The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-08-28
STATE NEW 8.

county, vice Georg. +. Pavntev, r.
signed.
DE Land hae new paper. sailing
under ne name of Toi,lsiG Cou,ttu Re-
0rd J. T. ably edited by Mr. William
A Cook
Meanwhile Star The WOO industry
~ Florida will soon compete with that OF
ONO \ Lake City merchant bought
- 500 worth of wool in one week, al Of
vnlct was grown near that town.
Orlando Herdid Mr.. George l. Rus
81 sold one pine apple from his patel
last week lor $50. The succuent
sugar cane u III the market and maketh
glad the average heart Of the colored
man.
-Wakulia Times The following are the
numbers OF mullet caught during the past
week nv our local fishermen Tucker Il
Alhg0od SOC Cox d MILESTONE. 800
forDee & Forbes. 400, Santa Claus d
Co.. 400; j. NJ Forbes, 900. Total,
& 400.
Pensacola Pensdcoitdn 1t is notice.
able fact that fewer Pensacolaps have
been =" off s-summering" this year than
usua indeed, they have almost with
one accord concluded To stav at nome
and ENJOY the delightful breezes and MANY
comforts unattalnable elsewhere.
hissimmee Leader The steamer Col
onist. Capt T. t. Gibson, brought up
sunday night, the 5th inst, 5000 lines
and lemons, and about $50 alligator hides
making something over 5000 alligator
river by tins steamer alone since May.
The Commissioner of Agriculture
mas appointed Prof. A. II. Cnrtiss, editor
Oi the Fio-td0 TdrD.er and Fruit Grocer,
a. state Agent for the statistical bureau
Of the national department of agricuI-
iure. 10 fill the vacancy caused by the
death Of the late Judge J. q. Knapp.
Perry Hammer. The Sixtieth Ami
versary of the Tallahassee FLoRIDIAN
viii be celebrated Ill September by issuing
. mammoth Florida Immigration Edition
t. i'e distributed throughout the country
The FLORIDIAS wants the assistance OF
every progressive citizen of Florida, as
the proprietor desires to make it a credit
IL the state
Col. II. ;. Haines, Capt. Fleming,
Capt REYNOLDS, Capt w. NJ Davidson
and Z number of other officers of the s
J. d W. Railway were III Monticello last
week. They went from Townsville over
the ] d NJ. Railway to WITHIN nine miles
o. Monticello. where they were met by
carriages. Colonel Hainee says the road
Wili be completed to Monticello by the
l5.h ~ September.
The ofiicial report Of the Tampa
board Of Health states thai there lie no
lever ~ Ybor City and that the only
positive ca-.-s developed III the old part
%. the CITY They eay that they have a
lev mid ca-ee Oi dengue, but that out
SIDE % the houses where yellow fever first
appeared no cases have developed sine,
II. first case reported on the 9TH inst
E.very precautlon n being taken to isolate
di.lnieci and stamp on, the disease.
st Augustine correspondent Times
TnsOn - Dr. John Wescott. author of d
yellow -feser-nOt-cOntaglOus I0us
and quarantine al absurditv pamphlet
viii give 10000 for yellow fever mi
crOi. The Doctor thinks that conclusion
vii have temporary good effect, mas
much A. the electrical condition Oi the
atmosphere will be changed and believes
the fever Is not disease oi filth, but IL
due 10 q minus electrical condition of the
atmosphere caused by the gravltation ot
electricity TO water molecules
Orlando Sentinel Durirg the
wear ending Aug 10th, l,024 instrument
wer. flied for record in the clerks Office
of Osoeola county. This would indicate
that tins young county did considerable
business during the past year. 49,. About
l25 tons Of machinery came in over ths
J. .. d A. X. K. lew days since, con
signed 10 the Florida Sugar Manufactur
ing Company az Kissmmee, and wa.
transferred by Mr. j. b. Butts to the
South Florida Railroad and forwarded &c
IT. destination.
Jasper Times The idea of having
every letter from tins and the western
section OF the State punched, fumigated
and thereby delayed several DAYS Ell
route IL the veriest tomfoolery While
We admit that " an ounce OF prevention i,
worth pound of cure" we cannot SEE the
use Of any Immigration OF mail from offic
IN section with unquestioDably the bes,
health record IN the United States e. G.
North OF old Middle Florida). And, except
ing the imported yellow fever of very
mild type, in three circumscribed limits, W,
point with satisfaction 10 the undeniab
good health of the State at large, 0,.C
eUen nth the yeIop feuer tisro,on IN, W.
challenge a comparison of the death rate
OF Florida with any State in our great
and glorious Union.
-Eustis Lake Region Ben Snavely ha,
an English shilling Of the coinage of l777
Ii was given To him by his great grand
father, who was an officer on Lord Corn.
wallis' staff Last Thursday an
anonymous letter was received at this
Office, signed "A Republican Friend, >
threatening that unless we took down the
Democratic ticket the business men OF
Eustis intended to boycott our paper
Not believing that this absurd bulldozer
has any color of authority for his threat,
we have decided not TO publish the letter
or make any further comment ut present.
For the information Of the misguided wri-
Ter we will state that over 800 names have
been added to our Subscription list in the
last four months, and our general bust
ness has increased about thirty per cent.
over the same time last year.