The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-10-02
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republicans
Sunday no church bell was heard in
Gainesville. This had never occurred be-
fore since there has been bell in the
city.
Works for manufacturing alligator,
shark and fish oils, and fish and bone fer
tilizers, will soon be started at Charlotte
Harbor.
New smyrna Breeze: Captain Z. n j..
Dimmick, of Lake Worth, has a lime
tree that brought in $27 in 1855, 800 in
1886 and 500 in 1897. This year he has
not kept track of his income from it.
This tree is years old.
The quarantine regulations have re-
duced the supply of paper in some of the
Florida newspaper offices to a low ebb.
The Oakland SIN comes out on green
and the Sanford Joeu3.al on a yellow
back ground.
-Apalachcola Times: The Collector
of Customs informs us that in addition to
East Pass Lighthouse, he expects to get
a Range Light on Bulk head, and also
one at mouth of Carrabelle river. This
will be Of great service to our port.
-George Moseley, a twelve year old
son of Mr.. G. n. Mosely, of Haskell,
went out hunting early last Friday morn
ing, and returned home before school
time, bringing two fine wild turkeys
which he had shot and killed near Seward
Lake.
Sanford Argus:: John NJ. Cheney
has withdrawn as candidate for County
Judge on the Republican ticket. j.. The
work on the mammoth block for the
Plant Investment Company is being
prosecuted by additional force daily. 1t
is a veritable hive Of bees. The structure
will be an ornament to the city, and one
of the largest in the State.
Madison Recorder :. The hunting
season has opened, a large crop of quail
is reported and our local "sports" are
happy. 1t took sixteen men and II
dogs and nine charges of buckshot to kill
the bear, mention of which we made IN
our last issue. Four of the dogs were
also killed and three others wounded.
The chase lasted for twelve hours.
Lake City Tobacco Punt The
buildings for the Lake City Institute
have been completed and handsomely
and comfortably furnished :. We are
informed by our farmers that the sugar
cane crop of Columbia county as rule is
better than for many years -. Lake
City shipped nearly one half of the total
5. L. cotton receipts at Savannah for the
week ending Saturday, the ODD inst.
Lake Wier independent: DR.. /. NJ
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Swamp prepared to put in cabbage this
fall. "A colored Democratic club has
been organized in Putnam county with a
membership numbering twenty at its first
meeting The time of splicing and
picking of fruit has come, and the eco
nomical housewife may be seen going
through her husbands pockets for cloves
Tampa Jo,umal: Clifford Pryor, Algie
and Willie Lee, are three clever little
boys, and admired by all who know them
Tor their manly qualities. While their
parents are at Jacksonville rendering val
liable services as nurses these small bows
are pursuing their daily vocation-Pryor
as typesetter at this office and the two
Leas as telegraph messengers-and keep
ing house by themselves at the corner of
Jackson and Monroe streets.
Dade City Democrat. Col. A. J. Gill
informs us that he has very fine crop Of
rice, equal III every respect TO the best he
ever raised in South Carolina. The
rainfall for the past ten days has been ex-
cessive. Streams are all swollen, many of
them beyond their banks and roads are
greatly damaged. The acreage in tobac-
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greatly enlarged. Some Of the best to-
bacco ever raised in the State was pro-
duced by DR.. Seay and others.
-Starke Telegraph: Mrs. Captain
Ballantine, who has been stopping at the
Commercial Hotel for sometime, acci
IDENTIFY took a spoonful Of carbolic acid
last Monday light, and is now in very
critical condition. Captain Ballantint
and little son are with her and all is being
done for her relief that medical skill can
suggest. 1t seems that there were two
bottles on her table that looked Just alike
one containing the carbOlic acid, the other
Jamaica ginger. The ginger was wha,
she intended to take, but by some reason
the wrong bottle was opened and the
mischief was done before the error was
discovered.
- Jacksonville Times Union. The
opening of the Thomasvlle and Monticcl
10 railroad will tend to develop most
excellent section of Georgia and Florida
between these promising places, and
prove quite convenience to Middle
Florida people going North. Lemon
and lime-growing promises to be an i'm
portant industry in Florida in the neal
future. Large quantities Of these fruits
are already sold every year, and the pros