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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-01-21
1850.
1880. 1880.
3. 6 g,
Ire Great Advance All Kinds Of Goods We
Will C!ose Gut Our Retail Stock OF BLANKETS,
FLhHEELS and DFESS GOODS at Old Prices.

Four Special Bargains iu 27-inch
BLACK SILK VELVET,
For Skirts and Costumes, at 81 70, 50, 81 4 So.
Ladies', Misses and Gents
KID GLOW ES,
From TO 6 buttons in all the best shades and
makes.
Special BARGAIN in Ladies' 3.hutton Kids at so
cents, 4-butIon at - cents.
Gents Beaver and Sealskin Gloves,
Ladies incd Kids and Mits.
LADIES FICHUS AND LACES.
New Direct in portaiior
HAMBURG EDGlNGS,
Choice new patterns never before shown.
Extra bargains in
SILK DEPARTMENT,
Aud very Choice Dress Goods at greatly reduced
prices, piior to our animal stock taking
Hg Ruyers will find real bargains in Cloaks,
Dolmans, Circulars, Walking Jackets,
Seal Sacqucs and Furs.
ALASKA FUR SETS AT 81 50.
Genuine
MINK SABLE SETS 1T $40.
Fine
BEAVER AND SEAL SETS.
g Blu FILL.
ALLEGHENY
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-01-21

l0-4 Uricn White Rlarl rts at -.
Extra Quality GrIunr CnGIy Blankets al -
Large lot Good i>aried FlaDreis al l25& cts.,
worth 20 cts.
Large lot Fine and Choce Country .annels
at 37lI is.
q Wiiic TwilLd Dcmet Flannel al 1919 cts.
rs White Dome Flannel at 90 cts.
Plain White and Silk Warp ard En- broidered
FlaEnels.
100 pieces placed on safe to-day. 46-ir ch Heavy
All Wool
BLACK FRENCH CASHMERES,
at S715 ctnts.
I'VE VIII close one lot
BLACK SILK WARP DRAP DE ALMA
At sl.25, worth 81 75 per yard.
A few Part Pieces
BLACK SILK WARP CASHMERES
viii be sold at 75 cents per yard.
SPECIAL OFFERINGl
Three Lots
BLACK satin DE LYON,
SI.75 $3.50 end 1925.
EOGGS I
lis & 100 FEDERAL
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-09-21

GAINESVILLE, Sept. 90 1880.
Editor Florididn.: The meeting here on the
18th was a rousing one. The best feature off
was that the remotest parts of the county were
largely represented by the young men. The
horseback procession of the clubs, with banners
with various devices, was enthusiastic. The
speaking was kept up from IL NJ. until nearly
dusk A goodly number of white Republicans
and colored Democrats were present to hear one
or another OF the speakers. Bsbee spoke about
three hundred yards distant from our party; so
that an exchange of hearers occasionally took
place Governor Bloxham held the crowd.
Messrs McWhoiter, Yonge and Gary, General
Lorng and our young, natural-born stump-ora-
tor, Howren, made speeches of great breadth and
strength, inerspersed with liveliness enough to
call out the frequent cheers of their hearers. The
day was unmarried by the occurrence of single
discreditable act Prepare for as much astonish-
ment when you hear from Alachua as when you
heard from Maine.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-09-21
Vet Another Convert.

Henry A. Higley, Republican who
was born and raised in Ohio in the Con-
gressional district represented by General
Garfield, but who is now doing business
in this city, says that he gladly adds his
name to the list of Republicans who in
tend to vote for General Hancock. "The
policy of peace and harmony" he says,
was the prevailing one of the leading Re-
publican newspapers while Grant was
talked of for President, but since Gar
fields nomination change has taken
place. The bloody-shirt has been raised
again, and the leading Republican news
papers, as well as the leading Republi-
cans are shamefully abusing the Southern
people and the Democratic party and are
making an effort to keep in power by so
doing. Under the circumstances Garfield
shall not have my vote, as l think it time
this should be stopped. Gen.
Hancock will, l think, make a good and
able President. Let us have peace"
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-09-21

out Of the Treasurer's safe afterwards and
were paid second time. These frauds and
divers others were set forth by DR.. Cow
gill in his report of February u, 1885,.
which win be found printed as "A appen-
dix 70 the journals Of 1871. Why he
wrote the letter 20 the Telephone We can
not perceive, unless it was on the one
hand to show that the uncollected taxes
would help to pay the floating debt found
outstanding in 1877, just as the uncollect-
ed taxes helped 10 pay the floating debt
found outstanding in 1868, and on the
other hand TO relieve the administration
of Stearns Of the odium of increasing the
bonded debt over esls,ooO and at the
same time remind the author of the speech
in question Of the facts bearing on Como
yer brought out in his report of 1875. He
was careful to avoid contradicting or
seeming to contradict the Financial
statements of that speech, for no man
in the State knows better than DIR. Cow
gill that tie official records bear out every
word and figure of those statements"
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-09-21
More Intimidation.

A correspondent of the Quincy Herald
writing from East Gadsden, September
l4th, says that on the day Governor
Bloxham and others spoke at Concord, ga
colored Democrat, Jesse Perine, was as
saulted for wearing a Hancock badge,
and for saying that he was Democrat,
by one Fred Wester, who threatened to
shoot off the badge and kill him if he per-
sisted in being Democrat and on last
Saturday another colored Democrat was
assaulted while at work in his own crop
by one Gregory, in the employ of J. N.
McKeown, and threatened with death for
being Democrat, so that the man, An
drew Williams, was forced to appeal to
the law for protection. There are great
many colored people in this county who
would vote with the Democratic party if
it were not for the abuse and intimidation
of the other colored people, encouraged
perhaps, by some white men meaner than
they
On last Monday night a party of
men went TO the residence Of Will Hall,
a colored man living near old Old Bos-
ton, in this county, and after breaking
down his door took him out and whipped
him most numerically, and it was only
by the most piteous pleading that he
saved his life. Hall is Democrat, and
says that the crowd consisted of negroes,
with the exception of one white man,
who seemed to be the leader, and that
they said they were whipping him because
he was Democrat, and that if he voted
the Democratic ticket, he would be killed.
Hall failed to recognize any of them,
having been stunned by blow before he
could produce light.-Live Oak BuI
letin, September 10th.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-09-21

MIR. Bloxham is what is called in common
parlance "gOod fellow" but when he declared,
as he did two years ago, that lie would refuse 10
sign a commission for any Republican he would
resign first, he talking in meeting, or telling
stories out of school, II came rs new reyela-
ton of genuine Democracy. and frightened many
hearers.-Sun and Press.
Mr.. Bloxham, on the occasion referred
to, made no such statement as the San
and Press says he did. Mr.. Bloxham, on
that occasion, was showing up the Rev.
VIM. Watkin Hicks, whose stories on the
stump in Maine have recently attracted
attention, and he did state that if Gov
ernor Drew appointed such Republicans
as Hicks to Office, he would resign; but
this is quite different thing from saying
that he would resign before he would
sign a commission for any Republican.
AS a matter of fact, Mr.. Bloxham has
not only signed Republican commissions,
but recommended their appointment. 1t
must be desperate cause that would re-
sort to misrepresentation like the above.
- Union, September II.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-09-21

The South, says the Buffalo Courier,
constitutes the leading or sole issue Of
Republicans in Northern political con-
tests The white people of the South
are denounced as rascals and banditti !"
though the latter term is no longer
used-by almost every Republican stump
speaker. They are abused and made
odious as if they were public enemies, if
not enemies of the human race An cleo
toral contest is represented virtually rs q
war of the North against the South.
Having done all this the Republicans
affect surprise or indignation at the So
lidity" of the South. If they should win
by these methods the South is likely to
become more solid than ever, and the
same contest will have to be fought over
four years hence. Fortunately the signs
of the times point to different result,
namely, the defeat of sectionalism by the
defeat of the Republican party.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-09-21
OLDINAr

The Brooksville Crescent of the It'll gives a
spirited account OF the demonstration made yhere
on the 18th inst, on the occasion of the visit of
Congressman Davidson, Senator Call, Captain
Pasco and others. Speeches were made by those
gentlemen, and also by Mr. A. 8. Mann, snd
splendid dinner furnished refreshment to the
large assemblage OF Mr.. Manns speech the Ores
cent says: "He contrasted the characters Of the
two candidates in a happy manner. Mr. Manns
speech was conclusive and convincing, inter-
spersed with wit, anecdote and humor 1t re-
ceved large applause and the hearty endorsement
of all present." OF Colonel Davidson, " that he is
forcible and telling speaker, and the frequent
rounds of applause demonstrated that the hearts
and hands of the good people of fernando are
with him in the struggle for right and honest
government impartialIy administered" OfPssco,
that he is speaker who addresses the reason
rather than the Impulse of the mind, on which
line he is eminently successful" OfCall, that
his eloquent address infused new life and en-
thusiasm, and the responses of his hearers gave
clear testimony of the good he was dong" "
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-09-21
Trimmed Out.

The editor of the Fernandina Mirror,
in looking over the names of the promi-
nent Radicals who were leaders and office
holders during the years ls68-ls76, when
this State was under Radical government,
is somewhat surprised at the conspicu-
Gus absence of most of them at present.
Richards, Hart, Billings, Denny, Chase,
Adams, Frasier, Morgan, Gibbs, Emmons,
McLin and Hamilton have died; J. B. G.
Drew, the Dockrays, Littlefeld, Welsh,
Austin, Cone, the younger Reed, Little,
Mathews, Purman, Stearns, Osborne, re-
moved; a score of others who assisted the
returning board appointed to Federal
offices abroad of the few remaining in
the State, Cowgirl, Alden and Porter are
are rusticating up the St. Johns in the
piney woods Governor Reed, Archibald,
Greeley, Cheney and others are not in
sympathy with the Radical State ticket !;
Conant, Durkee and briggs are quiet !;
this leaves but few, very few, active
leaders, and these are all nominees
Conoyer, Ledwith and Bisbee, to make
their own canvass unsupported by the old
leaders. We ought not to omit Dennis,
who is running his own machine.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-09-21

Judge Bernard in his address to the
Hancock and Bloxham Club, on the 9Th
inst, called attention to the significant
fact that not single Republican paper
ia the State has published the Chicago
platform, and particularly asked care
they ashamed of it?" 1t would seem 50,
and the same may be reasonably said Of
the State platform. Only one paper in
the State has published it, and that only
recently and by no means voluntarily,
but at the command of the State Com
mittee. And now we learn that the Re-
publican candidate for Governor, in at
tempting to make speech at Gainesville
the other day, to small crowd of col
ored people, and Democrats, attracted by
curiosity, undertook to read the platform,
but for some reason, perhaps because Of
the presence of the Democrats, he aban-
doned his purpose and only got an Ear as
g secondly"
Whist kind of party must it be that
Is ashamed Of is PLATFORM It il not IN
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-09-21

The Macon Telegraph is of the opin-
ion, and We agree with it, that the bitter
and proscriptive will be disappointed in
President Hancock. When the quarrel
over the question of Governor is over in
Georgia, says that paper, eve are all 60
ing TO vote for General Hancock, and
General Hancock is going to be elected.
But listen to us when we say that, while
General Hancock will give the country
an administration of rare ability and
virtue, yet in a few months after his in
auguration many of these men will be
cursing him as badly as they now curse
Colquitt or Norwood; for Hancock's ad-
ministration will be guided solely by pa
triotic considerations of the public good.
The poor clerks in Washington are now
bleeding to their last copper on the plea
that Hancock, if elected, will turn out
the last one of them, good and evil, with
a general swoop, and the whole city of
Washington quakes with apprehension of
a sweeping prescription which will drive
the women and children to despair
But Hancock's administration will be
like himself-mild, tolerant, humane, pru-
dent. selfpoised, thing of his own head,
and guided by considerations of lofty de-
votion TO the common country. Large re-
forms he must make; but they will not
respond at all to the demands of the vio-
lent They will in no manner endorse
the bitter prescription of the Radical
party. They will be, like himself, patient,
wise and good. Hancock, as a violent
partisan, would not know himself. He is
a firm, moderate, careful, self-contained
man-proud to excess of his country, and
bent on signalling his administration by
restoring her ancient purity. He will be
ready to combat anybody or anything to
the death, who stands in the way of an
administration defensible on the highest
and broadcast grounds of an exalted pa
triotism.
Now, intOlerant men can't stomach
such an administration as that, and, there
fore, we say that they will be maledict-
ing Hancock in less than three months
after he is inaugurated. Mark this pre-
dictionn
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-09-21

-Ex- Comptroller g. A. Cowgirl, in the Jack
sOnville Telephone of Tuesday, completely ex.
plodes the labored financial statement made by
Captain Dyke in his late speech. Aseoond speech.
to correct the bunders OF the fret, will have to
be made.-PdtriOt
The Patriot is mistaken. DR.. Cowgirl
did not question the accuracy Of the
" financial statement made by Captain
Dyke" He did show, however, that the
speech aforesaid had made mistake in
stating that the Republicans had left $751;
s24.74 in money in the Treasury to meet
floating indebtedness of nearly $500, 900.
In point of fact they left only 42s, lOs.s7,
or ss,22o.s7 Iess than the speech gave
them credit for. We are obliged TO DR..
C. for the hint which enables NJ to make
this correction the stupid paragraphs
of the Patriot never would have seen il,
or the ally allusion the Dr. made to the
ola, 558.0l @blne scrip" swindle perpe-
trated on the State while Conover was
Treasurer, NOR yet the = obscursn way IN.
which he called attention 70 %, s5s.bs Of
warrants which had been paid BY Como
yer in 1870 but which mysteriously got
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-09-21
Live Oak Bulletin, September 49,
GRAND DEMOCRATIC DEMON.
STRATHON.


On the morning of the 18th it was announced
on the streets that Governor Bloxham, accom-
panied by other distinguished speakers, was in
town and would address the people on the polit-
ical topics of the day. AT 10 O'Clock Captain 8.
G. Evans company of cavalry, the Suwanhee
Rangers" came marching into town, the process
sion having been swelled to an immense length
by the citizens of the town and county The
company and procession showed well as thew
marched through the streets, around and about
town until near II O'clock when the meeting
was called to order in the courthouse, which
was crowded with eager and enthusiastic listen
ers. We had the honor of being chairman and
introducing the speakers. The first called was
the Hon. W. d. Bloxham who, in his usual elo-
quent style, entertained bis audience for half an
hour, and who left the floor to our noble cid
Governor, George f. Drew, who cordially and
emphatically endorsed all the nominees Of The
Democratic party in a speech of ]fteen minutes.
Then came Colonel G. @. McWhorter, one OF
the lions of the Democratic party In West Flor
ida and right well did he fight in the cause OF
Justice and right, making an impression that Will
tell on the I'd of November. The next speaker
introduced was the Hon. j. E. Yonge, OF Escam-
bia cnunty Mr. Yonge is one of the Presiden-
tial Electors, and represents Hamilton in this
campaign; and though young in years, as well
"a by name, he is wheel horse in Florida, and
Escamba county may well be proud of her
noble and eloquent son. Last but not
least. came Mr. J. G. Gibbes, of Quincy, who en-
tertained the audience for half an hour in an
able speech, interpreted with anecdotes, whFh
had n telling effect The audience separated In
good spirits to meet at night to listen to ntper
addresses, to be delivered by Colonel 8. NJ. u
Gary and the Hon. Columbus Drew.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-09-21

-Ex- Governor Reed is after the venerable
editor OF the FLoRIDIAN with sharp stick. Our
neighbor put his foot into it" when he made
that four hours speech, and he is catching ii hot
and heavy from all directions. Governor Reeds
letter appeared in the Jacksonville Union Of
Wednesday iast.-PatriOt
Ex-Governor Reeds letter did not refer
to that "four hours speech" for there
was nothing therein about the election
frauds of 1868. It was to an editorial in
the FLoRIDIAN of some weeks back he
referred. The Patriot is getting confused.
Allusion was pointedly made in the
"speech to the frauds of 1870 when
one Alberger, tool Of Osborne's, figured
conspicuously. Would the Patriot like
to have the facts brought out again?
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-09-21

II has been reported, and to some ex-
tent believed, that Governor Drew did
NOS cordially endorse Hon. w. D. Blox-
ham e. candidate for Governor. An in
cident at the meeting here on last Mon
day, should forever set at rest the impress
sion that is such a damper on Democratic
enthusiasm, and injurious to our noble
Governor Drew. While Governor Blox-
ham was in the midst of his address, aud
while the audience were listening to .
splendid tribute to Governor Drew, there
was pause for an instant, and the eyes
Of the speaker directed the attention of
the listening throng to the door, as the
old Governor entered the hall. It was .
surprise, but when Governor Bloxham
had concluded, voices from every part of
the vast hall were heard calling Drew,
Drew" and the old man arose looking, if
possible, more majestic and grand than
ever before, and in a neat little speech
cordially, heartily and alphabetically en-
dorsed the entire nominations of the
Democratic party, making special men
ton of the Hon. w. d. Bloxham, of
whom he spoke as being OF his own po-
litical household, and he felt a delicacy
in publicly proclaiming his worth and
merits, but that he felt no delicacy in ex-
pressing the hope that he would be
elected, and he was sure that the election
of w. d. Bloxham would insure to Flor
ida four more years of peace and pros
perity. The Woodworking, honest and
open-hearted old Governor had left his
business and come here for the expressed
purpose of publicly endorsing the Demo
cratic nominee for Governor, and nobly
and emphatically did he do so. And now
let all those who are trying to create dis.
sension in the Democratic ranks by say
ing that the present administration does
not endorse the candidate for Governor,
cease their muttering and emulate the
action of Governor George F. Drew, who,
by his executive ability, lifted the State
from the slough of despond, and who by
his noble actions and words encourages
the Democratic party to work on and
hard, and secure victory, the reward of
which is peace and prosperity.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-09-21
WASHINGTON LETTER.
wAsHrxerox, Sept. "A, 1880.

WAonAN0hONt OCpe. A. ACCO.
now THE coon NEWS WAS RECEIVED IN WASH
MaToN- WHAT ABSENT DEMOCRATS THINK
SHOULD IN DoNE-rHE BEGINNING or THE END
or RADTCALINx, ETC, ETC.
Everybody 10 Washington was surprised last
night-Radicals, Democrats, Greenbackers and
all. The union victory was moi only unexpected
10 itself, but Its proportions we're astonishing.
There was CONSERVATION among those number.
less spared monuments Of civil service reform
who have lived of the Government for fifteen
or twenty years, returning for their salary little
but political services, and among the higher
officials who have csmpaigned for Garfield In
short, there was almost q general concession
among Republicans that the remarkable results
In Maine settled the Presidential contest Its
certain effect on Ohio and Indiana-both of
which States would probably have been Demo-
cratic in October any way. was admitted, and
prophecies were freely made OF victory for
Hancock like that which made Monroe the al
most unanimous choice Of the people Couser-
vative people spoke of an era of good feeling"
and expressed the hope and belief that section
alism was finally dead and only awaited burial
Too much credit all admitted, could not be
given 10 the antiring people of the State for
the tremendous exertiOns they had made, and, il
was understood, had made almost unaided,
against the combined capital, eloquence and
management of the Republicans in and OUT Of
Maine.
/ may mention that several Democrats who
were rejoicing last night over the victory, said
that the Legislature, if Dem. cratic, had one
thing 10 do, and that not 10 do it would be dis
honorable, and that was TO send Ex-Governor
GsrcelOn TO the United States Senate They
held that this election showed that public conf
dence in that gentleman was unimpaired, but
that a further expression OF regard was due to
one who had suffered SO severely at the hands
of as INSCRIPTIONS a set Of politicians as ever
ruled State. Others, and very many, hoped
that the partisan Supreme Court of The State
would be reconstructed.
But it would be an endless task to tell of the
forms which Democratic rejoicing and hope took
as the news came in. There has been no such
excitement since 1875
Though Senator Conkling has promised to
speak in the West during the campaign, there is
general belief here that he will not do so, but
will restrict himselt to moderate canvass of his
own State.
For several days past, the reports from Ohio
and Indiana have been of remarkably cheering
character, and they came from the best men in
the two States. Governor Hendricks and Sena-
tor Thurman wrote their names to dispatches
pledgng their States to Hancock In truth, the
last week or two were full OF Democratic prom
Use. The people seemed TO have caught the
Hancock fever. The result in Maine confirmed
the reports from other States No Washington
Democrats-or Republicans, for that natter
doubt now that there will be an over helming
victory in both Ohio and Indiana il October.
HILTON.