The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-04-08

toward improvlnk Il, Instead u belug dfverted
to the maWs or lot OF commorants q The North
& =. There b more lands being purchased In
Levy county than ever before In its history.
The future Of the county 10 indeed very bright.
--Leesburg Nsss.. The man who resides 10
Sumter county long does 80 Ct bis own nsk.
Such one sold out last fall. He bad lived near
the lakes-at Sunny Side. He sold for tAO00.
got his money, and departed to the old home 10
Kentucky. Il was NOT long until he desired TO
90 back So ne wrote, offering 5000 for one
half OF his old place. Not being answered
promptly, he wrote again offering $25O0. un-
able 10 endure the suspense, he got on the cars
and followed the second letter South, and soon
after arriving here bought back halt interest IN
bis Florida home for 5000 The next day amer
he received q letter. forwarded to him from inc
man to whom he sold. agreeing TO take $2,5O0
tor half interest His anxiety made him TOO
previous"
Orlando Sentinel. The orange trees are
simply beautiful beyond description Their
green foliage with the fragrant blossoms render
them the objects Of admiration on every hand
-. The building boom continues; residences
are going up in almost every portion of the city,
and arrangements Tor the erection of others are
being made every day. Two young rabbits have
been placed among litter OF kittens at Mr. y.
w. Biddelrs residence, and the old cat has
adopted them and seems TO be as fond of them
as oil the kittens. :. "A box car of tramps was
locked up at the T., o. & A. depot last Monday
night, aud spent the night in prayer, AS they
thought they would be delivered to the city au-
thorities the next day.
--Micanopy Gazette. The moss industry re-
Gently established in Micanopy by MIR. Sussman
bids fair to be valuable addition 10 the business
interests of this section. He has established
mattrass factory here where he employs two
skilled upholsterers who finish about eight mat
trasses daily. The goods are shipped to different
points North as well as to various places in this
State. Sussman last week made q shipment OF
10000 pounds of prepared moss to New York,
where it commands from IS to SO per hundred.
He has just made q contract for 80 900 pounds to
be delivered after April 1st He pays from sixty
cents to one dollar a hundred pounds for dead
moss 1t being business which gives employ
ment TO so many persons, of all ages, its estao
lishment here will certainly be great benefit.
Madison Recorder A car load of furniture
has been received for the new hotel, the cistern
repaired and the raOf is being put the kitchen
We hope to see the house formally opened in
short time now. Corn Is up and much OF 1t
has been ploughed, and some farmers have fin-
ished planting cotton, while others are yet put
ting seed in the ground. Our observation OF
the last few days leads us to believe that Madi
son farmers are ahead of their neighbors in ad-
joining counties in their farming operations
As further evidence that all the orange trees of
Middle Florida were not killed by the freeze in
January, Mr. T. w. Kirkpatrick brings us
limb taken from his fine trees with the old leaves
as fresh and green as if there had been no frost
on them. The limb was cut from the tree six or
eight feet from the ground; he has given it
plenty of time to wiher and die since the freeze,
and now thinks that tree as alive as ever....
Capt A. H. Allen and Mr. J. p McAdams have
planted 60 acres of watermelons on the Davis
place two miles west of town. The Captain
says they intend making some ninety pound fell
lows this year, and the Recorder force smack
their lips in anticipation of the feast he promises
them in competing for its annual prize of free
subscription for the largest melon of tie sea-
son.