The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-12-30


where the old tIndian Chief Tuscanooga lived
and was captured neAIly half century past
-Fernandina Mirror. All trains over the
Florida Railway and Navigation Companys
line have come in late of schedule time the past
month By reason Of the heavy freight shipments
ell along the line. The Clyde steamship Cher
okee ID expecled 10 arrive In this port this morn
ing. bound north She will take on cargo and
proceed this evening. The steamship Delaware
IL expected tomorrow. This makes four steam
ships of the line that have entered the port this
week
-Leesburg Commercial. Leesburg now has
ample hotel room for all new-comers-three
hotels and several excellent boarding houses. -.
The Florida Southern brought in six well filled
passenger coaches to Leesburg from the south
on Tuesday. all, or nearly all the passengers
stopping of TO trade. Verify, Leesburg is on
business boom. The gathering and shipping
OF oranges, in this section, has demonstrated
that there is fully two-thirds of a crop, and at
the price oranges are now selling this crop will
bring the growers as good returns as any previ-
Gus crops. All the oranges frozen last winter
were not lost 10 their growers. owen Albright
who owns one of the finest places on Lake Grlf-
nn made his damaged fruit into wine and now
has four barrels which he is selling at 81 80 per
gallon.
-Brooksville Netcs: Jos. FL. G. Pratt and
Jno. c. LunIng, of the Leesburg Commercial,
paid our town a visit last Saturday night The
former had never been here before, and he ex-
pressed himself as highly pleased with Brooks
vile. The latter edited The Aetos here long
enough TO learn that there is no place like
Brooksyille except Leesburg. Truth is, every
body likes Brooksville. The encouragement
which QUE Presbyterian friends have thus far
received authorizes the staten emf that the con-
tract for building their church will be let some
time next month. Hon. Frank E. Saxon has
generously donated an eligible lot, 10 by 100
feet in size, which the church has gratefully
accepted as Christmas present, as the ueeu
will be made tomorrow.
-Eustis Semi TROPICAL Two colored men
were shooting ducks on a small lake not far
from Sorrento few days ago, and one OF them
started to wade out 10 get some OF the game that
had been killed. He had gone but short distance
when be disappeared under water and was
drowned before the eyes of his companion. We
did not learn his name. A promiscuous row
Of IL suspicious looking grip-sacks ornaRented
the depot platform Tuesday morning, and as
the northern bound ten o'clock train was about
70 depan, IL commercial drummers swooped
down upon this array of carpet bags" and in
the twinkling of an eye the aforesaid suspicious
grip sacks disappeared within the sacred realms
OF The smoking car with drummer fastened to
each, and then our prosecuted merchants
crawled out from their hiding places
Mariana Enquirer: The editor left yester-
day for SaEanpah, where he will join his family
in the festivities Of Christmas with relatives and
friends The gin house and contents, with the
engine and appliances belonging 10 Mr. E. T. c..
Dickerson, al Greenwood, in this county, was
destroyed by fire on Thursday night of last week.
There being ND doubt of its having been fired
the matter has been kept as quietly as possible
with the hope of "spotung" the man. Accord
ingly, on Wednesday evening last, Pryor
viodc Cd N 4 ha hP W a
The man who fired it, and that he was hired to
do the fendish deed by white man. 1t also
appears that this negro informed another white
man on the evening of the fire that the house
would be burned that night.
Live Oak Bulletin :. Our old friend W. H.
ReddiDg started TO town with wagon load OF
kittens the other day and they escaped just OPP
posite line house of the editor of this paper. We
will give q cat as q premium for each new sub
scriber for 1887. Send US a dollar and get your
cat The agitation of the subject of growing
tobacco in this State is both just and timely 1t
Is thought we can raise very good article OF the
weed, and if we can do it We should take ad-
vantage of the opportunity. II would add TO
our financial strength. Cotton has been com
ing in pretty freely this week, and our merchants
have paid as high as 18 cents per pound for
choice bales This looks like very low price,
but il is the best that can be offered at this time
and the man that pays even this amount runs
The nsk of losing money.
-Sumterville Times Our able District At
iorney, Hon W. II. Wigg. has been in Sumter
vile for several days on Official business The
FIfth Judicial District has never had more
faithful and honest representative. The ex-
tension of the Florida Railway and Navigation
Companys line To Tampa will be of great ad-
vantage 10 the counties of Sumter, fernando,
Polk, Hillsb0rough and Manatee. When the
work is completed, South Florida generally will
= be rapidly settled up. a good leaf TO turn
over Al the beginning of the new year-raise
more 70 eat al home, and don't live out OF pa
per sacks altogether. Capt 0. j. Parker, who
examined the Withlachoochee river some days
ago between Istachatta and Pemberons, made
q favorable report, and we learn that the work
Of cleaning out that portion of the river will
begin al an early day. This will give direct
communication by steamers with Panasofkee,
on the F. r. & n and Pembertons, on the Flo
rida Southern Railway.
Pensacola Adoance- Gazette The finest ag
rculiural and fruit lands in the State are around
Bombay These lands will be sold cheap and on
most favorable terms. large Iowa colony has
located there, residences. stores, a IS room no.
tel, saw mill and depot are building or will soon
be built. This is one of the n OSt booming towns
On the p 6 A. Residence and building lots may
be bought at q bargain. Go and see this live
new town. Our friend Mr.. Ed. Gale Quina,
Dsmocraf at this place. keeps his paper well
posted on the local happenings and current
events here. We were glad 10 see his mention
Of the Eavy-yard and its condition in recent
special, and trust that he and all other newspa-
per men will assist in bringing this valuable but
loog-neglected government property to the no
fice Of the authorities. The British ship Star
Of England" sailed from this port, for Queens
town, Last Tuesday, and cleared the bar drawing
over twenty-three feet, with but bobble. under
the skillful pilotage of Commodore Alex. Fer
gurson The cargo Of the " Star Of England "
consisted Of $4,000 square feet sawn timber,
1900 square feet lumber, 762 cubic feet hewn
timber 40 cubic feet white oak and 200 cubic
feet cedar. The total value of all being $8,O61.
Cedar Key Gulf Viep: Adjutant General
David Lang arrived in the city Sunday last
from Tallahassee by way of ST. Marks, and the
sloop Yacht Nellie" While in tire city he will
be the guest Of Mayor Finlayson. His many
friends are pleased TO have the genial gentleman
among them. Cedar Key is fortunate in hav-
ing Rev. John G. Ley assigned to the Methodist
pastoral work for 1887. Rev. T. E. Smith, of
Tallahassee, visited us last Monday. There Is
take up his residence here, and devote his time
70 the churches of Archer, Arredondo and Cedar
Key. Parties have been prospecting around
Cedar Key for several days past, looking out the
possibilities Of oyster planting and canning.
6ufbcieut IL now known OF the results of plant
ing 10 assure US that 1t can be made great sue
cess and the area available for successful plant
ing ID almost unlimited. The adnixture Of the
waters Of the Suwannee, Wacasassa and Withla-
coochee rivers with the Gulf water Is exactly
the thing TO promote the healthy growth of the
oyster and impart the flavor for which the Cedar
Key bivalve Is 90 Justly celebrated. We hail
with pleasure the essistanre and cooperation Of