The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-11-05
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took great interest IN the Teachers institute,
last August, and was prominent teacher IN the
county. ~@' s$SX#
Tampa 1rs5tns Nj. A. ). Acres, who has
riso1ApMmacross1 NE river, evidently intends
10 80 snccam q The business Heis operat-
ing IT'S macAins snd going At things
-365nhcullo Cbnstisutisn: Mr.. W. n. Girar-
dead edvsees d t6st he received, . few days ago,
an order from Moscow, Russia, for watermelon
seed. :. Mr. @. r. Taylor, ST., killed a rattle
snake on his place near town, one day iast week
that was a monster. The snake was twelve
years old and weighed fifteen pounds
Orlando Sentinel; We know Of a man who
this week received an offer Of SEQ 900 cash rom
an English gentleman for his very prosperous
and fourishing grove. He declined. The party
who made the offer requested the owner TO
place a price on II. The figures named were
e125OOO The agent being empowered 10 offer
the former price, the price set has been commu'
nicated TO the would be investor
Sanford Journal: Judge e. K. Foster Jeff
Wednesday last for New Haven, to visit his
brother, DR.. Foster, with the view to place him
self under his treatment and that of other dis
tinguished physicians We travelled with the
Judge 10 Jacksonville, and we are happy to be
able 10 state that he bore the trip to that point
remarkably well. We left him in the hands of
our quondam fellow citizen, Dr. Spence.
Madison Recorder: Another attempt at
breaking JAIL Yves. Alexander, the boy charged
with the theft of some jewelry from Judge
Perry's residence being told that the recent es-
capes were made by batiering the doors off their
hinges by the prisoners, usek his head as bat
tering ram on Wednesday night The top of
his head now resembles a badly mutilated beef
liver.
Sanford Journal: Judge Geo. M. Nolan re-
turned from his trip to Georgia last Tuesday
morning looking as fresh as a rose. The climate
of Georgia evidently agreed with him.. "A
bunglng attempt to break into the safe in the
Office of Treasurer c. G. Haskell, of the S. F. Ry.
was made Thursday night last The safe, con-
tanning about $4,000, was slightly damaged,
but the roeues were unable to get at its con-
tents.
PLANT City Courier Mr.. A. Williams on
last Thursday made his first shipment for this
season of beans and tmnatoes. He also brought
into market new Hi>h potatoes, which were
planted in August Our sister town, Seffner, is
exultant over the prospect OF two new hotels.
The foundation of one is already laid, and the
lumber for the other is icing placed on the
ground The town has n fine location, and
doubtless has promising future before it.
Waldo Adccrtiser Hon. j. w. Ashby, Pres
ident of the Green Cove Cove Spring and Mel
rose r. r., epent an hour or two in Waldo the
latter part of the past week. Judge Ashby is
gentleman of rare culture, lawyer OF fine at
tainments and will no doubt be successful in
carrying through his enlarged plans for the con
structon and completion of the road OF which
he is President thus rendering it and important
factor in the future development and progress of
the State.
-Chipley lntelligeacer The latest news in re-
gard TO the railroad from ST. Andrews Bay TO
this place is such as to inspire confidence in the
beginning of operations upon it at an early day.
-. "A telegraph line from this place TO st. An
drews Bay, along the line of the proposed rail
road TO that place, is being somewhat agitated
. Immense quantities of fine timber are being
shipped from Chipley and vicinity. And herein
consists one of the strongest resources of this sec
ton.
Orange City Times A paper received in
this place from Vermont states that 1870 from one
town in that State will leave at an early day for
Florida. The j. T. s. K. w. R r. will on
Monday next, commence running regular trains
and carrying mails over the new extension of
their road south from Paatka. The freight
traffic at present on the st. Johns river, is the
heaviest ever known. 1t shows the rapidly in
creasing population and the prosperity of South
Florida. .Ex United States Treasurer Gilfillan
is now one of the principle parties interested i'll
the Blue Spring, Orange City & Atlantic Rail-
road.
Bronson Times. Col. James F. Mcclellan,
of Mariana, has been appointed Judge OF the
First Judicial Circuit, vice A. E. Maxwell, re-
signed. Col. Mcclellan is one of the most emf
nent lawyers of the State, and his appointment
is good one. AS the compiler of" McClellan's
Digest of the laws of Florida, he is well known
all over the State. Governor Perry is to be
commended for selecting able jurist as Col
Mcclellan to succeed Judge Maxwell, and the
people Of the Circuit are to be congratulated on
having SO worthy and capable Judge 10 sue
coed him.
Orlando Reporter. Two car loads of mich
cows have been received in Orlando during the
past week They came from Georgia, and were
mostly blOoded cows and high grades. His
many friends 10 Florida will be pleased to know
that Hon. j. g. Sinclair returns from the North
fully recovered from the malady which threat
ened him year ago, and with all his old fire
and energy. He is more enthusiastic than ever
before over the prospects of Florida and is con-
fident that the boom is yet in its infancy. He
reports q greater number of Yankees afflicted
with the Florida fever than ever before and pre-
diets that the number of visitors will exceed
that of any former year.
-Palatka Ness: The two hundred and twen-
ty-five men at work on the Putnam House are
making good Roadway and the building is rap
idly assuming permanent proportions. The
painters are now following right behind the
carpenters, and are plying their brushes to the
time kept by the many hammers. Yesterday
Sheriff Zehnbar received the following telegram
from Mr. e. e. Williams, the sheriff of Marion
county: Examine all boats from Sanford for
one Leonard Williams, of ginger-cake color,
about nineteen years OF age. five feet nine or ten
inches high, and weighs about one hundred and
fifty pounds. Wanlcd for murder" Williams
killed another negro III Ocala few days since,
and is supposed to be making his way in this
direction via Sanford.
Fort Myers Press: The propretors of
Cleveland will build hotel with 100 rooms,
store, and have postoffice established this fall.
The material is hourly expected from Pensacola
-. Rev G. 8. Williams of1ciated on Sunday
morning and evening last at the N. Z. church
and gave another Episcopal service at the same
place ON Wednesday evening. He left yester-
day morning On the steamer tor Manatee, where
he expects to do work similar to that accom-
plished in Fort Myers. We understand The en-
very handsome sum has been subscribed both
for The church erection and for the support of
rector. In the course ola few weeks Mr.. Will
liams is expected to return and prosecute still
further the work 30 auspicously commenced.
-MacClenny Star i: Bud Harvey and James
Combs of Sanderson, were out hunting a few
DAYS ago, and killed q fine deer weighing 100
pounds On the same hunt their dogs attacked
q very large wild boar. The hog showed fight
and killed one dog instantly and severely injured
the other. II then turned on the hunters, who
emptied their guns at il, wounding II, but it es-
capped. "A negro was robbed near the F. r. &
N. depot in Baldwin last Sunday He had just
received the sum of $40. and was walking on the
railroad, when he was met by two negroes, one
of whom asked him to change $40 BILL He
drew his pocket book from his pocket with the
intention Of complyipg with the request, when
the other drew his knife and demanded him 10