The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-06-11
STATE news.


Files, late Of the Bee, made us pleas
ant call yesterday. He'is ahcat to leave
for Denver, Colorado. where he will prsc-
tice law.
Live Oak Bmuetia = AT the time of
this writing the artesian well is 675 feet
deep and still going down: Let her roll.
We hope by the time the 200 feet is
reached there will be a stream flowing
from it large enough 10 tioosi Live Oak
in water.
Quincy Herald: AL Saturday Sher-
iff Mitchell arrested I, 1arkcs charged
with COW stealing in jackson county.
They were kept in Jail until Wednesday,
when an officer arrived AMI escorted
them TO Mariana, where Cour. is IN ses
sion, and it is probable chat next week
they will go TO REINFORCE the army at
Live Oak.
IL unilton County ITmes; nice
looking and intelligent lady driving a
one-horse cart, in which Mere seated her
two little children with n few accessories
of life, passed Jasper day OF two since
bound to her old home in Midile Florida.
She had lost her husband a few weeks
prev HI 1tCiA "hN NANNN'
mined to return to the home OF her youth.
Dade City Observer: The Z. |.
Co.. are steadily pushing forward their
road. and i'll few days more will reach
this place. Already we can sVe the eff
1ects OF Its near approach in the increased
number of visitors in our town. The
Florida Southern Railroad will soon COM
plete its grade to Brooksville. BY the
18th Of July we expect to he in condition
10 transact business with our county OH
Gers by means Of travel by rail.
-Bartow L.tormDd \ Jaw OF our
cnterprising citizens are considering the
subject of building a railroad from Bar
tow to the DeI.eon SPRING. ami thence to
Fort Meade At tie present prices Of
iron and rolling stock, road can lac cheap
lv and speedily built, ard when once
started will speedily reach the gulf coast
at sara Sofa, or Manatee. Let the good
work 60 on at once.
-Palatka Herald: Ten years hence
Palatka will contain fifteen thousand in
population. Street cars will run over
the heights, the city will be lighted by
electricity. Water will he no object, for
the depths below will furnish al that is
re led and more too Wafer fronts with
lr>ness houses will extend along the
r,cr By that time all :hc Old wooden
buildings will be gone, and with them
the old people, doubtless. 1t j. a short
time. These intervening wears will come
and 90. Upon the old sites grand edifi:
ces will loom up, and Young i'aiatka If
they are wise, will occupy the situation.
So mote it be.
Tampa Guar2ian.. The schooner
Pearl, from Pensacola, arrl' ed iii port ear
" Monday morning, having an board
100, 900 shingles and ten Thousand feet Of
lumber, a part of which was bought by
Capt. j. r. Lesley a great many shin
giles arc shipped from Pensacola TO Cuba
and South America. ID. +. Moody and
party Of fishermen, captured large
man-eating shark in the bay OH last Fri
day night. 1t measured feet in length
and was supposed to weigh about 200
pounds. 1t was monster, ana Moody
was justly proud of ms capture. The
monster was hauled out on the river
bank on Saturday morning, and was
viewed with interest by many citizens.
-Rocklcdge Sun LatIrangc has a
champion hunter, VI. r. Jones. He com,
mcnccd clearing his hammock grove two
years ago this month, and since that time
ha, killed 20 deer and large rattlesnakcs,
and he only spends few month here in
the wear The trade and business from
this east coast country, with the opening
up Of transportation, will be simply cnor-
nous, and does not seem to he realized
ly some Of the important place. that
might secure it BY little excTticn. a
railroad running parallel with the coast,
is what We need and will sooner or later
have In that event Jack -Dnviic might
become our metropolis. Sanford is our
nearest trading point, and shoald make
An extra effort TO retain the trade
Pine Level Times lightning recently
struck seven calves in Mr. Joct'f Addson's
COW pen, and for the qualification OF the
exceedingly curious we will add that, as
a matter of course, it killed every one Of
them, and electrified veal was peutilul
that is a practical application OF tie uses
Of electricity,-it would have taken the
mothers Of those calves weeks TO have
HcdUcu lucIH H. 1lOifc ls'ciJ " III
has recently made a large purchase OF
lands in this county and founded the
town of Cleveland on the east bank o
Peace Creek, near its mouth, has brough,
with him small steamer, Chime, which
lie will run to all points on Charlotte'l
IIarbor carrying freight and passengers
The Chino is here to stay, aud will rur
to Punta Rassa, Myers, Hickory Bluff
Liverpool and Winder.
Lake City Reporter Hon. a. J
Russell, State Superintendent, and ex
oficio President of the Florida State Ag
ricutural College Board of Trustees, and
Messrs Barnes, Walker, Grill, Mitchell
King and Smith, members of said Board
spent two days in our city this week, at
tending TO- their duties as Trustees.
The water works have progressed. The
question of water supply is no longer g
problem, but bona file system. The
reservoir is completed and filled from
Lake DeSota, distant some FIVE hundred
feet, the main pipe is being laid on the
western block Of the square, the piping
for four additional blocks is on The way
The canvass for the extension is being
made, and after the lapse Of a little while
the entire city will have fallen into line
and obtain water supply from the res
crvoir for FIRE use.
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