The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-09-03

He reports q net profit on SIX acres OF
cabbage 1t one thousand dollars. Mr..
Z. also reports the shell mound place in
excellent condition; he will plant much
larger garden this year than last.
Orange City Times. Five thousand
tons of rails have been shipped and are
now lying on the dock at Enterprise for
the railroad from that place to Indian
River. The new railroad wharf at Blue
Spring will soon TO be completed and
ready for the iron for the Blue Spring,
Orange City & Atlantic Road.
Mariana Courier: Col. Mcclellan
informs us that he has gathered ripe
pears out Of his orchard from trees that
were set out three years ago. If our
people would drop all false ideas Of med
esty and pride, and work more and spend
less, Jackson county would be Dy all
odds the finest county in Florida. 1t IS
a sad sight TO see man smoking cigars
and wearing fine clothes paid for under
mortgage. And it is still sadder TO gee
him eating Cincinnati bacon and Western
-four under these conditions.
Live Oak Bulletin: There has been
very little cotton brought into town as
yet. The staple and color of what we
have examined Is very good, and if the
caterpillars fail to injure the crop, 1t will
be a little above an average in this coun-
ty. The machinery to extricate the
drill from the artesian well arrived this
week, and Capt. Grant has been engaged
for the last two or three days in trying
to extract it. Upto this writing FRIDAY
morning) however, he had not succeeded.
He seems confident although, and expects
To get it out at any moment.
Jasper Times The burning Of the
three story bath house at White Springs
will not interfere with the bathing. new
bath house goes up Immediately Leon
county is and will be the dairy farming
section Of the State. Six hundred pounds
of pure home made butter week has
been marketed at Tallahassee. w. n.
Bullard, sub-contractor under Geo. S.
Jennings, has finished the approaches of
the iron bridge over the Alapaha, and
travellers are happy. No fat in wet sea
sons, no sand from six to eight inches
deep in dry river bed. with almost in
surmountable banks, but one Of the finest
iron bridges in the State with one span
of l25 feet.
--Apalachicola Tribune. Last Mon
day the Thronateeska arrived on time and
had painted on her side in glowing letters
United States Mail. This means that she
will now bear once a week the mails to
our city, The Naiad we learn is TO take
part in the mail service if arriving on
Thursdays and the Thronateeska on
Wednesdays. This changes our mail
days, which change we do not like as we'll
as the previous schedule of Wednesdays
and Saturdays. However we get the
advantages of two large boats, though
we would be glad if these boats could
make it to their advantage to visit us the
same days as our mails have been COM
ing.
-Micanopy Gazette: On Friday az
ternoon last a tremendous rain storm VS.
tied this section, accompanied by vivid
flashes of lightning and heavy peals of
thunder. During the storm the lightning
struck the residence of DIR. Montgomery,
scattering through the house. One bolt
ran down through the southwest corner
of the kitchen, tearing off the siding and
throwing the plaster over the room and
upon Lucius, who was sitting within two
feet of the wall, but who escaped. A
part of the lightning shaft ran off from
some shelves and struck a colored by, Is
years old, named Frank Oats, who was
standing by the table within two feet of
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across the back and down the right leg,
throwing him several feet from where he
stood, and instantly killing him. Other
inmates of the house were severely shock
ed, but not seriously.
-Daytona Journal. The sharpe Ma
rion arrived Wednesday, last week, from
st. Lucie with 1856 punches Of splendid
bananas, the most of which were sold
here d. ID. Rogers is having break
water made of squared hard pine timber,
driven by pile driver so as to make a
solid wall along the shore to be filed in
behind with shell and sand. Frank ID.
Burmeister, German plasterer and ma
son, who has chiefly lived in a floating
house upon the river, recently hal his
barge made larger and overhauIed it, fit
ting it up nicely. 1t was anchored off
the mill dock in deep water. Yesterday
at about noon he pulled out to it in .
row boat, raised the anchor and attempt
ed to pole it around in a position for
hosting sail The pole either broke or
stuck in the mud, and let him overheard.
Not being able to swim he drowned
Not long ago he lost little child by
death, and on Monday his wife had started
for Germany. 1t is doubtful whether or
not she will get word Of it before she
sails. 1t is very sad accident.
Sanford Journal Mr.. A. L. Lawson
has a watermelon vine in the waterworks
yard that is growing at the rate of a
quarter of an inch an hour; that by act
uaI measurement it has grown ten inches
in forty hours. -. On our return trip
from the inspection OF the Tomlinson or
ange grove last week, we took in " the
lovely home and beautiful grove of Mr..
Tabor. The special object in deviating
IRON our direct course on this occasion, as
we have several times seen Mr.. Tabor's
place before, was to observe his recently
completed irrigating machinery. Lack Of
time, for it was nearly "sun set when
we arrived there, prevented as careful an
inspection a. we would like to have given
this new venture of his; but it seems to
US that he has made an investment that
will pay him well. Irregularity of sea
sons" is one of the great drawbacks to
orange and vegetable culture in Florida.