The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-12-11
STATE NEWS

More fish are shipped from Pensacola
,hsn any other Southern port.
If is said that 100 new buildings will
|, erected in Tavares this winter.
Strawberry plants are blooming in
no vicinity of Green Cove Springs.
Col. B. S. Liddon is the newly elect
i Mayor of Mariana, and Mr.. w. II.
T;tou Jr., was reelected az city clerk.
Mr. Samuel Lang, a successful mer-
.hont of Barlow, was married at Savannah
Wednesday to Miss Carrie Rieser, OF that
city.
Elijah w. Halford, Presiden ELECT
Hsrson's private Sc secretary, owns prop
srty in Orange county and contemplates
srecting residence there this winter.
-Kssmmee Leader: There is not at
Oresent, hasn't been the past summer, and
a. far as we can ascertain there never has
hepu case of yellow fever in O>ceola or
spy of the adjoining counties.
A white woman arrived in Chatta-
hoochee on the S., F. & w. train, on
Monday of last week, gave away her
baby 10 a colored woman and Immediately
departed for Montgomery. The event has
eansed considerable excitement in Chat
tshoc he
-Crawfordville Times. Mr.. as. A.
Revell, prosperous young farmer of
Sopchoppy, brought to our Office a sweet
potato of the Providence variety that
weighed pounds. When you come
down to "hog and hominy" Sopchoppy
is hard to beat.
Louisiana, Georgia and Texas an
nuallv plant a greater area in sugar cane
Ian Florida, yet in the matter of produc-
tion of sugar Florida ranks third, and of
molasses second Florida's annual out
put OF sugar is 1918 hogsheadS, and of
molasses 2,O29,S6s gallons.
Pensacola Pensacolidn = Any man
who has pecan orchard in West Florida
is rich man, and runs no risk in the ship
ment oil his crop, as do the owners of or
chard> bearing perishable fruit. Why is
not West Florida one vast pecan grove?
is very natural inquiry and the only an
swer is just because it isn't-that's all.
Ii could be, at little cost and immense
profit.
-Braidentown Journal: n ew squashes,
cucumbers and elephants have Teen
plentiful In our market during the past
week. Six steamers and about dozen
sailing vessels were tied up at orr docks
at one time last week, and made things
look rather livel w.. The young men Of
Manatee propose to celebrate Christmas
with a grand tournament, and have
already commenced to practice for the
occasion.
Jacksonville Critique: The Board
OF Health has engineered an epidemic Of
yellow fever at mortality loss of only 8
percent, which is unprecedented in the his
@fy OF yellow fever epidemics. 1t now
seems that they are DESTROYS of establish
,ns 'ne theory that frost does not annihi-
. s'e The disease. Let the refu-g egg re-
1 p and test this novel theory, and the
board OF Health may add new laurels to
'"O'e they have already gained.
-starke Telegraph A great deal is
sa an. In the defense of Gov. Perry for not
'Al'ng an extra session of the Legislature
oestaollsh State Board of Health, and
.'gnt ably he has been defended. If any
pue can tell what good it would have
I'" 10 call together the very same men
sno only few months before had re-
.used TO form a State Board of Health,
We should like to know what it would
have been.
7Leesburg LeesJurger: The Lady
'Ae miracle was all the talk here yester.
nay 1t happened on Thanksgiving day.
M Tne particulars in brief are thus: S. i.
thompson, we'll known citizen of Lady
AXE AXE and man of family, had been a
1S:,p'ess cripple for four years. A spinal
. ~ which had been pronounced by
s a. VI The doctors as incurable, was the
v W OF his helpless condition. On
w., "",eso,h.esday night he dreamed that God
~, Ila MN to go to church next day, go to
G ,ae alter and pray anu get the congrega-
%ou 10 pray ior him, and he would lie
S S.ed' Accordingly, without telling his
aIe'm, he he'd himself carried to the
VI Hch' and at the close of the services he
,:;a' placed at the alter. The congrega-
SSo n' led by Rev. J. S. Collier, prayed for
IN and he also prayed for himself
is!oad. He says that while praying he
ariee heard still small voice saying,
arse and walk" The third time the
lO'ce was quite distinct and positive, and
&c &c ooeyed at once. Rising'tO his feet he
~ s.u out, sit is done,' and he started to
"a. lax out of the church. J. w. Dyches
''u Others undertook to support him,