The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-07-20

der at Madison, was acquitted on the tn
inst
The Sixth Congressional District
Democratic Convention of Mississippi have
reDominated J. r. Chalmers by acclama-
ton.
Mr.. A. B. Campbell, of Jacksonville,
formerly of the Fernandina Mirror, was
married on the 18th inst. at Jacksonville,
70 Miss Mary Folsom.
The ice car that passes over the rail-
road from Jacksonville to Tallahassee
twice q week, sells from 10000 to $4,000
pounds Of ice per trip.
"A Hancock and Bloxham club has
been organized at New Berlin, on the St.
johns river, with seventy-two members,
twenty-five of which are colored men.
AT the meeting of the city council
last evening w. C. Cooper was nominated
by the mayor for re-appointnent as cap
tain of police, and was confirmed
Breeze, July le.
"A match game of base ball was
played on the 9Th inst between the Am
steurs" of Madison, and the "DeSoto
Juniors of Lake City, in which the for
mer were victorious.
IS. B. Conover, Horatio Bisbee, Jr.,
w. NJ. Ledwith, ]. L. Lee and w. H.
Lucas went up the ST. Johns river last
Thursday on q hunting excursion after
some lost sheep which are supposed to be
at large up there.
General Perry is native of Massa-
chusetts, and was commissioned Brigadier
in September, 1862, being then % years
Of age. He was wounded at the battles of
the Wilderness and Frazier's Farm. One
of the balls has never been extracted
Union.
The " Fernandina Gun Club" was
organized on Tuesday last, with the fol-
lowing officers: Colonel F. B. Papy, Pres
ideut, DIR. A. c. Ford, vice-President, Dr.
J. d. Palmer, Secretary, H. E. Dotterer,
treasurer, and an executive committee
Fsrnandiaa Express, July 18th.
Brother Magbee, of the Tampa Guar
dian, will flop after awhile, but it is like
pulling teeth. Hear him: owe expect
10 Join Northern and Southern Republi-
cans in SUPPORTING such candidates for
State Offices as in our judgment will con-
duce to the States best interest ;"
Madison county now claims to have
the champion hunter of Florida in the
person of Mr.. Benz. Flowers. On the Sd
he killed four bears, nine squirrels, one
water turkey, and caught one mess of
fish for good measure. After doing all
this be got home before NATURALIZATION
Recorder.
The battle flag of the Second Florida
Regiment bears the names of the follow
ing fields: Yorktown, Williamsburg,
Ellison's Mills, Frazier's Farm, Seven
Pines, Sharpsburg, Charlottesville, Get
tysburg, Brandy Station. There are sew
eral others in which it was CALAMITY car
red Union.
We learn that work on the Peninsula
Railroad is progressing rapidly. The line
is graded for four miles beyond Lochloosa
station, and one hundred hands are now
a. work Parties interested in the COM
pletion of the road have been assured
that II will reach Ocala this winter.-Fe1-
nandina Express.
His Excellency the Governor of the
Bahamas. knowing the benefit this paper
has done for Florida, and anxious that his
people should turn their attention to ag-
ricultural subjects, has appointed the Hon.
W r. Rattray as Inspector of Agricul-
ture and Proclaimed that the Florida
AgricUIt1riSt shall be the official paper
for that of6cer.-Ftorida AgricultWrist.
in Sanborn & Hoyt's store can be
seen MarbIehead squash grown on Anne
LA Island, near here, weighing eighty-two
pounds. The watermelons in our market
are unexcelled for size and quality. Cap
tain Thomas, from four acres of land
planted in potatoes, has realized six hun
dred dollars the present season. What is
20 prevent our whole island from becom-
ing . profitable garden spot ?-Fsrnan-
dina Mirror.
The Lake City Reporter of the 18th
gives Al account of an awful crime COM
mitted by w. P. Roberts, who lives about
four miles east of that place. On Sun
day the 18th, the daughter of Roberts
procured q warrant for his arrest on a
charge Of brutality outraging her person.
The sheriff and a posse undertook to
make the arrest, and pursued him into
Baker county, where he was overtaken
and resisted arrest with arms, firing one
shot and escaping into the woods, and had
not yet been captured at last accounts.
We very respectfully request the
news editor of an eminent contemporary,
the Tallahassee FLoRIDIAN to be more
particular in "crediting" articles from
exchanged Sundry times aggrieved here
t0fore, we are again. An article from the
GGzene on the Florida Canal is accredited