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WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10, 1880
At a serenade given here last night Secretary
Sherman made speech, in which he distinctly
proclaimed the necessity of strong govern.
ment," and belittled the historical and constptu
tional importance of the States No other prom
inent Radical has, since the early days of recon
struction, so far have heard or read, made so
clear appeal in behalf of Capitalization as the
Secretary, fresh from victory iu Indiana and
Ohio, made last night and the portions of his
speech, particularly, bearing ON this subject were
the most heartily applauded of ALL But 40 far
as the applause goes that was only relatively i'm
portant, for the audience was chiefly composed
of Treasury clerks, and whatever the Secretary
said was received with II sort of rapture.
BY the way, there has been a belief here for
long time that in the event of Garfield election.
Sherman would continue in the. Treasury. II
was confirmed by dispatch received here last
night
Secretary Schurz though he had spent much
government money in learning all about Indiana
affairs by personal observation, was not in his
office when the latest Ute difficulty commenced,
and now, while his dispatches of few days since
show that he believes war with these Indians
10 imminent, he is again away Both. iiMes his
absence was caused by the necessities of the
Radical party. There are no clearer cases of
violation OF ordinary official obligation, to say
nothing of civil service rules, in The whole history
OF the government. An army officer, similarly
guilty, would be cashiered instantly, and even
Mr.. Hayes would approve the sentence
Strange rs 1t may seem, there were many men
anxious to have their forms and faces go down
to posterity in picture of the Electoral Com
mission" Hard by, a prominent newspaper man
In the country, whether actually in Washington
at the time or not but was offered the chance,
for cash, TO be represented in the picture. BY Mrs
Fassett, Of the Commission. Others, not of the
guild, were approached. do not know that the
artist was responsible for these offers, but they
were mado. The oircumstanUe was recalled by
the fact that the picture itself is about to be sold
In this city, il it can be found, for debt
This winter determined effort is to be made
to put through Congress prohbtory liquor law
for the District # Columbia The temperance
people of the District are holding frequent meet
ings on this and kindred subjects aud will be
ready to move as soon as Congress meets. 1t
may not be generally known, among people out
side of Maryland, that in most of the counties of
that State what is known as local option pre-
wallis Each county voting yes or no on the
question whether or not liquor shall be sold
within its borders. Ny own opinion is, from
observation In Maryland and in States where the
Maine law is on the statute books, that prohibi-
ton by the State is not really as effective as the
other system. HILTON.
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for repeaters!
-RrwARR of stranOora

-DGWA66 Vi bAouKcIos
DEMOCRATS! - Be on your guard
against strangers.
pEMoCRArs beware of men present
Ing themselves among you whom you do
not know. Treat them kindly, but watch
them as you would prowling wolves.
They mean all manner of mischief.
Senator VOORHEES, says that Hancock
will poll 10000 more votes in Indiana, on
the I'd of November, thsA were cast for
Landers. He believes that the Republi-
cans spent nearly or quite $1,000, 900 in
the election in that State.
"A severe cold spell has occurred in
the Northwest. A snow and wind storm
swept oyer the country on Friday and
Saturday last. Trains we're blocked. and
the ground frozen several inches, endsn-
gering the potato crop, q considerable
portion of which Is yet in the ground.
The chief hope of the entire Repnb-
lican party, North and South, now Is that
Florida may be relied on to break the
solid South" The less they know, Of the
actual condition Of the State the louder
they howl. If they knew how thorough
and complete we can make their utter and
final defeat next week, if we all do our
duty, they would not look to Florida to
"break the solid SOUTH
Grant states that Hancock once said !:
al am opposed 10 niger domination.
If Hancock made such . remark, says
the Courier. JosasdI, he said exactly what
the pious Republicans have always by
their course toward the negro in the
North declared, There is not Repabli.
can organ or public man who has ever
dared to. advocate +" niger domination"
in the Northern States there ar~ plenty
Of them who have advocated nigger
domination " over the Southern white peo-
pie and who have tried to force it on them
by bayouets, There is not Northern
community which would submit to mig
ger domination twenty-four hours. Yet
some Republican organs are declaring
Hancock . traitor because of the remark
attributed to him by Grant.
-Gen. Garfield pronounces the Chi
nese letter" forgery. Unfortunately
for Gen. g., be has shown In the past that
where his interest is concerned bis word
10 not TO be believed. He admitted to
Jere Black that he had received the Credit
Mobilier stock and bonds, and afterwards
ssoovv that he had resolved neither. He
uttered on that occasion what Judge
Black calls !" fundamental falsehood to
save himself and friends. Mr., A. 8.
Hewitt, of New York, man of great
prominence, made . speech in that city on
Thursday last, In which be said that he
had compared the Chinese letter " With
letters 10 his possession fton Mr.. Garfield
and states tl'at in bis oplnion the letter 4
0snsiss. Mr. Hewitt 10 not . man 70
make snch statement without proof to
back hin, while Garfield, on the other
band has not hesitated 70 peFjdre himself
for ssl6sb ends, andsie not now TO he be-
lisyed % snysnbjsct II which bis intssest
e Involved, eiisI 8ssla3 i II xssee IS lsyae
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-WoRK is now the order of the day.


Near Newport, Maine, on Wednesday
last, a large body Of men called at q house
in Palmyra, and demanded that the occu-
pants leave the town. The latter refused,
and some persons in the house fred two
shots into the crowd, killing Rodney Lord.
aged rs years, instantly, and severely
wounding two others. The occupants of
the house are said to be of very disrep-
utable character, and the object of the ex-
petition was to rid the town of them.
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Frauds to be Gaarded Against.

Evidence is thickening of Radical in
tentions to carry Florida by Fraud
The telegram from Marshall Jewell to
Wicker, collector at Key West, leaves no
room to doubt the desperation of the Re-
publicans on the one hand and the infa-
nous means they propose to employ to
effect their purposes on the other. We
have warned the people that the cry Of
fraud raised by the leaders here was only
blind to divert the public mind from
their own practices. Part of their plan
is to import persons skilled in the art Of
repeating. 1t will be teen that the chair
man of the Republican National Com.
mittee gives notice OF the shipment of
$50 of this class. Too much vigilance
cannot be exercised 10 spotting these
men. Many of them and perhaps the
whole batch of them will be found to be
New York rougbs, and it is earnestly to
be hoped that they will have such rough
time of it in Florida az to cause them to
remember with sorrow their visit to this
State. We have reason to believe, too,
that Wholesale arrests of citiEens, on
trumped-up charges, are meditated. We
received dispatch this morning from
Jacksonville stating that an affidavit
has been made against number,sof
citizens in Madison and Taylor coun.
ties, charging as attempt 10 ku-klx1 Led
Nth and Oonover on Friday and Sat-.
wdey lat These socIsed persons are
% be arrested, taken 10 Jasksonvilie,
and detained until atieF the slection.
Thees ssrssts viii doubtless - made =
day o Two bsless ths slsstion possibly
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AT the Republican meeting at the Cooper
Union Wednesday night Gen. Grant unexpect-
eddy appeared on the stage and was greeted with
deafenine cheers and applause. A voice cried
1884 and thunders of applause followed The
General came forward and made few remarks
Of course! All the bummers and
whiskey-ringsters are for Grant in 1884,
and they have begun thus early to "put
in their work.
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ELECTION TICKETS!

We will PRINT Election Tickets for so
cents per hundred. If ordered by mail,
postage prepaid, 60 cents per hundred.
Il is high time to send in orders!
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APPOISTNENTs OF SENATOR JONES.

Hon Charles ". Jones, United States Senator;
Hon Ge'Ege P. Raney, Attorney General, and
olLeT sIeakeTs viii address the people al the fol-
loving places and times
Milton. Saturday, October 90
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Total shipments to date. 1904
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Agent, Al Park Row (7Sme' Building), New
York, is authorized TO contract for advertise.
menis in the FLoRIDIAN at our best rates.
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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
SAMUEL PASCO,
ALBERT J. RUSSELL,
JAMES E. YONGE,
THOMAS F. KING.
10 JANUARY FIRST FOR TWENTY-FIVE
CENTS.

The FLORIDIAS will be sent to subscribers, from
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~ Regular meetings of AUCnIA ESo.,.,
MINT No ., are held the nrst and third TArredr- -
Rtnas Of each month at their Lodge Room a. ASs-
All Patriarchs In good standing invited TO ste.
W. N. McINTosH. Scribe ~
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/. O. o. F.

- Regular meetings Of LEON LoDcr M .
held every Tsssdav Bcsniag, at their Lodge Re-.
O'clock. All Brothers in good standing are nsss2
W. ". McISrosH, in, r. 8. '~' n.S.
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tg- The SEM-wERKLY FI.oElDrAS may b.
found on sale at Bottoms News Stand, N N,
Wesicott Block. ,T
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LOCAL DEPARTMENT.
MASONIC

eB Regular meetings OF JAcKsor I
No held on the nrst and third NonS.v loDaH
month nj O'Clock P. n. IN eAcA
". II. MCINTOSH. s+v
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NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TICKET

FOR PRESIDENT:
WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK,
OF PENNSYLVANIA.
FOR vIcE-PREsIDENT:
WILLIAM H. ENGLISH,
OF INDIANA.
STATE CONSERVATIVE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
FOR GOVERNOR:
WILLIAM ID. BLOXHAM,
OF LEON COUNTY.
FOR LIEUTENANT-GOvERNOR
LIVINGSTON W. BETHEL,
OF MONROE COUNTY.
FOR CONGRESS, FIRST DISTRICT:
ROBERT II. NJ. DAVIDSON,
OF GADsDEN COUNTY.
FOR CONGRESS, SECOND DISTRICT:
JESSE J. FINLEY,
or COLUMBIA COUNTY.
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thaa thsir TEEz or SUBSCRIPTION HAs xxFnxD, and
govern themselves accordingly. Amer . paper has
sssz c1ossED TWICE.. Sc win most positively be dis
sszEiua-d ne amount Of subscription V not ~
sEr1s6 e
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-WoRK AND VIGILANcE will prove the
salvation of the State.
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Presidential Electors.
erick c. Humphries, Charles II.
Pearce, william H.. Holden,
Thomas w. Long.
For Goyernor.-Marcellus L.
Stearns.
For Lieutenant Governor
David Montgomery.
For Congress, First District
William j. Purman.
For the Assembly, Leon
sCounty.-William r, Thomp-
son, William II. Ford. Edmund
~ Waaka nnnme6 luawaMrman
The Osceola times., 1880-01-03
strange Claimants.

Correspondence Hartford. ,Conn Times.
With the return of Congress came
many Of the little army Of persons who
have claims which are pending in Con-
gress, where too many Of them have
been hanging on for 10. these many
years. Among this army of claimants
are several who are SO remarkable IN
their general appearance or manrers
that they are known to all whose busi.
ness brings them to the Capitol. Of these
Mother Brown. as She is called, is the
most famous She is not bad looking
woman, Of ab9g. 80 wears of age, and is
always particular IN having her snow
white hair nicely Fixed up in ctlrls which
hangs on both sidcsof her face. Mother
Brown is attired in "Bothing-to-wear'
manner and has all manner of garments
on her, with ribbons of all hucs hanging
from every place she can pin them, Ii
her hair was blacl, her makeup wnul
be that ofa splendid looi,ing Eypscy In
coloro and ribbons She runs to bright
reds and vcllows. Mother Brown, not
withstlnding all these good points Is
generally considered as an annoyance or
q nuisance Her life Is devoted in on"
continual worry of members of Con
grc5s, and especially Of the mcmber5 Of
the committee OF claims. Her claim re
suits from somt kind of service rendered
during the war, and does not amount 10
anything. There has never been n "a
vordble report made on It yet, which Is
pretty good evidence that there is moth
ing in it. On this imaginary claim She
has been hanging about the halls OF the
Capitol, 20 my personal knowledge, for
sixteen years. She comes as Regularly
as the session. and departs the day the
adjournment takes place, II is generally
agreed that she IL not MS sound il the
head as some others who are almost as
much about the Capitol, though she can
hardly be called insane. How she lives
no one knows, though there is a belief
that She has small inOme 1rom some
source which pays her living expenses.
She travels to and from the city on her
muscle-relusing 10 pay cent until
Congress has passed her claim. Mother
Brown is Of the opinion that there have
never been hut two good men in Con-
gress since the war; one of thcm was
Andrew johnson, the ex-Presidept and
Senator from Tennessee, and Blue Jeans
Williams, formerly q representative OF
Indiana and atterword Governor OF the
State. Mr.. Johnson was the only senat-
or who would listen to Mother Brown as
long as she wanted TO take. Patterson
Who was senator from Tcnnessc when
Johnson was President Was also good
listener to her, but he would laugh at
her the moment she left. She caught
him In il several times, and from that
moment swOre vengcncc towaril llni.
Old Blue Jeans, however. would listen
/ and advise with her ON the claim. He
had a way Of getting nd of her by intro
! ducing her to some other member, and,
while they were talking, Of slipping
away
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NO LAW TO HANG PoErs.
rtOntChpuDu,

Iloo,chenoo is the root of all evil in
Alaska. When 10 gets crazed with this
vile drink he is far from being a good
citizen and desirable neighbor. 1t be-
hoovCs the merchants of Sitka and all
those here who ask for protection TO
consider well il il is a wise policy to arm
their enemy with such dangerous wea-
pom. llootChenoo is made from the
poorest quality of molasses or cheap SUI
gar, and the process of dislilling the IL
quor is so simple as to hardly need a
description. All the machinery required
is an oil-can, clothes boiler or other COW
cred vessel for holding and boiling the
mash, and few feet of tin pipe. \
mixturc Of molasscs. little barley and
a few vegetables constitute the mash,
which, after being allowed TO fermcnt, is
boiled. The nectar is caught, after wind
ing through few feet Of letter V pipe,
for the delectation Of the "honest In
jun" the progeny of his aunt and uncle,
his parents, daughters, and the sisters of
his dear father and mother A pot
lash, or maudin spree, ending in fight
free to all, follows, and 1t is at such
times. and then only, that there is good
cause TO appruhcnd any trouble on the
part VI llit lIlAAlAllGs iiObtAllNlIbp man
ing is not confined to Indiantown. Sew
cral stills have recently been captured
from white men engaged in the protita-
BILE but disreputable business. The
question Of forbidding the importation
Of molasSes into this territory was dts
cussed in cabinet meeting lately, | am
told, and it was decided that the govern
mcnt could not act in the matter.
should have stated before that the sloop
of war jamestown, Commander Boards
lee, came here last June, relieving the
Alaska. This officer has adopted the
plan of making three Of the most inhu-
ential chiefs sponsors for the peace and
order of Indian village. A marked inn
provement is noticeable. These Indian
policemen are shipped as landsmcn
aboard the jamestown. They represent
three different tribes, and have shown
their zeal by smashing up a dozen or
more stills. Many of the merchants
have agreed to import no more molasses;
and the Temperance question is thus
settled.
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THE WAYS OF THE WORLD.

King ALFoNso is much given to sweets
Just now, and has ordered nom an
American house 100 pounds Of choco-
late caramels.
LoNDoSERs have tired of drab-colored
honses, aud everything is now col,7r de
rose. The Builder says that Lord John
Manners pillar posts look ike drummer
boys.
A uANat Iligganum, Conn, had a hen
that didn't seem 10 feel well. and he
killed it, The c2C-bdg was found to
contain twelve iuIl-sized ccs. IN the
shell.
HERBER1 SPENcER's health has been
seriously shattered lly his recent close
application TO study. His forthcoming
work viii be entitled Ceremonial In
stitutions."
THE largest shipment Of raw silk ever
brought to san Francisco, was landed
last month amounting 10 hfteen hun
dred bales, and requiring ten cars for its
transportation east.
LOvIs LrsIGNAN, a captain in the Rus
sian service, claims the sovereignty Of
Cyprus, and vast estates in that island,
and has begged the Russian government
to interccde for him.
THE fashion of putting $50 buttons
down the back of dress has disap-
peared but they now use 1900 hooks and
ewes on the front, and man can't lay up
a dollar to save his life.-Detrou Free
Press.
TIE fishing industry at Wadsworth,
New, has averaged over 1000 pounds
per week. The Indians fish in Truckee
and Pyramid lakes, the white men in
Truckee river The fish are packed
and sent all along the line az far rs San
Francisco.
TIE hickory tree at Madison, y. j.,
which, as a sapling was transplanted on
the inauguration OF James Madison as
President Of the United States for the
second time in 1881, is now a handsome
and thrifty tree over one hundred feet
high.
..THEnew Queen of Spain will never
take the place of Queen Mercedes in
the affections of tie Spanish people.
First OF all, they object that she is for.
eigner; then, that she Is to receive an
allowance Of about half million francs
year; and finally, her retinue will con.
sist of Austrians.
NEAR Paris, Ky, negro stole a hog.
Not that this was anything unusual for
Kentucky, but in order TO carry it better
he tied its feet together, and put the
loop thus formed over hi, neck. When
he climbed fence he slipped, the hog
fell on one side of the fence aud he on
the other. The mans neck was broken
and when found he was dead
OLE Bull has not yet mastered Eng
lish, albeit he has been careering ronnd
this country in company with fiddle
since 1852. True, he has succeeded
pretty well, but one word he cannot
Inast.r--,t y a great gulf before him
into which he dare MOI plunge. lie has
attempted to pronounce it, but. il Is 5
failure. We mean Farewell" He has
recently made his 9th debut.
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Longevity Notes.

Ono uf the ldc-ttWmcnin Kentucky
was james Shy. who died lastwcck, aged
93. -
Mrs Anna Ray, Of Dunbarton, y, H.,
who died on November g, was in her
Tooth year,
4 bCdriidcn colorcd woman IN the
Kings County Hospital says that She is
lOl years ot age. Sic was born IN Fiat
bush.
The FIRST ccntcunarian OF March
Chunk. Pa, died recently in the person
Of Mrs. Ro-anna Murphy, VINO was l0l
years Of age.
Near Passaic, y. j., Henry Kipp lives
with his only child Mrs. Michael Van
Winklc. lie is just closing his fr-t cen
tury of life.
4 farmer Of Hampton, y. H., is in his
s5th year, and has suddenly come into
possession Of his cycsieht lie has been
unable to read common print for fly
years.
At the age Oh l07 Henry Goons, of
Lawrence county, O., has been gathered
to ms fathers. lie lcft torty-live child
ren, having been married fye times.
The Little Sisters sof the Poor m
Brooklyn have one room in their build
ing devoted 10 women over luO years OF
age. There we're recently five inmates
of the room.
Henry Ellington, of Sunhury, Pa, set
type in the Office OF the AmsricGa when
he was - years Old and did good day's
work. lie died on the 2lst inst, aged
50, and was the oldest printer in the
state. He served in the war of 1872.
In Fulton county, Ga, a man named
Gregg still lives VINO guarded the great
Napoleon curing his captivity on board
the Bellerophon, previous 10 his depart
urc to st lleleua. lie WAS in the Brit
ish service, and stood guard at the cabin
door.
Although 90 years of age, Littlcton
Smith, Of Edgeteld, 5. C., can jump mp
and strike his feet together twice before
touching the ground. lie has : child
ren, 55 grandcbildrcn, l2S great grand
children and IS grcat-greaJ-grandchild'
len.
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CREAM OF THE MAILS.
Nuggets of wit and Wisdom From Our
Exchanges.

The night was dark Us dark coEid be-
The weather, II was ininy.
When samuel Stchbins thought that he
Would 20 home with Mahana
From church.
"Miss Hama, may r." No, you shan't"
She snapped up rather slddcnt,
And samuel folluwcd on behind,
A-thinkug why she wouldn't
let him.
He followed her % The railroad,
When dong there went q bell,
But. oh! too Iuic across the track.
hcrplunk, MahanN fen
Right down.
Thcn samuel he did wiring his hands,
And loudly he did holler.
And fell down hy Mahuna's side
And diedcd with the cholor--
A IrVrbus.
-what was len - ~
Mohery Headlight.
Ills laughter echoed eNeyN here
His heart was ifcc from pain:
But ah he took the temperance pledge,
And never smiled again.'
---Nincenncs sun
The Osceola times., 1880-01-03

AIAsEAs explorers report ore Of the
larges. rivers in the world, the Yukon,
as nayigablc for steamers. and at 800
miles from it5 mouth it receives very
large nayigauie tributary. The basin
formed by theccutucnce is twenty-four
miles wide. The Yukon is nearly as
large as our Mississippi Indians are
everywhere. and var between the tribes
is fixed institution.
The Osceola times., 1880-01-03

Tnr sugar importers and refners OF
New York and Philadelphia respectfully
ask Congress to o,ify The present tar
if and fix one rate'ou all grades Of sugar
up to q point which will exclude temp
tation TO color sugar for the purpose OF
reau cling tlc duty.
The Osceola times., 1880-01-03

HERE comes another state which is
going to get along without taxation.
The coming report Of the Comptroller
OF New Jersey will show HAT the special
taxes on railroads and the furds now
invested, the interest Of which is ayaila-
bic, will afford sufficient income TO pay
all the State expenses Of the coming year
and leave a surplus, without any State
tax. Coy. Mcclellan is expected To put
in his message recommendation that
no more State tax kc levied.
The Osceola times., 1880-01-03

soIplrHs Of he late war who are en-
titled to pensions and have not applied
forthe same should do so before January
|, 1880, as after that date their claims
will be barred.