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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-08-15
LOCAL LORE.
AS EXPOSITION SOCIETY.

Means Committee-Second Sat
|N,avs the Meeting Days-Live
"storl,-GeolOgy-F and
Tlowers-Other News.
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1000 ACRES in Wise county; prairie land,
10 To 20 miles from Decatur; controls the wa
ter of that section.
o76 ACRES timber land In Dallas county,
on the Trunk Railroad, IL miles from Dallas.
Land Is fertile and well adapted to farming
purposes. Can be had at u bargain.
$40 ACRES, superior quality, in Archer
county, 10 miles from the town OF Archer,
with stream of living water. win sell or
exchange for Dallas or Fort Worth property
or live stock.
$40 ACRES adjoining the town OF Itaska,
In Hill county. Offers splendid invest
ment for town purposes. Can be had low.
4S2 ACRES prairie land, with house of two
rooms, 81 miles east of Hillsboro, In Hill
county; 100 acres now under cultivation.
A excellent farm OF go acres, mile west OF
Hillsboro, In Hin county, in u state of fine
cultivation, prairie timber and water COM
bined; , tenement houses.
900 ACRES, in Hill county, near Hills
boro, 1000 acres in cultivation, 4 tanks, 10
houses, wire fence-one of the best properties
in Hin county.
MEXICAN LANDs-Largc bodies in Old
Mexico.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-08-15

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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-08-15
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"lietluofSon, dfllcIShi tuuulNs ~
"Sworn tn before me this nineteenth day NJ
January, 1850. "a, NJ. LErFtNGwELG,
"JuStlrC OF the Pence"
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-04-29
Charleston News and Courier.
The Blair school Bill.

We publish to-day the text of the Blair bill, as
it passed the Senate and in the shape in which it
comes before the House of Representatives. II
needs careful study of it to show that there is
absolutely nothing in the bill that justiies or ex-
cuses the fears of the opponents of national aid
for educational purposes.
1t is distinctly stated in the bill that the main
tenance of separate schools for white and colored
children is permitted, so that there is no oppor-
tunity for difficulty on that score. The amount
apportioned to each State must be paid over to
the officer who is authorized by the laws of the
State to receive it. The worst that can happen
to any State is that, if it shall be held to have
violated the terms of the act it will receive no
more money from the educational fund There is
nothing, whatever, in the act that indicates de-
sire the part of the Senate to obtain control of
the educational system of the several States.
The bill is drawn to ensure, as far as posi-
BILE, the proper application Of the money; that
is, its application to the purposes for which Con-
gress is invited to appropriate it,
AS matter of form, there is probably one OBJ
lection to be made TO the bill, and that is the re-
quirement that the Governor of each State shall
file with the Secretary of the Interior statement
showing the character of the common school sys-
tenn in the State, together with the amount OF
money expended, and other information relating
to the conduct of the schools. This report should
be made by the Governor to the President, or
else be made by the Superintendent of Education
10 the Secretary of the Interior This is matter
of detail, however, which can be corrected in the
House of Representatives. 1t is rather childish
to suppose that there is any desire to subordinate
the Governor of State to one of the Cabinet
officers of the United States. In cur opinion,
with this exception, there is nothing in the bill
that the most captous should object to- Wher-
ever the school system is fairly and honestly con-
Quoted, there will be no difficulty whatever in
complying with the terms of the act.
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OF the FLoRIDIAN.l
Memorial Day In Lake city,
LAKE CRY Anril 1G I

LAKE CITY, April %, las4.j
Editors Fzoridian: To-day in common with
dear, broad Southland, our people forgot no. tie
brave 1870 boys who wore the gray and fell bflvaly
fighting for their country, and whose. aslsda are
at rest in our cemetery-a precious crust !hft 10
our safe keeping.
At the appointed time a o'clock the Ayc,ci4.
ton, headed by the cornet band, formed tfd line
of march on Main street. near the squar6 fol-
lowed by the children of the various SaSday
Schools laden with flowers, the orators d The
day occupying prominent position in the Prices
sion. Upon arriving at the cemetery the 3xer-
cises were opened by music, and an impressive
prayer by Rev. r. L. Honiker, the eles8ient
young pastor of the M. E Church. South. Hour
recently elected mayor, Dr. w. T. Bacon, sswas
then introduced by Captain Baya. Vice ftesi-
dent of the Association. Mayor Bacon, 3far
reading his address, reciting brief yet cltrly
outline of the history of slavery, from Its intep-
ton to the close of the sanguinary struggle, was
followed by Mr.. John T. Graves, the able EDITOR
of the Florida Evening Herald. He had snot
spoken a half dozen words before he securefqthe
attention of the large audience. and from thabce
forward until the close Of his address, held 4he
people spell bound by his matches eloqucfce.
Never before had such BETTING sivery anih9ms
of oratorcal praise been sung over the graves Of
our dear departed heroes, who lie at rest i'll Dur
cemetery.
Before closing his eulogy Mr.. Graves mads
most stirring and touching appeal for those buys
yet living who once wore the gray, but who are
in such circumstances that the home for disabled
Confederate soldiers to be erected in RichmGpd
should be made fitting refuge. The writer has
never before heard such an able address clothed
in more beautiful language than that which:he
heard this evening fall from the lips Of .Iapn
Temple Graves and such is the expression of our
citizens in general.
After Mr. Graves had retired Col VIM MIC.
Williams of Italia, who was present, was called
upon to speak, and responed with few vFty
appropriate remarks.
After the speeches dear old ladies, fair ycnsg
brides, lovely maidens and sweet little childr.n,
with weather beaten veterans and gail&nt,
young men, strewed over the graves of trieFd
and foe, with loving hands, beautiful fewess,
and then we left them
Under the lilies the Gray,
Under the the Blue"
Yours, SOUTaERNER.
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FLORIDIAN.l
Letter from Lake City.

LAKE CITY, FLA, April 81, 1884.
Editors Flortdt1n AS the College City Of
Florida has no regular correspondent 10 tie
leading journal of this great and growing Cora.
monwealth, deem it but right, occasionally, TO
trespass upon your readers The Agricultural
College is progressing finely under the manage
ment of its competent contractors, and will no
doubt by the 1st of October be ready for occup;.-
ton. hotel restaurant on the grounds *
one of the needed accessories that so far seems 10
have been overlooked. The boys and the wise
professors cannot live alone on science, and it Il
high time some man of means was looking into
the matter. We trust, however, that the Trus-
tees will not allow the erection of any second
rate building upon the grounds, or suffer i, To be
leased to some parSimOniOus scOundrel WHO will
half starve his bOarders for l have some very
unpleasant memories OF my own school days. il.
reference TO the management of the culinary de-
partment of my alma mater that causes me thus
to speak against such impositions.
Our city has been visited recently by some OF
the burglariOusly inclined, who have made two
or three unsuccessful attempts TO secure booty
from our citizens. Last Saturday night one 81
the aforementioned effected All entrance into the
residence of Mr.. Lorier, our jeweler, entered the
bedroom of his son and secured the young man 9
gun, but becoming alarmed by the family dis.
covering his entrance fled, dropping the gun il.
his haste. No clue as yet 10 the perpetratOr
Politics in this community is not assuming any
tangible shape as yet The spirit of Improvement
which is animating our citizens, precludes for
the present all other subjects. Old Columbia,
though, will do her whole duty in the coming
campaign. Would be-Governor Pupe's organ
has not II very large circulation in this comfy
The c"lored convention for selecting delega9e s
TO st. Augustine, we presume has been held, out
so little was it thought of, that had not the Re
porter chroncled the fact, l doubt whether Que
out OF fifty OF our white citizens would have
known anything about it. If there are any
" State Independents of the Pope Walker ink
in this county we do not know of them. There
are some Republicans, however, who think t,,n
much OF themselves to be classed with such An
abortion upon the body polite AS to our choice
tor Governor, the choice of the convention will
satisfy Columbia, though Governor Bloxham
and Ex-Governor Drew each have n number OF
warm friends, that would prefer either Of these
gentlemen, say they, "gve us The true and tried
public servants" Excuse me for spinning out this
letter to its present length CITIZEN
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Jacksonville Informer.l
For New Orleans.

The season is rapidly advancing, and we feel
strongly impelled to urge our Florida farming
readers to commence at once the extra cu,iva-
ton of some field crop, such as cotton corn rice,
cassava, sugar-cane or tobacco-some special
Florida product, for the New Orleans Expos-
ton; and to suggest to our fruit-growers every
where throughout the State the necessity of thin
ming out the superabundant fruits from at least
few of their most promising trees, applying
special manures, cultivating the surface con-
stantly, excepting down all grass and weeds, but
breaking no roots) and using all their knowledge
and skill in the production of the finest and most
perfect specimens of Florida fruit for this great
Worlds Fair" at New Orleans, next Deem
Der. We have challenged " tho soorld on citrus
fruits, and we shall have Louisiana, California,
Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and
Europe to contend with. 1t will be no walk
over" for us-the race will be holly contested :;
and, for the honor of Florida, we must not fail !!
Let us, then, be up and doing, and success is
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Louisiana Election. .

The result in Louisiana is all that was
hoped for, more than was expected. for
bitter dissensions in the Democratic party
had induced the apprehension that the
election would show that its strength
was seriously impaired. Factious oppo-
sition had antagonized the McEnery ad-
ministration and made 80 much noise that
it was really believed to be the voice of
a good many people. But it turned out
to be mostly wind-the "blowing" of a
few malcontents whose utterancss were
not the sentiment of the people and did
not divert the votes of the people. They
endorsed the administration and sustained
the ticket with Governor McEnery at it's
head, electing it by majority of forty
five thousand votes, being an increase of
twelve thousand over the Democratic ma
jolity in 1879. Major Burke, of the
Times Democrat, and Director General of
the Exposition, was reelected State Treas
urer.
Az in Louisiana 80 in Florida-the
antagonism to the administrat ton will
boil down to very little when the democ-
racy of our people is put to the test of the
ballot box.
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We are allowed to extract as follows
from private letter addressed to friend
by an European gentleman who recently
came, saw, admired and fondly remem-
bers Tallahassee
Ever since | have seen your beautiful city, am
making comparisons, but must confess Tallahassee
must be seen to be appreciated-and 1t will be ap-
precated after 1t has been seen.
l have travelled all over Europe, great part OF
ASIA some parts of Africa, and all over America
have all desirable points Of antiquity, romance
and interest, but the beauties which Nature seems
to have concentrated with which your city is so
bountifully adorned forces me to excaim There Is
out Tduahassee-and this is the d" unicum OF
magnifcence, beauty aud romantic scenery. Ev-
erytbing seems to be in harmony with the place
itself aud the surroundings. Flowers, wherever the
eye directs it's cast scrupulous cleanliness and
peaceabe order prevail everywhere, and even the
inhabitants seem to be . different kind OF people,
compared to the rest of Americans-indeed, ITALIA
hassee is the arstocratic spot Of Nature, and so is
everything native to its soil.
Allow me to say that / never will, never shall,
never forget the indelibe, utmost favorable I'M
preston Tallahassee has imprinted upon me.
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The New Era continues to froth
away like the thin-brewed prepar alton Of
that name which is a compromise between
something and nothing-weak as water
but not as pure. 1t is very small beer
yet "thinks no small beer of ITSELF" and
puts its little thoughts into very large
type. This slop factory of cheap twad-
die and two-for-a-nickel woodpulp might
induce the Jacksonville brewers to dis
card their brand but for their having the
best of the thing, there being as much
force in gallon Of the one as whole
volume OF the other. The weak, washy,
everlasting food of clap-trap which the
Madison demagogue spouts through his
small-pica sewer is "common as Dirt"
and all the "down trodden poor men {"
that he bowls about know dirt when they
see it. He don't fool any Of them with
his Independent stuff and raving rant
about the administration skinning the
people," They know all about Malone
of Danville and don't propose Malone
of Madison.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-04-29

Man cannot comprehend the ways of G0,E
Surrounded as we are by world az beautiful as
the imagination can depict we cannot understand
why it is that we shall ever be called upon 10 ext
change it for another. But history teaches vi
that man has ever been the subject, depending
every moment upon his beck and call, OF this
King, Death. There is enc consolation. howi
ever to all the Great King is not partial; whether
pauper or prince, whether high or low, whether
great or small, ali must obey.
In the material world we find that Nature Has-
mapped out a somewhat similar path. She.
spreads before us the most beautiful scenes. She,
arches the skies with rainbows, she paints the;
heavens with glorious celors To the rose Isl
given the sweetest of odors, and the birds s,rIg
tells US of the wild glee in its heart But ali Of
these things last only for very short time, and
why it is so no man can tell. The writer has
been impelled to these reflections by the death of
little child, in fact mere infant son OF his e.
teemed friend, Nat r. Walker, of Crawfnrdvilc
This sweet flower, this bud rather, purer II an
the viOlets of our southern cline, and more
lovely in the eyes of all who knew it than any
rose that ever grew in garden fair, is suddenly
smitten by Death. Only a year had passed
away since it had opened its eyes upon tails
beautiful world. A fathers love, a mothers
prayers attended its every movement, but Death,
with long history of cruelty such as this steals
unaware and in a moment has plucked the
flower.
Death, however cannot steal away love.
This subtle essence this perfume Of the sOCl, per-
vades the homes of all afflicted and ever remains
their true and finest consolation. C.
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Frank Acknowledgement.

The following is from recent letter of
c. B. Lewis, of the Detroit Free Press,
one of the best known of Northern jour
nalists, who very frankly and honorably
tells the hard truth against his own Sec
ton:
"A portion of the Northern press so studously
msrepresents the South In the matter of law and
order that people prevented by their fears from
crossing the Ohio river 1t Is true that the South
has its MURDERS but take the country State by State
and the North has three to one. 1t Is true negro
s raided now and then, but If the same man lived
in the North he would probably be lynched instead
of whipped. There are more burglars. thieves and
bad men arrested in Detroit, Cleveland and Buffalo
in one day than in the whole territory Of Georgia
or Alabama. You may spend month South and
not hear quarrel or see drunken man you may
visit half dozen jails and not find average Of
two white criminals to each The life and prosper
ty to law-abiding man are as safe in any part of
Georgia Alabama az In the District of Columbia,
aud the standard of morality far higher. There is
more real neghborly feeling In the South to-day for
a Northern immigrant than he can find in the West
He is sized up for what he is, and ii be is the man
to tie to the men who fought him In war will fight
for him in peace"
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-04-29

Let it be understood, in the words of
the New York Herald, that the three steel
cruisers now nearing completion, but
which Mr.. Randall's bill proposes to leave
unarmed, will be the only effective ships
in our navy. Our present navy list con-
tains not ship fit to send to the ports of
even fourth-rate Power to protect our
citizens or assert their rights. Before the
additional cruisers proposed in the Sen
ate bill can be completed, the greater part
of even the present small and weak fleet
will be unfit to 60 to sea and then we
should have only seven steel cruisers eff
fectively armed as the total of really ca
pable vessels. But Mr. Randall propo-
ses that we shall not have even seven, but
only three and dispatch boat and if he
can carry the Democratic party with him
those three will be in port helpless for
lack of guns.
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coils AdvAnce- Gazette.
~ Wedding RellO.

Married 10 this city, on the evening Of the "a
inst, at o'clock at Christ Church, the Rev. J. ;.
Scott officiating, Mr. Charles B. Parkhill to MSS
Genevieve. Perry, daughter of General e. A. reny
On the 6y.ning of the sd inst, Christ Chufens
Protestants Episcopal. was brilliantly illuminated
and decorated with equisite evergreens and aoxes,
aud over tAe altar steps hung q marriage bell mAos
of rare wkiie nower The sacred structure VIZ =
crowded with an eager. expectant assenoAge ~ !"
gentematly ushers, Messrs. D. g. Brent, W. A.
Wheeler, Z. Montizambert and VIM. Elias. wco
kept busy seating the constantly incoming tnrvI:
Promptly q the time stated In the invitation c,u,
the argelelding doors of the Church were tnronn
open and tae bridal party entered preceded oy sn
ushers 1essrs Wheeler and Elias, who neag sS
them in With beautiful satin ribbon as Iney
moved W khe aisle. Following the u:ne s Mac Hsc.
Mr. E. lEeercrombie with Miss Aice M NJ.
s s.a,s n H. M s GsryD u1 ss win With
Lasrs Thornton; Mr.. c. H. Dorr, with MISS Ssi.c
Hyer; Hob s. Mallory, with Miss Laura kno"issfc'
Mr.. Il P. Knowles, with Miss Annie slmPscn.
ter these fse Miss Nelly Perry, arst oria ass ana
foISwingthis little lady came the bride, lssnr rv
upen, thssrm of her father, General \; . a ~ The
Tho Erid6jWas met at the foot OF the ana ~ ina
gro3m arf his best man. Mr.. W. K. hyeh ~ ~. mar.
Happy paf then took their stations unoss nressIye
riaae bellt and the Rev. Pastor, In the w soon
marriage sTyice of the Episcopal C1w rs hone"
MADE then flesh of one nesh, bone On ons hv the
AftSr the esremony the bridal party headed hs, D.
hride andseroom, who were preceoe9 " The north
g. keant pa E. Aontizambert, nfea aox .sss At tbe
aisle Of DO church and held little ae srs
eAuFch enhance where their friends coas Morning
thesA Tke bride aud groom left the mex sonr 10
on the Fl Il a. Railroad, for an exIenu011 ~. az
Fios}da AT Of the North. The AasaSes r.stnlstlops
tsn 70 Is happy pair its nsses down the river Of
life may 4$ only attended With ialr :'A
smopth crftents.
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PERSONAL.

Mr.. E. h. Poole is at the City Hotel
MIR. q. L. Balizell, of Fernandna, is In the
city.
Mr.. d. c. Wilson, Jr., registered at the Leon
yesterday
Miss Hennie Chaires has returned from Kis-
smnaee.
Miss Maggie A. Pearce is visiting friends at
Monticello.
DIR c. L. Mitchell, of Fort Meade, was in The
city q few days ago.
,-Rev. G. A. Fulwood filled the pulpit at the
NJ. e. Church, South, on Sunday.
Hon G. W. Tully, of Wakulls, was in The
: city Yesterday en- route for Macon.
|: -Oelonel 8. 1. WALES, of Washington City,
|: registered at the Leon on Saturday.
i Colonel Gentry, of the Savannah Neios made
4 pop call at the Capital last Friday
Mr.. Jas. E. Broome, of Quincy, was among
the guests at the City Hotel on Friday
: MIR. e. F. Sulzner, of Palatka, passed through
the city last week en- route 10 West Florida.
Mrs G. Fl. Jones, of Jacksonville, has been
the guest of Mrs. Governor Bloxham the past
week
. -Wehsd a pleasant visit from Colonel D. q.
Elliott editor of the Florida Dispatch, last
"wednesday
MIR. w. M. Mcintosh, Sr., accompanied by
bis wife. is spending week with friends at Val
dosta, Ga.
Colonel A. P Wright, of Townsville, a
director of the T., T. d G.. r. r., was in the city
lasa Thursday
--Mrs..G. R Fairbanks and her daughter, Miss
f. Fairbanks, Of Fernandina, were visiting
ftiendsi4 the city last week
cd y. F. White of Live Oak. and Col A. B.
Hagandof Lake City, were in attendance on The
Supreme Court during the past week.
Captain H. T. Blocker has returned from
West florida, where he has been looking after
the timber interests of the P. & A. Railroad.
,-rMr, L.limer c. Vaughan, the energetic
Young 4dltor of the Mariana Courier, made
pleasant call at the FLORIDIAN Office on Satur-
day.
s--MrE Charles Mundee, after spending Two
years id the far West, has returned to Tallahas-
see, 1e was glad to get back and says he came
,o say.
j-~Ret. 4. p. Ashurst, of the Florida Baph@
Witnes4 published at Lake City, called on US
yesterdays He is an able and energetic editor
and puHltaher and directs a valuable and useiui
business
-~Th{ FLoRIDIAN was glad to see Hon. D.
W.. SinterG, Of Santa Rosa, yesterday. Mr. 8.
ives rethSn:ng from look at his orange grove
in Manfaee county to his post of duty as one OF
the Owters and managers of the Bagdad Sase
FSctorySthe big woodworking establishment Of
the Staf!advertised in this paper.
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What vast difference there is in the cost of the
fence recently erected around the square
and the built during Republican reign a few
years ago. This one has been built at cost of two
hundred and eighty-fve dollars, and the one con-
structed in Radical times cost, we are reliably in
formed, thirteen hundred dollars. The one lately
built has cypress posts squaring eight inches, all
heart timber, which ought to last life time, the
other had small, sappy cypress posts which would
not last eight years without repairs. Do we want
Radicalism again, think you ?-Madison Recorder.
That is a "home question " to put in
the very home of the head centre of the
Independent movement, which has for it's
object the destruction of democratic or
ganization and the necessarily consequent
restoration of radical sway. Indeed, &C.
cording to Macaulay, we find history in
England repeated in Florida. We quote
again for the qualification of the Neo Era
the words of the historian: "In politics
they-the Independents--were, to use the
phrase of their own time, Root-and-
Branch-Men,' or, to use the kindred phrase
Of our own. Radicals"