The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-03-22

--PA1ntkA N1uo.. Is bannnunCed that boS0Fe
The opening u another seassu, another hne 81
boats win 6e on the river running from the Hal
iiax 10 Indian river; then an outside boat will
from Nsr s%yns e ! Fn,nS hs: go Nee.
York Ion Saturday night . coIored man
named Randall was drowned near the East Pa
latka side Of the river. Six other col0red men
were in the boat. and one Of the party had bis
hands full all the way over keeping Randall
who was intoxicated. from tumbllng overheard.
When about two hundred yards from the shore
on the opposite side Of the river, the man hold.
ing Randall, being somewhat cramped In his po-
siiion attempted to make little change TO re-
lieve his position, when Randall wriggled out OF
his grasp and went over the side Of the boat and
down to the bottom. Since that nothing has
been seen of the body.
-Ttusville Star.' Sheriff Bowman returned
from trip up the ten mile creek on Monday,
where he says he came across about q dozen OF
the Seminole Indians on big bender. " They
had plenty of whiskey, and were merry drunk.
:. .Messrs- Bartles and Zellers returned from
their trip down the river last Friday evening,
having been absent about nve weekA ana spend
ing good portion of the time up the St Lucie
river where they catured several manatee or
sea-cows, one of which they brought up with
them; the other died In the net before it could
be extricated. The manatee is an air-breathng
fish and has to come to the surfnce about every
uVe minutes 10 UlOW; ncuCc, WHICH, IL 40 gu
tangled in the meshes Of the net, it soon drown.
ed for want of air. The one they brought up
with them on the schooner Manatee lived until
Saturday, about noon, when It died. All day
Saturday and Sunday crowds OF people visited
Wager's wharf TO view this rare and almost ex
tinct variety of the fishes 1t measured about
eight feet from the tip of its nose to the end of
its tail, and is supposed to weigh about one
thousand pounds.
Fort Myers Press A Pensacola party has
secured the contract for removing the bodies of
the soldiers buried here years ago. Mr.. Thos
Shea is here in the interest of the government
waiting for the arrival of the contractors, who
will move what they can find TO Fl. Barrancas
-. There is probability that Capt j. F. Menge
will be put in charge of the steamer Rosalie in
short time in which to transact his business up
and down the Caloosahatchie. The company
will send down another dredge to hurry up their
operations at the southend of Lake Okeechobee.
south and will extend it until they get strong
low towards the Gulf :. Major Albert Akers,
U. 8. Surveyor, has returned from four weeks
survey down and in towards the southwest from
Naples. He has found much fine, high pine
land, and some of the best hammock land in
Florida lies in that direction. He is enthusiast
tic in his praise of the country and has clearly
demonstrated that the swamps Of Florida" are
good deal like the great American desert, Qaid
down on all the old maps, which occupied the
greater portion of the rich and fertile State OF
Kansas) deusion and myth. At one time
the Major and his party had TO hunt water,
where their maps were marked swamp and
overlooked lands" and cypress swamps." The
Majors report will be apt to make stir in some
quarters Just wait and see.