The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-11-04


Fort Meade Heaeer.. Mr.. lobe Hendry, of
% hresk hs leg white wrestling last evening. 80
Mr. Bin Carlton. Of Pine Level, was thrown
non his horse last Sunday, and broke his leg
twice
Fort Myers Pres :. One day this week Capt.
p A. Hendry crossed the river here In the morn
ing on the proposed new route to Cleveland and
arrived there In time for the north bound train.
Tie captain thinks the route entirely practicable
and feasible. and with . good road II will be q
popular route for those who want TO take the
through morning train from Cleveland north
-Tavares Herald. The iron for the Sanford
& Lake Eusiis railroad will be laid into TavaTes
BY Nov. IL, and the question for the people OF
Tavares 10 determine b, shall anything be done
10 celebraie the event, II would be an appro
to Tavares il Of such importance that any
amount of jubilation would be pardonable.
What do the people think about il
-Micanopy Gasette DR.. ]. R. Little has re-
turned 70 Evinston from his trip to his old home
in South Carolina. The Doctor and Mr.. Shuttle
worth planted twenty-one acres OF vegetables last
year, and the freight charges on their products OF
profit. He has not yet decided TO plant vegeia-
bles another year. and unless the prospects are
better Than they now seem they probably will
not plant any.
-Leesburg Commercial. Dir. ]. W. Hannah.
OF Fruitlaud Park, returned last week from For
ter Springs, Ga, where he spent the summer
He says his fine grove . mile out OF town will
produce this year a larger crop OF oranges than
ever before. Thus it will be seen that while
some groves will yield short crops, others will
bear full ones. The fruit in almost all the
groves, However, is reported to be smaller than
usual .,
10 he ocf n
Island cotton we have heard of this year. From
three acre patch they have already gathered
POO pounds of seed cotton and our informant
States they will get 300 or more pounds yet from
the patch Eight hundred pounds per acre IS
not . sorry yield by any means These young
men are energetic and pushing and witnai are
good farmers. and we are GLAD 10 near Oh the
bouniiful yield they have made
-Kissimmee Leader. We learn that at the
next term of court, Judge Norment, the candi-
date of the Prohibition party for Congress, VIII
be compelled to prove his slanderOus, and we
may say criminal, charges against the County
Commissioners or suffer The penalty oil his fase
accusations This is as il should be- We don
zee hoE the Commissioners, as body can lg-
more the charges against them, and especially as
those charges come from man claiming 10 hold
the position Judge Norment does
Bronson Times : Oranges are looking finely,
though on account of last winters severe cold
and long summer drought. they are later Than
usual In npeniug. The crop will very nearly
equal that OF last year. Hon. Geo. W. " His
has been commissioned as County Judge. ard
took charge Of the Office last Saturday. Judge
Willis Is well qualified for the position. and viii
doubtless give satisfaction 10 the people Of the
cnuniv He i a worthy successor To Judge Nc
Donell, who has ably filed the position FOR
the past several years, and who resigned TO &C
cepi the Office of Collector OF Customs at Cedar
Key.
Milton Nttcs The new steamer Okoloosa
Captain Hannah, which was built by Milton
men, of Santa Rosa timber, made her first trlp
this week The OkolooSa Is one of the hnest
and most powerful boats Of her size in the bay
I'VE regret 10 stale that Mr. George Marquis,
ST.. met with q serious accident on TUESDAY AL
te1noon- He was sitting in chair, on the porch
in front OF the courthouse, with his chair lean
ing against one Of the pillars. By some mean:
his chair slipped and be fell To the ground dis
locating his right shoulder. DR.. McDougall re
dnced the dislocation in very skillful manner
and Mr.. Marquis was on the stree, again yester
day
-Palsika Daily Nev.: Several car loads o
turtles. some of them weighing 800 or 40
pounds, have been shipped over the j. I. & h
". Railway for Washington and New York
from The Indian river country. The turtles are
fine ones, and the industry is a growing one
Carrying delight TO the gourmands Of the cities
and bringing ducats back to Florida 'Rah fol
The turtles. Because very little has been said
about il is DO sign that there is no building now
going on in the city. Besides the five brick store
rooms DOW nearing completion, there are mum
Der Of cottages going up about the city, and sew
eral large and elegant residences. No. sir, The
building boom is stay at home, all-he year
round citizen Of Palatka, and grows more TO
bust with each succeeding season.
Lake City ReTorter Monday afternoon We
a -. e..
Noodle and Bushnell. The tobacco is hung ir
. cheap bat substantial building abOu, 80 by 81
feet From Mr.. Bushnell We learned that the
number OF acres in cultivation was six; plumber
Of pounds five thousand, total amount paid fol
labor TO date, ninety dollars He has been offered
for the CROP as il is, % cents per pound, ard if il
should be Manufactured into cigars he expects t.
realize a dollar pound David Wright, col
ored. Of Columbia City, stands ahead Of The lis
for a family He is the father of p children
most Of them living, and his present wife is the
mother of q children. 10 Of whom are living
Can any county in the State beat this: If s"
out with il.
has bought nearly all the oranges in the Emeralda
section. They brought good prices. The gar
dens in and about Ecstis are looking finely and
promise almost unprecedented yield. The sea
son has been most propitiOus for truck raising d
all kinds Daily gentle sprnglike showers
nave lent 70 t0em alQ 10 vegetation mere VII
be money made this winter on vegetables anC
strawberries Spectators and commission mer
are buying up oranges all over the State, paying
more Than the usual price fo- the product Al
though the orange crop will be light this year
the growers will secure almost an average re-
enumeration for their oranges. We hope some o
our growers will be far seeing enough TO retair
their crop for a while yet. for oranges will un
doubleday command high price this year, and
home consumption should be taken into consd
Grafton. There will be a good many oranges
eaten al Eustis this winter.
-Wakulla Times We are reliably informed
that Mr.. George Baker caught only seventy-fivt
barrels OF fish on last Sunday al Pickett's fish
cry, Carrabelle. This reminds US of the ole
adage The better the day the better the luck. ;
Wagons wagons all coming and going
10 our gulf fisheries in quest of mulet The fin
at fisheries On the Florida coast, and the bes
county in every conceivable manner, in the Uni
Ted States. Once more we are called upon Il
chronicle the death Of an old land mark. Mr.
W. 4. Cox, ST.. passed away on Friday night Il
the myslerious realms Of eternity. Mr.. Cox wa:
N esteemed citizen and We mourn his loss. Tis
aid that he expressed perfect willingness io
die He died with the disease Of drOpsy from
which he had been an intense sufferer for many
montha Peace % the memory Of this good old
man We share with his family in sadness
-Kissimmee Leader: Station Agent Parker
informs us thai as the fast mail from the North
was in the Deighborbood OF Maitland Wednesday
evening II came suddenly upon the hand car Of
the section boss, Tom Ragland, formerly o
Alabama Mr.. Ragland huniedy stopped bis
car and took IL from the track, but in 80 doing
. crow bar fell back on the track in such man
ner - 10 throw the train of were it not removed
RagIand noticed the danger TO the rapidly ap