The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-01-21

"Wednesday evening II last week. for tn bene6t
Of the Episcopal Church. wa In every way .
succees The young ladies had learned num-
Der Of new figures, and made much more sol
dierly appearance. :. Our exchanges sometimes
brag about quick work Of one sort or another
in their respective territories. But how b this
For highf Need Stevens. Of this county, tired
OF the lonely life Of q bachelor. welded . wife.
The ceremony was performed at o'clock al
night Before 10 o'clock the bride had " gone
through Need for two dollars and seventy-6ve
cents Of his employers money-all he had-and
at u 372 per hour was too ~xtravagant for his
notions, and now he wants divorce.
-Leesburg Nsrs :. So far a. We have been
on The part Of esange growers 10 ship fruit hich
they have reason % believe has been injured oy
the fre1k This b wise CONCLUSION, for the
shipmest OF such fruit would probably result in
loss tDthe shipper and would certainly result in
injury 70 the trade and 70 the reputation of Flor
ida olanges... Col. Hopson, of Emeralda. is
greatly Interested in the proposed Peoples Line
OF railway to Lake George and is doing all he
can to interest others in It. He rightly thinks it
would be the redemption Of . large extent of
country by giving to its people low rates of
transportation, quick time, and little handling.
.Moonshine whisky or orange wine, 30 call
ed. is having its effect on our colored people For
the Arst time in some months we, on Monday
afternoon, noticed quite party of them collect.
ed together, snme of whom were swearing and
threatening aud disposed to be insOlent. The
better class OF our cOlOred population should put
prompt stop to this
Madison Recorder: On Saturday last the
caboOee Of the eastern bound freight train, in
charge OF Conductor Simpson, jumped the track
two miles east Of town. The conductor jumped
out and received severe injuries about the back
mr. ~ q Cah IN inO
and would have mashed him into jelly but for
the the Intervention of an embankment up,'n
which 1t fell Mr.. Simpson was taken to the
residence of Mr.. F. II. Barrow. where he re-
ceived necessary attention from the inmates and
physicians until the passenger arrived by which
he was sent to his home in Jacksonville. "A
wagon containing three OF four persons drawn
by an OK passed through this place on Sunday
night last, and the occupants had placed layer
of earth in the body of the wagon, on which a
typical Florida pine-knot fire was brightly burn
ing, from which they were warmed. Several
parties saw the moving reflection of the fire,
and thought fire had gained Roadway in some
A search revealed the true state OF affairs.
-Palatka Daily Nescs In letter dated the
14th inst j.. Col. MscWilliams informs US that he
will be 10 our city on Monday next en- route to
Crescent City, where be will lecture Monday
evening on Ireland. The eloquent Colonel is al
ways sure of big audience wherever he goes,
and many of Us anticipate his coming with
pleasure. =. The completion of the gas works IS
being pushed right ahead, and the main and
branch pipes have been laid in nearly all prin
cipal streets. In a very short time now the gas
will be ready for the consumers. Mr.. David
Young, the proprietor of the Manitoba Grove at
Interlachen, when he was convinced that the
cold wave was coming, hired a large force of
men and started plows in his nursery, contain
ing thousands and thousan of young and ten
der trees, turning them down and covering them
with sand. He thinks he will not lose tree,
and his forethought will enable him to sell his
immense number of trees at a good profit. We
have heard of several parties being made severe
ly sick from eating frozen oranges in the past
few days Experts say the element of poison
contained in the peeling is driven into the
orange by freezing, and a sufficient quantity OF
the frozen fruit could be eaten to produce death.
The poison brings on a severe and painful
diarrhGa, and. thoses.who have suffered from it
have no desire to repeat the experiment, and all
cannot be too careful, and eat the fruit in small
quantities.