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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-12-27
Dls1tOn Sells . Portion OF His
Purchase.

It is now reliably known that Mr.. Diss-
ton and associates have sold to Sir Ed
ward Reed and associates, of England,
two million acres, or one-half Of his land
pure base. We are gratified at the sale,
as it must rebound to the credit of the
State. Instead of having one company
Interested in promoting immigration, we
now have two. Sir Edward represents
large capitalists in England, who will al
once go to work to reclaim and settle
their lends.
In this respect this sale SHOULD put a
quietus on those who thought the Board
had sacrificed the interest of the Fund
by selling to Mr.. Disston at too low a
6gure 2. They predicted his realizing an
immense fortune. Some even asserted
that he had been offered quarter of a
million advance on his purchase before he
had signed the contract Others that he
had sold one or two millien acres at one
dollar per acre. Of course al these state
ments, given to the public, were untrue,
but they never were corrected by those
making them, even after knowing better
their entire object seeming to be to
misIe cad the people.
Mr.. Disston made strenuous efforts in
Europe and this country TO sell portion
of bis purchase ct an advance, or to raise
money upon the same by bonding II. The
Vics-P President of the company visited
Europe for that purpose, and thousands
Of dollars were spent IN advertising the
same Now he sells half 10 this English
company for just what be gave for il.
DOeS any one suppose be would have sold
II sdch price il be oould have gotten
morsf Docs it not show that the Board
kneE what they were about when the
sale was madef
As We said. we are gtstifed 81 having
. large English syndicate Of capitalists
interested in our State. Oar failure is
esrt4inly bright, and Ne predict, daring
tie present administEAsioa. : greater pros
perity than Florida ever realised. The
disehcumberment IL The Internal Improve
menE Fund by the Disston sale has given
"a ihpetus % railroad building never BE-
fors hoped for South and West Florida
vii eecnrs those facilities Of Transports
tipa - long needed immigraliop and
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-12-27

A dispatch of December 2Ist, from
Philadelphia, says:
The Directors Of The Florida Land Company
yesterday ratified the agreement by which 8,
100000 acres of the 1000, 900 acres Of Florida
band recently purchased by them through Mr.
Hamilton Disston, were sold to COMPANY Of
English capitalists. The first payment Of $50
700 was made yesterday In cash. The lands viii
now be placed ON the market. Sir Edward
Reed, who represents the purchasers, has large
interests IN the country, and engaged in building
The Atlantic and Gull Coast, and West India
Transit Railway, which is to run from Fernan-
dina to Cedar Keys.
This is an error of course. as the road
from Fernandina to Cedar Key is already
built. The purchasers are, however, in
tercsted in the building Of the Peninsular
Road and the road now extending be-
yond Ocala towards Tampa.
On the receipt of the above telegram,
reporter of the Jacksonville Uaisn Wis
tied Sir Edward Reed at his rooms at the
Carleton and held the following interview
with him concerning it:
The Union representative, after referring to
the dispatch expressed its preference Tor authen-
tic information rather than wild rumor, and
asked confirmation or contradiction Of the cur
rent report
SIR EDwARD-" Well, l deprrca.e the nubli-
cation of the affair at this time. II was not our
policy or the pOlicy Of the Dlsslon party to an.
nOunce the lnnster 1t present. ! can only saw
now that have agreed with Mr.. DisslOn la ttke
One-haIf Of Ills purchase, 100000 acres, off his
hands,"
UNION" Has this trade been under consider.
affns1 frs nv lpnUfa off Fnp
SIR EDWARD" Oh yes, II has i'een well con-
sldered. The principal reason that influenced
the transfer OF the half interest, was that by the
addition or the companies represent, y stronger
guarantees might be given that the subsequent
payments on the purchase would be completed.
To eittct this assurance well rs to further our
OVID interest, we agreed to take one halfthe
lands bought by Mr.. Disslon from the StateY
UNION" Would you object 10 the publication
Of the names Of the more prominent capitalists
c0mpTelng y0ur party r
SIR EDwARD-"It IL not material that the
public should know the names. There are real
" two companies. lTepreeent the distinctiVely
English company, bat beside this, there Is large
Dutch element represented By Dr.. Wertheim,
whom you may remember, 10 connection with
Iee litigation concerning the Florida Central
Uxinp-" or course Il ID unnecessary to ask il
the capital Of the company IL ample"
SIN EDwARD (emphAticaily l-s Yes, 1t ID am
pie. YOu may cay that the capital for our par.
q the enterprise e already up aud In hand.n
UNION" Does this sale include any econec-
ton with The 0keechObee project p
eIR EDWARD-" None whatever
Al this point The EnRlidh capitalist courteous
y declined % Gre further information 70 the
press Just now, but promised. Is soon as matters
were more definitely arranged, 70 give the Ui.ion
SONS Interesting lnf0fmalIQn. se
Ex-GoEeFnOF EaEsBra, uf Arizona. q stock
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-12-27
Okeech0bee Drainage and the
Cattle Men.

A gentleman who is fully conversant
with the country around Okeechobee,
thinks that its drainage. or even the
lowering Of it few feet, will be great
blessing to the cattle men of that section
It will convert hundreds of thousands OF
acres that arc now covered with water
into a SPLENDID pasturage. The cattle in
terest of that section will be greatly ben
Gifted by the lowering of the lake.
There are some who pretend to believe
that Mr.. Disston, after purchasing the
land, will charge for pasturage. The
suggestion is SO silly it scarcely requires
notice Who ever heard of an individual
charging in this State for cattle roaming
over his wild landsP How would be col.
lect rent or how keep cattle from feeding
on bis land In order to do so, under our
laws, he would have to place a good
"laW ful fence around the whole of il
in other words, to quote the Virginisni
definition of ".lawful fence" fenct
"hoFse-high, bull-strOng aud pig-tight,'
or, is our own law puts it, " i've feet high
and well staked or ridered." We think
insanity could go no further than to sup
pose Mr.. DisstOn will fence in two million
acre to prevent cattle roaming over it,
VIII ere man has pasture well fenced
andpeOple desire to place stock therein
for food and protection, as sometimes hap
pens around Tallahassee, Of course he
shOnld charge. But we have yet to learn
of an instance Of . mans pretending
to charge for cattle roaming over his
wild lands. Under our laws he can
not do it, and the suggestion of it in con
nection with the Disston sale is simply
the scraping up of every imaginable piece
Of n nsense to excite prejudice in order
to crafty personal spite.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-12-27

~ eeche1 9 Dtaanngo eeMeme.
The Uaion 81 Tharsaay contains tie
announcement Of change ID the ofloe
Of the Disston Company At Jacksonville.
Colonel Coryell has given up his position
Is head of The Dissson land Office 10 this
city. and viii from this time forth devote
bis extraordinary energies 70 the Okee-
chobee schea,s Of whose sueeessfnl termi-
nation he feels assured. Colonel Coryell's
position was offered 10 Colonel Fred. T.
Myers, Of Tallahassee, but that gentle
man, much to the regret Of his numerous
friends n this city, could not accept. Ex-
Governor Stafford has since appointed to
the position Of head clerk of the Office,
Mr.. Forbes, capable and thoroughly
posted gentleman, already in the COM
pany's service. Mr.. Forbes, we have no
doubt, will perform the duties of his i'm
portant position most acceptably."
A dispatch from Jacksonville to the
Associated Press, states that the first
dredge to be used IN draining Lake Okee-
chobee has been finished at Cedar Keys,
and is on the way down the coast. 1t
win be taken up the Caloosahatchee to
Lake Hickpochee and commence to cut
its way into Okeechobee from that point.
A correspondent of the Union of
Thursday, writing from Cedar Keys under
date Of December 81, says:
The trial test for the drcdge constructed at
this place for operations in Lake OkeechObee,
proved entirely satisfactory, the machinery
working very smoothly. She started on yester-
day for Fort Myers. and will be tUwcd from
Sarasota 10 Charlotte Hsrbor, il necessary by a
tug from Tampa, although il is expected that she
will accomplish the trip without assistance. You
may expect sOOn to learn that she has reached
Lake HickpoChee, and commenced cutting her
way into Okeechobee.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-12-27
The Ieannette.

The New York HeroIcrs. polar expedi.
ton steamer, Jeanette, named after the
sister of James Gordon Bennett, has at
last been heard from. A dispatch from
Washington dated Dec. 90, says:
Advices have been received that The Arctic
exploring steamer Jeanette was crushed in the
ice In June last. Two boats, containing part oi
her crew, arrived at the mouth of the Lena river,
Siberia, on September 10. The third b0at is not
yet accounted for. Captain DeL0ng ii one Of
those who reached land. The two boais were
separated, and Belongs boat was the last 10 ar
We. Its crew was In piiiable condition
The Secretary of State received to-day the fol-
lowing telegram from the Charge D'Affaires Of
the United States ut st. Petersburg:
To tie Secretary Of State Washington D. O. /:
The Jeanette was crushed In the ice June lIih
In latitude n. longitude 1877 Her crew EN-.
barked in three boats, but were separated by the
wind aud fog. Number three, with eleven men,
Engineer Melville commanding, reached the
mouth Of the Lena September 10th. Subse-
Quently number one, with Capt. DeLaug, DR..
Amber and twelve-mcn, reached The Lena In a
pitiable condition. Prompt assistance was sent.
Number two has not been heard firm"
Engineer Melville has telegraphed to the
American Legation 1t 81. Petersburg that the
jeannetle was surrounded and crushed BY Ice on
The 28d Of June, 10 latitude ~ n, longitude 157
y. The crew lefl the vessel In three b0ats.
When about fifty miles from the mouth or the
Lena they were separated by violent Winds and
thick logs. Boat No. 3, commanded hy Engl-
neer Melville. arrived on the 20sh Of September
at the eastern mouth Of the river Lena, where e
was stopped By blocks Of Ice near ihs village Of
Bolenenea, Inhabited By idolainga Boat No. 1
reached the same spot The occupants 81 these
boats state that Lieutenant UaEon3 6nd Dr..
AmDiers with twelve OtheED, landed p lhe nuEth.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-12-27
An sac Bess Flsw..
Fur sale by 1851 BA MssnHA


Weprinl In car Christmas snpplsmsnf -
this issue. besides large qnaptg a che =
terrsling reading matter. the addse@ Of Hoa. I.
Wexford Tncker. u Orange cu11T, deliEs,'a
England JUS sitter ne allIrs n ~
Methodist Ecums1icAl Couneil. which, :. -.
T. says Ia recent letter. wfs dellseTeo
present our Southern Mslhodial Church Ary
the light II history befrs Ne British pab''c-
d an. able and interesting coasEibulios .
history Of TIE church.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-12-27


Bushes has bees boouiax Or 49,
dAys-
--Christzas gOods' h-Esbaxmw-A
hot cakes lately
The rain Wednesd.g nixhz I'd nam-
the drisd up wells and cisaeras marA
Fire crackers and Chin=se buuh.
make night hidsoas" q. lhs szz-.z- sa@
izen-
worn On the usw hos.l goz On -
The plastersn and painters are a.izhi.E1n
they 60
All persons owing Ma 8 C. Rppey 50
quest~d 70 cal and settle BY he arsS 81 Iuuuuv
without fail Ms Ruw
Hundreds Of eolored people ws-s n -
last Friday and Sslurd4y. gsl1ng c.
thingz," and setting Nd der nunu.i &C.,.
The dover Of ne wid0w e he In,s -
D. Branch was set apAn On Ffid.y ~ -
Sheriff Mosely and q com1iszion q enlIsnu
who visited The premise
The remains Of me lAls A p spaler nrruua
here On Thursday morning fran IN - baE
in New HAmpshire. and were lad b r.na IL uu
cemetery with appropriate esremo1iA
-Physicians use Shrine's IndIan Ts-nis-,
in their practice and pron0unce 4 q fruc.n
article. A riAl wiz convtncs DE mum $50
Of lis intrinsic merit Fer sale By a. LlEsly
The Apalachicola 1rsHas szys nesmrun
scarcity Of labor a that paSaf. sad Lhai sss -
dred hands cSuld ind amplsymeaf q gnnf
wages Here Is q chance ior ~ q he IdI.u
who Leaf on the streets, pseiending ny ~
work and can't and H.
-Ir the case Of the Z. s. N Lucinda Ech-
Erds0n. thecOlorsd girl CHARGED via 1zzduIsstiF
obtaining mail matter from ne TnIhhazsee posi-
once, the jury, on Thur1day lasf h ne Z. q
Court Al Jacksonville, rendered . verdirf q ~
guilty, and the prisoner Wss dischzrged
We regret % learn that Mr. T. J. R1bera ,
lying very IN AZ bis home N ne eozutJ- H
returned from the Atlanta Exposidon suGzilI
from severe cold accompanied b. fEes E4
has been confined 10 his room ever Eacs. n
many friends win join n. n hopiag i~ 10
speedy recovery
who has not heard Of Cousssn8 HnnT =
TarG No one Who has ever tri-d Il 81 49,
and colds regrets the trifiag expsnd1zNa y
cents for q bottle a famoua msdiciss - ,
q positive cure for coughs. ealdk AID = go
Of the thrnat and lungA Waiie's Cnnn -
Vermifage, the best worm Killer ~ 4
Rawls. sole agent
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-12-27
Optics sharp he has I ween,
Who sees what IL not to be seen

There has been no "new pamphlet :"
published by the present Bureau of I'm
migration. Those now being distributed
by the Bureau are the remnant of the
second edition of the pamphlet published
by the former Bureau. A new pamphlet
will probably be issued by the Bureau
early in March next.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-12-27

We have seen copy of the new pamphlet
published by the State Immigration AgeD,.
While we were pleased to see that our county
held fair share of space, we were mortified 10
find that a tabulated statement had been pre-
pared from United States statistics, which,
among other errors, put the exports of this (Co-
lnmbia) county al one hundred and tacenty-nine
bales Of cotton fer the gear 188O-Lake City Re
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-12-27

We present, in the shape of supplsneni =
this issue. Containing vnsi rarely AZ i1is'''.
ing matter. covering almost TIE entiTs nag
reading from grave " gay, trOn lively % =
vere." the FLORDEAE's Christmas gin % -
readers, At home and AbFnads and wlnh ihsns 60
and all. al manner Of good sortune during ns
year TO come, with long life ard prosperity
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-12-27

VSeks FEoral GEids Tor Sp6nz 1so1. b ons .
the besl and most complete flowers vegsnn1
manuals We have ever seen Precisely Hlm.
Iraied and adorned with Two eiegnnt eoar'nA
plates, Il Is Is attractive in appeAEancs nh1
useful Send 10 cents for 0ae 10 James W.
Rochester, New York
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-12-27

Allhau.h Coup's Circus VII n0t cu1e . -
Iahassee. q viii exhibit Al Lsks Cily On -
day, he s0th inst A lkk 81 motive Pos9
prevented the J. p & H. r. r hu@ an1ng-E
ing forthe ir7nsporIalion q ihis great sh0w 81
ia mad
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-12-27
I'd sUBscRlBERs.

- SUBSCRIBERS viii be notified, from
ns to dine By Statement % Postal C.rd q tAs CO..
diiiqn Of their mbscxiptioa sscounsa Aasr sending
Second stAtsunk II We Do not hsas tsom thsm within
reasonable tlme their susscripoas win Be DCOnrmUHD.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-12-27

Twenty-Five barrels Early Rass. f1on BuA
Philadelphia, at Coles 4 B.zrdA- -
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- The WEEux FLnnrnsan -.~L
% sale - Belion's NsUs SD !. -
cou Black
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-12-27

One Gne yoke Of sleers AMI wagon; allo "a
mule. Apply 10 I'D PxzKUA Se-n
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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-01-22
JOSEPH III. PARKE.
K. SYESTER. JAS. A. c. BOND
SYESTER & BOND

HAVE associated themselves in the prac-
IL tice of Law in Carroll county and the
several Courts of this State.
Mr.. Syester will visit Westminster when
business requires it.
Office corner Main and Court streets.
p15
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Two Belligerent BOOSTERS.

On the 10th inst, the Paterson, n. j., po-
lice raded cock pit in full blast, and arrest
ed the spectators and the two game cocks that
were were about to engage inthe battle. They
were fine birds and when the police took them
to the station the only way they could be kept
apart was by putting them in separate cells.
All night they tried to get at each other
through the barred door, and the station was
made musical with their defiant growing.
Wednesday morning when the prisoners were
arranged before Recorder Warren, the roost.
ers were also taken into court. Sergeant
Keefe had one in a big bag, and Policeman
Magee held the other under his arm. 1t was
all that Magee could do to keep the rooster
he held from getting out of his arms and at
lacking the bag on the floor. The two cocks
crowed a challenge to each other, and the
rooster that Magee carried had to be locked
up in an ante room. They did not seem at
all abashed in the presence of the Court.
During the whole of the proceedings, which
occupied an hour or more, the two kept up
their ringing cock a doodle-doos.
Some private business called the Recorder
to his chambers, and a wag loosened the
string around the neck of the bag, so that the
cock could get out, and some one else unfast-
ened the door of the room containing the
other bird. The court room was crowded
with spectators, VINO anticipated seeing Da!
tie; but just as the roosters got sight of each
other and were squaring off, the fun was spoil
ed by the return of Judge Warren, who threat
ened to commit the perpetrators of the joke
for contempt.
Five of the persons caught at the pit as
could not pay fine of S. were sent to the
county Jail for twenty days. The agent ofthe
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ami
mails then took possession of the birds to of
fer them in evidence in another case before
Justice Hudson. They were taken down
stairs to be locked temporarily in separate
cells. On the way down they got loose, and
before they could be caught they had reached
each other and made few feathers fly. AS
the policeman picked them up, each gave an
other defiant crow, and after they had been
locked up in cell they again tried to get at
each other through the bars.
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&. B. NORMENT.

TTORNE Y 4 TIL Il W,
OFFICE with Hon. Charles B. Roberts,
~ opposite the Court House, respectfully
informs the citizens of Carroll and adjoining
counties that he will give prompt attention to
all business intrusted to him, both before the
Courts OF this State and the Departments of
the General Government at Washington, D.
G. jan 1873
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-01-22

Vast efforts were made by the Russian
Government last summer to destroy the grass
hoppers. The work was carried on for about
three months, and occupied in one district,
Gori, no fewer than 10000 people per day.
These colossal efforts resulted in cutting down
the ratio of crops destroyed to two per cent.
While many million roubles worth of hay and
corn were saved, the enterprise cost the Gov
eminent 100000 roubles. Many thousand
acres of fields and gardens were neglected by
their owners because the extra work offered
in the grasshopper districts was more remu-
nerative.
Miss johnson and young Mr. Clark were to
be married at Boswell, Ind. The wedding
was to be held at Clark's home, because the
Johnson family objected to the match. The
guests assembled but the bride did not come.
After waiting long time, the bride groom S
mother went out to capture the girl, who
had been locked up by her father. Mrs.
Clark presented pistol at the head of Mr..
johnson when he opened the door in response
life. He procured gun, and drove her off.
The receipts of live stock at Chicago during
1880 included ,057, 092 hogs, 1877, 148 cattle,
334, 566 sheep and l0,3SS horses, making a
total of s, 779, 1874 animals on the hoof. The
transport OI i've SIOCh lulO
6, 966 trains and 1913, 1893 cars. As all these
cars were taken away either empty or loaded,
the number arriving and departing was 387,-
986 stock cars, besides the tens of thousands
carrying other kinds of freight.
Washington swords are quoted or valued at
O,OOO apiece, at least that is the price set by
Senator Whyte, of Maryland, in a resolution
offered in the Senate, which proposes to pur-
chase one from Washington nephew, Lewis,
for exhibition at Yorktown Centennial. The
New York State Library, at Albany, has two
of Washington's swords which cost the State
$4,000.
A dispatch from Astoria, Oregon, says par
ties engaged in exploring the rocks near Tilla-
moak Head discovered Sunday night the bo-
dies of twelve men of the wrecked British ship
Lnpata. They were lodged in clefts of the
rock huddled together, seven in one spot and
five in another, all being perfectly nude.
The Colonization Society of the Catholic
Diocese of Montreal has settled 100 families
from that city on land in the Ottawa Valley,
and opened $50 miles of road in the new town
ship thus formed. Two orphan asylums are
to be established in the colony, In which chill
dren will be trained to farming.
Two old soldiers, one of whom fought under
Nanoleon at Waterloo, while the other under
Wellington at the same battle. partake of the
sacrament at the communion table in the
Marcy Avenue Baptist Church in Brooklyn
once month, side by side.
With an increased production of spirits
from 1862, $50 gallons in 1879 to IL, 6l9,S8S
gallons in 1880, Peoria, I'll. claims TO be the
largest spirit producing city in the world;
The internal revenue for last year amounted
to $l0,694, 42l.
An unknown and fatal disease has appeared
in the. country around Somerset Kentucky;
Animals affected in many cases drop dead
without warning.
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LUMBER.
la -: s;5ssssss.s:sss. IN
S1y 1877 49, s-Ez5Se 49,


T HAVE just returned from the Lumber
L Regions-and am now receiving the lar
gest selection of LUMBER ever offered at
this place, at Reduced Prices, consisting of
Yellow Pine, Spruce and Hemlock
JOIST AND SCANTLING
of all lengths and sizes, A, "a, Ga and
White Pine Boards and Plank, Yellow and
White Pine Flooring, Dressed and Undressed
Misunderstanding, White Pine Cypress and
Chestnut Shingles, Walnut and Ash Boards
and Plank, Plain and Headed Picketts, Shin
gle and Plastering Laths, a prime lot of Chest
nut Rails and Posts. Also all the different
KINDS OF COAL,
Thinking large sales with small profits bet
ter than small sales with large profits, have
concluded to adopt the former as my guide,
and hope shall be enabled to carry it ont by
persons in want of anything in my line giving
me call before purchasing elsewhere.
EDWARD LYNCH,
Near Depot, Westminster, Nd.
feb 20-tf