The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-10-21

-Daytona Journal j. j. Hunter of the In
lie, Fishery, brought up Thursday for the ice
factory a thousand pounds of fish. D. D.
Rogers has made arrangements with him to sup
ply ton of fish per week for packing in ice and
shipment. Amongst the fish caught lately by
Mr.. Hunter was a 6ve-foot tarpon, some Of
whose scales We now have.
Santa Rosa News.. We are glad to announce
that Mr.. j. r. Minis is rapidly improving. He
has had a close CALL and his recovery is to be re-
garded as public benefit. The Circuit Court
siding his charge to the grand jury was one of
the best we have listened to tor number of
years, and we are glad to say that we have not
heard word Of complaint against him. Mr..
Barnes and Mr.. Wilkinson, who live up on Yel-
low river, killed couple of bears his week.
One weighed 200 pounds and the other about
500. On Monday the wind set in from the
northeast and we had the highest tide 10 Mil
ton that has been seen for years. We went
to Pensacola on that day and had the fun of a
four mile walk 10 get into the city as the high
tide had washed up the track near Magnolia
Bluff.
Madison Recorder : Mr.. A. A. Bensel, COM
pier and publisher of " Bensel's Tallahassee
Directory" will visit Madison the latter part OF
this, the first of next week, in the interests Of
the above publication. he proposes to insert
Madison and Monticello in his book if he re-
ceives sufficient encouragement from our profes-
sional and business men. This is an opportunity
TO advertise which our professional and business
men should not lose sight of, and it may be the
means of building up our beautiful town..
Mr.. E. d. Beggs, prominent young man of
this place was admitted TO the practice of law
on Tuesday morning by the Circuit Court now
sitting Coils. White and Blackwell, Of Live
Oak, and Col w. r. Boyd of the local bar were
appointed to examine him on the different
branches of the profession. The examination
was thorough and he acquitted himself hand
somely. He will at once enter the practice and
we have no doubt but that Dixie will attain en-
nence as a lawyer as he is devoted to the pro-
fession, studious and careful in his opinions and
a fairly good orator. Much success to him.
-Fernandina Mirror Messrs F. b. Papy
Esq, General Traffic Manager, and A. 0. Mac
Donell, General Passenger Agent of the Florida
Railway g. Navigation Company, left tor New
York last Sunday to attend the meeting of Gen.
eral Passenger Agents and Traffic Managers.
We understand that the time tables were ar
ranged for the winter season, and that the
Southern railroas have formed a pool in refer
ence to low passenger rates TO the South for the
winter. Receiver Duval returned from the
North last Monday He arrived in this city
about noon on special train, accompanied by
Mr. j. H. Thomas, Treasurer OF the Florida Rail
way s. Navigation Company. After inspecting
the work on the extension of the road here and
the new steamship dock, Mr.. Duval left for Jack
sonville about A p IN. "A load of Florida raised
and cured hay was offered for sale on the Noyes
corner ON Tuesday last. 1t was cut from crab
grass on Pine Island, which grows there in large
Quantities. II is said that cattle are very fond
of this hay If this is So there Is MO reason why
it should not be cultivated for this purpose in
large quantities, at least for home consumption