The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-04-01
STATE NEWS.

Gas works for Sanford are an assured iacs'
to be completed by December
Fort Myers Press: Many of our orange trees
are loaded heavier than ordinarily with bios
SONS. giving promise of an immense crop tie
coming season.
Gainesville Daily Nescs All the railroads
running TO and through Gainesville are doing a
very heavy business in both passenger and
freight departments.
Waldo Advertiser The Peento and Honey
peach trees in this vicinity are full OF lFui', ana
the crop will be unusually large if no disaster
beialls it, .LeConte pear trees are o'ooui'ug
luxuriantly and the prospect for good yield Is
encouraging
Seville Gazets: Work on the sewers ana
wafer works is progressing rapidly. Trenches
have been dug on Kemble and Moore s'rce,s,
and the foundations are being prepared LOT 'ne
works. We shall probably have water supply
in SIX weeks or two months
Madison Recorder :. Almost every day we
have new evidence Of the fact that there Is yet
life among the orange trees here Many sprouts
may be seen among the nursery trees Oh MI
William Mcdaniel, and several oil the oiu uee
on Judge Vanns place are putting ou' ne"
foliage.
Sanford Argus The new Methodist church
at Orlando was dedicated last Sunday WIN aP
proprate and interesting ceremonies. III. w.
RI Potter editor of the Wesleyan at Macon, VA,
delivered the dedication address in very scho-
arly manner The church has been loaded win
a debt of more than 800, and to lIquidate thls a
subscription was started. Money enough, anu
$50 to spare was raised. and the people there
are very happy.
Barlow Semi Weekly Informant DR.. John
L. Crawford, the popular secretary Oh ota'e ~
both Bloxhams and Perry's ctblnets, was IN
Barlow Thursday. having left Governor ferrys
Darty at Fort Ogden, to visit his son. VINO mas
recently located in Manatee county. The DOC
tor is one of those sterling gentlemen ana 'ti
fersonian Democrats, that always wins hearty
welcome amongst the people. Long may he
live to receive the honors they are 50 ready 10
bestow.
-Eustis Lake Rtgton : DR.. COnover, ext ;.
Senator. has settled down As a Eustician, and
has hung out his single and become one oil US
The Doctor stands high in his profession ana
will wake "A valuable addition To the medical
fraternity of Eustis. To-day we dug into
some hills of potatoes, Beauty of Hebronl,
planted 10th of January, and found potatoes AS
large as hens eggs-some few considerably lar
ger The vines are still rank and green and
growing. This is on the highest of pine land
Milton Nems The finishing touches are be-
ing put on the new hotel, and all that friend
Amos now needs is plenty of guests to NIL II.
We are glad 10 note the steady march ot
improvement in Milton, and expect to see the
good work continue Live business men must
see The necessity of united effort TO build up
the town, and seeing i. they should go to work
in the right way to keep up the present boom.
80 Encourage home enterprise and paronHe
home industry. Even if you pay more at home
the money returns to you again, but what you
send away for work returns 10 you no more
Quincy Herald Mr.. John T. Howard has
shown what brains and energy can do IN erect
ing dam and building mill house at Little
river, at the site of the old Long Bridge on the
Tallahassee road. Probably the next Thing
heard will be that he has established factory
there, for the water power is amply sufficient
and he is not the sort OF a man that allows much
dleness about him, even if it is running water.
Mrs Gcza widow lady living IN he western
part OF this county, has several bales oi short
cotton that were raised the last year al the war.
This cotton was packed with ropes, and the
rope and bagging has rolted off the bales.
-DeLeon Springs Courier. Every Justice Of
the Peace in Volusia county has been notified to
appear before the Board OF County Commits
sioners at their meeting in April TO report the
work of their Offices TO the Board. Some very
interesting facts will be unearihed, and the iron
heel, of Justice will come down on somebody's
corns and don't you forget it,. .Sirtwberries
are plentiful now. Buyers are going through
the country offering from fifty 10 scventy-five
cents per quart for the delicious berries which,
when packed properly, are shipped To New
York This is Just The soil and climate for prof.
all who desire light and profitable employment
to set out a few acres of strawberry plants.
-Wakulla Times Phosphate by the million
bushels! Our worthy tax collector, Mr.. J. J.
Pearce in company with Mr. jeff. Ferrell on a
return trip last Sunday from the Ockockonee
fishery Oh MaslI's Island, situated the
mouth OF the OcklOckonee river, reports that
the whole island is underlaid with phosphate.
He left us some fine specimens. On the man.
of he A large green
branch of an orange tree taken from the grove
of Mr.. Joseph Allen, in the southern portion
of this county The tree from whence il came
didn't shed its foliage from the big freeze, and
the leaves are as green as If they had never
been touched by the cold
-Starke Teltgraph. The Presbyterians of
this city will soon commence the erection Of
handsome church building somewhere in the
neighborhood of the new Methodist Church.
Rev. Mr. Maitce, their pastor, is not only an
earnest and able minister, but he and his excel
lent lady are hard workers and know no such
word as :" fail in good cause. From pres
ent appearances Capt. j. g. Richard, OF this
city, will have more pears this season than Car
ter had oats. His trees are profusey covered
with blooms. The indications now point to
larger crop of oranges this year than We had last
season. Our trees are literally covered with
blooms The late heavy rains were just what
our trees needed most.
-Brooksyille Register: Who says fernando
county is not on boom? The past week scores
more land sales than any in the history OF the
county. Colonel Bridges, of North Carolina, has
cold between three and four thousand acres In
the northern part Of the county to parties living
in Nebraska and Boston, and the parties pur-
chasing propose TO locate colonies on the same
At once Then around BrOoksville large lots of
land have changed hands Still there's room for
more. Hunting is not played out in fernando.
One day this week John Steele shot two fine
deer. one. a fine buck, which weighed one hun
dred and thirty-six pounds dressed, for which be
received fourteen dollars, and the other he sold
for ak. Both were shot within one mile of
Brooksyille. John says he not only received
considerable cash for his game but had the fun
to hunt.
Tampa Tribune. Judging from the profu-
sion of blooms on the trees we predict the lar
gest crop Of oranges this year ever known In
this section. The freeze after all was only
blessing In disguise. Hon. John I. Lesley re-
turned from Washington last week, where he
has been laboring for several weeks before Con-
gress 10 the interest of Tampa He reports the
prospects of good appropriation FIR our harbor
A bright and has every reason TO believe that
TAMPA will be made port of entry shortly.
We had \ call yesterday from Mr.. Chas. Hub
hard. who came 10 Florida last tall from Wis
cOnsin. as he thought to die He was troubled
with diaeases OF the lungs, liver and kidneys
bordering on Brights disease; had consulted
prominent physicians North without receiving
sny benefit and finally, upon the advice OF
friends. came to Florida. He placed himself un-
der the treatment Of DR.. H. II. Mitchell, about
three months ago, and tells us, and bis looks