The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-11-13
STATE NEWS

-Mr. J. II. Girardcau sold 10000 lie
Conte pear trees one day last week.
The f. c. & ?. Company are run
ning special orange trains TO the West.
Fresh cucumbers and tomatoes are
being shipped north from South Florida,
The customs receipts at Tampa last
month were SIS, l00.47; receipts OF this
month up to date, $4,000
An effort viii be made to have 81.
Augustine bonded to the extent of $780,
O00 for sewerage system.
There is said to be no point in the
Safe that tide water inets do not ap-
proach within fifty miles of.
bison b. Arnold has been appointed
postmaster ut Maabar, Brevard county.
vice Il. y. Ward, resigned.
The po-toilice at Brick-vard, Frank
In county. Florida, Will be discontinued
November 20, because no one wants it.
Prom brownsville to Monticello in
iortv.,cvcn minutes is She kind of time
thev are making on the L. q VI. Railway
row.
Over a hundred men and boys are
now bn>iIv employed every day at Plant
City in picking, packing and shipping
oranges.
1t j. said thai an Ocala man has sued
ore Of the city papers for libel in charg-
inc him with being member of the last
Florida Legislature.
st. Andrews Messengcr.. If the ma
u, L L.
the skill and energy with which Captain
:" y. Chiplev conducted the campaign
in lhis State, Levi & Benjamin would not
have been called.
The immense sugar mills Of the s..
Cloud Sugar Company at ki>simncr,
commenced grinding cane last Tuesday,
The crop this season is enormous. and
will keep the mills running until next
summer. Mr. Knsman> crop is 50 great
thai he has been compelled to buy large
steamboat to move the cane to mill.
Monticello Constitution Mr. ". W.
Grard, an own, several acres Of very de-
slrable land IN the eastern potion of the
city, and We heard him say few day,
a4o that he womb give every other 10,
tree to any one who wonll build a house
costing 81 600 or OYER 1t is splendid
offer and no doubt lr. Glrar,lcau will find
great many willing to accept same.
st. Augustine -N.ns. \ company
has been organized with r. II. Mason,
James /. Kelly and J. r. Parrot as d.
rector> to bnild a bridge across the ST.
Johns river AT or near Jacksonville. The
capital stock OF the company is 800. 900
divided into shares Of 500 each. The
company is to be- called the Jacksonville
bridge Company, with It's office at Jack
sonviIlc.
-CrawiordvilIe Times. We have
oeell continuous Y eating okra from our
9afaeh since the l>t Of last June, and on
Nul'ay last we had a nice dish Of green
cuc0mberS The following are the
numbers Of mnIlet caught during the past
week by our local fishermen Total mum
Der brought forward from last week,
1851; total number caught during the
past week, 5000; total to date, 337, 757.
LAX" City 1obacco PUNT: The sea
~" Tor pruning and cutting back some of
'he RAPID growth Of the LeConte pear
frees Is near at hand. The demand for
N'iuinpIa county pears was far beyond the
supply TINS season, and as the fruit is
sio"lhg more in favor season by season,
mas encouraged some to increase their
groves; planting also June peaches be-
tween the pear trees.
Lake City 7oLocco PUNT. Most of
'"e peach trees about here have put out
quite a crop Of winter blossoms. /. Sew
.Fal patches Of still vigorously growing
'o'acco in the vicinity Sucker crops)
prove that a third good cutting could
l&'e been had for the cultivation. :.
N'uoh receipts are now quite heavy.
near thousand bales of the Sea Island
nave been marketed here during the last
;e" weeks, the general quality Of which
Is good. The tramway from Crawford