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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-05-15

SO laT rs reduction OF taxation is concerned,
the Democratic party has already reduced The
rate from mills Ia q! since il came into power
In addition to this it has reduced the rate in ALL
or nearly all the counties, and this reduction Is
still proceeding. As increased values
will permit in the State. the Democratic party
will reduce it again Indeed, The attempt I" re-
duce the rate AT The last session oi The I.eglsla
lure shows that the zeal oi the Democratic party
to reduce taxation once, al least, carried lis rep
reSPntatives too Tar
Another point. When the Democracy came
in power, the counties had the right 10 levy the
same tax with the Stale. The Democratic party
limited The counties, 10y the Constitution In
mills, and Democratic administration has reduced
the rate in the counties below the Constitutional
limit lhontgooery idrerti~r, MayG.
The Democratic party in Florida has
done better than this When it came into
possession of the government in 1877,
State taxation averaged about l25 mills.
In some counties it was II mills, in others
1913, and in some it reached as high as l2Y3
and l3. 1t is now down To fre mills,
having been reduced from l29 to this rate
in the seven years since Radical rule
ceased among us.
its limited resources, had more 10 contend
with when it passed under Democratic
control than Florida. a large bonded
debt had been created requiring an annual
taxation of $SO, 900 To meet the interest.
This had either to be repudiated or paid,
while the condition of the State treasury
was not such as to give hope of a speedy
reduction in taxes. During the last four
years of Radical rule the State taxes as
sessed amounted to "a 1856. 50 annually,
or i ia ,547 IN gross during that time
On the other hand, the annual assessment
of taxes in the last four years O919,"s0,
~ and 's2,) has averaged only $2S0, 3U9.-
80, amounting in gross for these years to
81 l22 .03623 as against 81 ,G4l,5l7 for a
like period while the Republicans were in
power, showing an average annual de
crease in TAXATION of Sl29,S71.97 or 1919
81 in gross. In the meantime, no
debt has been repndiatr'l; on the con
trary, while the treasury was practically
bankrupt in 1871, there being only ST., !
324.74 in money therein on all accounts,
the outstanding obligations, including a
considerable sum of unpaid interest,
amounting to $500, 900 in round numbers
($299, O85.35,) all the floating indebted
ness against the State has been met and
the public credit placed on a basis of
soundness never before known in our his
tory as a commonwealth. Florida bonds
are to-day unpurchasablc except ut n pre-
MUM ranging from 20 to 30 per cent.
What State, with 50 unpr"nislng be
ginning, can show better or AZ good re-.
suits under Democratic control:
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-05-15
GRANGE OF SCHEDULE.
Blow the r. q. Il w. will Hereafter
RIM

On Sunday the new schedule on the Florida
& sntral and Western Railroad goes into effect
.nde' the new schedule the regular passenger
! min leaves here daily at $50 A. M. instead ct
+l5 + NJ. arrives at ChattahOochee at +. M.
'7siea.i of II A. NJ; arrives at Pensacola at 9.
"a NJ aud at New Orleans the same evening.
solid trains run through from this city TO Pensa-
i,lla aud seepers run through from Chattahoo-
. Aee 80 New Orleans.
Returning trains leave Pensacola daily AT 10
Il. NJ ChattahOochee nj 430 A. NJ; Tallahas-
ii. nj A. NJ Baldwin ut $40 p NJ. arriving
~ lh: city AT 4:3O p NJ instead of : A. NJ. as
.sretntore. This schedule shorfens the time he
Aeer here and Chattahoochee TWO hours and
:Men,v minutes and gives daylight ride through
Middle Florida.
Ti,f freight and accommodation train over the
FLORIDA Central and Western will leave here al
D p W., and arrive a: Tallahassee at A. M,
iiciurring this train will leave Tallahassee at
80 f. NJ arriving here al $40 A. NJ sleep
az c:.r and passenger coach will be attached 10
-" train for the accommodation of those who
.f'"I,' To travel at night Times Union, Nay II.
This is a very poor schedule, so far as
lbr Northern mails are concerned, for all
!tie country west of Jacksonville depend
r':t "n the F. C. 4 w. Road for their
rail The fast mail " train bringing
ihe Northern mail to Florida leaves Sa-
tAnnah at 1920 A. NJ, and arrives at
Jacksonville at 4:45 i. NJ In the mean
time OF. mail train has left Jacksonville
al 90 in the morning, and all mail mat
FIR f.,r points between ChattahoOchee and
Jacksonville that Is brought by the " fast
mail laws over at Jacksonville from 4:45
t. VI until $40 the next morning-that
II, Ii hours and IS minutes Of course
- snch arrangement as this will be toll
Grated without a vigorous protest all
song the line If the schedule az an
Hounsrd is to continue, steps should at
,'ncc he taken by every business commn
nitV 10 have the mails transferred to the
freight or accommodation train which
leaves Jacksonville at 4 j. NJ, or one
,nu1 and quarter after the " fast mail -
arrives there. This train will arrive here
at NJ, and will distribute the mails
I'll along the route several hours in ad-
: anc. of the so-caled mail train We
'hink this would be preferable to having
.h~ >,urlnern mails for Middle Florida
sent by the 5. +. 4 w. to .Chattahoochee
md returned east over the F. {. & w., as
some suggest. One or the other of these
ehan,res will have to be made
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-05-15
The FernandIna Route.

In the extreme mort heastern corner of
Florida, the nearest point Of the State To
the great Atlantic martS of supply and
demand, is the city of Fernandna, pos
sessing a commodious harbor with depth
of water sufficient for the entrance of
ocean steamers of large burthcn. Thus
located in admirable position it is the ter
minus of railroad that traverSrs the
State, and is crossed by lines running east
and west through the northern portion,
and north and south toward and from the
Peninsula section. This Transit road
stops at the ocean--but its route is cN-
tended over it, as it were, by steamers
taking up the burdens Of the trains, and
it's advantages are 40 apparent that il may
be presumed that there will be before a
great while daily arrivals and departures
Of steamers The argument Of such pre-
sumption is obvious, for being i'll the track
of the main roads of The Florida system
the Transit road is in the commanding
position Of being the outlet and inlet for
all of them to the best harbor of the State
on the Atlantic coast, aud if there were
frequent and close connecting steamer
service considerable proportion of the
export and import commerce of the State
would flow through this channel to and
from the Peninsula, and over the Florida
Cop4 rol an1 Nost.ru onl P.nSarolo aul
Atlantic, traversinq the northern part for
four hundred miles Thus the steamer
service might focus at Fernandina most of
the Atlantic coast traffic of the State, with
much from the westward beyond our
boundaries, by enabling cheap and rapid
transportation for produce and merchan
dise--make our railroads pay and assure
the growth OF Florida city TO further
such desirable ends it is necessary that
those who have freight to send, and those
who are To receive freight, avail them
selves of this route; that the railroads
give fair through rates in connection with
the steamers, and that these run, m they
propose to do if properly seconded in the
enterprise, right through to New York
on time without touching at intermediate
Atlantic coast ports. This should con
centrate traffic to the route, and give to
the carriers of the State the benefit of the
States commerce. Produce would have
quick and reliable carriage, AS would re-
turn freights Of merchandise, etc. This
is so desirable that we hope soon to hear
that satisfactory schedule and tariffs are
established via rail and steamers from
Fernandina, and that the railroads are
feeding the Mallory line and the Mallory
line the railroads, to the profit of both
and all concerned. They are mutually
dependent and should mutually concede
to assure prosperity to both-do a big
business at low rates, rather than a small
business at high rates.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-05-15
Anvil ApDOintsneuts.

The E"ls'"ing civil appointments have been
made ny the Governor and tnly commissioned
ning the past week
I'eo r MILESTONE to I've County Commits
si'-.ler IN hnd for Columbia county
&. w. Ozark, 10 be- Notary Public in and for
.Duva coflh,y
Srry Fogarty, Ia he Auciioneer in and tot
NJ. Hror cinniy.
n. G. Mrry, to hc County Commissioner in
ansi tor Baker county
2AomasI y. Miller, Ia he County TREASURER in
AND jnt Washington comfy.
i. 5 Gotslbread. L. be County Treasurer in
and ior Hamilton county
u l.. doom, 10 be Notary Public in AMI for
BEstlorh .nnnly
.;s'hn & Douglass 10 he Superintendent al
S>h:nls irs and Tor Walton county
IAh"D J;Dallns, Ia hc Notary Public in and
ior the Sta4e ut large
John T. t}rcks To be- Superintendent of Schools
In tbid inl !Drangc county.
William GoweD, Samuel Quincy and VII
liain Baliy3to he County Commissioners in and
for Levy ci.univ.
- w. Hs.ginbntham To Ike Superintendent Of
Sthsols III !nn'l for Nassau county.
Charles ) Wheat 10 I've Commissioner of
DEEDS for florida in and for California.
Taomas.i. Cook, 10 he County Treasurer IN
Ass, for lltrnando county
Washington kimer, Ia be- Notary Public in
aai] for O:snge county.
Sorman BrOwnson, to be AuctiOneer in and
iiy Nassau; bounty.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-05-15
G'uE RE- for Chicken Cholera.

alive ea:'h chicken three 10 four grains of Gallo
nsl and wash it down with teaspooninl of
Soution 3 aqua ammonia, the strength Of which
i<one lealpoonful of ammonia 10 half pint OF
water. ssive this solution every three hours until
fcsr doses ar" taken, and if the disease is not
Ysry violent The fowl will be running about next
-dss. Ii IN ,he second day the chicken is not
mich better, continue The dose of ammonia As
before, and by The next mornings hours after
tiif fin dnsc was given-we found the worst
cages able 10 go about and eat their usual tool
W. have cured fowls with the above remedy
when wr,havr found them in the morning LAYING
uttier th'. rn"sis with no apparent life about
tirsm excerpt that there was some warmth about
tirS body. j. A c.
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A real estate agent. writing u- nom Log n
-sys The boom that has been sAecping in'
frnzs-D aufneT IF the Northwest j. J'. Tined III tht
near future 10 Toe turned Sonlhward.- Et, rsfc
Just %, We do believe. Md We are5"'
the opinion that in very few yrals lhsrf
Eiil be little land ia Middle Florida not
oerupied and cultivated. and that alt
country will grow as rapidly in,weaIth "a
"a population. producing and selling vfsi
Quantities Of vegetables, grain had irues
The current of immigration wiz continue
10 fow down the Peninsula, but sutici.Sn-
10 I'll up the Middle will be ..4fe>ted :o>
It's 6ne lands and varied capacity of 20
ductiOn.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-05-15

BrOOksyille Crescent

BrOOksVile Crescent.
There is an old saying as to who can ask qucs-
tions and who is qualified to answer them. FIX
acty the same ability is required To suggest ITO
plan lheori, ofgovernment. Wemake no pretence
TO statecralt, but we have sense enough to know
that when, with leader already chosen every
pOpinjay undertakes TO direct defeat is certain
II leaders and policies are moi what they should
be there is proper time aud place to change
them, and say what shall he done and who shall
do it. Until that time il behooves us to obey
orders Now, once for all, we are pronounced
administration man, and shall be when the next
Democrat is elected and installed, whether he is
our personal choice or not, and 80 on through
each succeeding administration until the De.
mocracy cease TO control this State, and then we
shall bend every energy, as we have in DAYS
gone by, to place the party back in power, and
then support it again.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-05-15

Certain products seem adapted 80 part ctlai
localities. The Bermudas raise unihls IS |eii
principal crop: Georgia has special api..idt
for waieTmelons Southern Florida -xcelS inshe
raising of tomatoes Marion and Alachna 81 M
fies raise beans. squash and tomatoes 10 periec
lion: Middle Florida excels in her Inla''es kDd
csbbAge-FernGndind Mirror
And Middle Florida may excel in ottet
products named, also, as experiment 1as
demonstrated. 1t has happened, hew
ever, that in this new truck Business at
tention has been chiefly given Go the veg
eLables mentioned, and marked result,
consequently justify the above. w. arr
satisfied that other vegetables will pay a
well a. potatoes and cabbages---lengtiiec
ing the season A" Of shiprnen' by pre-
eeding and succeeding those staples o
the truck trade.
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hlictllp I OlIsiitutlOn.
AbyMn mite Fishing.
New York, May =, 1888.

The people residing in the vicinity of
Miccosukie Lake are very much exercised
and indignant, in consequence of certain
Georgians visiting the lake last week and
using dynamite cartridges for the destruc-
ton of the fish. No objection is urged
to the gentlemen procuring reasonable
supply OF catablr fish, but it is alleged
that the conclusion is so great it destroys
large quantities Of spawn and small fish,
and if the terrible explosive should he
used to any extent, all the valuable fish
of the lake would soon be destroyed. 1t
is said that y few days after the dyna-
mite was thrown into the lake, large guam
titles of dead fish were found floating on
the water. Several States have laws that
make it a criminal offence for any person
to use these dynamite cartridges.
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t-lIeniy Grady writes to the Atlanta
Constitution that there is a LeConte pear
orchard :ln Thomas county that was
bsMght tae years ago for $3.50, and can
no. be lSught to-day for 1875, 900 We
extract fEem his letter:
Mr. Vafnrdoe, who has the only full bearing
itpts in The 'ounty, cleared trfie cover $500 on
tht. fruit al twenty trees covering less than
half acre OF ground. From one tree he sold 81
bushels of f>ears The season he says was the
poorest he has known for years and the quality
ant flavor u the pears not so fine as when grown
nnaer mort pr0pitious circumstances. This re-
in9ed the rr'ce Of the fruit. so that $500 stands
as she actna' net returns in poor season from
the only half acre IF LeContes there being
twenty treetl in full bearing in the county
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-05-15

Jacksonville Times mimi We srr
reliably informed that three large casg pes
81 sixty pound steel rail for tie Florida
Central and Western and TIans,t and
Peninsula roads are soon To h",ianded at
Fernandina
The schooner Rngr arrived Hnm Sorth
Florida last SUNDAY. bringing a large !oi Di igle
apples and a small lot OF bananas Ginn Che
arrival Of The vessel NJ the haf IA" peg ole
gathered around her like r,Nk of turkey
around q corn field Aj.di1rhsccLi IstbD:<
We make the suggestion that a largo
from South Florida l'e eh.pl-'l IL st
Marks, consigned TO som" ~rprsine
business man of Tallahassee, WIKI can sap
ply the local demand AMI ship the surI3n,
east and west BY rail-
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intention at the oppsrtune moment to
raise the cry that Grant is the only man
who can prevent the election of a Demo
cratic President. But in the language of
that venerable man OF Ohio, ex-senator
Thurman, this "wont do" There is an
exceedingly large and influential element
of the Republican party, perhaps one-half
of it, that would sooner see Democrat
in the White House Ian Grant, and the
reproaches of Mr.. Conklng for the defeat
OF Grant at Chicago can only intensity
their opposition. Grant will never again
he the nominee of the Republican party,
and the most important deduction to be
therefore drawn from Mr. Conkling's ut
terances is that, disappointed in this, he
and that branch of the New York Repub-
hcanS who act with him will take no in
terest in the success Of any other randl-
,Iatu
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Pic nc at the " Basin" tO-dnY.

Pic MIC at the " Basin - today
MIR q W. Blackshear is having his hnnse
5's@red
Captain &. F. Davis, we are glad to state, is
ny again
E-Cr"ps are getting along nicely, all things
considered
Miss jamie Vason, of Tallahassee, is visiting
shS Barksiae.
MISS Jessie Wanchope has returned TO her
nome "A! Providence.
:--Anofer clay pigeon shooting in "town "
last week, We did hope the birds were dead
Who gave "Nox,' Of the Townsville
7Smes, thOse strawberries at the pic mic II may
a.d To Solnelhing setinns. Qnien @,4~s
Mr. ]. b. Hall showed us five Irish potatoes
Fem oae 9ill which measured, respectively 1Ox
IL 9x10,.Sxl0, 1x9, SKI. Who beats this ,
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Washington dispatches state Gns. BloxhaGi
called on the President relative Ia The !cnsalxh.
quarantine, said he was satisfied tha'.ae govsrp-
Denf would maintain quarantine n sensa.ek'.
bul would undertake no sanitary Improvement.
The government, he said, will provide vtsset
Tor quarantine purposes. but tho: PehsaDola
Board Of Health will have TO look after tie ssD,
Itsry condition of the city They ran raiN
money for this purpose by levyIng .onnage TAX
On ye.sels Of 50 cents a ton.-Ps7usI's,4' EsJfeN.
Governor Bloxham was in Washington
On land business, and took no T,srt in the
quarantine matter. He found ;he Presi-
dent of the Pensacola Board Of Hpalth
there working most energetically, af,d.
Of course, endeayored TO aid han. as he
might, in furtherance of his Objects If
benefit results to Pensacola the: credit II
due 70 Major Guttman, who was iudefaei
gable in the discharge of the duty which
called him TO Washington.
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Il. Louis Republican, dem. May 81

1t is beginning to be very plain that Preside.,.,
Arthur is not only working up persons,
boom " but is doing what he can to prevent (
Harrison boom " in Indiana. Why he shonl.
be especially afraid of Harrisons candidacy vi,
are not able to understand. However that III az
he, President Arthur has been quite plainly try
ing to cripple Harrison and more recent EVENT.
make it apparent that there is very good groun,l
for suspecting he is moved to this course becaus.
of his ambition to succeed himself His forns
nomination by the administration organ i
Washington is but one of the significant indi,a
tioRs OF his aspirations and his candidacy viii
doubtless he recognized fact in short time. :
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Fort Dade Messenger.


This is the name of the post office recentL,
established on the Withlacoochee river, ten mil1
east OF Brooksville, formerly known as Magnolia
Bluff II ia rapidly growing in importance. ara
will soon be the shipping point for a very larre
scope Of country. 1t Ia at present the head Of
navigation on the river, and we learn that boats
are now making daily trips to Panasofkee in
connection with the daily trains carrying tie
United States mail. Stages connect with tlt.
boats at lstachatta for Brooksville, Fort Dade
and other sections The enterprisinp owner M
F. M. Townsend, has erected stables for tlss
horses of the stage line, and also an eating -hous,
tor the entertainment OF the travelling public
AS this point is twenty miles nearer Fort Dad&.
than any other shipping point, our merchants
and citizens would do well to ship by this route.
A good road nom Fort Dade to Istachatta, and
no streams 10 cross, is certainly a great induce
ment to ship by this route. ::
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The savannah Vars seusiblv

The "a, annah .Nt,cs Sensibly ~
gests that there are other tor.ign r"sn
iri.-- than ireland which aiioni new i 81
interest. and that Atlantic cables miah
bring some Ia mix with Irish in.elIgegc'
an newspaper columns, and vary agrc.'a
i'iy the present monotony. PA"pl nfa,
l,egin 10 think. as some Iri-hmNn patriot
iealls believe. that Ireland j. She priiici
pal part 81 the planet.
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Some Republican Journals are pleasing them.
Sases with The thought of what they will do in
Virginia IN 1884 In going through y dark wool
jig an excellent plan to keep up ones spirits by
wllstling OF singing. Now l lay me down 10
sleep" or, 10 very difficult moment by con-
saiQng thess Maine pocket pistol which every
go4i Republican carries In his moral pantaloOns;
bst II Ii better TO wait till the woods is lefl be
hind before jumping for Joy The Republican
psIty may. ls,ssibly feel on the first OF January
laa, that like MIR. Bundle. it went dirt
cheap"
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"A Washington letter says: The re-
markable speech made by Ex-senator
Conkling at the last dinner Of the New
York Saturday Night Club has been much
commented on in political circles here. 1t
il inferred that the Democrats are to
come into control OF the country is no
more nor less than feeler put. out in the
interest Of Gen. Grant, and that it is the
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-05-15

A letter from Lake de t'nasak t.. shs
Adranee- Gdzette says that Poi. l. H..
Charles, Of Pass Christian, Miss, ga:
arrived there with printing material ior
The Publication of a new sparcr. which Vili
be Jailed the Walton Sig"n = VIII Sc
enpy the a middle ground - brtw zee
Milton and Mariana, aud We trust il MA '
be successful IN business if ,ounI ia pei.
r5ee
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neglecting the gifts of Providence. The
net return from one acre of Leon soil,
successfully titled, is the purchase m oney
for that and several other acres, and it is.not
in the nature of things" with such ca
pacty of production and the greedy
market of the n orth to consume, that this
section shall not grow up to the measure
of its merits and attain its destiny of pros
nertv
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Gov. BlOx h alm "a nd His Work.
cial To the Times Democrat

WASHINGTON, May 9.-(iov. Bloxham, /,
Florida, LETT for home this morning He silc
ceedrd in some matters of business for his Staff
tie asked thai steam mail service be put on b1
tween ST Marks and Apalachicola, and he Il,;
good reason To believe that the PostOffice ia
lmrimrnt will accedr to his request He alS
requested of the Interior Department that 20, OQ
acres OF land, the same being the balance OF ,h
internal improvement grant made to The Siat
by Congress some years ago, I've certified Ia III
State. His request was granted.
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ON the 9Th instant Samp- II oi,r
~el editor "l The Oxford Mis- E,Eh !,
VA shot AMI killed by Dep.i'l >b.Iia
Charles Butler On the 9th the srsnd
jary found true bill, and the payer = As
committed To Jail &
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Rev. a. ID. Mavor writc. .hat he

Key. A. d. Mayor writes .hat lrefr-
Gently attended at Montgomery, Ala. .
three DAYS convention of coloret. teachers.
81 ah"m there are %" III the ''at",
y hicb was creditalle in every way, .n':
h calls the assembly the b"Sa liz. ever
~ Of the kind outside OF W;f-hin2tor