The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-10-08
-One by one they disappear,
A paling OF here, another there.
Soon the posts and ratings bare
VIII be all that's left Of Washfnu.

Tom Mason has knocked the head out of his
Democratic drum" and is not so happy as he
was.
But don't the new palings around the Capt.
tol shine since Mr. Patrick Murphy swung his
paint brush over them Il
1t is astonishing how quck brakes Magic
Liniment rbnoves the soreness from sprins and
bruises For sale by NJ. Lively. sep3-1m
The West Florida Seminary opened school
Monday morning under the management of Prof
Wilmer with fair attendance.
Eggs placed in salt with the small end down
ward will keep from now until Christmas and
they can be bought now for u cents
Our farmers are 50 busy picking cotton thai
many of them b-se not stopped to gin, conse.
quently ccston is not coming in so fast
neuralgia, that disease of all most painful,
Is instantly cured by thorough application OF
brakes Magic Liniment. For sale by H.
Lively. sept3-1m
-Sugar-cane is selling on our streets at two
stalks for a nickel. Cheap enough, but that is
twice as much as it would bring if made into
syrup at the market price.
known and the surest and quickest is brakes
Magic Lniment. For sale by NJ. Lively
sep3-lm
| The skin of an alligator measuring 16 feet 3
inches, killed some time ago in Lake jackson by
Mr.. E. A. Crawford, has been tanned by Dir
John A. Pearce and can be seen at the store of
Mr. George W. Saxon.
| Some of our most enterprising boarding
house keepers are making extensive preparations
for the coming winter business. Make your
prices reasonable and advertise them if you want
the Northern health-seekers.
Call on your druggist and get circular con-
tanning particulars and certificates of the wonder
full cues effected by brakes Magic Eminent.
| The only liniment known that can be taken
internally. For sale by NJ. Lively.
April 6-6m
The Governors Guards in full Uniform
marched to the Depot Wednesday afternoon and
received the cannon-a twelve pound Howiizer-
for their artillery detachment. 1t was placed in
sur Jan yaru .sn better arsenal can be secured
=" Mother may go out to swim ?" "Oh, no,
my darling daughter" but you may go to Nc
Leod's new Art Gallery on the corner of Monroe
and McCarty streets, and have a dozen of those
exquisite carte de cisite photographs taken for s.
and that was just what she was alter
A policeman arrested a small boy near Gov
erDor Walkers law Office Saturday morning for.
fighting and dragged him across town to the
Mayors Office yelling worse than young hyena
1t was hard 10 tell which had created the great
est disturbance, the policeman or the boy.
A Do
the neighborhood in the Northern suburbs known
as French Town Saturday night by roping his
better-half and administering leather strap in
the most affectionate style This appears 10 be
favorite pastime with many of the newly en-
fIanchised.
-Four roasted pigs were ratified at Willie Balls
confectionery store Saturday evening : there
being 20 chances at so cents a chance the two
highest and the two lowest numbers at dice win
ming. Messrs. A. Gallie, Jr., and E. A. Crawford
throwing the highest, aud Messrs. Amos Carlisle
md Robert Munro throwing the lowest won the
pigs.
One of the celebrated Swiss double barrelled
breech-loading guns, made by c. Svendsen in
in Kiel is on exhibition at Rawls' store and will
be ratified soon as all the chances taken. It
is neat and novel piece of workmanship, COM
bining beauty, utility and durability, and is wellN
worth call to see it. The chances are only IS
EACH
In sIrolling around the city Sunday afler-
noon, we passed the new residence of Mr.. Willie
Perkins. 1t is the neatest, cutest, handsomest,
contest and most conveniently arranged little
home in the city and does credit to the capital
OF our State. The contractor and builder, Mr..
Turner Davis, was assisted by Messrs. edmond
son and McGovern. The latter is said to be the
best plastere' ic the State.
We recently enjoyed the pleasure of brief
visit TO the plantation of Mr.. G. g. Gibbs just
north of the city, and were shown there the
finest collection Of orange trees, old and young.
big and little, growing and bearing, that we have
ever seen in this part of the State. Mr.. G. is de-
voting much care and skill TO this interesting
branch oil horticulture, and is welassured Of
complete and early success.
We learn that the numerous friends Of Con.
ductor w. w. Perkins in the East are hopeful
that he will be awarded the $50 gold watch o.
fered by the Suwanee Guards for the most popu-
lar conductor on any OF the railroads extending
into Florida. He has many friends in this city
where he lives, and any one sending twenty-five
cents to Capt. A. L. Woodward, at Live Oak, are
entitled TO vote. This is intended as no dis
paragement TO other popular conductors Their
friends have an equal showing. Send your rs
cents and vote for whom you please.
They were Two as jolly old "soaks as ever
"bummed," and had just paid their respects "a
all the rum shops in Tallahassee when they
hauled up on The counter of grocery store on
Monroe street to take social smoke and chat
keeping their noses close together, as is usual
with old soaks," Suddenly there was q fash,
an explosion and tumbling off the counter,
Oh I'm shot, murdered, blinded for life, yelle,l
one of the smokers. Some mischiefmaker hal
loaded his pards pipe with powder which hal
exploded. But as soon as the " murdered MAJ.
could be induced to open his eyes and wash hi
face It was discovered that he was worse fright
ened than hurt, and madden than the darkey Wa
when his brother died and ieft him all the corn 10
hoe.
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