The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-05-24

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taken IN almost daily now. The total catch yes-
scrday. tar - heard from was ten, the largest
weighing - pounds. the mex. tipping the beam ~
"a. Some men If they ever achieve honor have
IL thrust upoa them; ~ with prosperity some
men are SO rro0osnced m Their oppossnon 10
public improvements shat their pablo spirited
neighbocs 10 advancing general interest force
prosperity upon these uadeserving e''zenA
-Brocksv,li< N<ss.- The military company
orzanized led Mo0.tay uignt and is q lue look
ing body Of men, and will be q spiendid addition
Ia the STATE trsops- We have seen frequent
and complimentary Menisou oi Hon D. L.
Mitchell fcx psace % the Suprene Court Beach
"a tbe Ssaae- The Nt~cs Is the firs, to name rim
fov the position. and il would be hard matter TO
fat xny eoe Aeie~ qualified foe the position
Hon R,sos1s ". Davis. q: PalAikA. Vas in town
yesterday legal business The veterans
canrAl him. gave hin = hearty welcome 10 the
BSvoaac. sod saen made him make ooe VI the
very tscss al his happy speeches
-T.vsrp< H~aN On Saturday Major St.
CIsis Abrams received instructions from Charles
4 Sac3Air Ia Immediately advertise for bids FIR
TAO rn|lioa hsscks fs the bag ho,el and for the
rsxx- sscioyv All the bids TO be in by June
/ And the delivery 10 begin by July l,
nv Which time s5oO coo are 10 be delivered. the
sane number hy Jaly 10 the same number by
Jaas Is and The same number every ten days
thereafter until the whole are delivered. M
Sinclair writes IN have This done Promptly. rs it
desired 10 begin the work i'm nedia;ey- So
gAr cane grows more rapidly and much larger
10 FLORIDA than in Louisiana
-Cy1wfariville Tam<s- Another strange freak
OF nature has developed in the shape OF hen
egg toacj on the premises of Superintendent X
b Fogbes- On breaking the egg there was
found in The centre of the yeIk another small
well developed egg. about the size OF quail egg,
perfectly natural and containing a hard she'll
white and yellow in the inside casing a. 10 all
eggs. We understand that Mr.. j. A Pearce.
Sheriff Of Leon county. has recently made an
other wonderful capture This time he, ii seems,
has bagged a fugitive from Alabama, by the
name OF Glass, and who is supposed TO be one
Glass now lodging justice from this county.
Leon should be proud OF such Sheriff de is
fit example for other Sheriffs TO initiate, and
should certainly succeed himself at the coming
election.
Lake City Cadzen- We are informed and
through a source which we consider rea lie
that the Macon & Florida Air Line railroad has
the contract for that portion Of the road bet ween
Valdosta and Lake City. SO it looks as if we
shall have this new line open before long,
though ofcourse nothing is certain but what Is.
-. .Aprcots of perfect development and fine
favor are now ripening at several different pla-
ces in Lake City Marshal J. A. Be,hea presents
US with half a dozen splendid specimens from
the trees in his yard and Capt j. +. Baya ex-
hibiis some equally as fine from his place.
Water has been turned on through the new
mains and hydrants Our farmers report TO-
bacco, cotton and corn just bounding right along
since the rains began. The sugar cane crop, SO
we are informed. is more promising 50 far than
for many years. The sweet potato and rice
crops are now being planted, and upon the
whole the crop prospect Of Columbia county is
above the average at this writing.
Plant City C1urier: Mr. A J. Harris, who
had The general supervision Of the work OF disln-
fecting AMI tumigatng the town. completed his
JOB on Saturday Of last week and left that even
ing for his home in Tampa Mr. Harris ex-
presses the view that the work has been thor
gu hy and effec,ually done, and we think SO
too II we-,hat is The editor-uudersiood the
Canning business we'll as he does the printing
business he would be willing 10 trade his print
ing establishment for a canning factory, rather
than all OF these nice fruits and vegetables Of
this section rOt and q 10 waste. We have no.
ton 10 make the Offer at a venture. any how
Exchanges please notice. The western pOr-
| lion Of This county is evidently genuine and
substantial boom. the opening out OF the Or
ange Bell .road into that portion Of Hills
| borough, couDty has done great deal for that
section, aud besides they have a good country
! over there, bich the road brings into notice.
| We congra,u la,e our friends ON The grand Tam =
| pa Peninsula ON the decided evidences Of pros
| perity and permanent growth in all the towns
and settlements over there.
| Tampa Tribune Capt. Geo. Warner, of the
| steamer kissimmee, has pet raven, which ex-
hibi,s extraordinary intelligence and is very tas-
! tidous. Last Sunday he given baked
potato, which he proceeded TO peel and removed
| every particle Of the rind beJfe he would taste
| it, He is given the freedom Of the boat and
| never attempts 10 escape. Waller Mcdonald,
| living about half way between Plant City and
| Alfalfa post Office, has less than quarter of an
| acre in cucumbers and has already sold enough
|, hnut md moi n
| Dfs J. p. Wall and L. w. Weldon are 10
| Gainesville this week, attending the annual SEES
| sion oil the State Medical Association. DIR. Wall
will read paper on the recent yellow fever cpl
| demic before the Association. The prospects
| for the erection Of that $250O00 hotel at ST.
Petersburg are said to be good, and We sincerely
hope they are. We understand that the Ar
mours are interested in the scheme which assures
| ample capital. Mr.. T. K Spencer got tangled
up with Is swarm Of honey bees last Sunday,
| and very few OF his friends knew him when he
came 10 town that evening Those who have
| been in a like unfortunate predicament III read
| lily understand why. Negotiations for the
money 10 build the bridge across the river to the
| new hotel site have been successful and work
will commence at once.
| Orlando Reporter: What is Orlando going
to do about Fourth of July celebration. 1t is
| time the matter WAS being worked up. Suppose
the Democrats Of Orange and adjoining counties
! formally open the State campaign at this place
ON the nations holiday. .Adoph ROesel
brought in load of vegetables from Winter
| Garden this week, among which We noticed a
| lot Of beets. which readily brought cent and
| quarter apiece. At this rate his crop will yield
| about $500 10 the acre. Saw palmetto is be-
| ginning 10 bloom quite freely, and consequently
the bees are rapidly laying up honey. good
| palmetto year means fine honey and plenty of it,
We are informed that the interchangeable
Captain r. Z. Rose formerly Of the ST. Cloud
plantation, is busily engaged in forming a synd-
cate Of Philadelphia capitalists to build the pro-
| jecied railroad from Kissimmee to the Atlantic
| coast. Kissimmee has raised 81, 700 for that
purpose, and Runnymede will raise as much
| more. Reliable parties say il is bound to be
built and that this year. II other parties fail to
push it through. it is expected that the Florida
| Midland Company will take hold and push it
through. AS a sample of the way Orlando is
growing, we mention the fact that over $37 600
| worth Of Improvements have been made on Rob-
inson avenue alone during the past eighteen
| length Of the street, but only from the South
| Florida railroad TO PapOts residence. II is by
| such strides as this that Orlando il becoming
| one of the richest cities in South Florida g. :.
| Some time ago Sonora Perez, Cuban lady of
this city, planted some fax seed 10 the yard near
her house ON Pine street, and it has grown finely,
| the stalks developing as nicely as any we have
ever seen. Ii il evident that fax can be raised
here Wouldn't it look like business 10 see Or
lando making her own linen. from fax grown In
| Orange cOuntyf Let 1t be tried on larger scale.
-. The first watermelon to make its appearance
| in Orlando this season was brought into the city
| market early this week by an Engishman
named Elves who has place near the city, II
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