The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-02-04

4 -OcalA Banner !: The Colonel NJ. r.
Congcr, the 6rst engine for the 8. 8. o. d G., q
nve tons heavier than the heaviest engine % the
r. X d N. and h perfect typo II streaeth aud
/ splendur. Five more locomotives Of the same
| size have been ordered and win soon be shipped
| from tue Baldwin Locomssi Works. Seventy
miles Of steel rails and all the necessary attach
menis have. been paid for, aad the road will be
| buried forward very rapidly.
--Palatks Saa.. The Putnam House artesian
| well registered 226 feet In depth on Wednesday
| last. Since last week the dow Of water has
| doubled The contract depth b $50 feet. :. The
| new ir)n gasometer Is done, and the gas manu-
| factur+d ready Ito be turned on. The gas pro-
ducing plant. and the parifer, all in one build
| ing, are under roof There are forty hmposts
| in position, and probably before another ISSUE
the city will be lighted BY gas
Plant City Courier Messrs. T. n and J.
g. Spratt. father and son, Of Marion. Va, after
| locking oout the State considerably purchased
the place OF Mr.. William Shannon. one mile
north OF town, where the younger Mr.. Spratt
expects TO engage in tobacco raising. The elder
Nh. Spratt has gone on TO The White Springs. 10
Hamilton county, Tor his health. :. When par
lies from The "Old Dnminion" purehass land
here tsgo into The io6acco cnilure. it wouh
seesn 10 impiS thAf abe ssil hsss AfaSeed ~
| 1t.
-Titusvlle Star The Baroness Marie An
tonette de Renih-l. who has been travelling over
Florida extensively duling the past few mosths,
has purchased India River lands from W. 81.
Gleason. OF Eau Gaile In noting the effects
oi the recent cold on young groves the one own
ed by ID. L. Gaulden, situated at City Point,
consisting of several acres of young budded
trees, from one 10 two years growth there is per
ceptibly no damage, while quite a number OF
lemon trees were not injured except slight fall
of foliage
ST. Augustine Weekly The steamer
Twin" from Boston, destined E,r Pensacola,
ran into port the first OF the week and is now
| anchored off central wharf The time occupied
in making the trip-three mnnths-would seem
TO indicate that the Passengers and crew have
had royal good time, else a mighty rough one.
IA gang of fourteen robust cOlored men
tramped into town ON Wednesday morning
with bag and baggage. from the new ST. Angus
tine and Palatka railway, where they were
drowned out by high water and low wages. The
railroad contractors are paying only 80 cents per
day, and in many places the shoyelers are
Obliged To work in water up to their knees Not
a very pleasant occupation 10 be sure, even in
warmer weather. The exodus, we learn, has
| been quite general all along the line. Less han
two weeks ago over 600 men were employed on
the job.
Key West Democrat Master Willie Perry.
son of onr esteemed tOwnsmen, DIR. Perry has
been appointed a cadet al the Naval Academy,
Annapolis :. United Stat Steamer POwhattan
left Tuesday for u cruise in the West Indies She
will return here about the 1st of Mafch....
iltre were over O,UUO gditOus Ol Caftt Wfuc iiu-
ported in this city last month from Havana,
the duties on the same amounting tn nearly $2,-
600. The thermomer here on Monday morn
ny AT $50 was 40 degrees, the coldest weather
we have ever had since the establishment Of the
weather report office at this place about fifteen
years ago The Whitney, which arrived here
Tuesday, reports the water in her buckets on
| deck as having frozen solid while of Cape
| George, and when two hours out from Egmont
| light she encountered small snoU storm. re-
| port from all portions OF the State achers they
| neuer haze frost is now in order. The thermOm-
| eter has been down to IL degrees al Galveston.
and 81 degrees at Punta Rassa. The Key
| Westers who have very few fire places have
| found the weather very uncomfortable.
Orlando Sntsnel' Replant gardens at once,
| and in six weeks our gardeners will almost for
| get there was ever irost in Orange county,.
The grapefruit trees were injured hut very lit
| tie BY the freeze and will probably bt as heav-
| lly as usual next winter. Mayor Howard e.
| Hall, of Longwood, in accordance with Cover
nor Perry's proclamation appointing February
| 10Th AS ''Arbor Day." has issued proclama-
ton ordering that shade trees be set out twenty
five feet apart certain streets by that day, and
| if the proclamation IS not complied with that
| the Council will have the trees set out and col
| lect the cost from the party From private
| letter from KIssimmee, the Sentinel takes the
| liberty of extracting the following: About
| fifty per cent Of the crop damaged in this dis
| district, but NJ trees lost. All of the groves
along the east side of Lake Tohopekaliga have
escaped injury TO either oranges or lemons, bat
| guavas are killed 10 the ground Curiously
| enough the pineappies have come through In
many instances with the loss OF some leaves.
| Tampa Tribune. Colonel E. d. Scales and
| family left ON Friday. for Paris, Texas, where
| they will in future reside. They took the Nor
| gan boat for New Orleans. Mr. Holden, the
! contractor for The artesan well Tor the 5. +. X
| R. gave Us a piece of quartz The other day,
t.r.r, f1nf pfltl fAf nj fAS.t
showed traces of gold. Mr. Holden is the same
| gentleman who discovered the gold at Gaines
vile not long ago. :. We are in receipt OF let
| ter from Mr. Isaac Brandon, of Bloomingdale, IN
| which he says that the cold in his section did
| not hurt things very much. Oranges are injured
some but vegetables are not hurt at all, while
| there are plenty of orange trees which viii not
| drop their leaves. The foundation ior the new
ice factory has been laid and work on the same
is progressing rapidly II Is located on the north
side of the railroad, near the upper wharf The
main building is to be 30x50, twelve feet above
| the siils which are four feet above the ground.
| The boiler room will be 20x50 and the store
room the same.
Fort Meade Pioneer. On Tuesday farmer
| brought in a load Of excellent sweet potatoes
and some Florida sugar-cane syrup of his own
| manufacture; he sold the potatoes at the regular
price of forty cents per bushe but there was no
demaad for the syrup al forty cents per gallon,
the market being 0versocked on that day. Flor
ida syrup, which is an excellent article. and the
sweet potatoes will not long go begging at such
| prices the rapid increase In population follow
ing the advent of the railroad and shipping fa-
cties will not only increase the prices but the
demand, although there Is money to be made at
the present prices. We think it time for some
thing to be done about depot. We can see no
reason for further delay. We understand that the
company has located a depot two miles south
west of here, where there has been q town built
ION paper} and we do not think we are unrea-
sonable when we say that an old established and
incorporated town ought to be recognized be
FIRE these wild cat towns These wild Cat spec
ulaiions are. of no beneft To originators or to
their neighhors, and win prove but froth 10 the
future. The attempt 10 move the town ID an in
justice TO the citizens that have bought IN good
faith. and must certainly fail With depot two
miles from US we are no better of than with one
at Barlow, and our merchants ought not 10 pat
ronize il.