The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-11-22

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-Dr. i. J. Vhifeharss whoss herciie
Services Il Fs.nandinn aarin4 81 ysllou
fever epidemico 1878 VII ionn - sesnsn
irea, del j. II yV1a III st ins
in the twsnty-sight year cf bis age, iron
the elEscts q disease contracted duFiae
that awful period
On Tuesday LIST Mf. = n. Thomp
son prominent and much esteemed Law.
yer Of Jacksonville, died very suddenly
from the sfSCts 81 qusntity tf narbolis
acid, tak4n by him 81 mistake iSt para,
| goric Everything wps done % relieve the
agOnies Of the unfortunate man, but with
ont avail. He was unmarried, and leaves
no reIasises ID this stats exespk a Aess
aunt.
The Messrs. Bruce, from New zea'
land have prepared the SdiI On the Bruce
hOmestea4, near town, and win soon plant
the Red, White, Alaske Alfalfa, and Tim.
othy clover; also English rape, and En-
| glish and Italian rye grass This will be
matter of experiment and win, doubt
less, be successful. We shall watCh with
considerable interest the result, and duly
report Quincy Herald
The Franklin Guards, recently
organized at Apalachichicola, are indig-
nant because their requisition for arms on
the AdjutantGen was filed by ''thir-
teen old muskets and q like number OF
cartridge1boxes and belts" It was too
bad of the Adjutant-G General to sreat the
boys that way. They can scarcely main
tain their Quarantine against Rio
Carrabelle with such an equipment.
Mr.. James Schumacher, of the first
National Bank, has received the addi-
tiOnal $500 so generously contributed by
the Disstpn Company to the Florida ex-
hibit at the Cotton Exposition. This will
place the success of the State exhibit be-
yond all question; and the act itself is
pleasant evidence of the company's pub
lie spirit, and its practical interest in our
prosperity and Development Union,
November 10th.
The Sanford Journal thus hits off the
independent and irrepressible writer's on
Florida We have received from A. s.
Matlack, pamphlet, comprising ss pages
entitled e Honest facts regarding Florida
Her Tropical and Semi Tropical Produc
tions," by w. F. Redding, Sorrento, Or
ange county, Florida. About half the
work is devoted to description of orange
growing, and of South Florida; and the
balance is occupied by blank memorands
pages an foreign advertising. Price o.
work 25 cents. OcGE0 Banner.
L. g. Dennis, the Little Giant o.
Alachua, is reported as very firm in hii
purpose to run for Congress next year in
place of Bisbee. It will be remembered
that at the Convention in which he and
Bisbee had bitter struggle for the last
Congressional nomination, he proclaimed
his intention of seeking the next nomina
ton. Dennis exerts more influence in
Middle Florida than any other Republi
can in the State, and possesses qualities
that render him far more popular than
Bisbee. Pensacola AdvGnce.
Sew eral good carpenters can find EN-
ploymelt for q few weeks in repairing
the dreHge boat and scows at this place.
"A tn usand acres of land are being
planted in vegetables on the Manates
river, and what is more, these lands are
rich hammock.-A dispatch from Fl
Meade to Mr.. w. B. Henderson, was re
ceived Thursday morning announcing the
sudden death of Col. John Parker, of Fl.
Ogden. The dispatch stated that Col.
Parker was found dead that morning in
Mr.. Phillip DziaIynski's water-closet.
Col Parker was one Of the pioneer set
tiers Of South Florida and was in the
neighbprhood of 10 years Of age. Tam
pa Tribune.
Very few Of our citizens appreciate
the extent Of the Louisville q Nashville
Improvement in our city. The contract
to repair and extend the Company's old
wharf, was 4sO, 900, not including 5000
for buildings. They paid t25, 900 for the
Muscogee wharf, and the contract to re
build i amounts to $40, 900, with 4le ,00C
for warehouses on the same A joint pas
senger depot is to be built on the hill, il
conjunction with the Pensacola q Atlanti,
road, with gas, wash-rooms, wster-closeti
and town clock, costing e15, 900 or more
These figures are absolutely correct, and
show an expenditure in our city BY thi,
crushing monopoly" Of el52, 800, allow
ing that they pay one-haIf The coss q Ri.
union depot The creoeoted piles used il
the cdmpany's wharf improvements, ar,
understandable by the tefedo worm or de
cay, and cost from %. to so each. Il
there hcitizen in our midst ilIiberal enough
70 doubt the interest the L. n. N. teels ID
/ Peus4cOle Such expepaitares mean bus
inessI and win add 10 Fensacola's steady
/ growth. superintendent E 0. 6altmarsl