The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-02-25

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Quincy Herald AT the Chautauqua circle
last Tuesday evening, at Mrs Gibbes', In add
ton to the regular order OF business, was some
fine singing. excellent instrumental music, and .
brilliant recitation from Misss Kate Wood.
Bronson Tmes. The orange trees are bud
ding out nicely, and but few OF them have been
damaged by the cold. Mr.. g. w. Willis in
forms us that the cold damaged the orange trees
but very little in tie vicinity of Williston. and
that most Of the trees are beginning TO bloom.
Mariana Courier Fire at Chpiey last
Saturday destroyed the store house of j. N.
Daniels s. Co., together with the post-ofice The
fire was first discovered in the roof and - sup
posed to have been the work OF an incendiary.
$1,000.
Sanford Journal The South Florida Rail-
road will shortly begin the erection OF new shops
that will be q big Improvement over those
burned. The buildings will be OF corrugated
iron, and will be strong and durable Two build
ings viii be erected; one will be used as black
smith aud machine shop and engine room, the
o.her for repairing engines.
Orange City Times. The tenderest buds OF
the orange trees putting forth their spring
growth. and within a month there will be no
signs whatever of frost having ever visited tins
section President Thwing informs us that
regular trains will commence running between
Blue Spring and Lake Helen on the 2lst, Mon
day next, making two trips daily and connecting
with the mail steamers of the st. johns ana
trains on the ]. T. & X. W. Ry.
Orlando Reporter. The Bank of Orlando is
10 be changed into national bank with an au-
authorized capital of $250,0OO. This bank has
now a paid up capital OF $5O,0OO, and when
transformed into a national institution will prob
ably start with 100000. The charter has been
granted to Colonel Chas. JOY, Nat. PoyniZ, John
G. Sinclair Captain T. ]. Shine, W. j. Copeland
and j. II. Viven. Il will be known as the First
National Bank of Orlando.
-Palatka Sun Mr. Kregor says that Irish
potatoes will sweetei new land quicker than
any other crop He puts them on sod land. and
if the tubers are small, the benent the land re-
ceives by this crop is worth all the Work.
The Chinese raise strawberries throughout the
long hot summer, in California, by aid OF lrrlga-
ton Shall ow bitches are made on one side OF
the rows. and this is flooded by water once
day. The plants take up the moisture and grow
luXuriantly Though the hot weather. In our
/, delightful climate we ought, by slight irrigation,
!. have strawberries the year round
4, -Leesburg Meas. Colonel Lanier says that
the indications are the orange trees are going TO
bloom very heavily, and the danger will be that
,if we have dry spell in May, as we probably
will the fruit may fall. Still, it is not best 10
meet trouble halt way. 1t will usually come all
the way il one will let it. Let us rather hope
ilthat the trees will bloom heavily, bear heavily
and consequently the oranges will be small ana
more saleable and at better prices The trees
are showing up very handsomely from the effects
= of the warm sun.
.ois-Tavares Herald The pilings are driven and
capped for the bi :dge oss the Ocklawaha, and
the castings are expected from Galnesvilie thls
week Engineer Hedges, of the Sanford and
Lake Eustis road, informs the Sanford ,'ournds
that the grading has been completed 10 wilhln
.foul piles of Sorrento, and that the WORK oil
H$&bg up and making ready for the iron on
theEhnford end to the Wekiva river will be
Hh&AAA to completion and the iron laid immedi-
ately, so that soon after the jacksonville, Tampa
& Key West cars arrive in Sanford, cars VIII De
run through on the Sanford ana Lake Eustls
road to the river.
Lake City Reporter . Last Wednesday AFTER
noon twas reported upon our streets that Rev.
Mr. Davids had suddenly died. Upon inquiry,
the melancholy statement was confirmed III
appears that he experienced an attack OF apo
} Aexy.h1kl succombed to the fell destroyer. lie
was go years old, and had been living in our
city for nearly year, having come to our town
with his estimable wife in order TO be with their
iison, Prof Davis, of the Florida Agricultural
ii Goilegs1 Nr. Davis was a minister of the Pro-
testant Episcopal Church, and was noted for
his pious and gentle ways.
-LeesbKa Commercial The Florida South
ern Raixpahs Instead of being being behind time,
often has TO wait at stations for time New
engines and new steel rails are what
does the business. .......A committee ap-
-po;a.Aa- By the Board of Trade, conferred with
Major Conant General Manager of the Florida
sogath Railway and Captain F. B. Papy, Gen
sfFhight and Transportation Agent oil the +.
R. s n Railway several days since. with view
%. s@cTring certain reductions IN freight rates
and snssenger fare to this place on the two roads.
The committee was fayorably received, but as
rs tie extent of the reductions made the Board
!, has not yet made knewn.
-Micanopy Gaaete. The situation of the or
.xapge trees seems TO be improving daily. Nearly
all the old trees have put out buds this week,
and some have so far advanced as to distinctly
,; show the coming blossoms. Should there be no
injury to the young bloom, the prospect for a
good crop this year is very promising. A few
old trees, where the trees had not been plowedo or
had been highly fertillZed, have sustained The
killing of the outer small limbs and twigs This
is supposed to have come from the roots running
directly TO the surface, aud were frozen. Both
old and young trees, which showed but little
signs of life last week, now giving strong evil
dence of both lite and yigor On the whole the
outlook is very encouraging
Green Cove Spring 1t is gratifying to note
that with all the dire calamities which some of
the Northern papers predicted would beiall the
State of Florida, throuh the effects of the freeze,
there has been a constant rush in land exchange
within the State. Within the borders of Clay
county the land business is brisk: a peep into
cal that there is something else than talking be-
ing done. Clerk Bardn and his deputy, Mr..
Sid Hanford, are and have been continually
"up to their eyes" in work. Since the first of
January there have been recorded no less than
226 deeds, and there are 25 more lying upon his
desk awaiting attention
Tampa Tribune. Miss Flora Henderson,
daughter OF Hon. John A. Henderson, OF ITALIA
hassee. is visiting friends and relatives 10 Tampa
Contractor Holden finished boring the arte-
sian well on Monday. He went down TO depth
of 800 feet and secured flow of between 500
and GOO gallons per minute. He has been en-
ployed by Messrs- Ybor & Co. 10 bore a well in
their new town.. Mr.. w. 8. Cathcart informs
us that he dug up q cassaya root on the farm Of
his brosher-in-law, Mr.. T. p Kennedy, on last
Wednesday morning, which measured five feet
in length and six inches in diameter. Mr..
Kennedy has quite large lot planted, which he
feeds to his cows Walter assures Us that as a
miIk-producing article il is superb, being rich,
Juicy, succulent and greatly relished by cattle.
Live Oak BuEstin DR. R. H. McIlvaine, of
the Cedar Key Journal, was in town a few hours
this week. He is fully satisfied that q railroad
from Branford to Cedar Key will be built
The rabbits are playing havoc with the young
near trees in and about town. We learn that
Mr. Nick Baisden had fifty fine young trees
ruined by them last week. They gnaw the bark
off AZ high as they can reach Can some one
snpeest preventative against such pests?.
MAJOR w. III. Dial, of Madison, passed through
Live Oak on last Wednesday night with the re-
mains of hi, brother, G. L. Dial, of Columbia,
q n whn came To Florida some months AFRO