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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-12-07
Masters Sale Of Real Estate.

TN PURSUANCE OF A DECREE or THE
= Circuit Court Of the Third judicial Circuit OF
florida Tor county, made the S0th day OF
Jacob B. ewitser, Administrator Of the Rstate Of
Daniel L. Switxcr and 10 his own right 10 complain
ant and A. Wright q Co. and Others are defendants,
1x q M.sserin ChanceEy sell the highest bidder
Court Houss Square, in the City Of TallAhsssee, In
Leon county, on the third day Of january, A. d.
1888, the same bang the hrst Monday In said mouth
s ns s. e 1 ssa ssss sss1 :d .s SSa9
scribed % follows to-wit: The NE ar, half of SE
q, sW az, half Of NV or, SW or OF NV az. 8 hall
ofNW qr Of NV Or Of section thirteen u3l the
ship two (2, range one north and east, contain
iess, and Eaonn . tie snsll P ac s.'s'' more 9
Also, half Of sW or Of section seventeen az,
teen qs) NE or Of NE Or, W half Of NE Or, Sc or
section nineteen GgN NE OR, e half Of NV ar. NV
Sa aa .ssn 1s Of 81 snS
ing one Ssussad se aSI more an Of sss and
kn s,.a 4 a. sh 81, !. swain {" PLACE s,v
Of section tssny 49, The 81 ar q q 81 and nd NE
Or Of sE ar Of section nineteen (l9 oil in township
~, two !s snSs two. ~ roth , end east, contain.
s:ios e .s place more
Also, my f6O9 acres Of land In Leon county, de-
scribed a. follow: Beginning ct the NE corner Of
the w half Of ar Of Section twelve (l2,) town.
ship one IN sonth, range one ~ west, and running
weettwenty chains 10 the boundary between sections
eleven Q1) and twelve. (12,) thence South on said
boundary line twenty-five chains, thence East
twenty chains and thence North twenty-five chains
Terms Of sale. cash. Purchasers to pay for title
deeds.
WILLIAM K. BEARD,
November 30 188O-5w
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fed with the interests of his county.
Key Wess Democrat
IAN orange buyer, one who win pay
cash for bis purchases, could get bargains
here now. We are overrun with commits
sion merchants soliciting Oonsignments,
but the orange growers here want to zee
some one who will buy what they have
for SALE - Orlando Reporter.
Mr.. Madsen has q fve-acre lemon
grove, containing 800 trees, which look
well and are just coming into bearing.
Mr.. N. is grating his lemon trees with
some superior varieties of lemon, which
he got from California, and which il
said to excel the Sicily lemon Tampa
Tribune.
EARLY vegetables are already in mar
ket. We have seen offered for sale this
week-and. have had on our table-peas
snap beans, lettuce, radishes, tHnips and
collards, all of first quality. Some of oul
market gardeners promise That the variety
will be largely increased within a week
or two Orlando Reparter.
Mr.. w. A. Garretson, of Monticello
died in that place on the 9th ult. He
was very popular and worthy citizen, q
member of the Masonic fraternity, and
of the Jefferson Rifles and Cornet Band
He came there from Illinois some foul
years since, and had made many warm
friends who deeply mourn his loss.
The Jacksonville Union is authority
for stating that up to last Saturday there
were 140 rainy days since the first o.
January-being six days of rain in ex
cess of any full year since 1873. The
waters in the lax es, ponds and rivers
throughout the State are much higher
than they have been in years. Ocdld
Banner
We learn from the Sanford journal
that Messrs. Haskell and Pulsifer, pro
prietors of the Boston Herald and largest
owners of the South Florida Railroad
are expected there soon, and will make q
trip to the Gulf coast to examine the lay
of the ground, with view of extending
their railroad to this section.-Tamp0
Tribune.
1t is reported that the Hon. J. T.
Walls, of Arredondo, late member Of
Congress for this district, is again suffer
ing from an alteration of mind. Mr..
Walls had retired from politics, and had
become one of the most successful plant
ers in the State. He was defeated as a
candidate for the State Legislature at the
recent electlon.- Jacksonville Telephone
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manly enough TO express their pratsrenee
for Hapoock during the campaign. apd
promise.them the ~ grand bouaCe r when
Garfield takes his seat.
The year 1881 promises some points
of interest to astronomers. To say moth
ing of sundry comets, there win b two
eclipses of the sun and two Of the moon
during the year, andbop NovembsF! eth
there win be transit Of MsreuEys The
planet Saturn will also be 90 improved in
position that . fair study of thsripga can
be made. At the present time the planet
presents, in the telescope, magnificent
spectacle. The space between the rings
is family visible with . power Of $50 di.
ameters. ~ Sdvannah- Nesos E,
The Boston ZEansripfs financial AZ
ticle states that it has authority for. say
ing. that at IL meeting of 'railtosd rIesi,
dents in New York, including Mr.. Van
derbilt, Mr.. Coolidge, of the Atchiaon,
Topeka and SAINTS, Fe railroad, and John
M. Forbes, Of the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy railroad, an alliance has been
contaminated of the interests Of the New
York Central, Lake Shore, Atlantic and
Pacific railroads and the roads first men
toned, forming company Of interests
in opposition to the. Gould roads, and nc,
complishing one of the most gigantic
combinations ever attempted. This state
ment is not authoritive, but the. Transcript
considers the information quite reliable.
General Walker, Superintendent Of
the Census, has submitted his regular re-
port to the Secretary of the Interior. Out
of Sl.2e5 enumeration districts al but
seven have been heard from, and twill
be two or three weeks before the Office
will be able to present complete statistics
of the population of the country. Spe-
cial reports are to be made of inyestiga-
tions in the following departments: On
wealth, debt and taxation on churches,
schools, and Libraries; on social and In
dustrial statistics of the Indian tribes /;
on the population, industry and resources
of Alaska on newspapers and periodicals
and book publishing interests; on tobacco
culture on chemical manufacturing in
dustries on ship building, and on quar-
rying interests.
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Thomas L. Whitlock va Theodore H. Willard.
as Sheriff of Madison county, Fla, and ex-offi-
clio Administrator of the Estates of Benjamin
FWhitlock and Lewis W. Whitlock, William
Vandiver, Hattie Vandiver, James Jones, Lu-
cha Jones, Oscar D. Jones, John H. Jones, An
nalJones Thomas 8. Crayton and Thomas s.
Orayton, Jr.
THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS ARE
Il hereby notified, In the name Of the State of
Fofida that an appeal has been taken In the above
entitled cause to the Supreme Court of Florida and
that the same will be heard at the next term there
OF, to be held on the second Tuesday Of January,
A. D. 1881
Witness my hand as Clerk of said court and the
seal Of said court this pineteenth day of November
A. D. 1885, fIN - =
CHAs. r. FOSTER, Clerk Supreme Court.
BY p D. DemiIly, Deputy Clerk.
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No change Of cars between Savannah and Jack
sonville and Savannah and Albany.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars daily between s.
vaHnah and Jacksonville
Sleeping cars run through to and from Savannah
and Albany, and Jacksonville and Albany, without
change.
Passengers from Savannah for Fernandina, Gaines
vile and Cedar Keys take this train. HI
Passengers for Darien take this train.
Passengers from Savannah for Brunswick take
this train, arriving ct Brunswick zoo A. NJ
Passengers leaving Brunswick at 400 p. u. strive
at Savannah 600 A. NJ TT
Passengers leaving Macon at tbs A. II. tdaily
including Sunday connect at Jesup with this train
for Florida. fkltftI
Passengers from Florida by this train connect 1t
Jesup with train arriving in Macon At Gas p. II.
daily including Sunday
Connect at Albany with Passenger trains both
ways on Southwestern Railroad to and froua Ma
con, Eufaula, Montgomery, Mobile. New Orleans,
etc trF
Mail steamer leaves cambridge for Apalachicola
Sunday aud Thursday evening for Columbus eve
ry Tuesday and Saturday afternoon. sal
Close connection at jacksonville daily (Supdays
exceptedl for Green Cove Springs, st. 1nguatine,
Palatka, Enterprise, and al landings ON Ct fohns
river. M
Trains on B. and A. R. R. leave Junction. going
west, at 11.37 A. NJ, and for Brunswick ut 440 r.
M daily, except Sunday. I
Through Tickets sold, and sleepingCm Berths se-
cured at Bren's Ticket ONCE, Mo- - Ball street, and
at Savannah, Florida and Western Railway PGssen-
ger Depot. MI
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Legal Adysrti aenants


DYyIRTUE OF 4 DkCRkK on FORECLOSURE
I'D ofm0rtgags By the Hon. David 9. Walker, Judge
Of the oscoud judicial ClrUuit u FloEda ID an1 i0f
thAs county o. LAon, ,whereins Matthew Lively y
compkalDant aDd RiH 8, Williams e administrssffx
ORD. ". Willhms, deeeassd, = defendant, ] have
levied npemr aud WIN expose Tor sale Ct public ont
cry, on the first Monday In January next being the
thjrddav a. sid mouth, on the courthouse square,
In ne 60 90 Ialahaseee IL Leon county, for cash,
the following desWtbed land, t0-wit The west half
Of Tie souhMest quarter Of section thirty In town
snip Or ~ NORTH range two C2l east, containing
A. M0sELEY, sheriff
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Administrators Notice.

T HEREBY GIVE NOTICE TO ALL CREDITORS,
l. legatees and persons entitled to distribution,
that their claims and demands of whatsoever nature
against the estate of John Stevens MAXWELL deceas-
ed late of Leon county, State of Florida will for
sented to me within the time prescribed by law, and
unless so presented this notice will be plead In
bar Of their recovery; and hereby call upon all
persons who haye any demands against said estate
persons indebted to said estate to make immediate
payment
GEORGE TROUP MAXWELL
Admir- of Estate of John Stevens Maxwell.
TALLAHAssEE, FLA, Nov. %, 1SSO-9t-39
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The Georgia Legislature will be adj
journed until the first Wednesday in July.
Two pupils of the colored free school
of Danville, Virginia, yesterday attacked
their teacher, and stabbed him, it is
thought, fatally.
When the $50 Chinese took their
leave of San Fir ancisco last week, the
hoodlums gathered and cheered the de-
parting steamer.
Nearly exery passenger in sleeping
cax on the Baltimore and Potomac rail-
road was robbed by a sneak thief, the
losses aggregating $1,000.
Mr.. Alfred Gather, one of the Oldest
and highest officers of theAdams Express
Company, and p resident of the Express
mans Aid Society, died few days ago.
Immigration and building of rail-
roads have augmented the value of lands
in Texas. Land that Eve years ago could
not be sold at 81 per acre has now jumped
up to IS.
"A post-mortem examination has re-
vealed the fact that the shooting of Lieu
tenant Governor Robinson, of Colorado,
which occurred few days ago, was
accidental
General Rosencranz calls Secretary
Evarts "the venerable sardine who pre-
sides over the State Department" This
is positively hardly saved by its truth
from being disrespectful.
"A drunken brute in Indiana Monday
night shot his wife through the. head,
killing her instantly, while she was SIT
ting with her babe in her arms. He
claims the shooting was accidental.
The State officers in charge of the
canvass of votes of the Indiana Presiden-
tial election have allowed the returns to
be corrected so that Abram s. Parker,
the Garfield elector, who was defeated by
blunder, may be counted in.
-Lucius Hotchkiss, an aged merchant
of New Haven, Connecticut, died on
Monday last very suddenly, and few
minutes before his death his wife fell dead
on the bed on which he was lying. He
was seventy-eight, and she seventy-two
J years of age.
1t is now almost certain that the
steamer Simcoei s lost. Itisathought she
struck on reef off "The Ducks" Lake
Huron, and we ut to pieces. She was q
new steamer, and was valued at twenty
four thousand dollars, and insured fer
twelve Thousand dollars Y IS Y 1879 =
The fast mail service for the South
went into operationon the 2Sth nit. 1 It
reduces the time between New York and
Savannah sixteen hours, and furnishes
direct connections at Washington or Bal
timore from all Western cities to Florida
and the Southern seaboard. Y
The eruption Of Mama Loa, i vol
cano id the Sandwich Islands, now ii
progress, is said to, be the grandest ever
witnessed. There are two great streams
of lava, one Of which is thirty miles
long, from ons 70 two hsndred sysfds.
vide, and about twenty feet deep. : :
There Is . grain blockade threatened
~ ST. LOUIS ThaEiyer is,closed, aad ne.
railroads hsye advanced FIRE ght rates.
The total stock Of grain in the regular
elevators 10 over 9,70O,0oo bushels,
nearly 1000, 900 Of which Is wheat alone,
which = shs lsiesst gssopE " sheas eyer
carried IN that market. = 6
: -Eoms Of tbe wretohed political bum
mers who ahSlped elect GarReld,n in
WaLkizgbon, k1yS Nil ItSiknAsf'
Of all government employees Who lysrs
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Foreclosure Mortgage Sale of an Orange
Grove.

T WILL, ON THE THIRD DAY OF JANUARY.
l. 1881, by virtue of decree made in the cause OF
James A. Lewis vs. James n Richardson and Jacob
H. Stephens as administrators OF Francis NJ g. Car
ter, deceased. expose to sale at public outcry at
Bountstown, Calhoun county, State of Florida, for
cash. the following lands, to-wit: The northwest
quarter OF the northeast quarter and the northeast
quarter Of the northwest quarter of section twenty
comprising eighty acres. Upon this land ia an Or.
ange Grove of seven hundred and fifty trees, two
hundred that viii bear the next year. Upon the
hood lie good and healthy. The land lies upon the
Chipola river lakes, with easy shipment by the Apa-
lachicoa river Sale without reserve, for cash Pnr-
chaser TO pay for deeds.
Persons desiring to buy an Orange Grove would
do well to look at this property before sale.
!. JOEL p ATKINS, Special Master
November %, 18SO-5w36
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Proposals for Convict Labor.


AA1tAnASo1SS y A4- sS1NONeWOeFN lccU.
G EAI;En PROPOSALS win NJ received mt this
~ once until December 18th, A. d. 1880, at Il
O'Clock NJ, for the hire OF State Prison Conycts OF
this State for the period Of ope. year, commencing
January ], 1881. There will be on hand ON January
1881, about $50 couyictsa These, as well as those
who may b convicted and sentenced to the State
Prison during the year 4. D. 1881 are to be hired
ard muet hescoyered by the bids a
Ne bid WIN be considered that does not propose
e receive the cOnyicts sentenced aAer January 1.
1854, q the jail Of the county sentenced and
pay All costs and expeuscs according after the sem
tence end 70 receive the other convlcts above re-
ierred 70 at Cuatar, istation on T. r. AM. Railroad
buwhpu@e county, flprfda ~
OontractoEe viii BE- required 10 give bond with
sptetss r TIE performances Of their eoptracts, and
% ieed cioehe and provide the necessary medicines
ana medical attention for convicts e. may be pre-
scribed ~ the Board IT State Institutions, and
sumcaent guard, 70 besapproyed bY the Adjutant-
3eneeai. The conyicta ere net 70 Be taken ont OF
tlorie and the eontsAeea are tobe subject to the
laws s&fcn tohlring such convicts,
aseopy Rf Nhieh YflI 81 f1rpishsd nn pplication.
The tlEht Nj pqI6 M a klds q Ted Proposals.
y, 81! q ! o. o. Sssra q Sss.s
- HIN eepyiets n end sdl ssaSd Al "a
q {sptqKtsoNS A lissak0 General.
] AoHemherll4 le9ps IN
xssss afs Is 80 ~ s>rr<-
.sssassayI!ls .u!stss Rszsacels- Ga.s.ss, and
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At Live Oak daily with the Savannah Florida ana
western Railway to and from Savannah. AID an
Northern, Eastern and Western Cities. I
At Lake City daily with the Florida Central Rail.
ROAD TO and from Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Pa
Iatka Enterprise and all Landings ON the ST. Johns
At Baldwin daily with the Atlantic, Gulf and est
Gainesville, Cedar Key and With Steamer for nm
pa, Key West and Havana = II
At Chattahoochee three times weekly with the
Peoples Line and Central Line Boats to and'from
other River Landings. m
tE Through Sieepers leave Jacksonville for Tai
lahassee at $50 P. n. daily, and TallAhass6a for.
Jacksonville at 610 p. NJ. daily m
EDGAR vLIET.
General Passenger Agent
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= Va1k@ = 1sss.
s JAcEsoNyuLn, fla, OF kt105a.
m AND AFTER THIS DATE TRAINS 0NTHIa

FaeaenReFs Tor 4elna11ln8 and Car key t4to thl1
train. No train om BALDWIN 70 Cedar Key % 4nNi4Ep
Connectionp /. Ak BID yiR win Asf0: w. LI&E
North and WEST n xMzD CtF fe< Tallahassee 1ahMyy
Savannah, and al points NORTH and west; at Jscksoa'
w.x DAVIDSON Nj! 1880 .sssssoE1 Ia,
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Savannah, Florida and Western
RAILWAY. II


-
GKNKRAL MANAGnh,s OYvIch, y \
SAVANNAH. Nay %. 1880 I
ON and after SUNDAY, May 2Sd, Passenger
~ Trains on this road win run 40 follows
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-05-13
MEETING OF MEruOpIsTs.
Proceedings of the General Confer
ence at Cincionati-A Cosored
Preacher Demands the Flee
ton OF "A Black bishop
His Resolution Tabled

Cincinnati, May IA great crowd was
present at the session of the Methodist Gen
eral conference this morning Among the
resolutions offered or the call 10 order Of the
conference, was one offered by Rev. Mr.,
Hammond, eolored, Of the Lexington confer
ence, Tor the election of coored bishop.
He supported his resolution in very master
y speech, arguing that the church which
had such record as this has on the subject
of human slavery, and that had stood so
bravely by the colored race in all movements
for its elevation, could not ask the nation to
do for the colored man that which the church
denied. Loud and long applause followed
Mr.. Hsmmond's address. DR., O'Neal, of the
Committee on Episcopacy, said the
committee already had the subject
under consideration, and he could promise
that 1t would be settled without prejudice
and solely upon the considerations OF tue
good of the church. Mr. Hammond's reso-
luton was then tabled 10 take up the special
order for 10 o'clock, which was the election
of four Bishops. No nominations were
made. Twelve tollers were appointed,
and the Secretary called the roll,
| each delegate arising hhl answering hs
he received his ballot and called out his
votes.., At the conclusion the tellers retired,
with instructions not to divulge the result
in any way until it WAS made known NJ the
afternoon session. Bishop Simpson offered
n resolution, which was adopted, approving
the project of holding acouncil in London
August, 1881, and requesting the appointment
of two persons to net with
Bishop Simpson, of behalf of his genera
conference in making arrangements, and alsc
in requesting that at least three Bishops b
appointed as delegates.
Adjourned to meet ut 800 p, m.
The Conference met at $3.50 o'clock p m.
at st, Paul Methodist Episcopal church. Thu
result of fist ballot showed the election o
three Bishops, us follows: Cyrus ID. Foss, l.
l.. d, President OF Wesleyan University, o
= Middletown, Connecticut; John +. Hurst
president of Drew Theological Seminay
Madison, New Jersey; and Henry W. War
trep. of Philadelphia.
Q The second ballot resulted in the election
: of Dr. L. o Haven, Chancellor Of SyNcus
D University.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-05-13
Catholic Union Meeting

Washington, May 10-The sixth annual
convention of the Catholic Young Mems Ma.
tional Union met here to day. Right Rev
erend Bishop Keap, of Richmond, Virginia
presiding, with Juan Pizzini, of the same
city, secretary. Rishop kesn, after short
prayer addressed the delegates. Ad-
dresses of welcome we're delivered
by District Commissioner Dentz and John
Bingham, President of Carroll institute. The
Committee on Credentials reported three
dioceses, nine sub-dioceses and forty.two
societies represented, and on the call of the
roll one hundred and three delegates
answered. President Kean read his report,
which was adopted; also Secretary Pizzni's
and Treasurer BushnelPs.
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Post Office APPROX Ration bill.

Washington, May lO.--The Senate Com
mitee on Appropriations received the re.
port Of the Committee on the Postotlice
Appropriation Bill, and after considerable
discussion instructed Mr.. Wallace
to report the bill to the Senate with a
number of important amendments, the
committee to strike out the whole OF the
House requirements ior reletting expired
star service contracts, and also the clause
authorizing the Postmaster. General TO remit
in favor of the colonies of New Zealand
including the item of charges for
overland transportation of Australian
mails, which he may deem just, and
add the following amounts 10 tue House
items for the purposes named: SS50,000 Tor
railroad mail transportation; $4,000 for
steamboat mail service S25, 900 for the pay
OF mail messengers, and $4,000 to provide
new mail locks.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-05-13
RowELL,s REPLY.
The Engiith Pedestrian Declines
American Proposition, but Names
Terms ora which ne win Wan
Hart, Dobier or ANY Man
In the world.

New York, May l9.-A spsral
from London says that tho Rag
fish pedestrian, Charles RcSs,l,
writes TO the Sporting Life, in reply &c she
offer from America to match Hart anE D,sp-
ler against any two Engl'shmen 4 nm
ready to compete with Hart, Dobler ,or any
other man in the world, for $500 or Iafasl q
side, but the match must DO open, nds9iy
barred. and the winner TO take M sa.
tire stakes aud ouo-haf of the gate msssy.
A match between Hart CDast r,
Brown and myself, in New York. caualt Sc
arranged at present, but Hart, DoHr OF
any other American pedestrian, viii 6aps q
good reception in Epgland, rs Gassns
hackers offer stake of eb00, shit be
glad to stake $500 sweepstakes with Hart,
Pegram, Dobler or anybody IN the wfcfd, al
Agricultural Hall, London, ,hran maNlih,
from signing articles"
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-05-13
wcst virginia Republicans.

Wheeling, W. Va, M,y g,--Tho Repub-
lican State conyention met this morning in
the Opera-housc. About two hundred dele
gates were in attendance, and all counties
represented. Ex-Governor Stevens, of Wood
county, was elected temporary Chairman.
Tho usual committees Were appointed and
the convention took Il recess
Upon re.assembliug ton. c. ID. Hubbard
was elected permanent Chairman. Mr.. Hub
bard, on taking the chuir, made an enthusiasts
tic speech for Blaine, and said he hoped the
convention would select delegates who would
be unanimous for Blaine Resolutions were
adopted instruciing the delegates to the Chi
cace convention to vote for Blaine A reso-
luton that the convention elect the ten
delegates to the Chicago convention was
opposed by the sherman men, hut after
long discussion it was adopted and the con-
yention took recess TIL 1880 p IN.