The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-07-22

-Apalachicola 7S1es. Thursday last the tug
Lottie brought 10 the wharf the schooner Cali.
lorna. cApsized m the day or the blow. Tues
day Aessn, James Montgomery, Joseph Buzz
zette and N. Do0OromA went out To iOok for The
schooner and f0uud her OF Turkey Point. They
proceeded TO bail her out when they summoned
the ting 10 their aid Her masts, rudder and
bowspFit, together with all her furniture were
gone; nothing remained but the hull. No trace.
Of the missing men who were aboard ot her
when she went down Was found. The
schooner Della, from Point Pinellas having on
board Mr.. FL Mcpherson and Others, came up
yesterday after . load OF dressed lumber, but
bad to put OF TO Pensacola owing tn the fact
that Mr.. Smiths planer was burned down some
days ago, and the present supply on the yards
was not complete enough TO oil the order -
Hon. ". H NeeL OF Bristol, one OF the clever
est men in the country, and by the way the rep
resentaiive Of The Times, was in the city few
hours Thursday. He reports that the late storm
ruined the corn crop up his way and did great
damage to other growing crops
Orlando Sentinel. Sheriff Anderson re-
turned from Covingion, Ga, last Saturday. He
arrived too late to see his father before he died.
The Georgia papers speak in the highest terms
Of Col Newton Anderson. He was sheriff Of
Newton county forty years, and was always
prompt and just in the exercise OF his official
duty. The cOlored people had warm friend
and helper in the old gentleman. He was one
of the few men whose lives were a complete
success The Sentinel hoped to have been able
To publish the full reports Of his death and eu-
logies passed upon him by his fellow citizens, but
we failed TO get them. On Thursday Catha-
rine Timan, a lady OF color, gave select ball
TO her many friends at the colOred Odd Fellows
hall During the festivities of the evening one
Jasper and Weldon Akers became involved in
difficulty. Akers says Jasper was trying TO cut
him with knife when be, Akers, pulled small
derringer pistol of A caliber and shot Jasper
anna in fho E.poha afo ndf rvif fhFll
feet OF him when he shot. The bullet met a re-
sisting force in the nature of thick skull and
glanced upw ard, doing no other damage than
knocking Jasper down. He soon arose and took
up his bed and walked. Akers was arrested and
locked up The Aforesaid Jasper left on the
morning train Saturday, leaving word behind
that it was done in fun
-Fernandina Mirror j.: The bark Nicola, Capt.
Brown commanding, which loaded at Kings
Ferry with yellow pine lumber for the West
Indies, went TO sea on Saturday afternoon last
under rather peculiar circumstances. The YES
sci having signaled for pilot, Capt. Jas. Bell,
Of the pilot boat COwaD, boarded the vessel. ly
ing al anchor in the lower bay. But upon learn
ing that the vessel drew 14t feet Of water he re-
fused 10 take her out on that tide, il being then
already half ebb While on board the vessel
he WAS appealed TO by the Captains wife for
protection, she having been most bruany beat
en- BY her husband, Capt Brown, and begging
if taken TO sea. The Captain disclaimed his
wfe's story, but his looks belied his words.
Blood covered his hands and arms up to his ell
bows, which evidently did not come from wounds
Of his own. Capt Bell, while deeply symp.thiz
ing with the woman, felt that he had no au
thOrity to bring her ashore, 80 he came uptown
in search OF Sheriff Ellermann. AS soon as the
pilot bad left the vessel the Captain fearing ar
rest raised his anchors and drifted his vessel
TO sea although it was half ebb and she drew IA
feet. Capt. Stephen Chadwick, who saw her
going 10 sea, observed that she dill not follow
strictly the channel and that she struck slightly
once or twice but she got over the bar all right,
when sail was crowded Oh and she proceeded on
her voyage. Mr.. Spear, of the Eames Air
Brake Company of New York, is in the city su-
perintending the putting on of his breaks on en-
gines and cars Of the Florida Railway 4 Navi-
| CATION Company. We understand that the
contracts have been signed tor the immediate
| beginning Of the work of constructing the new
| docks for the Florida Railway & Navigation
| Company, north Of HuOts mill The mill pro-
| Prietors have been notified to remove from First
street forthwith Ed. Morse, one of the crew
| of the pilot boat Agnes Bell, while fishing for
| immense shark which had TO be hauled on deck
| by the ships tackle Upon being Cut open The
stomach was found 10 contain four halt snappcrs,
| lead sinkers and several rib bones OF "A hum N
| body About the best advertisement the bar
| of this harbor commonly known as Cumberland
| Sound, has had for some years is The fact Of the
bark Nicola drifting To sea AT half ebb without in
| jury, drawing Az feet Of wafer.