The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-01-13

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branch of business seems parsIysed just |
now. Our cedar buyers have stopped |
purchasing cedar and theev is npt much |
demand for fish, we learn. ~
Pensacola Rsnsacoi;aa: The steam
fisherman Mile Wales, owned by the |
Pensacola Ice Co., was buried Of. Tampa,
Fla, Sunday, 4th inst. No lives lost.
The "Wales" was Of e5 tens bvfthen, and |
had fine lot of pompanc On b.iard when
sured. ~
Green Cove Spring, I've learn that
estimates have been ordese:l foy ! large
brick building, the first III Gfsep Cove.
-. Mr.. Ozias Buddineron has sent to
the New Orleans Exposfsien So oranges
of remarkable size, and the product of a
tree only eight years old Far'Ies are
investigating for the pur pose of establish
ing brick yard in the vicinity.
--Braidentown Progress CoFont Chas
H. Foster has shipped this year f. pm his
Fair Oak orange grove rear Manatee,
5000 boxes of oranges which havGnetted
him $4,000. Who shall say that ! orange
culture does not pay. The schooner
Carrie A. Bucknam, of B,.cksrors'', Me-,
Captain NJ. g. Gray, camt in thr river
Tuesday evening, having on boatd $50
tons of ice for the Palma Sofa leg Com
pany. She has been lying at the bar
over week The Buckra n is 24O tons
burden
Key West Democrat: CigarS qnanu
facturers here are all of the opinifh that
the Spanish treaty will fail of ratification,
and have begun to employ large Horces.
go. Mr.. Escassi finished this week for
Mr.. d. T. Sweeny a pair Of bracelets the
most artistic work we have ever feheld.
They were solid gold with the clasp in
the shape of horse shoe set with real
diamonds, procured in Havana. sThey
cost 1000.
-Palatka Herald.: Our new two forse
power Shipman engine has arrived. The
reason we ordered another is, owing TO
An addition of machinery, which .:eces
sarily required more stcam-poNerk AS
many of our citizens have been wHting
to see the larger size of ibis engiLS, we
would ask them to pay us a visit, and
will guarantee the engine ,will 4" stll it
claims j.. l.. .Sixty-tve car loads OF brixS ar
rived in the city last week. Whte is
the man who said that Palatka GOULD
never be rebuilt.
= Halifax Journdl: Upon the keys
south of us there grows vcritablc !: pas
tree, called the Manchineel. An: one
taking shelter under it during II rain
or sleeping under it when The de- Tfalls
is sure to be poisoned. One who e.Deri
enced it says: cit swells fellow al up
and makes him feel as if he bad ,ecn
skinned and peppered." saving 50 e of
the wood to make canes OF it Tor TIN Ex-
position Mr.. Hall suffered IRON it's + SON
GUS effects so severely that he ref 10
handle it again at any price
Gainesville Adcocdte.: Fears are en-
tertained by orange growers that the
present winter has been almost too mild
for the good of their groves. New
growths are being made, and the trees
are much more likely to be- injured in his
case of a heavy freeze than they would
have been had the weather been more
severe. Gainesville girls are noted for
their wit as well as their good looks. A
couple of them were propounding eoun-
drums to each other not long long ago
said one, "why is young man like
grain of corn?" Because" said the 9TH
err, che turns white when he pops. Then
they giggled till they fell off their chairs.
Look out for fakirs and sneaks OF all
kinds The town is full of men who
have no visible means of support, see
that they live honestly or, starve. 1t
makes little difference to the world at
large which they choose.
Cedar Key:l Beacon: Capt w. G.
Denham, Agt. of the Atlantic and Pensa
cola r. r., has recently made two seizures
of cedar timber RATED to Cedar Key The
amount is upward of 1000 sticks, and is
said to be the first cedar reclaimed from
the cutters OH the coast. The /. and A.
are assessed upon a valuation Of'one
dollar per acre on their coastwise swamp
lands, and these lands have been partially
denuded of their timber, their principal
value, at the hands of unscrnpuloas cedar
cutters. 1t is stated that the Company is
not DESTROYS of prosecuting trespassers,
but is determined to prevent further in
roads. The cedar cutters WILL find that
Capt. Denham, while pursuing firm and
vigorous policy, yet has no desire to per
secute those who have been engaged in
this business.
-Pensacola Adcance- Gazette: The
vast quantities of granite rock which
have been piled on Wittich's wharf, and
intended for the jetty work as Fort Nc
Rea, are being loaded on lighters and
conveyed to their destination From
Mr.. ID. c. Knowles, of the steamer Little
Annie, we learn that there is seven
foot rise in the Chattahoochess aad that
the turpentine and rosin which: has been
lying on that classic stream, awaiting
transportation, is being moVhd lively.
80. The ship Bride of Lorne, (which re-
Gently grounded on the east bank of the
bar, while attempting to make her exit
from this port, put to sea yesterday, hay
ing crossed the bar and enterea the Gulf
in safety, drawing twenty-five feet and
some inches. This vessel, after ground
ing, was towed back to the city, a survey
had, and being found in a seaworthy
condition, was permitted to psoceed on
her journey.
Fort Myers Republican fdr. Cyrus
Beede, the special Indian Agent whose
visit here we noticed last week, shas gone
this week on visit to the Senanoles, at
their homes in the woods OF the Big
Cypress. He started on Monday, accom-.
panied by Mr.. w. M. HendsS, WHOSE
conveyance and team were empsoyed for
the trip. Mr.. Hendry is probably AZ
we'll fitted "a anv one tn Aid in .yet .inO q