The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-09-11

I with but very little cultivation. Mr.. Marsf
thinks this pea the finest forage crop that car
| possibly be grown in Florida, and Ia prove hi
iai,h he will plant twenty acr'ss next year.
-Fcrnandina Mirror; There were sixteer
vessels in port last Wednesday The Caronde
let's cargo consisted Of 104 900 feet lumber 80;
cases cedsr and Is packages merchandise.
Nearly 100000 teet Of lumber shipped from
| Fernandna during the month Of August is not n
| bad showing. And this. too despite The adverse
| influences of The big strike and yellow fever
scare.
Tampa Journal A prominent citizen oil
Plant City was in Tampa yesterday. He esti-
mates that about forty people are living in the
| town and that not case of sickness IF any kind
exists among them. II is understood that after
| the 18th Of this month the guards around the
| town will he taken off between the hours of 9
a. m. and r. m, and the people will he allowed
| to go in and out II there are no bad results
| from this venture the guards may BIZ taken ffo
| entirely by October 1st, and the people permit
| ted la return 10 their homes and business.
The County Commissioners yesterday accepted
| the tax assessment books from Mr. Worth and
made the lax levy for next year rs follows: Two
and one-half mills for county revenue; four and
| one half mills for school purposes; one mill for
Jail purposes; total of county levy, eight mills.
The total county assessment amounts TO 80 $50, :
600. an increase over last year of $237 900. The
State tax is four mills thus making the total
Stale and county tax twelve mills, reduction
of three mills from the tax of last year.
Orlando Reporter AT It's last meeting the
Orlando Building and Loan Association resolved
to open books for Series No. 2 at once See adj
verlsement of the Association in another col
umn and for further particulars call on Secretary
Young. George Barclay, OF Altam0ntc Springs,
is taking just the right course to contradict some
of the lunaics who sill around in the shade three
hundred days in the year, and then curse Flor,
ida for their failure. Mr.. Barclay came here a
little more than two years ago, and went to
work. He has opened out pretty and a valu-
able place, built pleasant house. Ornamentcd
his grounds, cleared the land and put out a
young grove, which is in Il very promising con-
ditiOn, and when he comes to town, which he
es about twice year, he reports the most
gratifying success, transacls his business expedi-
tiousy and then hurries home, as he considers
his time valuable and he wants to put it where
it will do him the most good. Last April he put
out lot of Niagara grape vines. These he
has cared for as he does for everything else, and
the result is a wonderful growth which now re-
qulres two wires Tor q support, and crop OF
young fruit. No man ever YET achieved success
through grumbling at the conditions which the
Almighty has imposed. Intelligent work brings
success in Florida as elsewhere
Fort Myers Press: One day last week Mr.
VIM. H. Towles, of this CITY, bon .ht 2 900 head
Of cattle of Mr.. John Hooker, of Fort Me de-
Florida. Mr.. Chas Learhlean took load OF
hogs down to Puuta Rassa, in his sloop, Tues
day night. They belong TO DR.. Langtord and
were shipped to the Key West market. Mr.
Cannon, of Kissmmee, has received order to
inspect the dredges of the Okeechobee com! my
and see what repairs, if any, are needed, " . "A
view OF setting The whole force at work n IN.
The editors elegant, two story 100000 Isl
dence is fast approaching completion. We iad
little trouble in arranging The vcranda but
4 L.:
Al Cat Fish Point, one day last week, a bad boy
rubbed cayenne pepper all over the back OF his
jacket, and then laughed out loud in school
The master logged him severely but dism- scd
school soon after on account OF severe attack
of snecZes, and TO go and find an eye doctor
Mrs j. w Higginbotham will please accept our
thanks for bottle of guava calsup. 1t makes a
grand relish for meats, and when people know
how to make it the tomato will be remanIed to
the shades of Il forgotten past. BY the way we
would be pleased TO publish the ladys manner
OF preparing il.
Quincy Herald: Last Thursday we received
some very fine grapes from Colonel VIM. ii
Gibsons Sunnyside Vineyard. They were the
finest we have seen this season and were OF sew
eral varieties. Captain II. S. Duva has been
engaged during this week, running lines for the
purpose of ascertaining the best route for a
railroad from Quincy northward Let the good
work proceed. The tobacco crop in this
county is very fine and will soon be in readiness
for the buyers Planters are advised NOT to be
in too great hurry to sell, as no doubt there
will be plenty Of buyers soon as the yellow
fever scare is over. "A tobacco barn, contain
ing two crops of tobacco, and two bales of cot
ton, was destroyed by fire last Sunday night
| the I'd inst The barn WAS the property of Mrs
McQuOrquedale, a widow lady living in the
Shelter neighborhood. Mr. J. j. Shelter also
lost by The fire, rs he was storing his tobacco
| crop in this barn. This is severe loss TO both
especially to the lady she has four little chill
dren dependent upon her and the farm is their
only means of support. Those who have been
more fortunate should lend helping hand and
assist her in replacing what the fire has destroy
| ed. The origin of The fire is not known, but i.
supposed to have been accidental.