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

The St. Augustine Weekly appear

j. w. Crary, ST., late one oil the aoie
editors of the Adcance- Gazette, is now on
the staff of The Pensacolidn.
The Ocala Bnnner says State Sena-
tor Mann, of fernando county, has sold
his orange grove at Brooksville for $780,
900.
The jury in the case of Bogue Selph
found him guilty of murder in the first
degree and recommended him to mercy.
Motion made for new trial.
The Leesburg Spirit will be success,
for it is edited and published by the
brothers JOS. Ii. G. Pratt and Pierre d'A.
Pratt, both practical men and good
writers.
Two vesse els loaded with steel rails
for the Florida Railway and Navigation
Company arrived at Fernandina last
week, and two more are on the voyage
to that port.
People continue to eat fresh raw pork
and die of tr;chinoss. We do not take
the position that any one who so eats
ought SO to die.
The newest newspaper venture is the
Florida Pilot, published at Hawthorne
by J. W. Broyles. Those desiring in
formation as to that section would do
we'll to subscribe for it,
The review of the condition and pros
poets of citrus growth from SO RESPONSE
BILE source as the Orange County Re
portcr is as encouraging as reliable. y
fair crop may be expected this year.
Tho Times Democrat almanac for
1886 is issued as an elegant and useful
supplement to the "great Southern
Daily" The engravings are fine art
work, and it contains much valuable sta
tistical and other information.
Mrs. Bayard, wife of the Secretary
of State, died in Washington on the 3lst
ult. The immediate cause of death was
congestion of the brain, brought on by
the shock of her daughters sudden death
two weeks ago.
-Messrs Samuel A. Swami, Fred. w.
Hoyt and J. II. Prescott, the committee
of the Board of Trade, left on Tuesday
for Washington to press the claims of
Cumberland Sound before the River and
Harbor Committee of Congress.-Fer-
ndndin0 Mirror.
The class of cadets which will leave
West Point at the next commencement
is declared to be the largest in number
and highest in efficiency ever graduated
from the institution There are seventy
eight members of the class.
AT three o'clock last Saturday morn
ing fire was discovered in the Lyons
block, Monticello, but was extinguished
after damage of two or three hundred
dollars. The office Of our good contem-
orary, the Constitution, is in the build
ing, and we heartily congratulate it upon
its escape from injury.
Mr.. T. K. Spencer has bought the in
terest of Colonel E. d. Scales in the
Tampa Tribune We failed to receive
the copy of the paper announcing change
in staff. The paper will be ably sustained
as heretofore, MIR. Spencer having been
one of its editors for several years.
The Florida State Park Association
offer large attractions for their eleventh
annual exhibition, beginning February
16 and continuing five days. There will
be no industrial show because of the
freeze, but there will be races, military
display and prize drills, firemen's turn
out, gun club shooting and tournament
exercises. There thousand dollars will
be given in premiums, and the promise of
exciting entertainment will probably in
duce numerous attendance, especially as
the managers have secured from the rail
roads favorable excursion rates.
"A letter from Mr. J. Z. Tucker, Land
Commissioner of the f. r. & n. Com
pany, to Mr.. Alexander McDougall, of
Tallahassee, express warm interest in
colonization in this county, and says that
"both Mr. Duval Receiverl and myself
will use every effort to encourage the
movement"
The climate of Calhoun county has
sustained its reputation, for the orange
groves suffered little injury during the
recent freeze. The new growth of the
bearing trees was partly killed back, but
one-third of a full crop will be made this
year. Some of these groves are quite
extensive, that of Mr.. S. S. Alderman, of
Wewahitchka, having produced over half
a million last season.
Press of other business necessitates
the withdrawal of Col D. II. Elliott
from editorial connection with the Flor
ida Dispatch. For many years he has
been largely its mainstay and support.
Indeed, he may be said TO be its founder.
We shall miss him, and it is only the
fact that it remains in the able hands of
Col. Redmond that reconciles us to the
loss.-Sanford Journal III
Atlanta has new banking company,
called the Atlanta Loan and Banking
Company. The capital stock is 5000, 900,
of which 100000 has been subscribed.
The charter has Is incorporators J. c.
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