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


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The Monday morning edition of the Times
Union has been suspended until further notice.
The Gainesville Board OF Health has re-
fused 10 allow freight from infected districts to
pass through the city.
The headquarters of the Democratic Con-
gressional Executive Committee of the Second
District will be located al Ocala.
w C. Cramer, Of Manatee. has just closed
the season with yield of 2 900 pounds OF first
class sealed honey from twenty-four colonies of
bees.
-ChaiiahOochee Adcnnce: The Asylum is in
an excellent sanitary condition. and great praise
u due Captain Moseley and Dr. Foreman Tor
their care OF the unfortunate inmates.
While the residence of Hon. w. p. Head, of
Plant CITY. was being umgaied last Thursday,
il caught fire and was burned with its contents.
The loss is heavy one, AS il was valuable
house and well furnished.
Live Oak Banner Major A. l.. Woodward
has been reappoinied agent for the +. X. & n.
Co. al this place. Having served The company
in that capacity for eleven years in the past we
glad 10 see him get back his old position.
-Kissmmee Leader: Governor Mabry was
a visitor To kissmmee last Saturday. As
member ofthe Congressional Committee he has
been looking the district and brings the
cheering report that we are all right If the Dem
ocrdls do their duty.
-McClenny Herald Col ] D. Merritt has
an excellent quality OF wine, two years old
which hr manufactured from home raised grapes.
II equals the best California claret Wine
making bids lair TO be one of Florida S chief in
duSiIies in the near future
-Chaiiahoochee 1drance. Captain Moscley
can lake " hint -" before he is knocked down
with il, and accordingly is putting the roads
around here in frs,-cass order. The Adrance is
a Moseley man. because his ability is displayed
in his kindness and public spirit.
Mariana Times Courier Hurrah for Mari
anna, Last Saturday the County Commissioners
gave 81 900 toward the Mariana public high
school Competent teachers are to be employed
and tuition is TO be free. Graded public schools
such as those in Mobile, Columbus and other
places. are growing in favor every year, and we
DO moi see why this one should not be a success.
MaIianna gratefully acknowledges the appropra
ilon and the result will show that it has not
been misapplied.
Barlow Courier Informant The fever in
jacksonville to-day will prove no greater deiri-
meni 10 Florida in the end than the measles in
Africa A shor: time and all will be over and
forgotten. Work, then, now. We want to be-
gin 10 put ourselves on record now the lead
ing town and foremost county in the State. Be-
gin To let the world know that we are living, &C
live. moving beings, and not mere drones wait
ing To he hauled off and buried alive unless the
corn is shelled."
900 gallons OF waller from the water works are
used daily in this city. The ever cOnvinc-
ING Irish potato introduced himself to some ex-
tent into The market the past week The de-
mand yet exceeds the supply. -. Mr.. George
J. Russell is putting in lots ot time in The culi-
walton of pineapples we took a stroll out to his
patch one day this week and we must say that
his lay out Overtops anything that we have seen
in that line. lie has great many varieties and
one row of very choice kind he has been
offered $500 for just the plants alone.
i. G. Washburn, NJ. d., writes from Fort
Myers to the Oviedo Chronicle as follows: al
have growing semi-troplcal fruits and nuts that
withstand more or less frost Olive camphor,
pomegranaie grape ffnit, orange, cherry, apple
(Siberan crab currant, gOoseberry, grape, lemon,
fig pear. plum, peach, apricot avocado pear, cit
ron, pecan. hickory nut, blackberry raspberry,
strawberry, mulberry, Japan plum, date. chest
nut. almond. tea. making 80 varieties. ] have
the following things growing and doing well
that are strictly tropical and .nnot stand frost
Cocoanut melon, pawpaw, tamarind, sapadilla,
MANGO lime, pineapple, teesser tegg fruii), mann
NEE apple. sea grape, guava, paniain, banana,
beetlenui. bamboo, making II varieties. have
all the different varieties of garden vegetables
and vines, on land cleared two years ago.
Lakeland Cracker: Hon. j. W. Bryant has
brought US a stalk Of sugar cane with sixteen
Joints which measures feet inches in length
Before topping il would have measured some ten
feet Mr.. c. J. CranZ, of Auburndae
brought TO town this week some of the largest
horse bananas We have seen in a long time. We
measured one for curiosity. and found it to be
81 inches in length and II inches in circum-
terence They were from plants one year old,
which are growing ON ordinary pine land that
has not been iertilized. "A petition was circu-
lating in town Monday for the pardon of w w
Willingham. who was sentenced TO the penitcn-
iary for life year or two ago, for the murder OF
VIM Mclaughlin at Fort Meade and who
had il not been for one of the jury dan Mann,
who was subsequently, lynched at Barlow, who
insisted on recommendation to mercy. would
have been hung.
-TiiusviIle Star Even the Seminole Indians
are :apidly catching on" to the Improvements
Of the age Only few days ago party of In
dams while at Melbourne had the good luck to
sell some Of their stock cattle, and as the delay
of waiting until they could return 10 ST. Lucie
was too great, they accordingly telegraphed to
ST. Lucie TO have the squaws 60 out and hunt
up the cattle, so they could deliver them with
less delay on their return. Major WestcOtt
OF the Coast Canal Company arrived here with
the Steamer Denny" last Friday and stopped
until the following morning. With him
were The contractors and surveyors OF the Coast
Canal Co. They are on their way 10 Lake
Worth to look after the opening of the canal
leading from Lake Worth creek to little Lake
WORTH which lies at the head of Lake Worth
pIOper They expect 10 dredge through the
Lake Worth, distance OF about three or four
miles, within the next few months.
Monticello Constiuti0n. the LeCOnte pear
crop of jefferson county next year will be worth
$4,000 AT the lowest estimate. Cant the
young ladies Of Monticello organize Cleveland
and Fleming Glee Club, so that we may have
singing al the meetings every Thursday night
80. III is rumored that in the near future Mr.
J. ii Perkins will erect a aige city hall over his
Two stores al the corner OF Jefferson and ID z
wood streets. Mr.. w. NJ Girardeau informs
US that he has already saved about twenty five
thousand pounds OF watermelon seed. Mr.. g.
ialhe largest and most successful truck farmer in
the Stale. .Messrs. John and James Henry
have ordered the machinery for an immense saw
and planning mill, which will arrive in few
days The new mill will be located about Al
situated on the railroad IL will be great advan-
tage TO parties wishing lumber. the Messrs
Henry will be enabled TO deliver the very best
lumber In this market and at lower prices than
ever before.
-Sumterville Times. No candidate, who is
defeated before the Democratic nominating con-
vention can honestly and conscientiously run
As an independent II he imagnes that he has
been unfairly dealt with. let him blame the TN
dicsduals who did il, and not the Democratic
party This Is the course for all patriots to
pursue Our friend jake Marsh, OF the Pana.
sofkee region, who has been 80 successful here
toGore in raising the African Goober Pea, has
planted eight acres this year for stock feed.
His crop last year turned out splendidly, and he
is satisfied that this pea will yield on ordins ~
pine land, when properly gathered, at least 300