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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-12-19


= c,alk. ~, = HoaiicsTlo, Was IN the
city % Friday
M II h. Cobb. Of Greenaburs, Ind, Is here
1br The winter.
Miss Julia Nims has returned from pro-
tracted whit North.
Miss Lizzie Gotten returned from North
Carolina on Saturday.
Hon. Walter Gwynn. Of Jacksonville. Wis
tied the Capital last week.
Mr.. 8. B. Anderson, of Indiana, is domiciled
at Mr.. ]. @. Kemper's for the winter.
Miss Maggie Bailey, Of Monticello. is at pres
emit lhe guest Of Mrs. DR.. A. B. Hawkins.
Mrs. ]. G. Collins left on the 18th 10 spend
the holidays with friends at St. Augustine
MIR. NJ H. waring, Tax Collector for Madi-
son county, was in the city last Wednesday.
Judge ]. D. Westcott and Mr.. Geo. Lewis,
who spent last week on the Gulf coast, report
game plentiful.
DIR. G. Hamilton, son-in-law of Mr. j. C
Kemper, died at Greensburg, Ind, on the 14tb,
of consumption.
Mrs. Mary 81. Myers has gone to Sanford
where she will be the guest of Mrs A. E. Phil
lips for a few weeks.
Mr.. Thos. H. Hodgkiss, of Bainbridge, Ca,
visited his friends of former days in Tallahassee
during the past week.
Governor Bloxham will deliver an address
at the opening of the State Fair. in Jacksonville.
on the 18th of February.
The many friends of DR.. Jno. s. Bond in
this community will regret to learn that he is
seriously i'll, at his home in Jacksonville
Mrs. M. Thompson and Misses Mary Ewing
and Mary Bryant, Of Nashville, Tenn, have
taken rooms at Mrs. Argyle's for the winter.
Rev. ]. B. tombstone has been transferred to
the North Georgia Conference, and assigned to
Decatur, a very pleasant work in the bounds of
the Atlanta District.-Bronson Enterprise.
Mrs. w. r. Wilson returned from Cincin-
natl last Friday, accompanied by Miss AnnieLaw
daughter of Col. Jno. II. Law, of Walnut Hills,
Ohio. who will be her guest during the winter.
MIR. John E. Page and Wife, Mr. j. Edmund
Page and wife, Rev. E. Warren Clark, Mr. r.
D. McCulloch, Capt. III. T. Blocker and Col
John Bradford have returned from trip to Car
rabelle
Mr.. Luther Bridges, of Wilmington, N C.,
accompanied by his sister, Miss Emma Bridges,
arrived at Tallahassee last Saturday They are
stopping at Mr. E. w. CANDLES, and will spend
the winter here.
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3. The Aae old mansion II d. ia.s Joseph
thairess ten miles east II TaIlahasuee, The prop
S.y OF ais only he'll, Charles r. sChairea, was de-
;Soyed by Gre one day last weak, This was
PRO OF the largest and haudssmesi Of the old
Nhe palaiial residences built h this favored re-
kiSn Of Florida in the prosperous ante-bellum
Snes.
The Ore was first discovered In tho upper part
tf The tuilding about two o'clock in the affer-
a'ion, and 10 ehort time the grand old mansion
;;sShs entirely destroyed. Most of the furniture
. Vas saved. No insurance
/, .Thus in few short hours one of the old land
nfrks Of better days in Middle Florida, upon
Which thousands OF dollars was expended, is
$'seps away by devouring flames. and nothing
DTt ashes and charred debris remain to mark
ZIP site of that once grand old mansion, q monu-
inenl t% the prosperous days of Middle Florida
yifys iorever gone but still revered IN the men,
cory of sll Floridians
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AAWGU8EdRWye
BABIES TAKEN IN THE TwNKLING OF AN EYE.
Curtis, the artist, is now prepared to make a
speciality of babies photographs by the improved
instantaneous process. No matter how much
they move now they can be taken without any
trouble. also have the new baby-charmer,
which makes the crying child laugh, and a
laughing child look more pleasant. All parents
who desire to have elegant pictures OF their little
ones should avail themselves of the present op-
portunity. Bring them in between the hours of
10 and on fair day. No more delay in re-
ceiving pictures. 3O-,f
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pHiiy TalIahassee and Thomasville
Stage Line.

Among the attractions of this popular route
are first-class stage accommodations and pleas
ant journey of few hours through beautiful
and attractive country.
Stage leaves Tallahassee every morning lex
cept Sunday at $50 o'clock, and connects with
all Trains North, East and West, at Thomasville.
Stage leaves Townsville every morning lex
ceps Sunday, at o'clock, and connects with all
trains at Tallahassee
For further information, call on or address,
NJ NJ COBB,
Dec. 10, 1882 4w TALLAHASSEE, FLA.
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BATH, Ga, July 7, 1881

BATH, Ga, July 2, 1881.
Mr.. SAMUEL SHEPARD, Augusta, Ga:
Dear Eir-Not until recently did think there
was any virtue in your Fl. Fl. p. Ten days ago
visited my plantation in Burke, and carried my
two little boys; all of US were attacked with
chills and fever, and after failing to check them
with calomel and quinine, FL. H. p. and quinine
accomplished the desired result. never intend
To be without 1t - medicine for my family.
Please send me bottle by bearer.
Yours truly. P. II. WooD.
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Read whan Gen. q. r. CTfge) Amder
son says.

LSssys Hatchiaoa d Bro Geniiemen-I have
been q great sufferer from neuralgia--the attacks
lasting Tor days. Thad tried every known remedy
without being relieved. In my last attack ]
tried your Nenralgine," and In short time
was perfectly cured. II b consolation to know
that ] have at last Z remedy that controls this
painful disease, and can cheerfully recommend
Il to ell who suffer - do.
G.. 4. ANDERsoN,
Atlanta, April IS, 1870. Chief Of Police.
HurcHIsoM d Bro, Proprieiors. Atlanta, Ga.
Sold b III druggistA TT
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HARpER's PERIODICALS.

The volumes Of the Kagasias begin with he Numbers
tT June and December Of each year. Whm 10 tina b
spcihed win be understood that Tie pabsa1b uilAss
fabegih with the current Number.
The last Eight Volumes Of HdsPes Napusins IN nsat
stth binding, win be sent ~ mail postpasd On Fsesps
II IS volume Cloth cases for binding 60 cents seh
9-5y mail, postpaid
Index 10 Hapsv's Adcasas. Alphabstical Analytical
AID Classified, for Volumes to CO. incausivs men Juns
sa0, to JHne, 1850, one VOL, $40, Cloth a.
! Remttances shoula Be made By Postolnes Noxsy
Order or Dsaft, 10 avoid chance of los =.
NsUcfvs are not TO osy tlis ads~sasaf wiElosf EAs
tzDvess order Of HARfu d Baornxna
! Address HARPER q BRorHERs. New Yck
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Not drink. not sold in bar-rooms, but re
liable on-alcoholic tonic medicine, useful at all
times, and in all seasons is Browns Iron Bltters.
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OF Christmas cards is gorgeous one, at Elliot's
City Drug Store. You should see them before
buying elsewhere. "a
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Byra II CeIes

Keep full line Of Fresh Fancy and Family
Groceries. Call and get prices. "a
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A CARD TO THE PUBLIC!

ON ACCOUNT OF DISSOLVING COPART-
~ nership, we will sell from now until January
18th, our entire Stock of Goods at actual New York
cost. Call on us before purchasing elsewhere, and
you will positively save 30 per cent. on
every dollars worth of goods You buy of u.s. The
stock must be sold
COHEN BROTHERS,
Three doors south of New Hotel
December IL, 1S82-1m
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a Collection Of Holiday GeeAs
That will suit the most fastidisus, b 10 be found
at Elliofs City Drug Store "a
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For Sale.

Eight TO ten hundred LeConte Pear trees, one
year old, delivered at Depot or Express
333 JAMES B. GAMBLE
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Iwsa Recefveh1

a carload OF fine horses and mules, :atl 4.
Aempers stable Call early and secure, d
gains. 1! IL;
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i Shoes shoes - Shoes!!!
All the latest styles this week at D. B. Megin-
miss, Jrs. IS
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0! Scent Cigars that cannot be excelled, are at
EIihis City Drug Store. Try them. "a
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!.
;lh great variety this week. at D. B. Meginniss,
Hrs OK
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Fifty barrels Baist's seed Pofat9ess.
Early Vermont. Early Rose, Snowflake and
Peerless, for sale low, by T. H. Randolph &; Co;
las
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BIDS FOR COUNTY BONDS,

TALLAHASSEE, FLA, December II, 1882
CEALED BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED BY THE
- Board of County Commissioners of Leon coun-
ay 1883, for the purchase of all or any part of the
issue of the Bonds of Leon County, limited In
amount to Seventy three Thousand Dollars ($73 0OO)
OF the denomination of Five Hundred Dollars each,
and bearing interest at the rate OF six ( per cent
Principal payable at the Office of the County Treas
urer, in Tallahassee Fla, February 1, 1902 redeem
able at the pleasure of the County Commissioners
at any time after February 1887 interest payable
at the County Treasurer on the first day of Febru-
airy in each and every year.
All bids for bonds shall specify amount of bonds
bid for, the denomination required, and the time
when the bidder will comply with bis bid and
shall specify whether the bid Is in current money
or in bonds of the county.
The County Commissioners reserve the right to
reject any and all bids.
Bids must be addressed to the undersigned
JOHN BRADFORD, Chairman
Board County Com'rs Leon County,
S4-5w Tallahassee Fla
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For Sale at Damons brick yard. Apply to
o3-if GEo. DAMhN
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Hats! KAatsy! Matssgs
All the latest styles this week ut D. 3. Megin-
nlss, Jr'S Is
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Go Again.

. :If you think you have seen everything at
Davis just go again, and see how badly you were
:I'tistakeu-new goods just opened. So
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Useful as Well as Ornamental,
Ne the Beautiful Holiday Goods, at Elliofs
Wy Drug Store. "a
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i HIT 1883.
Harper's Magazine.
i III ILLUSTRATED.

Haps,s Aagasias begins ~ sxtyejx volnns VIA
pc December Number is not oaly ~ nost pcpulaR
istatsd periodical III Amesica and uAeianA - aase
t largest in its schsms The most hsazt1al n ~ sppeaR
SINCE and the BEST magazine for the hezA nsu ncsd
snsltjed For the Major ~ Conseanos Hsnoes wei.
&ou, the asthor Of "AnAew vas bsgun b ~ Nsfsmh9
FambeE In literary and artisc sxessnce u x1asis
tabrcves With each successive nnmbsx. Gpecal srfs
b~te bsen made for the lighter sntatainnt q ~ rcd
fnlthroug6 humorous stories, sketches, DC.
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or more acceptable as Christmas present. ID,
one ofthose handsome lamps, ST Eawlsf ID
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Fire Works! Fire WOrkS!!
AT Carpenter g. Heads. "a
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1888.
Harper's Weekly.
ILLUSTRATED.

.H1psrs Hsekly stsnds 1t the head o. Americas .s-
tEated journals. By s unpsrtisan position IN polcs
ts admirable illustrations it, carefully chosea ssa
sort stories, sketches md poens eontzbatsd b. -
foremost srtsts and authors Of the day. It carries insne
1t will always be the aim Of the pphlishgs - nnks
sn7s Weekly the most popular and attractive isMfly
nAwsrspe, in the world.
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Handsome Display
CT Fine Gold Jew elry, for the Holidays, at
1876 MYERS & GoRMAN's.
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For Garden Seed

Of every description, the freshest, best and pur-
est are to be had at Elliot's City Drug Store [34
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&demtO IOh1eG SIpperWs
For Christmas presents, at d. B. Meginniss,
IRIS 85
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Candies! Cnmdfes!g
A splendid assortment, just received by T. a.
& Co. "a
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rsdies Sets, Jewel c.sas q
And Silver Goods suitable for liosiday Yyss5asa,
lss] MrEfs 4 GopMAA d
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A New Supply,

A New SUPPLY,
Toys and fancy goods just opened this week,
Al Rawls. IS
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. Toys and Fancy Goods
For The Holidays, at MYERS & GoRMAN's
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Fruits ! Fruits!

The best and cheapest, always at Byrd &
Coles. "a
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Chri.sma. 4. s,e,.i.~f !:

CAristnas II Coming gkS
Buy your Raisins, Ciirons, Curr4nts, tin- ~
nes Aince-meai, Jellies Dates. PRbpvisiAsss dS,
q Carpenter & Heads. 4 ~.
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+ 1853. 2
Harper's Bazar.
ILLUSTRATED.

This popular Journal h eoahisatsan q ntsss.zs
pst and fashion In stories. posms ~ ssays - ~
haeabest writers Of Europe - AtcA; H e61.zzes
osssss fhe Highest artistic excssaees nd n "a mas1s
sartaini4g to fashion II h university senoaIss1 -
Do the eading authority In IL lsna n nsw volans
i1in contain many brilliant novelties
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Christmas Cards.
A complete line will be sold below cost, ct
Rawls' 1t
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Novelties! NOveIties!!
All the latest this week at D. B. Meginniss, Jr's
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HARPER's PERIODICALS.

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Christmas GesAs,
This week. at ID. B. Meginniss, xr's.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-05-04
PURE WATER FOR COWS.

1t has been known for long time that
milk left standing in room where pa
tlents are sick becomes permeated with
the subtle poison of the disease. Con
taglon has also been spread through milk
by reason of persons recovering from
sickness attending to the labors of the
dairy. The kind of grass or fodder on
which the COWS feed also gives peculiar
flavor and quality to their milk. In ad-
dition to these facts, it has recently been
demonstrated that the most startling con-
sequences may ensue from the animals
drinking stagnant water. Professor Law
of Cornell university has examined with
a microscope milk of an unusual ropy ap.
pearauce. and found it full of those fungi
or vegetable organismus that abound in
stagnant water. On inquiry he found
that the cows from which it came had
had only stagnant water to drink, and
further investigation revealed the fact
that the blood of the animals teemed
with these fungi, and the cows were in a
feverish, unhealthy condition. The
warning which this discovery ought to
convey is very simple. It is the duty of
dairymen to see that their cattle have a
supply of pure, sweet water. They use
such great quantity of water that iu-
dicious concern for the heath of the
community should induce them to en-
ploy none but the very cleanest.
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INGENIOUS SWINDLING.

Since the lower Elbe districts were
brought into the fold of the imperial
German customs union, several ingeni-
GUS attempts to defraud the revenue
have been detected at the Hamburg Gus
tom house. A few days ago the owner
of small estate in one of the islands
despatched a wooden case containing a
plaster cast of the Venus de Medicis,
four feet high, to Hamburg, accompanied
by written application to the authori-
ties that the figure might be exempted
from duty, inward and outward, as it had
suffered injury and was only forwarded
to the city in order there to undergo nee
essary repairs. Upon the case being
opened, the right arm of the Paphian
goddess was found to have been broken
off near the shoulder; so the cast was
"passed" without hesitation, and taken
away by the person to whom it was ad-
dressed. When, however, it came back
to the custom house for inspection before
being forwarded to its owner, one of the
searchers under whose notice it happen
ed to be suddenly remembered that, but
few weeks previously, the same cast,
or one very like it, had been cleared"
with broken foot, and again in con
dition of perfect repair. This suspicious
fact led to strict investigation of the
figure, resulting in the discovery that
the queen of love had been unscruplously
utilized as receptacle for contraband
tobacco. Twelve hundred Havana cigars
we're slowed away inside the torso, into
which they had been conveyed by the
opening afforded by the breakage of her
arm. That member having been skill
fully restored" Venus was, to all APP
pearaEces, herself again. exhibiting not
the least solution of continuity or other
symptom of completely with nefarious
enterprises. From stealing hearts TO
smuggling cigars is surely heavy deca-
denee for SO potent an enchantress as
Pan, Cupid's irresistible mamma Lon
don Telegraph.
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A LITTLE FRENCH STORY.

In some parts of France manageable
girls are accustomed to pluck, as they
return from midnight mass on Christmas
eve, a sprig Of apple tree, which they
put in a vial full of water; the vial is
hung in their bed chamber in front of q
window; if one bud blooms before Easter
the mistress is sure to be married before
the year ends. Among the servants of a
chateau near Alencon was chambermaid
from Brittany. She was gentle, good
naturea, auiet, piouo AN cxoollcnt oroa-
ture everyway, hut-she was hunchback-
ed. Her name was Ursule. Taking ad
vantage of the dark night she, too,
plucked sprig Of apple tree, sure that
nobody saw her. She was mistaken. A
fellow-seryant saw her and made the SER
wants hall ring with peals Of laughter at
poor Ursule's expense. Still they kept
the secret among themselves. They all
agreed 10 play trick on Ursule. Easter
eve one of the journeyman gardeners re
moved the old sprig of apple tree from
the vial in Ursule's chamber and put in
its place sprig covered with blossoms.
When Ursule saw it she could scarce be
lieve her eyes. She returned to the SER
wants hall; her face was radiant with de-
hight as she showed her trophy; the
laughter, ieers and hootlngs Of her com
rades revealed the trick put on her. She
stood dunno, confounded, trembling,
scarcely able to restrain Der tears. Just
at this moment the mistress entered the
room aud said: "Ursuie, the apple tree
sprig may be trusted; believe it. you
will be married before Christmas next.
You are virtuous girl; [ am sure you
will make virtuous wife. All you want
to get husband is money: the money
wanted [ viii give you as she spoke,
the mistress twined 1000 frame note
around the sprig aud returned it to Ur
sule. 4 fortnight afterward the journey
man gardener who had put the trick on
her asked her in marriage, but she re
fused him TAT which he was greatly ieer-
ed) and married another.
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CORAL FISHING.

Coral fisheries on the coasts of Italy
and Sicily begin about the middle of Feb
ruary and continue till the middle of Oc
tober. The value of the coral varies
according to its color and size; the pale
pink is the most priced, especially if it
be of a uniform color throughout, with
out Stains. OFF Tore del Greco, near
Naples, large quantity of coral is found
every year; from 400 to 600 boats are
sent cut in search of it, each boat being
from six to ten tons burden, with crew
OF at least twelve men, and costing from
$500 to $1,000 boat. The valuable
pink coral is found chiefly off the coast
of Sicily; in the year 1879 bed was dis
covered in the Straits of Messina, in
which the coral, though found only in
small quantities and of small size, was
OF iI.mense value, owing to its beautiful
pink, of a uniform color, and without
any Of those stains which detract SO
much from its worth. Unfortunately,
the supply OF coral in this bed seems to
have run short, and for the last few years
coral merchants have not found it worth
their while TO search for it.
In 1875 a local bed was discovered 20
miles off the coast of Sciacca, in Sicily,
which was invaded for the next two years
by 7o0 boats. This number, crowded
together in one spot, caused great con
fusion, and the italian government sent
maa of war to keep order among the
fishermen. Another similar bed was dis
covered in 1873, about ten miles further
fromthe coast, and in 1880 yet another
still further The coral found off the
coast Of Sciacca does not grow, as at
other places, attached to rocks, bnt is
foung clinging to any small object it can
lay held of, such as she'll or fragment
of coral 1t is supposed that it's dark
red tf black color is caused by the mud
diners of the water in which it lives, al
though the depth OF the sea at such spots
is from 800 TO 450 feet. This coral is not
much esteemed in the English market,
but il prepared in large quantities for
the Indian market at Calcutta, by being
exposed for months to the heat of the
sun, and by being kept moist, when in
time the black color gradually disap
pears a few years ago large quantity
of japanese coral found its way into the
market at Naples, aud fetched as mnch
as $50 the kilo, in raw branches, in
spite of its being bad color and some
what cloudy. This high price was paid
on az count of it's extraordinary size. 1t
was the largest real coral ever known.
Nott ng has been heard of it since ex-
cent q ti,ee sho fishery uan prohibited
in Japan.