Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-06-25
STATE NEWS.

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Ives place, at Cocoa, n one-year old bud
has ninety oranges on it, and Adj Dixon
is proping his trees in the hammock, as
they are not strong enough to hold up
the fruit.
The Times Union Says: The river
! men are experiencing considerable
trouble with the water hyacinths this
season, 1t is probable that navigation
on the upper st. Johns will be entirely
stopped unless something is done short
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South Florida is being done by long
haired wild looking tramp, who claims
! to he commissioned by God to teach
| the ignorant. The chief Of police at
Tampa gave the tattered gentleman u
dollar and hustled him on TO st. Peters
burg.
Liberty County Observr:-M W.
U. Robertson, one of our prominent bee
men, reports having taken about twelve
barrels Of honey, this season. - T.
is said that there is produced within a
radius of three miles of Bristol over &c,
900 lbs of honey, about two-thirds Of
which is marketed.
Pensacola News:-In the circuit
court Of Jackson county, last week, ).
g. Musen and Dock Musen, were con-
yicted Of placing crossties on the PEN
sacola and Atlanta road, to wreck n
train, and were each sentenced to 10
years in the penitentiary.
Columbus Garrett was convicted Of ty-
ing bull on the railroad track and
was sentenced to years in the pehi-
Tertiary.
Fort Pickens in front OF Pensacola Is
being put in lighting trim again. Three
big guns, 30 feet long and 81 feet hi
diameter, with a 10 inch bore and
weighing $1,000 pounds each, have
just heen sent to that fort. Each
dischrrgc from one of these monster
guns will cost Il thousand dollars, but
there is not a ship in the Spanish Navy
that can stand in sight of them.
One Of Leon county's oldest and most
popular county commissioners, Mr.. w.
X. Wilson, was defeated in the late
election by Mr.. Miles II. Johnson, the
champion farmer and dairyman of that
county. The race was neck to neck,
between successful merchant and n
successful farmer, and the latter won
A good commissioner retires and n
good one comes in.
Leesburg Commercial Large
quantities of fine melons are being
shipped to market, but the season is
about over. a*x Prosperity is COM
ing. Slowly to be sure, but coming.
Our orange groves are growing and be-
ginning 90 bear again, and the number
Of tobacco farms is OH the increase.
FloridiGrs are expecting prosperity
not through the present admiifistra-
ton of high protection, combines; trust
and big promises, but through their or
range groves, Vineyards tobacco pdtch-
es and their farms.
Appslachicola Times:-
The surveying corps Of the Florida
Western Railroad has pitched camp at !
the Cool Spring, and the men are now |
engaged in burning off the marshes
just acrbs the river opposite the city
to enatle them TO make n survey. 1t
is thought that the road will cross the
bay somewhere in the neighborhood of
East Bay The grcdc of the road is
completed except four miles this side
OF Crooked river. - Sunday night
II negro stole Hr. Ashland Beckett's
horse and made for Wewahitchka, the
negroe 5 actions created suspicious and
the horse was taken away from him.
lie, however, was turned loose. A
short time after this telegram was re-
ceived from Mr.. Beckett enquirinR
sbout Che horse. Upon the receipt Of
the telegram searches were put out and
the negro captured Mr. Beckett and
Grin Patton left for Wewahitchka to
secure the horse, returning on Thurs
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