The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-01-01
STATE NEWS

T" = little B,others, of Orlando, received
.,rns of $3.50 per box for oranges
Jspped to London:
"I' IAN old colored nan named Bell, who
Of 'Miccosukie. Leon county, was in
sWta I'VE last Friday, and claimed to be
"a years old.
: uessr>. Gonzalez and Valdez, two
hans of large experience, have secured
. y" eco at DeFunak Springs for the pur-
sO If establishing a cigar factory. They
Pto take an equal amount OF stock. A
Az ~ OoO cigar factory will make the little
city whoop
Altoona Register: Lake county can
,,.st of the largest guava grove in the
S S's The grove OF Mr.. Omweg, at
Talaha. contains $500 trees in full bear
Lon The fruit is made into jelly in Mr.
n0ssrec's factory, and thence shipped to
s J of the State.
&C Goa Pu5tic Spirit: Ducks are col
,c,ing on the river in large numbers.
Immense focks are to be seen daily seek
;ns the more unfrequented portions Of
,he river. The hum of machinery is
hoard in our town reminding us of ac-
,;r;tv and prosperity. Joyner & Booth
oro running their circular saw with
Sbnman engine and the dust flies lively.
-Apopka ADVERTISER: f. S. Bray, pro-
rr;;e,or of the Merrimack stock yards,
Tpsssed through here, few days ago, with
nearly two hundred chickens for the Or
lsndo market Last Wednesday, at
Winter Park, d. N. Batchelder paid his
election bet by wheeling a Republican
and his two little boys. "The band was
ont" and much enthusiasm otherwise
displayed.
Oakland Sun. Cucumbers, turuips
ndshes and watermelons are in market
All kinds of garden truck is now in sea,
son. and can be found alternately at our
grocery houses 49,. There is to be seen,
At the residence of DR.. Rush, near Oak
land, night blooming cereus, which is
about FIVE years old, and is fully eight feet
in height Within the past year it has
had four separate blooms, with III bios
SONS.
-Crawtordvlle Times Mr.. J. NJ.
Forbes, who was so successful in growing
Bermuda onions last season, is now pre-
pairing for another crop. He has just Set
one thousand plants. The onions grown
BY Mr.. Forbes the past season were as
fine as We ever saw, and is evidence suffi-
Gent to establish the fact that there is no
better place to grow Bermuda onions
than Wakulla county.
Pensacola Pensacolian Mayor
Chipley, with his characteristic generos-
ity and thoughtful kindness, presented
each one of the city officers with Christ
mas turkey In honor of the day
President Chipley made clean sweep of
the city Jail last night, renting the
fines and releasing every prisoner, in
order that the poor untortunates might
have chance at Christmas
-Apalachicola ZGmes.. The Fannie
Louisa leaves today for Pensacola with
$4,000 oranges. The oranges were taken
from the Glass grove at Old Woman's
Bluff, SIX miles above the city {. . The
little steamer Ruby has been on the
ways this week. The Ruby runs the
ChIpola river and Dead Lakes, and re.
ports good business. She is under COM
mand OF Capt. Morgan and Mr.. VIM Hill
spllot. Success to the Ruby.
hey West Equator-Democrat: We
nave been Informed by the crew of the
steam yacht Awixa, which arrived here
from New York last Friday, that there
are nine or ten other pleasure yachts on
snelr way to hey West from New York
TO spend the winter in ap1 orounl XIV
west fishing and hunting. The owners
ana party will follow by rail or steamer.
ouf Keys are full Of deer and other game,
auu We predict that these gentlemen will
l uave more real sport fishing and hunting
t s winter than they ever enjoyed be-
-Ganesvile Democrat 1t is pre-
s Him that the white Republican leaders
WI oe opposed to the appointment of
a"y coiored man to Office >. The Ad-
.0cd'e says 1t "does not belong to the
'Varthouse ring" What troubles the
-iaoocote Is that it does not now nor ever
WI ne'ong to the court house ring"
49, HE Waterloo defeat Of the putrid
,ehlhlscence OF Radicalism in this county
loeS not set well on the stomach of the
"eP"ollcln ring organ. Under the heel
II IT democracy it writhes and squirms :.
;m law must be a healthy locality,
yuoShg from the age of some of its citi-
IN a' Harry Montgomery is l05 years
W. IEiljah Walls 81, Miss Craddock 81,
y Unison 50, James Fennel 81, Harriet
''i'lel = and Madison Sparkman rs.