The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-05-10
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driven 81 Moeday afeHuens -. 90 IL fuad
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snE1hes y de sssck fx The sxassa 0isD b.
twees Gear Water asd The end, and . regniar
schsduIe VIII Be pat h Erce-
-Rsssrprie HnsH One reasos Why In
tgpsise dos 30 gTow fssses b that from - far
back - SecoljecaiDs gUes some q The inhsbi
tanis hsye besa h ne hsbit al going around
saying 70 each osbsr: Did yoa ever zee The
town look 20 dad before ETC.. etc Could
any couns OF acsioo be conceived Of % likely
20 ipjars the psnspatiy Of . town.
-Ocaia Free Press Let Marion be we'll rep
resented ~ The Immigratiou Convention TO be
hsld ID JacksuavilIs. Nay 18th. The water
abundance Of bard rock hes been touod Tor the
last few weeks kssser Glover Miller leaves
to-day fos Psychologists, New Yuk, 70 sitsnd
colIeEe Tor de summer. We wish him pless-
ant journey and happy sajoarn @ the Huds'D.
-Cnwfordvilie Tmss Rev. Calvin Revell,
Q good citizen and prosperoos farmer Of 'be
" milk and honey valley" d 6opchnppy, &C
compsnied By his fair daughter. Mo Ev.line.
were welcome visitors Of tie 7xm0 % Wednes-
day last. III. Revell staies that much c.n-
plant comes ffom his neighbnn Of the din
worm destroyicg the corn cropa- he furt er
reports that The yield Of honey - better Z an
for any period Of years within his recollection
Cedar Key GxH VSsD.- The compsetio Of
the Orauge Belt line 70 ST. Petersburg 10 l.
nouDca d. The company runs the steamer y
Disstou 70 Manaiee 70 bring up the .reigb' OF
that region .. The Drought cootinues unabaf d.
1t il . common thing for The coaa blaDds be
A ~ All md Ma0 hat -
water 10 severely Ieis, and there seens 10 b pc
Of speedy relief
Orange City 7~a.. A refreshing I'D
much needed rain tel ai this pl &c
Thursday afternoon last The first to do
good Tor over . month. .Pien-To pesc a
are ripening this season At least Q month ear ef
than they usually do. The irees b This sect on
SO pounds, for the new Congregational Chu: b.
arrived this week. and b being put into posi- on
by Morris Wheldoa-
Lake City Te6soco Past: The tobacco plan
ters OF Cslumbis county have been ct bach in
work somewhat BY the long co0iisued drought
bat there ID stIl time for sowing seed and trans
planting, with good rains to help along. Many
Of the cotton planten also have failed to get
full stands Of cotton, bat hope the seed planted
viii yet come up. Othen, however, say they
have full stands and have 90 far advanced ., to
be ready for chopping-"
Orlando Rspesser.- From Mr. r. G. Robin
500, who returned last week from Naples, We
learn that contract has been signed between
the Naples Company and Captain James Cannte.
for The construction Of . wharf and bulkbead in
froot of the new Naples boael- The wharf win
be about eight hundred Iest long, extending into
twenty feet depth Of water. II viii be con-
siructed mainly q mangrove wood, which 10 Al
most imperishable in wafer.
Mariana 7isses- Coxriev. Judge J. r. Nc.
Clellan passed through this place last Sunday
morning en- route EOr the Third Judicial Circuit.
.. Why don't our farmers raise more RECT II
erly managed. II would b one Of our most pay
ing crops. There b much complaint Of bad
worms having injured the corn crop; bat much
OF this has been remedied by replanting. Cotton
is doing well, and the prospects Of . large yield
90 far. are good.
-Dade City Democrat The drought has been
unprecedented Capt. Bill KendIick says that
he has never known such . drought in the
month Of April in any previous year. That rs q
rule April showers are both frequent and re-
freshing. One gentleman has recently pur
chased 81 600 acres Of land situsted in this i'm.
mediate vicinity. The entespnses, which are
the outcome Of this, will be tributary 70 DAde
City and largely increase lis wealth, population
and importance
-Fezpandina Ais7er The F. r d " Co
received At this city during the month Of Api
cars loaded as follows: Merchandise, ZIG lum-
Der, s7s; ties 81; iron. 8; cedar. 81. For.
IA iu% Gannf IT, e ha%s The ia%Sei
ceived amounted to nearly 1000 900 feet. Mr.
". o. Farmer, Of Harris Road, under date o.
April 81, sends us the following item J. O.
Russell killed rattlesnake near this place yes
terday that measured III feet in length, had q
rattles, and Was inches between the eyes
Next.
Milton Baz-6ow.. On Monday evening
about O'Clock Amelia Levins Wa sitting by the
some one approached. and putting the mnzzle Of
sgun through . crevice 10 the wall, fired az
ounce slug al her head The asaass;ns aim was
not good, however. and the bullet cat two In
gers and . thumb from her hand and plOwed q
fun0w 10 the skull on the side Of her iead
borne Levins for some time and has been wing
with another man. Of course suspicion at Jnce
listened upon Claiborne, bat there IL NO orool
against him, and thus the matter resss-
-Sumterville Times. The drought of the past
several weeks has demonstrated the fact 70 our
farmers and vegetable growers thai they must
irTigaie their lands in order 70 have . letter
yield. We presume that the present crop
vegetables 10 this section would have been one
thlfd or one nail greater Than u - II We COuIO
have had rain upon them at the proper fine
How TO supply the Thirsty soil with the moisture
necessary 10 the question that many of our peo-
pie are now considering. Wind mills and sl.a'
engines are used by many of the Florida plant
err with great success aad profit, and VIVA: b.
been done once can surely be done again.
Gainesville Record. Judge VI. K Cessna in.
forms u that he has shipped over 1000 cEates OF
beans in the psa two weeks, and that he has an
order from Chicago house Gef forty car loads OF
tomatoea- Dry weather, %bs Judge says, has
been very damaging, cutting The strawberry
crop Of The past month fully three quarters
short This shortage Of shipments Is nearly
balanced. however. By the exceiieot prices 70
ceived for vegetables shipped, asd growers have
already received $500 iof straw. .esTies cold.
This 10 not o bad showing for this section Of the
county, and % vegetable county Alachua
stands shead
Gainesville AdaocGfe We regret to chroni.
Gle the death OF James Edwards, father OF Judge
EdwssdA Of Micsnopy. gentleman well known
in this county, and whose many noble traits and
true christian character have endeared him TO
every one with whom be has held intercourse.
Mr.. Edwards was In his sinssy-ssventh year,
and was Tor that eye The most e0erEetic man of
our acqusiDtsnce. His death occurred ss the
house Of his son here lest Friday, and be was
inferred on Saturday In the Micanopy cemetery.
AaSk the perfect man and behold the upright,
Tor the end Of that man b peace >. Willis A.
Tucker, son Of Capt @. G. Tucker, returned yes-
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