The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-06-04

the demand increases.
-Micanopy Gazett<: Judge Means
has been shipping Peento and Honey
peaches at the rate of ten 70 fftseu bush
els day Of late. He .sb1p< raostly to
southern points and his rsRarns have 50
far been very satisfactory.: nost OF them
netting him $50 per busS,ei crate. He
expects - ship 800 bushels th's wear.
-Ti,asyille STIR: We hear that the
Coast Canal Company have 6taked ont
their route and cut the brssh across the
Haulover neck dividing tli- river from
the Lagoon, On the intended route Of the
canal. Contractor Fox has force Of
Italians Oh the ground tos cot the land
down TO water level, preparatory to the
operations Of the dre1ges.
-Ja-per 7sm<s From those ~ho at
tended the picnic at Sawannee Spring
"n Wednesday We learn TIA; Col. Gal
laher, Of Live Oak, delivered very nice
and appropriate welcome tPsech 20 the
Georgia ,i-itor- Mr. To~nlen.f, Agent Of
the Savannah TINES responded. Editor
Mae Williams Of the .Vps&o.' {.ecord was
called and responded in li- u,ua! fel!ci-
tous style.
Live Oak B,dletln VS.. vensnre the
as-er,i IN that no town in F,prida - show
ing more enterprise al tf.- tin+ than
Li,e OAK We have al ar%e> IN well go
iry lown. and several br,ca bindings
gong ~. Old frame buil5in:g- are being
razaI tor the purpoae oI naking room
Tor more modern and at,racl i've ones, and
veri!y the voice of the hammer, the saw,
and The trowelI is heard in sh.- Land.
Quincy HeraH: Durihy the past
week the trains arrived Deirl:- oo time,
and The road i, said 10 be il bett r cor
.ji,i6n than for many YEAR,. New steel
rail- arr beiug laid. and the track il kept
in got,1 condition Hon. " W. >fiel-
i.r wa- 10 town the other h:ay He had
~ comraenced 70 dig h- I:i-. potatoes.
A. -onn a. they are dug he will plant
tobacco on the -arne and He has 100
pounds of tobacco in market Low. and Is
Iailv expecting account of AL
Dale City OIeerre-; The T. |.
Railroad i now within "a nils .! Dade
Ci;v, and will soon roll IL trair- W into
our streets. We will not fail ~ xiii
fatt..l calf IA big one at thAt) For the ,c-
aston. when they come. Tie Florida
Southern Railroad is steadily rs.nying On
in IT. work toward BrooksviiIe There
j. no buster about what they arc doiag,
OF going to 10, they quietly % ahead
and ,r0rk
-Bartow EJpre.s: Rubber roofing
hA- proven complete fa;lur- IN th.
comfy; all who have u-ed # c"ndeinn it
in the strongest terms. Tho comfy com
ni--ioner- are putting shingles on the
cont hou-. a. the.rubber i-:n. e.. DR..
Mitchell. land commissioner, !eft wiki his
family on Monday last for Tallahassee.
Tney carry with them our k.ndl e-t wish
g.. and our Assurances that VS. -fial! miss
them greatly. We bt-peak: for them a
larye and pleasant acq laint3ncc throngh
ont the state, a. their genial hospitality
~ill win l. way.
sanford .EournoI: Col. Il. +. >pen-
cet, u the Tampa IrtIu~>, dropped into
TIC Jp,rnH Office TUESDAY morning He
J. in fine health and reports the 7riI'<me
booming. H. informed u ih&, he had
disposed Of An interest in sis rap@r to
Col. Scales. ii North Carolina, brp,her Of
the Governor Of tina, State, hn1 an edu-
Gated, higii-toned gentleman. The .j,ur-
nal welcomes Col. Scales to lie fra:erni-
y ana trusts that his connection there
with will be mutually pleasant and profit
able.
Harlow Mtormant: Dr.C. l.. Mitch
eli came down from Tallahassee last week,
and returned with bis wife ard family on
Monday, and will reside for some time in
Tallahassee, but We don't intien1 % give
them up to the Hill city altogether, a.
they are 50 essential to the Fort Meade
circle DR.. W. T. Whi:ledge has Just
returned from Fort Myers and brings
with him a variety Of tropical plants and
fruit trees, such as cocoanu'fa manages,
-apadllos, mamie supatties. pa, wraws and
sugar apples We wish him. SUCCESS in
the venture. He will plant them near
Winter Haven in the lake region.
Key West Democrat We under
stand that the removal Of Mr. Eagan
from bis position as Collector vas en-
tirey upon political groundf Mr.. Ea-
gan took his decapitation with, the utmost
good humor, and was only surprised that
he did not receive it sooner Mr. Eagan
was one Of the first to tender sis congrat-
ulations 70 his successor, with an offer Of
assistance in facilitating the transfer
Key Largo is getting to be quite popular
a. An excursion resort especially in the
pine season. Quite 4 number; Of young
ladies' are now enjoying the picturesque
scenery Of the pine fields. ID. .Sthr RAPID,
Capt Baker, came down frbm Largo
Monday evening, with load d.f pines
Green Cove Spring: Cob Reed, Of
Mulberry Grove, recently contracted for
an artesian well, which has proved 30 be a
complete success The bore is four inches,
and good stream Of water was reached
at depth Of $50 feet. From this depth
very solid jet Of water is thrown to an
elevation Of twenty feet above the surface,
giving the enterprising own.r all the
supply he needs for house arH garden.
The water has a sulphurous taste, but has
not been analysed to ascertain the pro-
portion of sulphur or other medicinal in
gradients. A number of sharks teeth
and portions of bones from other animals
were raised and thrown out by; the force
Of the water when the stream waa first
reached.
Lake City Reporter: A laying in
vestment for some live man is ahe .stab-
fishing an refractory here The orange
trees of this county are doing finely, and
are holding well their large CROP of fruit.
From good grape-growingauthority
we learn that grapes mature in: this part