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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-05-01
ID. a.. II e.. 70. n.
Columbus ENQUIRER. sun.

NouuioHe EhQuhVf-""h'l
Mr.. E. F. Hurt, of Atlanta, is in the city, pros
Meeting in the interest of the cambridge, Cuth-
bert and Columbus Railroad. His object is 10
see what encouragement will be given the COM
pany which he represents by the people along
the proposed line in the shape of right of-way,
depOt grounds. ETC. We understand that the
matter will be canvassed in the Board OF Trade
meeting tonight We hardly suppose mat ne
will meet with any trouble in securing the right
of.way and depot grounds from this city, for this
line if built, would prove a big thing for Column
bus It would not only furnish us an outlet, but
would open new territory of fine farming and
timber lands from which Columbus would reap
great benefit 1t is one of the most important
lines of all those discussed, and its construction
would insure to this city large increase of bust
ness.
We are reliably informed that gentleman is
now in Europe endeavoring to form syndicate
to build the road, and his success will greatly
depend upon that of Mr.. Hurt in securing right
ot-way and donations of grounds for depots, etc.
We hardly suppose that any obstacle will be
thrown in the way of the construction of the
road by the people along the proposed route,
and MIR. Hurt will no doubt, receive every en-
cOuragcment from the city authorities and ctl-
zens of Columbus.
Referring to this article in the Enquirer
SIM, and a connection Of the Il. {. Il {.
Road with the projected enterprise now
so hopefully undertaken by the Thomas
vile, Tallahassee and Gulf Railroad Com
pany, the cambridge Democrat says:
The construction of this line means the grand
est boom Southwestern Georgia, Middle and
West Florida have ever known in several de-
cades 1t will put us in direct communication,
with other connections, with the Cincinnati
Southern at Chattanooga and will give South
Georgia and Florida the nearest and cheapest
route to the Great West there is. 1t will enable
Truck raiscrs to deliver their products in Cincin
natl in about Sixty hours after packing and save
millions of money now spent in paying ireights
over tortuous routes for the private necessities
of life
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The gal eclipse of The sun next Sunday will
last xix ainutes, and no longer one will probably
occur w2thin the next hundred years 1t " III
be parlit;ly visible in many places, but few will
see it infts entirety, rs its path lies almost en-
tircly Ii'S1ugh the ocean, touching land nowhere
but AT Il :tlIc island in the South Pacific call, 4
Carolnc<l Island, which is out OF the track OF any
established commerce or travel. The Frrnt h
Government has determined 10 send an expc-
ton 10 Ait island, and it is probable a grand in
t"rnaii"i:d gathering of astronomers will meet
there I" AXE par in this scientific quest
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-05-01

The Wo,ld says that Republicans
when they go West change their sky but
not their noble minds. The Atchison
Champion forecasts the future of the ne
groes in Kansas in this impartial way
C The sober, the Industrious, the decent
"and progressive people among the col
"ered men will continue to he Republi-
"cans But the dissolute, the deprayed,
"the vicious among the colored people
"will gravitatc into the Democratic ranks.
s1his class cannot be counted on in the
" future as Republicans" Why not, if
this class has been counted on in the
past ? What sudden spasm of virtue has
made the Republicans too proud to asso-
ciate with the colored men whom they
have made dissolute, depraved and vicious?
Or does the Champion give up the negro
vote because the negroes have found out
the hollowness of the Republican cant,
and are no longer to be wheedled by such
sweet words as "sober, industrious and
decent " into supporting the party which
caresses them SO long as they blindly obey
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-05-01

JEFF Davis is said to be failing very
fast of late. His hair is very white, and
he has the appearance of 4 feeble, wan,
bent old man His wife, however, is n
fat, hale, hearty lady, who watches over
him like she would child. When ont
driving she handles the ribbons, while
he sits with dropping head, scarcely
noticing anything unless his attention is
called to it.
The postal cards are made at Holy
okc, Mass, by forty men, who turn out
million daily. They have diminished
the consumption of writing paper by
from 100000 to Sl5, 900, 900 year.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-05-01

Chapter 1851, Session Laws of 1888,
provides that any person who is the head
of family, and a citizen of this State,
shall be entitled to purchase eighty acres,
or less quantity, of any of the internal
improvement lands of this State, donated
to Florida by act Of Congress, Sept. 2s,
1880, for the sum of twenty five cents per
acre. The act is imperative, as all lands
Of that class had been disposed of before
its enactment. Previous to the disposal
of these lands, the head of any family
could, under Chapter lsGG, approved Feb.
lG, 1872, by the payment of ten dollars
enter eighty or more acres, and eighty or
less number of acres upon the payment
of FIVE dollars, provided the parties occu-
pied and cultivated a portion of their en-
tries for the term of five years.
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ropical, April II.
The Difference.

The following extract is taken from 4
correspondent in the FIorioh Ayricuk
htriN:
. The receipt of my tax list for 1882 set me 10
thinking these matters over and comparing the
taxation in the States of Kansas and Florida
My Kansas land is valued at 1920 by the asses
scr. and my total taxes for 1882 are $11 OF, equal
TO $3.50 on each one hundred dollars of asses
sor's valuation, or So ID on each 800 Of what
would willingly take for it, $3.50
Now compare this with the following | have
charge OF a small grove OF three acres 0n Fenced
clearing of ten acres, part of a forty acre tract
purchased about 3! years ago. from our kind old
Uncle for $1.25 per acre 1t is valued at $500
and taxed $4.30 or 81 .43 on each 800 of asses
sor's valuation, only 81 per cent. of what taxes
are in Kansas But this forty acre tract would
readily sell for 81 400; and so the rate on actual
value is not quite 81 cents on each hundred dol
lars; or, only about one-tcnth the Kansas rate
on actual value.
Moral: Show your wisdom by keeping away
from Kansas A DISGUsTED KANSAN
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phia Convention

;LoNnoN April 30-The Times in its editorial
says re Irish Convention at Philadelphia
began wlf the clap trap of folly and malignty
AID closet$ after HE same fashion, The whole
scene II kays, would be painful, were it
lot supreAely ridiculous. The only practical
slggesli"rSmadc by the Convention for injuring
Great l'rs in is the advice to the people of Ire
land TO by nothing from England unless they
are obllgey TO. II is a confession of Importance
when lrlsE malice is driven To such paltrv expc-
dents which it tried, would only injare its
atoptors fThe lesson for Great Britain is to ig-
more lrlSh2icn and abandon all hope of bringing
them to a ieier frame of mind by continuance
o. unmer"ed favors. They have already con-
s1nced tho rest OF the world that they are unfit
ia have n!tional independence, and they must
be made a feel the strong hand OF the law"
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-05-01

The Louisville Couier-Jo,unM says
that "there are in the Democratic part y
"a handful Of Protectionists, where they
care not idiots they are interested par
ties. They would, if they were honest,
ego out and join the Republicans. They
"have no business in the Democratic
"party." And the New York CONNER
ciat--1eloertiser, (Stalwart organ,) declares
with equal positiveness: =" If the New
York Times, Erening Post, Albany
"Journal, Buffalo Express and other so
"calied Republican papers that entertain
"thc same fiscal views will join hands
"with the New York World, Louisville
b" Cowier7Jourmai and other advocates OF
"a Tariff for revenue only, they will be
sin proper company. The Republican
party is the party of a Protective Tariff,
"and who does not believe in that is not
GO Republican,"
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The New York Herald. of Anril 2 IT

The New York Herald, of April 25th
says "The tornadoes that on Sunday
sweat through the States of Mississippi,
Georgia and South Carolina left a track
of devastation behind them. Details OF
the damage to life and property show the
meteor to have been the most destructive
that has visited the South in half CEN
fury. Over one hundred and fifty lives
were lost in Mississippi and over one hun.
dred in Georgia. In South Carolina not
many fatalities are reported. The injured
number at least four to one of the deaths.
At Wesson and Beauregsrd, in Missis-
sippi. the points that suffered most, the
iQdo,aitable spirit Of our people already
shows itself in efforts to retrieve the ter
rible material losses inflicted. Succor has
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The q. d. Prs Dilemma.


cure. When the Republican party, In the hol.:
of otsetting its losses in the North, undertook il
break up Southern solidity by forming alliances
with gang of unprincipled renegade Democraey
in the South, it adopted policy so desperat.
that success was scarcely within the range of NJ
hottest possibility. The failure of this scheme i,
already conceded Only the few whose political
future is staked on it are now advocating its Cor,
tinuance. 1t cannot be pushed farther without,
destroying what little Of hope the Republicat
party may have of future triumphs
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Satfd with - Moral Ideas"

1t doea BOT fire the Republican heart TO any
appreciate extent TO hear about the tanning OF
paupeIs sAins and the drugging of babies in a
f,puhhcaS aimshousc. These and other trifleS,
Stch as th% sale of poor mems bodies and the
consumption Of the same by rats, arc mere Incl
dents OF + progressive civilization But the
challenging OF negro vote in South Carolina or
Ht9rg'a stes the Republican soul 10 IFS depihs
aud rousrssth" grand old party to a kind OF in
sane infy This is The result OF an exclusive diet
lhs King Fl Pontu, fed on poisons ill they be-
came I" him as meat, and the Republicans have
tNcd on nS'ra deas long that they can no
tingcr asstnila'e the very elements of morality.
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..Ratience' AT Quincy.

This opera will he performed by the Quincy
Amateurs next Friday evening" with the follow
ing cast of characters
Paticncc-Mss F. Johnston Tallahassee
The Lady Angcla-Miss Jessie Howard.
Saphr-Miss r. S. White.
Ella Miss jamie Bird. Monticello.
Janc-Miss Sallie West Little Rock
CHORUS OF LADIES.
Misses Elise Davidson, Sarah Allison, Mamie Dui'oni
Mabel McLauchlin, Annie Jones. Bessie Evans. Annie
McIauchlin Bessie (iibbc-.
Col Calverly-J. d. Stockton
Mai. Mungat.oyd T. Il. Stockton.
Duke Of Duns' bell. Curtis.
Bunthornc--J. l.. McFarlin Jr.
Archibald Grosvcnor-II. l.. Rav.
Bunthornes Solicor-Iarpcr Davidson
DragoonsT. c. Allison Il H. Jones Samuel Qnaiter.
man, Horace Shaw. Ross Harris Augustus Buryhtrl.
Price Scott Ii. G. White, Charles Curtis. Samuel Love.
Pianist Miss l.aa Y. Jordan
Mr. NJ. r. Papy is authorized 10 arrange fnr an
excursion train from this city. The fare will liz
81 for tie round trip and if twenty persons sill
go the train viii leave Tallahassee at T. VI.
returning alltI The performance
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-05-01

-Govcrnor Butler has rcsortcl othocN-
tremr measure of removing the trustees of
the state Almshouse NJ Tcw kcsbnry, and Of
Vcsting its management IN the State Board
of Health. He assumes that he has cone
far enough in the present investigation TO
warrant such Il policy, and when once his
mind is made up he does not know such
thing as hesitation. He ha, been much
shrewdcr in this case than his enemies
would have been willing to admit that he
could be. He has recommended that the
institution he placed under the control of
MIR. Sanborn, who made the original dis
closures concerning it some years ago
He was and is a Republican, but he did
not believe that either party or humanity
could Justify such management, rs he said
50 very plainly. But it was thought best
in the cxigencics OF political tactics to
suppress the further investigation, and
despite the repeated warnings of Gen.
Buffers iuanv canyasses no change has
been made. 1t is probable that the Mas
sachusctts Republicans, when next their
attention is called to grave abuse of a
public nature, will not conceal it and wait
for their enemies to uncover it in all its
hideou,ness, as in the present instance.
In the meantime the Investigation devcl-
ops bad practices at each new session
and shows that the almsh0usc manage
ment has been little less than series of
iniqultcs, each worse than the other
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-05-01

The Chitago journni and some other Rcpul,-
lean orgats are assaiing universal suffrage, and
denounctnt il as very dangerous" thing. 1t
. u mat'elsoi notoricty that universal suffrage
was for " loug time, held as one of the most
sacred documents of the G. o. p Ever since
TIE parry eaders discovered that the presenta-
ton OF thsballot to The Southern negro failed 10
give Tie pSrly permanent political control over
the Son'hfsn States, they have been going back
on the sacSed principle and now declare ii to be
Ualaurpr,,r
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-05-01

been promptly extended" In Floyd
county, Georgia, hailstones fell four inch
es in diameter In Ebert, where the
storm passed out of the State into South
Carolina, hail fell, some of which weighed
a pound. La Quitman the rainfall was
five inches in an hour
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-05-01

A special dispatch to the Jackson
vile Times Ition, from Temples Mills,
bradford county, says: "a most dia-
bolcal act of cruelty took place on last
Sunday morning, the 22d inst A negro
man by the name of Pink blocker, has
had living with him for some line a small
boy, his sisters son He has been very
cruel to the boy, often whipping him till
he would he covered with blood Last
Sunday morning while bis family were
away from home he took the boy and tied
him in the chimney, head downward, and
then built fire under him, burning him
so badly that the flesh has dropped off
from the boys body in several places,
burnt all Of the flesh of his right arm and
all the fingers off his right hand. After
satiating his revenge and drmoniac cru
city, he took the boy down, laid him on
the floor and threw cold water over him.
letting the miserable sufferer lie there till
night The child cannot survive. The
people who live in the settlement where
this villain lives are mostly all negroes
settled on government land. The settle
ment bears bad name. Only a few of
its members work for a living. About
three years ago young negro man living
in this place committed an outrage upon
young white girl fourteen years old,
and was hanged for it. The officers are
after Blocker, but it is doubtful if they
catch him, as his friends keep him in hid
inO
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SNYHrR Hail SAnnn..

., NEW . CLANS, April Ga special To the
1a"'S fh"fc'W tr''m Hammond, Louisiana, saws
a:Srvcrt "sn' and hail storm from the northwest
prevailed kete Yesterday evening, doing consid-
cradle danHgc The colored Methodist Church
vas demtfishcd, trees uprootcd, fences torn
down, gllsSes in the houses were shattered AMI
MuuSatds III dollars DAMAGE was sufT.ro,l h,, IL.
farmers WloNc crops are entirely DESTROYED by
me hat zhe stones ranged in size from a mar
tdr 10 IN" tnd half inches in diameter Hail
stones wrte picked up this morning mile east
where the fiorm was most severe
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-05-01

!: lover fvho had gone West to make a home
ior his "b2die," wrote back I've got the finest
Quarter se;fion of land (16O acres ever put my
ROOT downHon.' Birdie wrote back SUPPOSE
you buy another section, John. so that Won can
have l"Vsl around your foot" John made "A
bPme but xBirdie never was the mistress of il
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-05-01

-, II yon %nt to find logican go TO your tailor
The other say one of these fractions of the hu-
man tamil was overheard to remark, never
ASK gen'f'man Tor money" "But suppose he
doesn't ply you, what them" "Well, if he
doesn't paEs me within reasonable time con
elude he s2lol a genlleman-and then ask him"
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eslksMpse Of the Millennium.

G4hoinnatl tEmmercial- tiazettel
WendelSPhillips hopes that the day will come
Ehen 20 Yaan will smoke on the streets The
Gay VIII cHtainly come. 1t will be here AS soon
ss there aIx no men and no streets
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it and blackguards them the moment they
think and act for themselves? The mo-
rality of the grand old party is bearing
fruit in Bleeding Kansas as well as else
wbora
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-05-01

i ORANGE VA April 3O-A heavy frost and
.cn In NoEhern Virginia has blighted the fruit
nut has nSt injured the wheat. No corn has
neen planfd, the weather having been too cold
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-05-01

-Puny, weak, and sickly children need
Browns Iron Rit,els. 1t will strengthen and in
vgOratc them.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-12-12
THE SUPPLY of ANTHRACITE.

The constant extension of the anthracite
coal trade is causing some inquiry as to the
possible exhaustion of this most important
fuel. The output for the yeRr 1882 was up
wards of thirty-one million tons, while that
for 1883 will be at least three million tons
greater. The increase is chiefly in the West,
where even in the bituminous coal districts
the anthracite is steadily growing in favor
for household use, because of its greater
cleanliness and its more gradual and uni
form combustion. The consumption of an
thracite in the West is certain TO increase ct
a rapid rate as the facilities for cheap trans
portation become greater.
In view Of this steadily and rapidly in
creasing consumption and the fact that all
the available anthracite coal known in this
country is confined TO o few counties in
Pennsylvania, the inquiry as to the per-
manence of the supply is not an unnatural
one. Mr.. Ashburner, who is in charge OF
the State Geological Survey in the anthra-
cite field, made some statements in recent
lecture on the subject which, being pre-
sunably based upon definite knowledge,
throw some light upon this important sub.
ject He places the total anthracite pro,
duct during the sixty years since mining
began at little upward of 500, 900, 900
tons. Assuming that for every ton of mark
etable coal produced there are two tons
wasted, this would show the exhaustion Of
EN- area which originally contained l,500,-
600 600 tons He estimates the total body
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-12-12
AN OLD PRISON.

As you step into Chatham street from the
Brooklyn bridge, before you stands an anti
quated grayish building, whose history Is
more interesting than many who pass it
daily suppose it to be. II has been known
for o number of years as the Registers
Office (all real estate deeds and mortgages
are recorded in it), and It is sometimes
pointed out as the headquarters Of an
official whose place is. worth 100000 d
year. think the 100000 is somewhat
mythical, but never mind about that. I'M
less my local knowledge is not at fault, the
building is the last of several which did
duty as prisons in the Revolutionary days.
Three or four others were to the fore not
many years ago, but have disappeared.
The one now in question was used alter
nately as military prison and an ordinary
Jail. Many patriot soldiers swho fell into
the hands of the British were confined in II
and endured a full share of the hardship
that befell all Tpatriots who fell into the
same hands as prisoners of war. They
were treated as criminals of the worst kind,
supplied with particularly bad food, and
compelled to do the most degrading mental
Offices. Though patricss in the eyes of
their countrymen, they were rebels in the
eyes Of the British, and had to suffer nc
cordingly. They certainly did suffer q
great deal, and not the least of their troubles
came from the brutality of their jailer,
British officer with about as much humanity
in him as chemically exasperated savage.
The building is one Of the very few revolu.
tionary relics still remaining in New York,
and even this ono may soon disappear.
Lsss than year ago its removal was seri-
cusly proposed, in order that the approaches
10 the bridges might be enlarged. Some
protest was made against wiping cut almost
the last Of the landmarks, but it was rather
feeble, and no doubt in the course Of time
Che landmark will have to go. Reverence
for such things is mot one Of the strong
points Of the average New Yorker. Unless,
with speculation in his eye, he sees money
Ia them, they do not interest him at all.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-12-12
SCROFULA

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niors, Carbunzaes, Boils, and Eruptions
Of the Skin, are the direct result of an
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