The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-03-20

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Mr.. VIM. r Apthorp died OF the residenc
Of his son, Mr.. ]. p. Apthorp. one mile north Of
ihis city. last Tuesday He was born at Quincy.
Mass. In 1905, graduated at Yale College. taught
several years in the West, and was resident Of
Florida for the past twelve years- he lived TO
ripe old age. and passed away Is quietly as
one who could draw the drapery Of his couch
around him and lie down to pleasant dreams"
Mr.. Jos. L. Girton, editor of the Waterloo
Qowa) Reporter, who, with his wife, spent some
weeks in Tallahassee last winter, died at his
home on the 1st inst During his sojourn In
Tallahassee Mr.. Girton was daily visitor at the
FLORIDrAN Office, and We always found him
pleasant and affable. He was gifted and &C.
NAL gentleman, consistent christian. and was
beloved, respected and appreciated most by those
who knew him best ReQuiescat in pace.
The road leading to LeConteville is becom.
ing the fashionable drive for Tallahasseeans, and
we learn that those who have pear orchards and
vegetable farms in this popular suburb OF the
Capital City, intend to grade the road and make
II eth more attractive as highway for pleasure
driveA The well laid out pear orchards with
their hundreds Of trees growing vigorously, the
inviting strawberry pla,s now in full bearing,
and the fine vegetable farms highly cultivated,
present scene of industry and enterprise cheer
ing 10 look upon. and which will in few years
make LeConteville property very valuable and
desirable.
On Friday evening last the infant son of Mr..
VIM Crogan, living in the Monroe building, by
some means got hold of bottle of carbolic acid,
from which he childlike, took and swallowed a
potion. Though physicians were Immediately
summoned, and antdotes applied, the little fell
low suffered great agony during the night but
became more quiet Saturday morning, and is
now in a fair way to recover While running
the gantlet of the numerous maladies to which
they are subjected in their youthful years, chill
dren have hard time at best, and parents can
not exercise too much caution and care to save
the innocent little ones from painful and dis
tressing accidents.
w. r. Wilson, Esq, by general advertise
ment and numerous local notices in today's
FLoRIDIAN announces to the public that he has
received and opened an immense stock of spring
goods, consisting of full lines of all the new and
handsome styles of dress goods, complete stock
of shoes, house-keepers' goods in great variety,
and an abundance of everything TO be found in
frst-class general merchandise house. His
magnificent stock was selected with great care,
his goods are new and stylish, were bought
for cash, and will be sold at prices to suit the
times. Give him an early call. Mr.. Wilson and
his competent and polite statesmen take special
pleasure in showing their pretty and attractive
goods.
MIR. w. S. Burdick died in this city last Sat-
urday afternoon, in the forty-ninth year of his
age He came to Tallahassee with the Federal
army in 1855, a member OF Company c, 1elst
New York Volunteer Infantry In the spring
of that year he was one of dozen soldiers who
applied to the War Department for discharges in
order to become citizens of Florida, and by order
of that Department they were mustered out of
the service here, and number of them to-day
remain respectable and prosperous citizens of
Tallahassee. "Burdick," as he was famliarly
known TO our people has resided here ever since
In course of time he became addicted to period
ical sprees, and about three weeks ago entered
upon his last, which. coupled with exposure, pro-
duced pneumonia, from which he died. He was
a man Of more than ordinary intellect, kind
hearted, with generous impulses, and made
friends but no enemies. Peace to his ashes
Rev. Jas Page, the aged and venerable pas
tor Of the colored Missionary Baptist Church,
last Friday evening quietly and peacefully passed
from the scenes of his earthly abors to that rest
prepared for those who doeth the Masters will
For more than half a century he had been a
faithful laborer in the Masters vineyard, was a
man who had great influence with his race,
which was always exerted for their well being,
and was respected alike by white and colored
people In his early years he was the property
and body servant of the late Col Jno. Parkhill,
and was about SO years of age at the time of his
demise. The funeral took place from his church
on Sunday morning, and his remains were fol-
lowed TO the grave by the various orders Of
which he was worthy member-the Odd Eel
lows, Good Templars and Good Samaritan
and . large concourse Of colored and white citi-
zens, aggregating about three thousand persons