The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-04-10


mo child vill havs ! rosy complexion =
loisg - worms exist In the intestines HhrinePs
Insian Vermifhge win destroy The worms and
restore the health OF the child.
"A Georgia lady has made the discovery that
pusverized copperas sprinkled In nests, on hens
or wherever chicken mites are found, win cause
thf little pests to disappear in hurry.
Judge Walker disposed Of the business OF
the Wakulla Circuit Court last week in two
and half days. There was but one criminal
case aud the civil docket was very small
Mr.. J. G. Crenshaw, of Centreviile, recently
sold a quantity Of splendid home-cured bacon in
Tallahassee. Among the lot was number Of
sides that weighed forty-fve pounds each.
The new city government is enforcing the
hog ordinance, one Of the provisions of which is
That every hog running at large without ring in
lie centre of the nose will be impounded.
If Virgins prediction had come true, he
intended to advance step in his representations
ard predict that the Fourth of July this year
would come on the 10Th of August And stick
"a it.
Mr. G. G. Gibbs last week commenced feed
ing corn from a crib containing 800 bushels. As
800 bushels will carry him through the season he
las 500 bushels for sale or to STALL feed beef cat
tie for the market.
In answer to many inquiries we will state
that the Laws of 1883 will be ready in about two
weeks for delivery to the Secretary of State,
from whom they can be purchased AT what
piiee we are unable to say.
-Messrs. Geo. III. Hughes and G. Houghton,
Of Pennsylvania, have rented the farm of Mr.
Otis, on the Bel Air road. They came here for
the purpose of experimenting in tobacco culture,
and have already commenced operations
"A florist who seldom fails to root sirs of
the most tender and rare plants, attributes his
success to layer of oats placed under the usual
layer of sand in which they are planted. When
moistened, they act as a stimuant and feeder 10
iae tender roots of the slip.
Capt. G. P. Davis, of Iamonia, was over at
Fhomasville last week. Upon the termination
Gf clay-pigeon match he gave some exhibitions
Of his skill with a rifle, shivering number of
oranges thrown by hand and hitting a silver
quarter thrown into the air.
Little Selim Myers, son of Mr.. Fred T. NV
FRS, swallowed a dime belonging to his mother
enc day last week. lie had ten cents of his own,
and when he realized that the swallowed coin
belonged to his mother, he jubilantly exclaimed,
g I'm glad it wasn't mine"
Last Saturday Mr. II. V. r. Schrader had
lot of fine Flat Dutch cabbage brought in from
ltodenwald, his Lake Jackson plantation. One
sent to the FLORTDIAN Office measured ten
inches in diameter and thirty in circumference
The seed were purchased from Mr.. w. A. Rawls,
and cultivated by colored man.
We learn that Mr. G. W. Walker contem-
plates other Improvements than the new fence
erected on his premises last week. The Monroe
Building will be nicely painted Let the spirit
Of Improvement continne until the entire city
presents neat and attractive appearance, fur
nshing an additional incentive for strangers to
settle here.
We have upon our desk three fine Early
Rose potatoes weighing one and three-quarter
pounds. The seed were planted by Mr.. George
F. Henry, on the 9th Of January, in the garden
Of MIR. Thos. j. Perkins, and were dug yesterday
They are large enough and fine enough for any
purpose and would be rated as first-cass potatoes
i
in any market
The attendance at the Lincoln Academy
Heading and Debating Club continues to he
large, and the exercises interesting and instruc-
live. The meetings of the club are held every
Friday evening at the Academy, from Ito 10
O'Clock, and the exercises consist of lectures, es-
says, select reading and music-nstrumental
and vocal. DIR. VIM. j. Gum will lecture upon
Hygiene, and Miss M. f. c. Day on rudi-
mentary music, next Friday evening Men,
bers of the Club selected for the musical exer-
cses comprise some of the very best yocalists in
the city.
MIR. Il. F. Walker of Iamona, came 10 Tai
lahassee last Saturday. When near the city he
overlook colored woman, who lives within
four miles of his residence, driving fine yearling
calf to the city TO sell. Being an admirer of fine
stock he made close inspection of the animal,
and discovered that its ears bore his mark. Upon
questioning the woman sue said she purchased
The calf and its mother of colored man in Wa
kulla county, from whom she held receipt.
lie told her to take the calf home, that he would
get the receipt and look up the man. MIR.
Walker has herd Of cattle in Wakulla county,
and he expects to catch the thief if he is in the
county.
Our enteprising young townsman, Mr.. E. ii.
Myers, has embarked in the mercantile business.
He has had several years experience as head
salesman in one of the leading dry goods houses
in the city, is we'll and favorably known to the
people of Tallahassee and Leon county, and will
doubtless receive liberal share of their patron
age. His goods are all new, stylish and of good
quality, and Mr.. Myers and his assistants,
Messrs. ]. A. Chrichlow and Chas L. Beard,
will take great pleasure in showing them, and
they will be sold as cheap as the same class of
goods can be bought elsewhere. Read his ad-
vertisement and go and see " A Live Man In the
! Lively Block"
The preliminary trial Of Mr. J. F. Scruggs
closed last Thursday, leaving the doubie-murder
mystery to be solved in the future. The testi-
mony introduced by the prosecution was purely
circumstantial, and not very strong against Mr..
Scruggs. Judge Byrd, owing to the unsatis-
factory character Of a portion Of the evidence,
deemed it prudent TO require the appearance Of
the accused at the next term of the Circuit
Court Bail was fixed at $1,000, which Mr..
Scruggs found no difficulty in obtaining, and
was released and returned to his home The
prosecuting witness, Furman Young husband
of the murdered woman, who was arrested some
days ago, viii have hearing before Judge Byrd
this week
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A Card Of Thanl<s.