The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-04-12

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Seville Indspsndsas: special trsin came
up from PAistka on Sunday morning Ast and
Episcopal Easter services - Hantingio0-
!. --Oedar Key 6sY Vsas. The yacht Mamie
sails this eveniog &c Pensacola, 20 take part in
the rexattA. We predict for her q brilliant
recnrd. The =. A. Wolfe q 20. cedar mill Is
taking % On addition which will enlarge the
area 0f the saving room shout on.-' bird We
are grated TO see ihat the business justies this
additional outlay.
-Arcadia Arcodisa Capt j. w. Whidden
starred oui with bis hands THURSDAY on q three
weeks COW hunt IN The Ray country ..Coons
ate being Slaughtered Tor their hides. WsgoB-
loads OF coOn skins are being brought 10 town.
-. The Arcadia saw mills are cutting lumber
10 Be uaed in building large store 81 Fort
Ogden, ior the Aanatee Cattle Company.
-MiItos Bun Sss.' Rufus MiIligan. Of Cha.
in, wAs In Town Thursday. He reports the work
ON Yellow river Railroad TO be progressing sat-
istactorily. Mai. Williams held an inspection
Of the Santa Rosa rifles On Thursday evening nj
the Armory. We understand the Buys scq iit,t
Themselves splenddy and ere highly cnmpl :
meDted Try Major Williams for their soisHerly
b-aring aud efficiency in the manual OF arms
snd in drill.
Cocoa Spirit The schooner Mana'ee has
on board q genuine live manaIee or sea-cow. and
our slight inspection Of the animal would render
our description OF him different 10 somt respects
from others which we have seen and read.
There are numerous Individual hairs grow ing
GOT over its body, and il has two fippers which
With its immense fanshaped tail afford ample
pEopelling power. II 10 warm blooded and
breathes about once every minute Tne one on
the Manaiee is very docile and eats grass greed
lily.
Madison Reconder Mr.. w. H. Goodbresd
made last year 10 two-horse loads OF barry ard
manure from two horses and like numbs of
COVE Twas sufficient 10 fertilize about ten
or twelve acres ofland and put the same in GOD
condition. Last Friday night Nessrs ,hn
PinsUB and John Powers living near the un-
| Try mill, captured a female fox and lite OF
six little ones. They were captured in their lair
| in the base Of Q large hollow tree. They we're
brought TO town and sold TO northern que t Of
the Central Park hotel.
aTavares Herald: About q year ago .uis
D'Armi,eau opened peanut stand next t. the
postofBce. BY Thrift and industry and the tddi-
ton Of various lines, he has prospered 70 ,uch
an extent that he refused the other day an offer
Of 500 tor his STAND and stock. A gentleman
now residing in the North who understands the
situation OF affairs in Lake county, in wri ing
| about the county seat contests, says: al be- eve
you will win ! cannot understand how the tax
payers Of the new county can be so blDl to
! their interests" Ii Is puzzle TO great uany
people nearer home
-6umteYville Times The board OF County
Commissioners allowed Sheriff Chapman Eve
hundred dollars on Monday, 10 reimburse him
Herndon in capturing the Whiddens and brig
ing them to this point The Governor also OIL
tered q reward Of five hundred dollars for their
apprehension and conviction soon after the muir
der Of Jones, which will be paid 10 Mr.. Chap
man 10 due course of time. Sheriff Chapman
careied John Whidden to Gainesville on Wen
uesday, where he will be coafined in Jail until
our next Circuit Court He is the father of the
one still imprisoned here and considered the
mos, culpable of the two, and Judge Finley and
| Mr.. Chapman deemed it best TO seperate them
Quincy Hsrdld: The Chattaheochee river
has been booming this week and trains were de.
layed several hours for two or three DAYS The
waters have receded, and all danger has passed.
Trains now run on schedule time. The young
ladies gave delightful leap year dance at the
| residence of Mre p. w. White on Tuesday eve
ming last. The parlor. hall and sitting room were
beautifully decorated with vines and flowers.
The young gentlemen were highly entertained
| by the ladies' Al twelve o'clock the famous
| German was danced and shortly afterwards all
retired home 10 think over the many pleasant In
cidents OF the evening. The ApalachicDla
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it the Cleveland freshet l, is higher than eve.
known TO be before, although tradition says not
| -Apalachicola Tines During the sitting Of
the Circuit Court 10 Calhoun las, week the negro
Sam Smith, who made such a savage attack on
| Maj. Bryan and who was captured near here
| pleaded guilty TO assault 10 murder, and was
sentenced TO the peniteniiary for five years
The two white men, jerks and Cole who were
with Parish when he shot down two nofensive
| Wer Wod hail in he n
5000. While al Hog Island recently Sheriff
Kew killed wild heg, and piece Of skin taken
! from the hOg's shoulder measured 1-S inches
in thickness :. There was a small size strike
| among the yardmen al the Kimball mill on last
| Monday. The men demanded more nav and
| fewer hours OF labor. The matter ended in the
discharge of the men, and the placing of others In
| their places.
Barlow AdoGncs Courier Just before going
to pres ne learn that the requisite number Ol
subscribers have been secured to the electric
| light scheme and that the completion of the or.
| ganzation will be effected at an early day
| Col. John Snoddy, Superintendent OF Public
instruction, has completed census Of the chill
dren entitled 70 school money and privileges In
| Barlow and vicinity, and reports five hundred
| children 10 hearing Of the church bells, four hun
| dred Whites and one hundred eolorcd. Col.
| Snoddy is now taking the census Of the county
| travelling ON loot from house to house. and
Heretofore we have drawn $4,000 from the
State fund, on six hundred pupils, and tue new
census will undoubtedly increase our State fund
ten or twelve thousand dollars.
| +Orlando Htntinel: The picnic at Englswood
| on Like ButleY hist Saturday, which was gotten
up BY the South Apopks immigration Society
was well attended by the people along the lin
Of the Florida Midland Railroad. A meeting
that association was held on the picnic ground
and Judge Speer delivered an address, in which
be said that during his residence In the Blue
| Ridge Mountains many years ago. his annual
medical bill Tor his family was $40, while du.
log bis twenty I've years residence In FIoriG
his medical bill was only e125. Wanton l..
Webb is still astonishing the people of the North
| with his Florida on wheels. There never was q
better scheme conceived Of to advertise our Sta G
end the result that viii accrue from il cannot be
easily 9lmsted. The nevspspeD oil along the
route ~ thecar contais glowing descriptions Of
lhs exhibits Of Florida, her climate, productions
&C.. Mr. Webb 70 certainly doing fine wsrk tor
our people and their appreciation Of this should
be shown In substantial manner.
| Orlando Reporter William Dawson, Presi.
| dent oftbe Beck OF Mipnesota, and Chas Joy. a
well known citizen Of Orlando, thiy week pur.
chased the grove OF 1000 bearing trees on Lake
Conway, belonging TO Col. w. r. Ammo. The
price paid was $4,000 cash. The editor OF
this paper has been successful 10 raising some 81
| the finest celery ever seen here. Some Of the
punches are nearly two feet long, and have from
twelve 70 twenty crisp, beautifully blanched
stems. The celery was transplanted abou,
Christmas, when the plants were three or -four
inches high. II 10 planted on well drained muck
land and keeps growing larger all the time.
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