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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-02-14
Manatee County News

There seems TO be great deal of conjecture,
also, as TO the action which Mr. Disston will
probably take with regard to the running at
large OF stock over his domain, but not one of
our contemporaries has yet seen the open way
which leads out of the difficulty Let il be re-
memoered that we have no stock law in this
State; &c. no law requiring stock to be restrained
from grazing at large but we have a fence law
which provides that every owner of land must
fence bis property against the depredations of
Stock. So unless Mr. Dission should fence in
his four million acres our cattle owners need
fear no deprivation OF there accustomed liber-
ties.
There is no law which requires land
owners to fence against the depredations
of stock; but no land owner can recover
for depredations unless his land is en-
closed by lawful fence, and to make
it lawful the fence must be give feet
high and then staked or ridered." &c.
We think the cattle owners of South
Florida need not distress themselves.
Mr.. Disston, who has parted with one
hall OF his purchase to English and Ger
man capitalists, will not fence what is
left to him of the four million acres.
neither will he seek to restrain stock
from pasturing thereon. To fence two
million acres would be too costly. and
without fence and an army of men to
watch 1t he could do ne nothing, if he was
disposed to. Let us take things easy until
the fence is built.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-02-14

The undersigned, ia soring an organizaing for
the settlement of the valuable lands of this State
with desirable class Of settlers from our sister
States, as well as from Europe. do hereby issue a
call TO our fell0w-citizens of each and every
county of the State, TO call meetings, and send
two delegates from each county to attend con-
veniion to be held In this city during the session
OF the State Fair. to-wit: on the Esd day of Feb
ruary, 1882, 70 devise ways and means for the
promotion of the great work Of colonization
throughout the State
Now that Florida is receiving such favorable
notice throughout the United States and Europe
under the great BOOM" created in part by The
drainage scheme and the four million land pur-
chase by Hamilton Disston and friends, of Phil
adelphia, Pa, as well as by the purchases Of land
and the railroad enterprise of Sir Edward Reed,
OF England. and others, IL Is the imperative and
pleasant duty of every citizen of Florida To put
his shoulder TO the wheel and aid in encourag ing
hither desirable immigration from every civil
lied nation en- The globe.
For the interest ut our whole State the local
papers in every county are respectfully requested
to give publicity TO this call, and give their
views in regard to the subject, add forward
comics to the aSasAriafi0r,
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-02-14

Professor J. Kost, NJ D., l. L D.,
President OF the Adrian (Mich.) College
and Lecturer in the Reform Medical Col
lege of Atlanta, Georgia. spent 9 few
days in tallahassee last week and left
yesterday morning for Atlanta He was
charmed with this section and expressed
q determination to return here and reside.
The Professor brought letter of intro
duction from Governor Colquitt to Gov
ernor Blcxham. In his interviews with
the Governor and Others he submitted .
proposal which we earnestly hope will
bear fruit in the near future. Il was this /:
Ii the State will establish university, on
sound basis as to endowment, he will
donate to it in perpetuity museum of
natural history, valued at $4,000. This
is most generous offer coming from
stranger and we desire to thank him there
Tor In the name of the State. He gives
as reason for the tender the interest he
feels in educational institutions of a high
grade, ofwhich Florida at this time is desti.
tute' de has been for long time getting
together objects in natural history and has
succeeded in collecting a museum which
is regarded as among the most extensive
and valuable in the whole country. This
museum or the major portion of it he has
intended to donate to some State, and his
visit here and his knowledge of our wants
and of our rapid advance in population,
has settled the matter in favor of Florida
we trust steps will be inaugurated to
meet the conditions of the proposed gift.
we shall have something to say on the
subject hereafter and try to point out how
suitable endowment may be secured for
a university.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-02-14

The present instrument clothes the Governor
with almost autocraiic power He can appoint
| or remove any member Of his Cabinet, or any
county officiaI in the State, at any time during
6is administration, and II his pleasure 1adss0n
Recorder
The Recorder is in error. The Gov
ernor can remove County Treasurers and
Surveyors, County Superintendent of
Schools, and County Commissioners, and
then only for wilful neglect of duty, or q
violation of the criminal laws of the
State, or for incompetency. He can re-
move Justices of the Peace but he can
not remove any officer confirmed by the
Senate without its consent Cabinet Off
GERS can only be removed by impeach-
ment, as in the case of the Governor.
The Recorder, while it favors a Con-
vention and the election of Cabinet and
county officers by the people, is careful
to say, "but in order that certain coun-
ties in the State may not pass into the
"control of ignorance and incompetency,
the Legislature should be vested with
power to declare what counties shall ex-
"ercise the right of choosing their local
officers" The FLoRIDIAN will add, it
is the fear that this will not be done which
in the main excites the opposition to a
Convention in certain Counties" The
intelligent people therein-the property
holders and friends of order, civilization
and christianity-know what it is to be
dominated over by Ignorance and in
competency" and nothing short of the
assurance that some such provision as
that suggested will be made will
remove that opposition. 1t might help
very materially in bringing about unity
of sentiment with respect to amendments
desirable to be made if the press of the
State would address itself dispassionatelv
to the subject. We are persuaded that
there can be a substantial agreement, and
further, if this is brought about, that the
desired amendments can be made by the
Legislature without the risk and expense
of Convention. If the latter is held it
is not unreasonable to suppose, if the ut
terances of certain advocates of a Con-
vention mean anything, that provisions
of so radical nature will be incorpor-
ated in the instrument framed as to cause
its defeat at the polls and thus prevent
any amendment for years.
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On The authority Of gentleman In jackson.
Wiz, whose character ID we believe, % hiaA n
anybody 10 thai city. We fsed 4 10 be or dnty
to warn the Trustees Of the Internal I'm. srovs.
ment Fund against the payment Of beess d
doubtful claims. owned or represented by prom
| inent Democrats out Of the proceeds of the land
sold TO Mr. Disston. We are not prepared 70
say, or intimate, that the holders OF these claims
are Democrats alone; we suppose that a. 10
most cases. North or South, of raids or attempted
raids upon public funds. bosses Of both parties
| are united il the movement If necessary, as we
hope 1t may not be, we shall have something
more TO say ON this subject hereafter - Econ0miss
The above is indeed most serious charge,
and the reader has the undoubted right of cred
ting or discreditIDg il as he may Choose For
our part We don't believe a word Of il. IL il
was necessary to say as much as has been said on
the subject, by way of warning to the Trustees,
then, certainly, il is necessary further post the
| Trustees in the premises by giving the names of
the holders of the bogus doubtful claims, that
they may be the better prepared to guard the
fund against fraud. No, we don't believe the
charge, but strongly suspect it is another mares
nestP-GdtncsciUe Bee
1t would have been much better had
the statement been made, which is fact,
that the Internal Improvement Fund, so
far as the payment of claims is concerned,
is administered by the L. s. Court,
and that the Trustees pay nothing with
out the approval of the court Whenever
there is doubt about the legality of any
claim its payment is contested. A con-
siderable portion of the Vose Judgment
relating to the payment of costs to him
has been appealed from, and the appeal is
now pending in the Supreme Court at
Washington. The Trustees have no in
terest IN the matter except to pay all just
debts and release the Fund from full and
complete embarrassment, and we venture
to say that no case can be cited in which
they have not exercised due diligence in
protecting the important interests com
mltted to them. Nevertheless. the So
called warning" is all well enough,
though perhaps so expressed as to create
the erroneous impression that "fraudu-
lent raid" as the Monticello Constitu-
ton calls it, has already been made and
the Trustees have been faithless to their
duty in the premises, though we do not
suppose the writer meant that; notwith-
standing, that impression has been Gre
ated, whether intended to be or not, and
We think we know of a paper which will,
on the strength of the warming" pro-
claim that fraudulent claims have been
presented and paid, and insinuate if it
does not charge completely Oh the part of
the Trustees Herewith; and even more,
it will never correct the falseheod.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-02-14
A Large Cargo of II. r.. Iron Upon
Which the Import Duty will
Amount to over $32. 900.

y consular invoice has been received al the
Pensacola Custom House, of cargo of steel
rails. which was shipped from MARLBOROUGH,
England, January 6, 1882, for Pensacola con.
signed to the Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Company, which has been shipped in bond, and
consists of five thousand three hundred and
fourteen rails which amount to Isl ions III
hundred weight valued at $3627421. apon
which duty TO the amount of $32 242. 80 will be
collected. CargOes like this go TO swell the
amounts Of collections at our port for year,
ami tend TO give it higher place in the scale of
Importance TO our country at hrge-Adcance-
Gdzette, January %.
Just think of it. On a cargo valued
at s36,274.2I, the duty is So, PAP SO !
This enormous tax, levied for the "pro-
lection of American industry" nearly
doubles the cost of building railroads and
forces corporations to charge higher rates
of freight which the people upon the
roads have to pay. A more striking illus
tration of the enormity of the so-called
protective system could not be presented.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-02-14

Mr.. Austin COrbin, of New York, re-
Gently appeared before q Congressional
committe in that city. advocating the es-
tablishment OF new steamship line to
Europe His statement that prominens
ship-builders had proposed to build him
vessels guaranteed TO run 500 miles day,
created sensatios among the members
of the committee and ship-builders gen.
orally. He claims that be has plenty of
money guaranteed TO make it success,
but he desires somerecognition from Con-
gress of SO grand an enterprise.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-02-14

On the question of Constitutional Conven-
lion The NestOr Of the press" the versatile edi-
tor of the FLORIDIAN, displays his usual TRIM
ming characteristics so as TO be able to fall off
the fence on the winning side. Saying nothing
e,litorialy pro nor con, he opposes il over nom
de plume in his own paper. 1t would be inter-
resting If be would republish what he said against
the present Constitution prior to l877.-7dmpa
Tribune
Is our amiable contemporary sure that
the editor of the FLoRiDIAN opposes q
Constitutional Convention "over q nom
de plume in his own paper" or is the state
ment one of his usual reckless assertions
resulting from brain so maggotty as to
cause him sometimes to fail to see the diff
ference between falsehOod and truth
And why should the FLoRrDIAN republish
what it is supposed to have said "prior
to 1877" when the 7ri6uae's prurient
imagination can SO readily furnish what
it didn't say?
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-02-14
Pensacola and Atlantic RaiIroad
ssDOss."


We were at Chatiahoochee last Saturday and
male little inspection of what had been done
Pile driving was going on at two points steam
piler at one place and hand piler af another
mule driver was being constructed 10 70 To work
Iron for track laying was expected last Sun
day IL will be landed about 200 yards below
where the load viii cross the river "Y''
lrOm this point win run TO the main track
In sixty days, we were informed, the cars can
run through the swamp.
Messrs. Bates & Young have a good force at
work on the bridge.
4 The contractors are ready TO turn over to the
road 10 miles of completed grading next to Chat
tahoochee.
Ten miles of the road between sections 25 and
46 west of rs are completed.
Is every body going to work on the railroad
Some had better remain al home and make cot
ION for northern capitalists
The big Sunfower" will not ply the Chat
tahoochee; it is engaged inicarrying iron, &C,
for the p. 81 A. r. r. TO ChOctawhatchee and
other points.
Santa Rosa News, Feb. 81
+ One Of the contractors informed us the other
day that there was a larger force Of hands at
work on the p. Il A. road than on any other road
ever built In the South.
4 The steamer Mobile has made several trips the
past week loaded with track iron. She also
brought "a men for the cross-tie department on
Col. Lanes contract. The Colonel states that he
has $50 more on the road, who are expected to
arrive the first OF next month.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-02-14

February is Likely to enter with storms at
many points,: chiay TO west and southwest
these turning to rai's.orms toward and on the
4th and 9th. The Id will probably usher 10
week of mildness, with rains and foods Yves. and
south, viz. in Ontrio, Western and Middle
States. general beak-up of the winter in the
majority OF sections. The nth and 18th will
probably bring .ehrn of colder and blustery
weather, with snow falls, and rain in some quar-
ters The week htwecn the nth and 18th 10
likely to give alteltions Of mildness spen, with
snow and rain stOFas, these becoming more &C.
we're toward the en- ofthe week, the 18th or 18th
giving General snoi fall. The 10Th will proba-
oily usher In terrific week ofrain storms snow
In some quarters I'D foods. with days of very
high winds and gales. These viii be more
marked In Westeg and Southern sections Of
country, and will rminate In generally colder
weather and heavysnow falls toward the 25th
and Solh days andInty Of Macrh.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-02-14

Bro. Dyke in 1876, in his speeches before the
people, said that our clrpet-bag constitution was
conceived in sin and born in niquity" and that
we should have new one. Now be says he
was joking, and thatthe constitution Is as good
as can be made by any party.-Tampa Tribune
The Tribune EDITORS inventive genius
excites the envy of its contemporaries.
They get disguised at the thought of how
difficult 1t Is for them to manufacture
statements out of nothing, while he does
it as naturally as water flows from ducks
back. Long practice makes the differ
ence
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-02-14

We have been favored with copy of "a
Digest Of the Laws Of The State of Florida, from
the Year 1922 TO the 18th Day OF March, 1881,
inclusive" compiled by James +. McClellap, OF
the Marianne bar, aud printed at the office
of the Tallahassee FLoRrDiAE As to the skill
and thoroughness with which the work Of CON-
pilation has been done, the opinion of . layman
would hardly be of much value; bat the plan
adopted seems to be . good one, the arrange
nent Is simple and convenient, an excellent In.
dex renders the contents OF the volume easily
accessible, and 10 its mechanical execution the
book 10 highly credllable TO the Office that did
did The work.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-02-14

\ We are informed BY postal card that Mr..
N. N. Bowen, for several years foreman Of the
Tallahassee FIoRIDrAE Office, has been promoted
to the position of city editor, and our old friend
and fellow typo, Charley Bernreuter, 10 again
foreman, and right here we want 10 say that
Charley Il one OF the cleanest and most system
attic managers Of printing Office we ever met
He abhon ri and dirt. Captain Dyke struck
the nail squarely on the head when be appointed
two such capable man his first and second lieu
tenants. We have often head IL said, by those
who should know, that The best newspaper men
In the world are those who were dessb when
b0ya
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-02-14

nahskenent Of the trsasuriea win 6nd
that their mistake viii mot reauh the dig.
nifty Of IN errsr, bat be dealt With - ID
oifsnse 70 good government, pfogress and
peace among Al classes and conditions Of
men. Reason 10 now free to combat
these unworthy schemings, and we fear
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-02-14

Ar. Blaine 10 the first seoretsEy Of STAT
20 mapy years who has ennaeiatsd ths
traditional Mouros d6ssFinen witAoat
squivocation or evasion. and = doing .
Ne has struck the popular chord.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-02-14
Faaea COLOR messerea.

Faded or gray hair gradually RECEIVERS I.s
youthful color and lussre by the use Of Parkers
Hair Balsam, an elegant dressing. admired for
tn purity and rich perfume.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-02-14
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

80 SUBSCRIBERS will be notified, from
time to time oy Statement on Postal Card OF the
diton Of their subscription accounts After sending
Second Statement il do not hear from them within
reasonable time their subscriptions will be DISCONTINUED
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-02-14

insis. upon obtsing FIoreston Cologne. 1t
u pFe-eminently susriOr 10 perinaisnca and rich
delicacy OF fragraR.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-02-14

Messs~~s~xseaR.
Record Of ssmper~sars . Tall.A.
da. for the past week. -
fo6ssrvutioas sAhs. - a.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-02-14

hubbard, 81 a., Appellees-Appeal from Alarh-
ua county.
RANDALL, C. J.:
!. AT sale on execution the purchaser takes
only the interest OF the defendant in execution.
2. When purchaser of land receives - deed
and enters into possession, and continues in the
actual occupancy, but does hot record his deed
such notorious occupancy constitutes sufficient
constructive notice TO subsequent purchasers
or creditors TO protect the holder Of the deed
against them.
Judgment reversed.
Thrasher and Hampton, Counsel for Appel
lants; Thomas F. King, Counsel Esr Appeliees.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-12-06

The design to interest these gentlemen, |
possible, In building road from San Anto-
MO TO the gulf coast, at about Rockport.
The fall races opened to-day most sue
cessially, about two thousand persons at
tending, the track and weather were fine.
FIRST Race-Trotting. Four entries: Fos-
ter,s Dan, Bennet's Kate Weiss, Roscoe,
and Redmond's Jack; best in q. Dan first,
Nate second, Roscoe third, Jack dissanced.
Iime;. sos. Second heat--Dan first, Kate
second, Roscoe distanced. Time 3,OiA.
I6ird heat-kate first, Dan second. Time:
S'Vvl. Fourth heat--kate first, Dan sec
ond, Time; $50. Dan ran the greater por-
uon OF the heat and Kate was awarded the
purse, SIS. Second race-Running one
hall mile heats; best in 8; purse, $l75.
Entrles' Odonohare's Monarch, Davis
Hickory Jim, Phelps Turin and NJ. d.
otonohare's Avalon. First heat Hickory
jim irSt, Avalon second, Turin third, Mon
arch dlstanced. Time: 81 seconds. Second
heat, Avalon first, Hickory Jim second,
turin third. Time; 5li. The third heat
was the exciting event OF the race, Avalon
aud Hickory Jim running beautifully, neck
TO neck; arornd the course, Avalon coming
manecSahead amid great Cheers, Time; "a,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-12-06
relegrnphIo MlsoelIanY.

MINOR nut INTERESTING NEWS NOTES.
PATERSON, N. j. Dec. 5.-Seventy
wcayers In the Clifton silk mills struck be-
cause the proprletors posted a notice re-
quiring pay for all spoiled work.
NEWARK, N. j., Dec. 5.-The state tenn.
peranoe alliance pledges itself to favor the
constitutional prohibition Of liquor traffic.
GRAND JUNCTION, TENN, Dec. 8. - Tho
day was not good for lleld trailing. A high
wind dissipated the scent and baflled tho
dogs considerably, and the birds were not
found in the usual haunts In the fields. On
the nrst round, Count Noble beat Biz
Second round, American Dan beat
Gladso, Brown Sue beat Bess, Carrie
J. beat Startle,. Peep.o-day beat Short,
Count Noble tie. Third round, Ameri-
can Dan beat Count Noble, Sue beat Carrie
j., Peer. .o.day tie. Fourth round, Pcep.o-
day beat American Dan, after very close
and long heat. The frec.forall will be de-
clded tomorrow, probably Sue first. The
Derby will begin In the afternoon.
DENVER. COL. Dec. 5.--James A.. Flem-
ing, while sinking an artesian well at a
point 100 miles east OF Denver on govern
ment contract this morning, struck . loose
ness, with q hard sandstone Of bed rock,
which Is believed TO bc the bed Of q subter-
ranean stream, with an inexhaustible flow
OF clear water. The director oil the Ma
tional Mining and Industrial exposition has
decided 10 open the next exposition ON the
10th day Of July, to continue through Au-
gust and September.
HARTFORD, CoNS., Dec. 6.--The German
astronomers to-day finished entire prepara-
tions for their observations and made final
tests Of their instruments. is feared the