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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-11-30

Editor FIoridian "A few days since Dennis,
the Little Giant" and COL Osborn, made a
visit to Wakulla county, and just after passing
country school house they met the teacher. A
aveyear.old girl asked the teacher who they
were he sale, : That is The Little Giant Mr.
Dennis" On arriving at the school-house some
of the children wanted TO know Of the little girl
who it was they met. The child replied. ''the
Little Giant" AS Coup's circus had just passed
through the country. many of the little ones
thought perhaps the giant had escaped from his
keepers One wanted to know If he would eat
little children. Various questions were asked !:
I. Has he big eyes and long legs?" Is he the
big black thing with little tall and ears ike .
tobacco leaff" One little fellow said, g Yeth |;
and he could run and bark like foxn The
news spread like wildfre that the giant was
loose and one old negro woman said she knew
de white fslln had turned dat giant loose to ketch
all us cuilud folks because as wotes for boss
9arish.r 81 Hal. y
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-11-30

Orange county, in South Florida, and
Bradford county, in East Florida, are the
banner Democratic counties. Orange
gives Gov. Bloxham 735 majority, and
Bradford gives him $50 majority. The
fact that these two counties have more
Northern settlers than any other ten
counties in the State put together, and
yet give the largest Democratic MAORI
ties, explodes Col. Sawyer's theory on
Northern immigration completely. Since
the election Bradford has received rs new
settlers from the North and West.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-11-30

The Philadelphia Record says an addi-
tional vault for the storage of silver is
being constructed at the Mint. This
chamber is to have a capacity of d, Ooo,
600 of all the denominations of silver coin.
It will be 10 feet wide and 20 feet long,
with an altitude Of o feet. The vault is
being constructed of heavy brick arch,
which will in turn be coyerd with layer
of iron and steel Il inches thick. The
total weight of this metallic coating is
estimated at 40 tons. Two ponderous
doors, provided with continuation locks,
viii secure the opening into the vault.
The outer door, constructed Of iron and
steel, viii have a|thickneas OF about u
inches, with sufacisnt durability 70 thwaft
any burglarious ihvtfumsnt within any-
thing les than l : sek' I work The inner
door Of The vault win Be constructed 81
the same material,
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-11-30

CHRISTMAS PRESENTS AT A. E. PHLIPs.
Ladies and Gents Elegant Travelling Gases.
Celuloid Sets, Baby Toilets, Odor Cases, Jewel
Boxes, Glove and Handkerchief Set, Powder
and Puff Boxes, latest style) Cut Glars Cologne
Bottles. and French and English Psrfnmeries.
and Fine Soaps, Toilet Sets and Vases. all styles
and prices, and many other new and beautiful
things. Come early; everybody is delighted
and goods selling rapidly. a9-1t
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-11-30

Ksa1AAA ssAae sszznAl MsssAhAHL
New MS@mg9 o. J new LSmGx
We woula Nh. 4, hnow Now lnnr will our
s,ie - .-,hse~ssa =, ~. .,eesr fvrsnIv - ner
ssc1iion Of q q petsr 6nlied Bhlss oncEh
~ fsir mipded maa wio wisnessed lhe eleclioa
q az uFecinc4 n ~ - i1sf.. wuald peulend
Is ~ tlsri anv,hinr - hirness WA psaclicsd
~ tSa Deu,OcTaaa SNo &c va prevented ffom
yusine exceDt thona who weEe nos legally enti-
tled 8 vote. But upon he aflldavit Of some dis
reputable person who perhaps was not entitled
10 vote himself from having been convicted Of
larceny, numbers Of our csixcns ars dragged
away hOm their hmilies and homes 10 JacksOn-
vilic. For what Just q a annoyance and 70
make m0ney or 4 few UnIeef States oERciak
One 81 tSoee srrssted ani taken 10 Jacksou-
Hirss. "a ~. Peter Oninn- s poor. hard work.
inc nan az fhis nlace ~. Quinn w. arreesei
ursnn the cAargn m vnainw fhree fiYnea more
absurd charre was never made Against any one.
The clerk AZ the election lakes down The name
~ everv oue VIM vnsee - the name b checked
Of Ire list II a imnossible therelore for anv
one to vote more than once and NOT be detected
No such charge was heard OF before the arrest.
We five What Mr.. Ouinn aavs of his arrent and
what became Of il.
Mr.. Quinn sava h vas arrested bv Major
Fowler On Fridsv niCht- ana v,as NJ, nermitied
TO get a clean sfirt 10 nut on He was asleep
when the train passed Otter Creek, and did NOT
get any breakfast He asked 10 be allowed 10
get drink, and this vas refused him. ustil they
reached Ssarke, when be was permitted % do 10
by being guarded By Hirst. He says NJ. White
and Mr. H0lzend0H were allowed The pFivilege
of the car whiIe he waa watched closelv and
allowed NO privilege a IN. Al Baldwin the
Others were allowed 10 walk on the E;.a:osm a
they pleased but the guard kept right g he heels
all the time This led him 10 believe that the
charge against him was more serious than against
the Others. Arriving q Jacksonville. he was
told, before appearing before the Commissioners,
that his arrest was mistake, and be could 20
home. He insisted upon going before the Com
missioner and being regularly discharged, which
was done He says he went tn Major Fowler
and MI Meek ih4 Commissioner) both.
and told them ne dldnt have the money 70 pay
his way back: Ihey told him they couldn't help
II; tnat the Court didnt provide Tor paying the
expense of prisoners returning. He went to
Major Durkee, United States Marshal, and stated
the case 10 him. The Major readily loaned him
all the money he wanted. MIR. Quinn says Major
Durkee acted The gentleman throughout, and
SAID at once that the whole thing was wrong.
The charge against Mr. White. who was one
OF tne managers OF the election here, was for
refusing 70 let FREQ Miller vote II Is well
known tnat FRED Miller was convicted OF larceny
ana was incarceraied IN lai! several months
unoer sentence Al the Town election last spring.
which excited considerable interest, Miller did
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-11-30

We, the Grand Jury empannelled for the body
Of the county of Leon, At the Fall term of the
Circuit Court for 1880, make the following pre-
sentiment:
We congratulate the county upon the few
number Of criminal cases presented for the con-
alteration Of the Grand Jury and upon the gen.
eraI prosperity Of the county.
We have examined the books and papers Of
the county officers and tind them neatly and
properly kept
The present Sheriff deserves great credit for The
manner In which he has discharged his duties 40
0 public oflcer We and the Jail neatly kept
and the prisoners properly cared Tor. 3f
We congratulate the County Commissioners
for their able management Of the county finan-
ces.
The public roads are almost impossible. and it
seems that the present road law 10, In some
respects, deficient; We would therefore recon-
mend that the County Commissioners apply to
The next Legislature Tor the passage Of an act
q sum % the County Commissioner, In their
judgment. deem regulate for the proper keeping
" the public roads and highways
We recommend that the County Commission
err take Immediate sseps fbr the rebuilding Of .
cOuFt.hOuea #%E Nssf elSt
We and that Thomas Johnson and Laura
Mellrnu Hopkins, lunatics, have been properly
maintained and cared ioF BY their respective
The 0fs1i Jury e IL Esll Tenn % 1871. In
moi severe Daunes, criticised fhe County
COpmieaIoneEs fhs naking % prOylsi0a torsthe
poor IL ibis county. We learn thai The Com
linIssioneFs utterly darsgardcd the opinion of the
Qrand Jury 81 1879, and that theFe b ssill no
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-11-30

The FLoRIDIAN appears to have taken Of.
fence at something which appeared Ia our last
issue and vents Its spite In It's leading editorial
directed principally against Colonel Osborn. The
tone Of the article IL much more indicative OF .
childish passion or acute collie than the result Of
sober judgment. -Pdtriok
Nay, verify. The FLoRrDIAN has not q
particle of "spite against Col. Osborn,
and has expressed none. In 3 recent
number of the Patriot that gentleman,
10 an editorial somewhat Mandatory Of
himself as an organizer in connection with
with Gen. jenkins, committed some grave
blunders as historian aud the FLoRIDIAK
partially corrected him. That's oil.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-11-30

GENERAL GRANTS FIHAHcEs.-Refer-
ing to the ext President pension scheme Of
the New York Times, . correspondent
telegraphs from that city TO the Chicago
Times; st is stated by those who are in
. position to speak with accuracy that
the possessions of General Grant have
been greatly depleted by his very large
expenses since he went ont Of Office; that,
although certain Of bis friends contribu-
ted literally towards meeting the expen-
ses Of his trip around the world, he had
to draw upon his own resources for good
many thousand dollars. Besides that be
has lost conaidenblg money IN some nm
fortunate mining spscaIssiops II which ~
invested about tbs closs Of his last Rres-
idsntisl term shd shat shs propertyr -.
maining Ia him yielda ~ income Of
hardly p6rs than 1900 per sunan
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-11-30
Sun and Press, Nov. 81
Tax Titles.
To Tie Editor of DE Sun and Press !,

To the Edisor Of TIE Sun and Press!
The decision in the case of Sinclair W.. Marean
ct a., seems to settle the question of tax titles
as far as the decision Of the average juror can,
and imposes great burden on those citizens who
innocently pay their taxes year after year with
out any question, and with no other thought
than to bear their share of the expense Of the
commonwealth. This il the third case of the
kind tried at this term Of the Circuit Court and
with the same result, that a tax title simply
amounts TO nothing The last case tried, viz:
Sinclair VS.. Marean ct al, has none of the usual
hsrdships that are supposed to attend the sale of
properly for unpaid taxes-a hard hearted sharper
or land shark who wanted interest at 50 per
cent, or the property-but was a case where, at
the especial request Of the properly owner,
neighbor and . friend advanced the money 10
save the property from forced sale, agreeing to
take only legal interest 70 per Gently and give
reasonable time for redemption. After waiting
for four years and not being repaid, the Snclairs
attempted to enforce their legal rights, but find
by The verdict that they have no rights that a
jury are bound to respect. If the State expects
to collect any revenue this subject ought TO have
the early attention Of our Legislators. ky.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-11-30

On Sunday night some "hongry indiyiduais
entered Mr.. Frank Papy's store-roons and COM
pletely cleaned it out, taking everything 10 the
way of eatables and provisions i contained, In
GLIDING some rare and valuable drinkAbies and
quite stock OF heavy groceries just laid 10 for
family use.
The same parties, probably, made silni.A1
s,,eun, The same night to enter the larier Of the
.a;,orof,ba F,oamIAx. but doubtless abandoned
1t for that of Mr.. Papy on rejecting shstihs we1e
moro likely 10 M up At the expesse Of raiiFoao
man than of an editor M
Seriously. such happenings are g - ~.
deal loo common 10 our midst. and " = OUTS
time for Our citizens 10 take some sssFs % secars
an efficient police force for the city
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-11-30

Ah80 ~ -
The Norsh american said of General
Hancock immediately after elecki0n:

AAonO~S1A axAAAASAs1sSxy AAsSA GseSNsV0
General Hancock hss the SATISFACTION d II.
firing from the position e prominencs into which
he was forced by the aciioa of The CineinnAti
light which beats upon Presidential candidate
has revealed nothing in hi character or record
except what serves TO increase the Affection and
esteem in which he has long been % justly held
BY his fellow -citizens- The more people have
heard from him and learned Of him the greater
has grown their respect for the gallant soldier.
the honorable gentleman, the good citizen, the
loyal pafrios, who has led the Oemoczntic party
in this contest. General Hancock has been tried
BY ire, and has pissed scathless through the or
deal"
The army and Nary Journal paid him
an equally high compliment.
The Times says: "General Hancock
has emerged from desperate and disas-
trous national contest without q stain
upon his skirts. Surrounded by blunder-
ing or faithless leaders, and persistently
forced into false positions by those who
assumed to be his friends, he has come
out of the battle unscatbed and command
ing the confidence and respect of the
entire country. He is one of the few men
who has never lowered his standard to
promote his ambition, and he is to-day
more esteemed as hero, statesman and
patriot than ever before. His unblemished
purity of character that has even bright
ened in lustre while passing the severe
ordeal of Presidential struggle Is cher
ishad With Drida nv hia ron nf rvnan nf all
parties, and his defeat by the loss of a
single State leaves him among the most,
if not exceptionally, the most available
candidate of his faith for the future"
Why don't somebody say as much for
Garfield?
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-11-30
ocala Bsnner.l


The building and equipping of the A.
G. & w. ]. T. Co.'s Railroad from Fer
nandina to Cedar Key, the extension of
the Peninsular r abroad from Waldo to
Ocala, and the building of the Fernandina
and Jacksonville Railroad and furnishing
it with steel rails. Will some one give
MS list of the railroads, out of the vol
ume OF charters, the anti Yuleeites have
constructed? fa
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-11-30

sort Of provision made for food, medicine or
medical aid, and that paupcss ara NOT buried al
the public expense. We can, In no stronger
termss express our condemnation OF their course
Than did The jury Of 1879, and we heartily adopt
toeir language on this subject as follows
The action Of the County Commissioners, in
making no provision for the poor, we consider
highly detrimental 20 public morals, and their
record, which shows withdrawal from the poor
OF all medicine or medical aid and their refusal
TO have paupers buried at the public expense is
IN our opinion, an outrage upon the education
mofaiity, and civilization Of The people OF this
county. We can see nothing commends BILE In
the plea oil economy when il 5 at the sacrifice IL
the sacred obligation which society owes to the
pfosecti6n OF morality and decency We consider
that the County Commissioners would have much
more approvingly performed their obligations to
God and their county by exerting their energies
for economy against the ruinous interest bearing
obligations against the county, some of which
are, IN our opinion, of exceedingly doubtful
validity, than they have done in Withholding al
AID nom paupers and refusing to even burr them
sehen hey die Of a0rrafion or for want of medical
aid" -
In regard to the alleged charges Of fraud in
the last election, published in the Florida Patriot
We have examined the publisher and he disclaims
any personal knowledge Of such fraud being
perpetrated.
We tender our thanks 10 his Honor Judge
walker for his courtesy and advice To the Grand
Jury, and to the States Attorney for his assistance
10 the discharge of our duties and also 10 the
Sheriff and Clerk for their promptness and
Reer,aotfulIv cy,l,r,,;ttad
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-11-30
The FIersAa Esapsaas state Conven-
~. kAQna E

Htf lfNf fi Spy1e bR& .ll Pc
This body will meet with the Baptist Church
at Madison, On Friday. December 10. 1880, and
win continue 10 and include the following Sab
bath. Arrangements have been perfected with
the Savannah, FlOrids and Western, tho Atlantic,
Gulf and West India Tnnslt, and the Florida
Central railroads, whereby The delegates sttend-
Ing the Convention Will be passed. for halElare
over those lines tits probable the same ar.
engagements VIII be made with the jacksonville,
Pensacola and Mobile Railroad and with some
Of the steamers % The 81. Johns river. S.
Those ministers Or delsgases designing to a.
tend The Conyentlon win pIeass address ! letter
or postal card e early q possible 70 that eject
q eithet one Of The following gentleman com
pFislpg TIE committee On .ho1piialltles Is Madi-
IN; q ", Stevens, i, i Girsssy and T. D.
Bsgga IS
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-11-30

Especial attention is called TO the advertisement
of this old and well-known establishment This
is the Oldest jewelry house in the State, having
been first established in 1927 by Mr.. Frederick
Towle. Their reputation is too well known TO
need any comments from US. They keep every
thing usually found in irst-class jewelry store.
Their goods are the best made, and every article
is warranted as represented
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-11-30

A Mr.. Smith writes to the Sanford
Journal under date of November oath to
say that while out hunting on the night
of the 2sd he witnessed veritable snow
storm, which continued from until half
past IL o'clock p. N.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-11-30

By request Bishop A. W. Waymani D. D., of
Baltimore, will deliver his celebrated lecture. in
answer TO the attacks upon the Bibld made by
Colonel R. G. Ingersoll, on Thursday Night, De
cember 2, 1880, at Bethel A. N. E. Church.
Admission Is cents; children 10 cents. To
commence at 8 o'clock. 2
The sermon preached by Bishop Nayuian in
this city on the 18th inst, is suresguarantee
that the house will be filed to its utnspst capac-
ity on this occasion.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-11-30

One of our Tallahassee bellies Is Supposed TO
have dropped on the street where il was found
q slpsof paper On which was written The follow
ing: f~ i
Be careful, good catch Is seeking an oppor
tunty TO address you. Marry him, ard reap the
richest blessing earth can give or heaven besiow.
The handwriting is well known 10 lew.
but the secret of its authorship win be Kept ipyo
late out of pity for the feelings Of the jnjudicous
vOuth
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-11-30

The prisoners in the Tallahassee jill made q
desperate attempt to escape last week. They had
sawed through bar and would have taken
French leave, perhaps, but for the faes that the
ring leader was sent off to Wyse's camp just be-
fore The time fixed for the escape, ana the plot
was discovered in time TO prevent the others
from carrying out their plan. I
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-11-30
A broken Rail.

On Saturday the mail train from the east vas
delayed until late hour at night on account o.
the ditching of almost the entire trim ON the
Florida Central Road below Sanderson, caused
by broken rail. The Sunday train was also de-
laved until afternoon.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-11-30

will be absent from my Office for aome days.
and parties desiring to pay taxes wRl find my
books in the hands of Mr.. T.. H. Ra#dolph, (at
E. H. Poole's store) who Is authorized.to receive
and receipt for the same. q. G. PHARcE,
Collector of Revenue, Leon county.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-11-30

Mr.. E. L. T. Otis brought in some very fine
oranges from his place last week, One Of them
weighed 20l ounces and measured 1tinches in
circumference. Can any other section Of the
State beat them?
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-11-30

Tie largest gain for the Republicans
as IN New York City. The official
isu-es emphasize the fact that the State
zzs lot 10 Hancock In New York City
and BROOKLYN
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-11-30

CHICAGO, November 2s.-The Tribune far
nishes the following statement OF majorities In
the late Presidential election, taken from the
Garfield 4.lS0Al6, Hancock A48o, o14, Weaver
sos, 720, Dow 9,044, scattering 1,702 Total
o.102tS6. GarAeid's plurality S.4Of.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-11-30

G. W. Saxon has just received additions TO his
already large stock of carpets. Some Body Brus-
sells and 3-ply are especially fine. Cali and see
them. IL
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-11-30

Every one wanted first choice, and though so
early in the season many sales Of HOLIDAY
GOODS were made at Philips Drug. Store lasI
week, and still they come. 32-1t
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-11-30

The Official canvass Of the vote of New
York shows the following result: Garfield,
55s,544; Hancock, 594,5lI-majority for
Garfield over Hancock, 2l,o33. Vote for
Weaver, 1878; Temperance vote, 1877.
Gsar6eId's mzjoriIy over all, 7,l43.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-11-30

GB-MR- ]. II. BATES, Newspaper Edvertisinr
Agent Al Park Row (TTmeS Buildinej New
York, is authorized TO contract for aayertise.
ments in the FLoRIDTAN at our best rates.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-11-30

sB Regular meetings OF Aucu.1L Esc.~p-
MINT No. are held TIE Arst and third ri ar,lav -
ntnQs OF each month at their Lodge Room AZ 49,
All Patrfarchs In good standing invited D sitssS
W. H. NcIxrosz. Scribe. y r.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-11-30

A splendid lot of fine clothing at VA Levy's,
at prices % per cent less than hetetofore-
Equal 10 custom-made 1t
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Shipped previously. ans
Total shipments to date. aIIs
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LOCAL DEPARTMENT
MASONIC.

!. % Regular meetings Of jackson 49,
No. are held on the ART ana tAIr6 $780,. s.s'Dsk
moath At 7o'clock p. u. T-sv !" eaeA
". H. MCINTOSH. s.y...-.
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