,
with his office al Fernandina.
Madison Recorder Al last Al last new
rails have been laid Yes las, Tuesday train
arrived loaded with bran new steel rails which
were distributed west and east of this station
The section hands Immediately went to work
and in a short while the old rails were torn up
and the new ones laid down This is a source of
congratulaiion, it had become dangerous to
travel upon the road, and what was formerly Jolt
and jOstle will now be easy and comfortable
travelling. Receiver Duval is in earnest in his
endeavurs to place the road in firsl-class condi-
ton, and he has the thanks Oi1ht travelling com
munity ior what he is doing. We are glad to see
II, as d large amount of travel comes and goes
from Madison Go down TO the depo, and look
Of the new rails, for they are beauties.
Bronson Times DR. B. Ostrander and
Mr. o. Richardson in their perambulati0ns
through the country last week. went out ON Mr.
Richardson's Picnic Island in Lake Chucka-
haha where Dr.. Ostrander viewed one OF the bat
tlefelds of 1887. scouting party were en-
camped on the Island one night feeling that they
were safe, when they were given reception !"
by Billy Bowlegs and his dusky braves, who
were repulsed after sharp battle. The Doctor
marked out the burying ground " here % volun-
teens were buried al the close of the fight He
also showed Mr.. r. tree that caught an arrow
thai was aimed al him (Dr. o. by one OF the
braves. On going to the tree and punciurng
snary place on ii with his knife, he brough, out
The point of the arrow that had remained in the
tree for forty eight years We have the point
now ON exhibition in our Office
-Palaika Datly Sun Mr. r. Packer who is
putting in the electric bells and electric fire
alarms for the Putnam House, is hard at work
getting his wires stretched through lie building
II is puzzle To the uDiniiiated how he gets the
wires to run through the walls and get through
all sorts of difficult places but he gets along over
ceilings and through walls as easy As IA mouse.
Ii WI require dirty miles of wire to complete
the work. The Florida Southern road had
their eleclIie light machine at work on Wednes-
day night md lit rpsevera streets a. bright al
most IA old Sol could have done. The lights
thrown up Third street showed up the beautiful
trees in the best manner, and q newspaper could
have been read as far up the J. T. & K W
Railway track. The Florida Southern Is up To
all the improvements, and II anything better
than electricity comes along they will be certain
to adopt IL.
Key West Keg Lumber by The cargo con.
tinues TO arrive weekly. Ii is simply astonishing
how much is used up Il is landed TN the docks,
and carted III, and the next you see is a dozen
houses going up and Ina; is the only way ac-
count Tor the immense quantities landed here in
the past six months. Houses are going up in all
directions, especially outside the city limits and
what is still more astonishing there is not SIN