The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-02-23

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Lakeland Cracker Rev. Geo. B F7t1hugh, 81
Auburndale, was in the city Monday. He h very
enthusiastic On the subjecl ~ tn Episcopal COL
leg e AeenmaA9 end: well he may bA sfsr
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-WakullA 7rmss. Il seems thst the Farmera'
Alliance In this county h getting down to bust,
ness They now have three organized clubs In
The cnun8, viii d mod membefshtp gat each,
and new names are being added II each aeelings
At their meeting on lass Saturday tfsde COM
mittee. wa Appointed To wall upon our .Werr
meats Tor this years trade
River Junction Aeeonce: The Syndieate is
talking OF putting steamer of Its own on the
Flint, Cbatlahoochee and Apalachcola riyers. TO
haul its own height, The p. 3. A train was
something over tvo huuss late last Thursday, on
account oil large excursion from New Orleans
70 sscksoan 1 TO attend lhe saor Tropical NJ
poatne'~ fhe 'ram coaprieedS SIX fdHmsh
sleeping coaches. besides the several extra
coaches and all were filed to their utmost Ca
pacity.
Orlando Reporter About two-thiris Of the
taxes oil Orange county have been paid IN,
leaving one-thrd uncollected The amount
now back should all be paid within the next
Week ana ADDED costs mus svoiden Dy tae lax
bananas has been brought IN by w A. Baugh.
OF indian river. He has about 400 heads this
time, many OF which are the nnest we have ever
seen, containing 1OO bananas 10 Inc neao. he
has also large number OF the plants Tor sale.
Arcadia Arcddian ). Col. Geo. W. Scott, of
Atlanta, Ga, spent q few days in Arcadia, this
week. looking mp lands owned by his company
Mansfield
turned from Two weeks camp hunt SUNDAY
morning. TneY bfOught IN fourteen oeer, sew
eral turkeys and smaller game. Justice Will
liams Tried his 1rst case wednesday. TINS was
the ilrst case brought In justice court 10 ten
months: Law 10 an expensive luxury, and times
are TOO hard 10 permit OF its being INDUCED In to
any great extens
-Titusyile Star Captain J. O. Stewart and
Mrs. Stevart have returned from Middle Florida.
and Mrx Stewart IA now stopnin0 with Mra A
A. Stewart while the Captain is down the river.
-. Mr.. a. B. Plant, of the Plant railroad sys-
TEN, has chartered the steam yacht Cleo for sev-
eral DAYS trip up and down the river. No one
here, of course, knows Mr.. Plants ideas 10 visit
ing the river Just at this Time but we are led to
believe that il 10 10 the interest OF something con-
nected with the syndicate he represents
-Osklsnd Sun: The engineer corps of the
Orange Belt Railway has been busv tho mast
week At San Antonio In having ont Inc site of a
location AYCnQNt
Msteri.I left The Orange Relt RAILWAY .hons At
this place yesterday for the new depot 10 be
erected at Tarpon Springs 1t will be similar to
the ornamental one at Crown Point, but larger.
Al T1tusyilIe business has imDrOved very
much within the past month. Cars and steam
ers are crowded with passengers, who seem to
be highly pleased with the beautiful Indian river
country.
-Ocala FLss Prsss.. Rev. w. Fl. Gotwald
of Ocala. Organized Lutheran church al Mar.
lin Station SUNDAY smono the Pennevlv.n;o
colon;s,s new nost offce hss hean Iocatad
At Romeo. on The s. g. O& e.. Railroad be-
tween Blue Spring and D,,nuelloo and Mr. r
G. Martin made post master Grace Episco-
pal church Is being enlarged and greatly i'm
proved. A tower viii alec grace this edifice.
The citizens have been very liberal in their do
nations toward the improvement, and their ef-
forts are none the less appreciated by the mem
bers oil that church.
Madison Recorder: The tobacco crop of
Madison county will be ten times larger this
are booming" owing to the interest manifested
in this crop in those counties, and it is only a
question OF a short while before Madison will
rank alongside of them. Already cigar fac
tory is being talked of to manufacture the com.
ing crop. From twenty TO TWENTY-FIVE cents
are Loaf to this county on eyerv pound of hides
shipped from here in a green state. A small
iannery would save hundreds OF dollars to the
person operating il here.
Gainesville Record. Prof T. DeS. Tucker
Principal OF the Colored Normal School at ITALIA
hassee, has been in the city for several DAYS.
He is a colored man of pronounced ability. and
will undoubtedly make the school q means of
much usefulness to the colored teachers of the
State. Strawberries are being shipped quite
plentifully now. Judge Cessna shipped about
fftv quarts on Friday. G. F. Sickies shipued
ninety-four quarts of strawberries Yesterday TO
A. g. Cook, New York Sixty-six quarts were
shipped by ]. r. Flewellen. The Building and
Loan Association loaned about 81 200 on Mon
day night at an average of about % per cent.
Orlando S.utinsl Charles Allen of this
civ. is ouile a genius in wood and has l.,ely
turned out some admirable napkin rings of dit.
ierent Florida woods, which sell quite rapidly.
Orange wood makes beautiful rings, which pos
sess q light golden color and take on high pol
ish The wood Of the casino tree (which bears
a small. bright-red berry and grows on low ham
mock or bay land) is almost snowy white, and
the red bay has a fine pearly iustre. while the
magnolia and live oak are Of darker hues But
the most beautiful thing of all is the ring turned
from wild plum wood. There are pale crimson,
faint purple, and crushed strawberry tints in it
that are found In no other wood In one ring
turned from THE wood could be counted eight
distinct and beautiful colors.
-T.mna 7+;5,.n1 +. The SALARY If The acting
Collector Of Cnstoms M r r Snence, has
been increased TO m b00 ner annnm. The air in
ibe vicinity of The .Io,trnnI once viii, smell Of
suInhur for At least tvo weeks amer oooner read.
this lecal. The palmetto 6bre actor At Mel.
lonville near Sanford, is turning out large oman.
titles of fbre. all of which is contracted for at
good price, by a Northern manufacturing com