The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-05-06


neoiy IN need Of q city market.
-Qaincy Herald A number of good Scotch
people VII soon locate In this county They
VII make good citizens. Mr. j. N McKeown
q Concord, has bought and sold, during the past
Seek, z5s dozen Of eggs He is live man.
Live Oak Bulletin. The Messrs. Buck, of
EnAFllle, are building a railroad down the east
noe o. the Suwannee river. They propose TO ex
tend u down nearly TO, if not quite to LuIaville
IL VIII De used TO supply their mill with logs
-Ocala Free Press Mr.. Dave 8. Williams
WI ship over ten thousand Quarts of strawberries
this season His shipment for this week will
amount 10 about one thousand quarts. The
present quotations in New York and Philadel-
phia are IS and 20 cents.
-Tavnres Herald The T. O. & A. road are
making arrangements for the extension of the
line 20 the east beyond Orlando. In that case
there viii probably be a change in the ncOr
porated title, affecting only the last part. We
understand that published notice To this effect
viii appear this week
-DeLand Echo Mrs. Judge Price, of Enter
pr1se, Was killed by an engine on the Tllusville
rAllroad yesterday morning. Mr. Putnam is
going tOspread an excellent dinner for the Volu-
siG County Press Association Monday, and
Hose who wish 10 dine with the benetacors of
their country can do so.
-Kissimmee Leader Capt. Rose started two
gangs OF men yesterday diiching and draining
section 8. at the mouth of East Lake canal. The
captain will put in about twenty miles OF
ditches thoroughly draining the whole section,
and when this work is completed the ground
vii be broken up and this fall the whole GAO
acres SET out in sugar cane Don't this look as
though our sugar industry was the largest
kind Of bOOms
Sorrento HiglLThd Pros Work on the rail
road Is steadily progressing along The line. More
hands have been SET To work, aud the large force
DOW engaged is reducing the right OF way
through the pine hills Ia a fine, smooth roadbed
very rapidly. All the small bridges east of the
NekiFs are completed, and that portion of the
road Is now ready for crossties and rails.
Enough rails have arrived al Palaka to lay
eight miles of the road.
Lake City Guide One of our farmers says
Thai be never saw any hard times in his lie;
that be always raises his corn and meat and buys
all be needs with chickens eggs. butter and
sugar. and that he don't need none Tor credit
Al our Office can be oats IN this crop,
N full head. grown on the farm of w. II. Will
son. Of Wilson; he has quite number OF acres
n these OATS some OF them are four feet high.
The specimen al our Office. cut April 25th,
measures four feet high and will be ready for the
cradle IN few days
Lake City Reporter The station here of
the F. r. & y. Company has been made more
comfortable recently waiting room has been
opened for the accommodation of Travellers aud
there IS now a convenient plan operation in
regard 10 checking baggage, which prevents
hurry and confusion upon the arrival of trains.
The engineer corps have been out this week
surveying lines for the White Springs road
which is 10 be part OF the Macon Air Line sys-
TEN They will probably be in to morrow, and
next week will give an outline of the survey.
This road is going 10 be built. But for the
lest construction our citizens must come for
ward literally and promptly Ii requires little
move 20 help The cause along.
Fort Meade Pioneer Our immediate section
has he lar crn nj
that has ever been known. How many OF our
exchanges can say this much p. Nearly a
thousand little orange seedlings six Ia ten inches
high in the nursery of Mr. Wright Welsh, of this
CITY, blOOmed during the early spring, and a
great many of them now are showing perfectly
formed fruit that so far can be Judged is do
lDg IS well as that on the large trees. One OF
he yearling trees in this nursery matured an
orange last season, and il will be Interesting 10
watch the development of the crop on this little
grove Of baby trees
-Macclenny Star As a fact showing the
rapid rise of property in and near Macclenny, a
fact that came TO our knowledge recently, is of
striking significance. An investment OF SD 600
made in November OF 1888, was sold last winter
for fl2 500. without having a dollar expended
u, except of course the taxes. .Aleck
HOgans alias sam Hogans, coored, arrested
IN this place yesterday and taken Ia Brunswick,
Ca HOgans. on the 9Th of April, murdered IA
woman named Mrs. Miller, white, of Glynn
county, ga lie came IN lnt night, ana atttmpl-
ed liberties with the wOman's daughter, failing
IN which, he shot Mrs. Miller down with a
ublebarrelled shotgun.
Green Cove Spring The artesian well has
been sunk 10 q depth of 800 feet, but without
EEier. Mr.. Sam Hendricks saddle horse was
recently badly hurt by stroke of slow bush
lightning, OF, in other words, by too close con
tact with barbed wire fence. A sad case of
poisoning by the drinking of concentrated lye
occurred in The family Of Mr.. Jesse Wilson, who
lives few miles from Green Cove, last week.
Il seems that q little two ears-Old child of Mr..
Wilson got TO playing with "a can of the I've, and
finally took drink of the liquid. Dr. Canova
Has sent for. but the little victim OF the poison
Vas past medical aid and died on the following
day
Madison Recorder Capt J. A. Turlcy, a
land inspector of the United States has estab-
lisbed temporary headquarters in Madison, and
will remain in this vicinity for eight
Weeks.-.. We regret TO learn that Rev Mr.
Miller, pastor of the Eaville circuit. was thrown
from his horse a few days since and received a
dislOcsiion Of the shoulder, and trust he will
soon be restored. Mr.. T. T. Ellison, tax asses
sOr Is DOW on his rounds. From him we learn
The encouraging news that the CROPS of the cOun
~ are looking splendidly, aud promise a large
yield He says he notices the ground has been
better prepared for planting than he has ever
seen IL m The county Tits is indeed encourag
ing, and We hope unioward event will happen
10 mar the present prospect of our, farmers.
Bronson Times The new thousand
sale lately purchased by the county, arrived last
Saturday and was placed in position in the
clerks Office by Mr.. Brakeman. Monday. The
grand Jury recommends HAT the commissioners
build q brick court house al the earliest pract
cable time The county needs such building,
and - soon as our people recover from the dis
nsiefs Of the past season. the court house will be
built. The surgeon fishery, al the mouth of
the SuEsnnee, was broken up few days since
and operations removed 10 the Delaware. The
neis, etc. were stored here, and probably The
business may be engaged in another season. The
fsh caught here were smaller than those usually
got from The Atlantic. The season was uniavoI
aide and another trial al least will be necessary
10 test the business properly
-Palatka Herald The track laying machine
used In laying iron Oh the Jacksonville Tampa
a. Key West Railway. is now al work the St
Augustine & Palaika Railway. The Florida
SOuIbern Railway Company making vast i'm
prUFemenis in the way Of building at their depot
The large new Offices now going up grand
and immense. These Offices are being built of
fne bTicl 10 an artistic manner, and show off to
good advantage, both from the river and he
street on which they have a front. IesIerday
morning while breakfast was being prepared
Joe POiier's dog walked into the kitchen and
sat down on an almost red hot stove plate, just
placed on the floor by the negro cook. The yell
he gave as be hurriedly got up and went out the
door would have made Piute Indian jealous,
md By noon his rear end looked as if he had
ed flannel patch the size of stove plate in the
seaf Of his pants
Morsic.llo Eoasfifsffion We understand