The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-11-18
STATE NEWS
.Ti;usville has incorporated.

Hon. 3. F. Wardlaw, a prominent
citizen of Madison, died last week, aged
81 wears.
The Orange Belt Railway has been
formally opened for traffic to Oakland, Or
ange county.
The Silver Spring, Ocala and Gulf
Railroad will be competed to the With
lacochee river by January.
-Green Cove SPRING: We dare say
that more corn and hay has been harvest
ed in Clay the past season by our farmers
than ever before. This, we conclude, is
the beginning of an era Of prosperity that
viii advance year BY year until our farms
viii be made selfsustaining. and the pro-
ceed- from the fruit crops will 90 towards
swelling the bank accounts Of the growers.
Lake City Reporter: Mr.. d. l..
Geer will exhibit at the County Fair a
sample Of cigars made from his fine tobac-
CO 81 this Years growth. We feel justi-
fed in saving that next year there will
be cigar factories in operation here Ac-
ccriing 10 Revenue Collector Thompson,
tobacco manufacture in South and East
Florida i on general boom. The Nc
Clenny .X1r comes out strongly in favor
of this industry. Henry Wilson, one of
Columbia's coiored farmers, comes in
with the following crop this year, using
only one horse: $500 pounds seed cot
ton, At 4 cents per pound, sl62.os; 125
bushels corn, at IS cents, $93.75; 25
pounds rice, at 80 cents, $1,000; also an
ample supply of potatoes, peas and pin
ders. What has some one else done w
want the experiences Of all, white and
black, in their farming.
Baker County Star: Henry Moore,
who has Just returned from Manchester,
England, in the interest of the Baker
County Land and Improvement Company
Of Florida" reports that colony is com.
ing over to settle in this immediate vicin-
II, and in Pursuance of that fact Mr..
Moore will at once proceed to place in
readiness few 6ve-acre lots north of
town to he ta5sn possession of by the ad,
vance guard soon to arrive.
-Wakulla Times: A Mr.. Anderson,
living near Camilla, Georgia, made a cap
ital shot at the cove near Shell Point fish
cry a few days since. He was down af.
ter load OF mullet, and brought along
a trusty old double barrel, knowing that
this country was the sportsman's paradise.
After unloading his wagon he heard the
s9uawking of wild geese, and cautiously
cTept down TO where they were feeding
and fired both barrels. The result was
that ne picked up eleven geese and nine
ducks. Sportsmen, come TO Wakulla.
Sanford Daily Journal: Col. Rob
EFT W. Davis, Speaker OF the State As
sembly, and one Of Florija's most promis-
ing young attorneys, has been engaged to
take the place of Judge f. X. Foster
now On the Bench, in defense OF A. W.
Newton. charged with the offense OF muir
der, and whose case, it is hoped, will be
tried at this term of olusia circuit court
now in session. From our knowledge Of
Col. Davis, we should say that Newton
l. lucky in securing his able counsel.
-GainesyilIe Record: Thanks to
Prof w. y. Sheats, Alachua county can
boast of as perfect public school system
as can be found anywhere. At present
there are one hundred and eight OF these
schools in operation In the county. These
schools are presided over by ia teachers
as follows: Female teachers, (white) 40
eoIored, 90; male teachers, (white) 81
c05ored IA. As the patrons desire it, a
few Of the schools will not open until
January. Can any other county in the
State boast Of equal facilities for educat.
ing the young and rising generation We
think not Besides this several private
schools flourish.
Sanford Argus: The jScintilldtor
a paper which has heretofore been pub.
llshed at Apopka, has been removed to
Winter Park :. d. BY the new schedule to
be ina1gurated on Sunday next by the
J. T. 81 X. w. and the South Florida
Railways, the limited West India fast
mail will come from New York to Tampa
in forty-one hours. On last Saturday
q fast through freight service was inau-
gurated between Tampa and Savannah
Dy the South Florida, the j. T. d X. w.
and the s. i. IL w. Railways The train
leaves Tampa at o'clock a. m. and ar
rives in Savannah At $50 the next morn
ing. This has been done to facilitate the
Shipment Of fish, oysters, fruits and vege-
tsbles, and is . good move.
Col c. Magruder, in Titusville Star :.
/ notice in your trade number that you
have given me credit for having made
from two acres of Land (ls0 trees), g., $50
clear of all expenses. This crop was not
made by myself, but by Mr.. Joseph Pax.
ton, TO whom sold lot No. /, fronting 22O
feet on the river. Mr.. Paxton improved
the property and, az above stated, real
lied from two acres (crop Of 1881, g.
$50, which is tl,27s per acre net. He
has fair crop now of superb fruit. Val
ne of properly $30, 700. just here, Mr.
Editor, what 10 an acre of land worth that
pays $500 TO 81, 200 income? More net
profit than 100 acre farm in the Middle
or Northern States.
Tampa Tribune: Engine, No. o, of
the Savannah, Florida 81 Western Rail.
way, has been sent to the Tampa yards to
be used as q switcher. This engine il
No. 94e of the Baldwin Locomotive
Works and, we are informed, has been in
constant use for Al years. With some
little repairing il will be in good condi-
ton yet. :. Mr.. 8. L. Pemberton, of
Thonoeossssa, has realized from four