The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-09-25

-Messrs. Wilt Il DeMilt shipped 46. 900 cigars
TO one Chicago firm on Saturday. They have
smother contract 10 manufacture 900, oOO cigars
for the same firm
Colonel John Bradford and Engineer Cook
lett last week to inspect that portion of the Flor
ida Southern Railroad completed between Gaines
vile and NewnansvIlc
The Florida Central and Western Railroad
IS DONG an immense freight business now The
traffic is 5" heavy that An extra freight train has
Ia be sent cut occasionally
MIR. NJ W. Cobb has been awarded q, new
contract for carryn" the mail between Thorn
asvliie and Tallahassee, and his hacks are now
running daily on the route a> heretofore
MIR. George Lewis has procured u quantity
oil the handsome limestone rock 50 abundant
near Mariana We learn that he will put ii
INTO foundation Tor new iron fence III front
OF his residence, on Calhoun street
James Kingsley last Saturday Sent To us a
fine bunch of tunips fIom the model tuck farm
oil MI }. Coles James has had charge of
this farm Tor some months and has u fine fall
crop OF vegetables growing thereon
The Tallahassee posi- -officc is supplied with
The new issue of twO-ceni postage stamps They
will be placed op sale next Monday, and ON and
after THAT day the letter rate of postage will be
two cents Tor each hall ounce or fraction thereof
Major 4 l.. Woodward who some time
ago purchased The two-slorv frame dwelling of
DR.. !. IL Randolph on north Duval street, has
had put IN good repair and neatly painted, and
is making other improvements %hnul The prem
i-es.
Owing To the absence ul Dr. W. II. Garter,
al Philadelphia, T. a delegate +" The Gene raj
Convention, s. Johns Church viii be closed
until the first "t November In the meantime
the work nI rebuilding and improving will be
carried on rapidly possible
If anything III This community exceeds in
rapid growth and rich green foliage lh, nunrr-
ous LeC0ntc pear Tees in orchards about Tala
hassce, il is The orange. Many rl ihe young
orange trees in This city and vicinity have made
a remarkable growth this season
We are informed by Hon. john l.. Cr;,w ford,
Secretary OF State, that DR.. Lucen = Duval, a
gentleman well and iayorably known to Middle
Fl'ridianS, and who has twice removed from
this State +" Texas, is preparing Tor lis second
return To the Land OF Flowers
Captain ID. b. Maxwell, ircigh, agent at the
Tallahassee depot gives notice that on Saturday,
October 29lh, he will sell for the purpose OF pay
lnS charges and expenses thereon, twenty eight
cases of rarhenware which will have been in
the warehouse ninety days. SEE card
We are requested 10 Announce that there
VIII bc temperance meeting at The Baptist
Church, on Clinton street. neat Thursday even
ing, 2Ith inst, at O'Clock. Addresses will he
made and steps tnken To organize a Temperance
Society The public are respectfully invited 10
attend.
Mr. Lamb is making number Of improve
ments about The 81. James. The office has been
supplied with a new counter aud double desk
A refrigerator l0A12 and eight feet deep has been
built in the basement story, aud new Iwu-story
piazzaS ale 10 be erected ON the front and south
stiles OF the building
The young people OF south Tallahassee
were handsomely entertained by Mr. and Mrs
" Quailc at their residence last Tuesday
evening. Dancing was The principal feature of
The evening, refreshments were served in abnnd
ance, and The occasion was an exceedingly en-
ioyable one To The large number present
The twenty eighth annual session Of the
West Florida Seminary begins next Monday, DC
tnbrr l>t. On the SAINT day the public schools
OF Leon county more than fifty in number, we
believe, viii begin their regular sessions. Mrs
: :. Williams select school in this city, will
also begin next Monday.
Last Thursday one of Mr. A. ) Minis four
mule teams took "A new engine from the Talahas-
Il 4,
by Scofeld X Sons, of Macon, and WA, pur-
chased by Hon. " ". Walker, who will estab
lish steam yrist-mil and cotton Gin al The
county seat OF Wakulla
-FLoRIDIAN Item Box Several brilliant in
tcllects are now engaged III nvcntng new names
for old colorS in ladies dress material for next
season. One man, after working sixteen hours
day for two weeks, has succeeded in evolving
new names for two tints, viz "topers nose
and kicked dog The la tier is ycller, OF course
The Piney Woods Hotel Company, OF Thorn
asville, have decided to build their large new
hotel this lall. Work was commenced on the
goth, and il will be ready for the reception of
guests on Christmas day The company want
forty carpenters at once. Good wages and con
stant employm emf See advertisement in another
column.
We direct special attention to the advertise
ment of the Savannah Ae0s Both editions of
the Netos-dally and wcrkly--are Justly entitled
10 prominent place among the leading journals
Of the country. Those who have been reading
The excellent serials in the weekly will soon he
treated to new and and interesting story emit
Mrs. Litllejohn."
MIR. Daniel Virgins, under Galics Hall, is
constantly receiving fresh additions to his stock
Of family groceries. He also keeps il full line OF
good lobaccos and fine cigars, and his stock of
groceries is choice and tirsl-class in all re-
spects Country produce bought and sold. Hides
and tnrs IL specially. Read his new advertise
rnent ana give him Il call He will sell you
goods low down.
- The weather was somewhat cloudy and
threatening Saturday afternoon and night Co
pi0us rains fell on Saturday Yesterday forenoon
there was a heavy rain tall accompanied with
considerable wind 1t did not continue very
long, however, and il is thought the cotton crop
has not been damaged to any great extent To-
day is bright, clear and cool, and all indications
of stormy weather have disappeared
We desire To call especial attention TO the
advertisement at ID. VI. Ferry Il Co.. Detroit
Mich, which appears in our columns They are
one of The largest and most reliable firms en-
gagged in The seed business in the United States
and their In la