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a FINE GAME.
Magnolias vs.. Floral Citys-Ni..
nIngs and Score n toIs

The second game between the Mssoo,.
Cairo, Ga, and the Floral Citys of TalI.h....'
came off at the Fair Grounds last Friday .r,s.
noon. The visiting club arrived Thnrsiay moi.
accnmpan ed by number OF their f.i, .,
handsome irends-Misses Bertha Roddenho.~
Stella Beetles, Fannie Perkins, Octa Joh,..n'
and Edna Perkins. They were welcomed !.
the Floral Citys. who took the gentlemen TO n.
S. James aud The ladies were assigned tn co..
Portable quarters at Mrs Wilson,. On Id
street.
Friday was showery and cloudy There u,.
noi enough rain, however, to seriously in,erf..-
with the play, and the cloudy afternoon mad. !
much pleasaa'er for players and speclators than
il the day had been clear
The game commenced at 4:l0 r. VI. with n.
Mtgnolias AT The bat. The members of both c,r,..
were III good spirits, and went cheerfully int
th" game with zeal and earnestncss that showsd
ne signs OF abatement until the last man was mn,
out The best feeling was maintained betwss.
The clubs throughout the game the umpire N,
Is. y. Wilson, was promp, and firm in his dec,
ions, aud gave general satisfaction to both side.
Every point III the game was manfuliy thoYyh
good naluIedly contested, aud the game if NJ,
equal To any ever played in Florida, cerl amir
deserves to take rank as one of the finest v.0..
ever witnessed in the State
Nine innings were played al $40 game W.,
called, and the score announced IL Ia IL in 40
corance with the following:
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business-and the pay of the cabinet Off
GERS does not exceed that of many book
keepers in first class houses in the larger
cities, while they are burdened with a
sense of the responsibility Of the impor-
tant trusts confided to them that follows
them constantly, will not be cast off with
the office work when the closing dav ends
its hours, but pursues them to haunt their
homes with the unrest of amending toll
of the mind. To be sure, it was an honor
that they should be selected for the posi-
tlons they hold, for such positions are hon
orable, and it was recognition of their
worth and ability that they shonld be
thus made the trusted " scrva ants of the
people and that is what the Governor
and they are, and "the servants life is a
hard life" Especially is it hard when
there is lack of appreciation of the meri-
torious service of the "gool and faithful
servant" and fault is suspected or iudrIy
charged, where no fault exists Though
mems conScid recti may for,ify the soul to
endure, the iron enters and the pain is
none the less
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st. Augustine Press: Arrived in o.

st. Augustine Press Arrived in our
harbor on Tuesday, the tug Celestine,' -
Capt. {. II. Eldredge, from New York,
bound for Pensacola, to engage in the
towing service at that place Captain Ed
redge informed us that he left New York
OH Sunday, June oath, and during his en-
tire trip from New York had not en-
countered any serious or bad weather,
excepting at one time during the trip,
when his little propeller was submerged
in heavy sea, and then he was " Will
ing to sell out cheap" During his entire
trip he did not secure the services of a
pilot but once. Success to the little YES
sci.
The Orange County Reporter says
" it is rumored that since his trial began,
Archibald Newton has fallen heir to an
immense fortune reaching into the mil
lions, by the death of an uncle in Eng
land. If this report is true it will furnish
the sinews essential TO vigorous strug-
gle for liberty" Newton has appealed
to the Supreme Court. 1t is likely that
his career will terminate on the gallows,
and if it is true shat lie has inherited
wealth his misery pending his fate will
be enhanced by the reflection that money
will not save to him the life to enjoy it,
who for money took the life of another.
10 J. II ~ -
9TH day of last December the bark
Frank" consigned to the r. Il A. Rail-
road Company, at Pensacola, loaded with
$500 steel rails, went ashore on the north
ern coast Of Cuba. She was wrecked by
the insurance companies, and her cargo
placed on board of the British bark j ohm
Lesurgey, which arrived at Pensacola
quarantine station on Tuesday, July oath.
These rails were replaced by the railroad
company last January, and the road was
finished, experiencing no delay from the
wreck.
Captain Matthew Webb, the Eng
lish swimmer, is supposed to have been
drowned in an attempt to swim the whirl-
pool rapids at Niagara on the oath
When his dead body is found it will be
known that he succeeded in his suicidal
attempt" Meanwhile there is reason to
suppose that he may turn up all right
somewhere. Webb is about forty years
of age, and has a wife and children in
England.
-Apopka Citizen: The working force
on the Tavares, Orlando and Atlantic
Railroad was paid off on Saturday last,
and were thereby made happy. The
work is progressing altogether satisfacto-
rily. About four miles of the line lead
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Judge F. NJ. Walker, owner of she STAR
anna and Apalachicola telegraph line, 4 ia lis
foreman, Mr. Hale, passed through Ms,iA.jn4
Wednesday, on the way home The linu;ii aosv
ready for the wire, which will be here az nj
Apalachicola about the first Of August; Hai
the wire will be delivered at Mariana aiia salt
at Apaachicola The distance between ihe lr-
mini is about 10 miles. 1t is sixteen rajlts t.
the Jackson county line and thirty miles fieI
thence TO Wewahitchka, making the lat,e tle
half way point Mr. Hale informed lis Sat Tor
eight days not single person was seen ;excep;
the members of the line force Often he has: -
wade or swim the creeks, ponds and bnyI;,
The line runs from Mariana down the C:ipd''
river to the Dead Lakes and thence direct IL
the Gulf The Judge is n,burned tilt etl.er.
wise looks very we'll while Mr. Hale, wnp has
been out months, looks better than usual. Mi
riannH Times
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MAGNoL,IAs
FLORAL CITYs.
Totals

Neither club played their regular nine. Earl,
IN 'he fourth inning Capt Crawford, csrcber If
Tie Floral Citys, was severely wounded the
ltii hand, and was compelled to take the sea
Charlie Chares took his place, and made soms
hne catches, taking a number Of balls right from
the bat. The only double play, we believe, visa
made by the Magnolias in the ninth inning
| pom the announcement Of the score three
cheers were given for each club and the umpire
and all returned To the city, feeling amply re-
pad Tor their visit TO the fairgrounds.
After Tea The Floral Citys escorted their
g'esis 10 the d" cake cutting" given by the ladies
OF The VI. + Church South, al the residence Of
MIS-. Tatum, where they were showed every at
tenti0n, served with refreshments, and spent
deli htful evening. During the entertainment
tne cake was voted to the handsomest young
lady and one 10 the most popular young gentle
man. The contest over the former was very
spirited, and resulted in the cake being presented
IA Miss Stella Beetles, of Cairo For the latter
ON popular and clever townsman, Mr. F. C.
Coles, distanced all competitors, aud won the
cake on full vote and fair count"
On Saturday morning the visitors left Tor
home, highly pleased with their visit and their
entertainment while in Tallahassee, bearing with
them many pleasant memories of their first trip
IA The Capital City.
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ticket, and one of the leaders in the Rsad]uAfer
movement; George w. Ward of Abingdon; yno
acted as second for John ). Wise in The Wk:t
Crockett bloodless duel. and who subsequently,
resigned his Judgeship, obtained through II
homes influence, to be principal in another
duel.
These are a few of the men whose fAces,a
for the first time in six years seen in poiH%cat
body, of which such men as John w. DtHies EnI
John Randolph Tucker are members. =.
The Mahonites are watching this Conversion
with great interest. The first important ices
tion to be decided is the color line. Delragies
from the white counties want IT dislTsiiy
drawn, while those from the black disfacts
think that by ignoring it they can gam tfgre
votes A majority OF the delegates hero are
against putting the color line in the nlatf'rm.
The tariff will probably not be mentioned i: ihe
platform, and if it is the Ohio plank WIZ h.
adopted. Public education will be en' e.
and the debt question will be declared sestgas ~
the courts and out OF politics. One plank vii!
favor low taxation, and the spirit Of the vaot
platform will be in opposition TO Mals"r4 :an'l
hOsSism
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A gentleman writing from New York
says:
" A few days since, desiring to obtain some
information about your section of Florida,
called at the Office OF the Florida annual, 140
Nassau ST., where l was most cordially greeted
by its editor Mr.. Kirk Munroe l found him To-
Gated in one of the breeziest and coolest offices
ia the city, away up in the ninth story OF one of
our tallest downtown buildings. 1t is one story
higher even than the elevator climbs, but after
reaching it l was well repaid for my Journey
l not only obtained the exact information re-
quired, but great deal more regarding Florida,
which has already been of great service to me
in my business. l found most of the Florida
State papers on file in the annual Office, and for
while as | glanced over them it seemed as
though | must be in the sanctum of Florida
editor, instead of in the heart of New York
Mr.. Munroe ia doing good work for Flor
ida in this city and deserves all success with his
publication which he tells me will be issued in
the fall ~
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Exposition Edition Of: the Flo
ridian.

We propose to issue early in Septem
Der an edition Of the FLoRrn.AN especially
designed for distribution by the gentle
man in charge of the Leon cSunty exhibit
al the Louisville Exposition: 1t will be
the regular issue Of the date. but several
thousand extra copies will. be prin,nd,
and its matter will be mainly devoted To
the resources of Leon county, it's >aficd
natural advantages, the col. iition Of. lt4
industries, and descriptive - the citI Of
Tallahassee. We need la lly sngf tst
that space in this issue vii! be of valuv
10 advertisers here and elsewhere, espe
cially those who are interested iii the fal..
Of lands, interstate commere, hotels, >sc
Those ordering fifty or more copies Of the
Exposition Edition Of the .FHoRrrIAN will
be supplied at two cents PES copy.
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Monticello Constitution.
Cattle Raising.

During the past two or three yeas iMl ri"
and West Florida has been almost depN;e,s oi
cattle by foreign spectators, and but ltlis ETY.!
is being made to increase the supIlyi.; 81 Is
country affords a magnificent range, a,tl q: =
experience demonstrates that cattle can III ye3: /
in countless numbers and at mere nojnilesl cH-
pense, and now that the demand is 1rS ,,n'i
prices offered are rcmnnerative, it is q sFpsi -
that more attention is not given 10 tbs Slsior
tant industry. Cattle in this country ara Jaielv
subject to disease of any kind, and pr,.spIy Nv:
multiply with very little attention. W: an
lating a lot Of stock cattle and props,1 TO g,
into the business extensively, and other, u, :
we'll to follow his example 1t will prove; b1"re
remuneraiive than cotton.
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Hon. Montgomery Blair died on the
27th at the age of seventy years. As
postmaster general under Lincoln he was
the father of our uniform rate of postage,
OF free mail delivery in cities, of the money
order system and postal car system. At
the close of the Var he withdrew from
the Republican party and became one of
the most vigorous opponents of the Rad
lcal regime and Its reconstruction meas
ures looking to the overthrow of consti-
tntional safeguards and the establishment
of arbitrary and irresponsible federal au
thority. He labored in full accord with
the democratic party, and was one of the
most earnest and influential supporters of
Mr. Tilden for the Presidency BY order
OF the Postmaster General, issued on the
announcement of Mr.. Blair's death, the
Postotfice Department Building is draped
IN mourning for thirty DAYS.
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DR.. Ncvins has just returned from the North,
where he purchased a second ice mill with Il ca
pacIy OF twelve tons per day, which he hopes to
have in position and ready for business within
fifteen days. The frame work for the new build
ing Is already up, it having been framed and
prepared during his absence He has made ar
Engagements for another twelve ton machine
which is 10 he added soon as required Or
@th'l0 Repprtcr
Tallahassee needs an ice factory, and
one of large capacity, for, if the home
demand should not consume all it's pro-
duct, there are markets east and west on
the line of railroad. Tho Ponsaoolo ice
factory has ordered machinery doubling
its capacity, having found that it can
prohtably compete with Northern ice,
and this, too, at seaport where it can be
delivered at the lowest freight charge,
for the vessels that bring it come after
timber cargoes, and would have to come
i'll ballast if they did not take ice at fig
nreS to suit shippers.
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AIachua and the Exposition.

The Gainesville Bee rep ,rts a mass
meeting in that city on Friday last to
consider the matter Of the proper repre-
scntaton Of Alachua county at the Louis
vile Exposition. 1t was announced that
space i'll the Florida department had been
secured for the quite distinct and entirely
unmixed exhibit of the nice things Of
Alachua county. Mr.. Noyle, who was
so earnest worker for the credit of the
State at the Atlanta Exposition Thought
that Levy and Marion might be invited
to unite as the interests of the three coun-
ties were much the same, but that
Alachua should retain control"
But Mr.. tildes editor of the DuiIy
Bee opposed inviting any one to coop
crate. The credit Florida got for her
display at Atlanta was due to Alachua
If we have the superiority we claim over
other counties, we want to show no such
courtesies, and moved that the Alachua
exhibit should stand out separate and
distinct from all other parts of the State.
His motion was carried with a good deal
of enthusiasm"
A resolution was passed asking the
county to appropriate 5000 and the city
500, and an executive committee ap-
pointed to solicit subscriptions, etc. 1t
does seem as if Aachua proposed to get
oil h1, 4 L
We hope she will do her best, though.
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Monticello Constitution

Monticello Constitution
For the first time in a score of wears
the Florida Central and Western Rail
way makes close connections with the
railroads of East and South Florida !:
and it is great convenience to the tray
cling public. For instance: You can
leave Monticello at A. NJ, Tor ITALIA
hassee at 6 A. NJ. reach Baldwin at p
NJ, and eat supper in Cedar Key, Ocala
or st. Augustine, as you may desire. The
company is now also issuing round trip
tickets at the rate of two cents per mile :
and if you desire to spend a month or
less in St. Augustine, the ticket permits
you to go from Jacksonville to that point
of destination either by boat or rail, as
you prefer The managers of this road
are doing all in their power to give en-
tire satisfaction to the people resident
along the line, and are making rapid i'm
provements in the road bed and rolling
stock. New iron has been laid from San
derson to Jacksonville, and so soon as
additional supplies are received, it will
be laid on the road westward as rapidly
as possible.
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The Atlantic and Gulf Coast and Okeecho-
bee Land and Drainage Company, composed en-
tirely OF Philadelphia capitalists, has received
from the State OF Florida award of 535, 38j
acres OF land, located in the southern portion of
the peninsula, for the reclamation operations in
that State. This company has reclaimed nearly
l,3OOoO acres OF land in Florida, and work is
still being vigorously pushed torward.-Er.
Several papers of the State have pub
lishcd the above 1t is incorrect. The
State has as yet decided no land to the
Drainage Company. Engineer Dancy,
As agent for the State, has reported 535,
3s5 acres reclaimed in the upper part of
the drainage district, and under the con
tract the company is entitled to one half
Of thiS-267 ,692k acres-but it has not
yet been decided. How the 81 800, 900 "
figures originated we have no idea, unless
in random guessing"
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WASHINGTON, ID. G., July %, 1883.
The popular idea is that the fave

The popular idea is that the favored
child of fortune who is Governor of a
State, and his favored official family of
cabinet functionaries, lead gilded lives,
fattening in luxurious ease, receiving
much for doing little. There could not
be an idea with less foundation in fact
than this-referring to the administrative
officials of Florida as illustrative of fact
and fallacy. For democratic simplicity
of life, and close, hard official work, no
State may show better, and we question
if any as good, an example of republican
institutions in practical operation. The
citizens Of the capital, to whom the daily
life at the State House is a matter of ia
miliar knowledge, know that the work
ing hours of the Governor and of the
incumbents Of the more important cabi-
net offices are as long and as closely
employed as those of any bank employee,
broker, factor or book-keeper Of large
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How TO Keep Onions.

Many complain that onions do not kcc;;,, SAWS
an exchange. The trouble is in keeping the.n
too warm. The onion s bulb-a plan, IL rest
and the least warmth starts il into actiytsy. Ii
put in large heaps onions will be stAe 10 spu,i :;
but if spread i'll thin layers and cov,rti wig1
hay or straw, 50 that it frozen The thawing AIl be
gradual, they will keep through the winIr. IL
is II custom with orion growers TO get lnesy crap
t" market As soon rs possible. Ii they wire 10
provide proper storage they would rea1.; ,rusf.
more from them when sent to market titer IN
the season
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Rev. w. w. Hicks has translated the
handwriting on the wall, and perceves
that it means "the Republican party
must 60" Will his many colored fol-
lowers in Florida accept his view of the
situation He is right at the headquarters
of the radical power of which he predicts
the downfall is in the councils of the
managers of the radical machine, and his
opportunities Of knowing whereof he
speaks make him first class witness
against his own cause We have the fol-
lowing in the New York SIN, of the 25th =:
To the Editor Of the New York Sun:
SIR" The signs Of the times portend COM
ing change in the administration of affairs of
Government. One result certain to be accom-
pshed by the American Democracy when they
shall assume control Of the Government will be
the throttling of these gigantic monopolies, and
this fact somewhat reconciles me to the change"
The foregoing was uttered last night by the Rev.
DIR. Hicks in a sermon upon the subject of the
te)egraphers' strike in which he expressed per-
feet sympathy with the movement. think the
declaration significant, coming as it does from
DR. Hicks, a stalwart Republican, and member
of the National Republican Committee from the
State OF Florida. What does the Sun think of
ity A.BC
WASHINGTON, ID. c., July %, 1888
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ing out of Tavares now has the right OF
way cleared, and the grading is complete.
There is very little buncomb and good
deal of effective work exhibited in this
enterprise which is commendable in the
management and gratifying to the people
along the line.
"A dreadful calamity occurred at
North Point, an excursion resort on the
Patapsco river, ten miles from Baltimore
on the 23d. A multitude of excursion
lists collected on the pier after dark await
ing the arrival Of the steamer. The pier
gave way, hundreds were precipitated
into the water, and about seventy were
drowned, the majority being women and
children. The shrieks of the unfortunates
who were struggling for life were heard
a distance of two miles.
The corner stone of the "South Flor
ida College," on the shore Of Chalo
Apopka Lake, i'll fernando county, was
laid on the cath. Addresses were deliv
cred by Rev. Mr.. Stands, of Brooksville,
w. II. IIavron, Esq, founder Of the in
stitution, Col Russell, Of the Brooksvile
Crescent, Senator A. 5. Mann and Prof.
Eanes, of Tennessee. The main building
will be sOx5O feet with wing GOx4O, two
stories high. After the proceedings
there was big dinner for a big crowd,
and altogether it was a large event.
-Asiatic cholera, which is raging with
dreadful fatality in Egypt, is said to have
made its appearance in the London docks.
If SO its Importation to America may
reasonably be apprehended. Yellow fever
and smallpox are light Affections com
pared with the frightful cholera plague,
which kills quickly and almost inevitably,
unless met at once by treatment and spe-
cities that are known but often unattaina-
BILE
Zulu King Cetewayo appears to have
been killed again, and is apparently dead
" for good /" this time, according to the
wires. Many thousands of his subjects
are said to have died about the same time
in the killing frolic with another black
king, reported as battle. They are not
exterminated The Zulu breed will prop
agate. One swarm of locusts destroyed,
another appears.
"A Kansas City jury has just sent an
editor to the penltentiary for twenty-one
years for killing q man. If he had killed
an editor we can't imagine what that
jury would have done with the case He
would have deserved hanging, but that
would have lost to the world another edi-
tor. He would probably have been ac-
quilted.
Mrs. Langtry has gone home. She
left on the Alaska the other day, and told
a reporter that she was not glad to leave
America, but was pleased at the prospect
of meeting her husband again. No news
from him as to his feelings. She has
made fortune in America, and is coming
back in the fall to try to make another.
The " Escambia Rifles" Of Pensacola,
have reorganized under fortunate condi-
ti6ns which promise them front place
among "crack companies" Col. d. G.
Brent is Captain, J. S. Leonard First
Lieutenant, and +. NJ. Scarritt Second
Lieutenant. The company is strong as to
number as well as personnel.
"A contemporary who is at a loss to
account for tho fact that women in the
same employment as men are paid less
forgets that women can live cheaper
They don't have to drink, smoke and
chew
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Civil Appointments.

The following civil appointments have been
made by the Governor and duly commissioner
during the past week:
Whi,mill Curry, to be County Surveyor in anu
for.ihe county of Holmes .,
j. H. Douglass, to be Notary Public IN MI"
for the county OF Volusia.
w. B. Tedder, to be Justice of the Peace !"
aud for the county of Madison. md.
Charles s. Bundy, to be Commissioner oil Dee"'
for Florida in and for Washington City md
j. A. tZell, 10 be County Commissioner III ""'
for the county of Wakula.
J. &. Hatfield, to be Justice of the Peace III
and for the county of Sumter. lin
F. A. Fleming TO be Justice OF the feaoe -
and for the county OF Clay. p.ce
Aaron w. DaCosta, to be Justice oil tue reA''
in and for the county of Duval. Of
William N Sheats, to be Superintendent "
Schools in and for the county of Alachua, the
T. w. Shine. to be Auctioneer in and lot luz
county of Orange.