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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-09-02

DIED. On the 81st ult., al his ls,e ,~.,s.
his city, Judge WILLIAM PAKlsu Rv,n
tweniy-seventh year Of his age. seldor, =.
fall 70 the lot of the journalist 10 ch,,,.,..
/ virtues of one so gifted. % noble and co.. -
esteemed. Deprived of the fos,s,,,. -
tsther al the age of eighteen, the care az ..A
mother. two younger brothers and th,..
sisters, devolved upon him. Blu, grs.,
This responsibility, and heavy a. VA. -. -.
ilis financial ability and indomitable vim -.
fbat he WIS equal "a the emergescy
did he care Tor the loved mother usall -
was laid to rest beside the father vhsI. n. -
pilan brothers and sisters were purtur.s =, =. @.
with q fathers care, tor he clothed. "a -. IN
Gated them. In 1873, he Commences ..
81 law under Judge d. W. Gwynu. Of ~ sste
III 1879, he attended law lectures :, ~. ~ 9g.
siiy OF Virgins and was admitted 70 a.. , saUN.
81 Law in 1880.
During ihe memorable campaign Of l60n 4.
an active part in the canvass and HI ..-ieex
III the different Democratic gathering, -
him AS brilliant young orator. Recr,,;.Fa
majority oil the Democratic ve,es cssf :,
election IN November ot that year for O.
Jadge OF this county. he Was in Jauuarv ~
ing commissioned by Gov Bloxham
tRen not quite twenty-five years of A.. -
probably the youngest judicial officer -, g
ever ,seen commissioned 10 this State r
conscientious discharge of his duties Az c..&
badge, in the ability he displayed in N. -
participation OF nearly every public -
apd 10 the universal esteem in which -
held by all of his iellow-cl,izeus Ind. \
appeared 10 have brilliant future l,e,o.. ~. ~
IL a happy home, with q lovely Nc =.
| Child and with his sisters and -.
| brother living with him. aud possesaed ~
/ confidence and esteem OF his iellov.m., We
SHOULD he not look forw ard to q life of hs....g
! snd usefulness. But Col dsposes while -
Boses. An inscrutabe Providence saw a, -. -
| lin hence But lev days ago hs ma. !. -
midst apparently in health, when sud1... ~ =
! was laid low by the fell hand oi disease r..
! the attack was sudden, il found him m. 49,
rssed for another world. for Judge Byrd 49,
1 u protesting Christian, was not an oate.,., u
une. From the beg inning Oh his sicknen. - -.
uut little hope OF hrs recovery and when an ~.
medical skill could do had been ex haus,.d -
s0rrowing friends despaired he anuoupcrd -.
he was ready for the summons CALMLY v.v. a
rections about his worldly Affairs. and "a,
touching adieu TO his sorrowine wife hrCsh.
and sisters, cheerful resigned hs spirif 10 a.
Whe gave H.
/ HIS funeral took place from the n. CA,,..
Yesterday afternoon al five Clock and the -
csncourse gathered on that occasion altes,ed n.
esteem OF his fellow citizens
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-09-02
Lake City Star, Aug D.
A 1zIOriOaS Day.

On last Friday, Governor Bloxham and Major
A j. Russell, by special request of the l4emo-
cratic Club of this place, addressed the cs4zens
of Columbia county, and gave them some IL the
sOundest Democratic doctrine il has bees} our
pleasure TO hear. AT an early hour the iclelli-
Town and hrong the strees s nfssn , e ,S aSls II
them could feel ii in his bones that these hen
the Drawn and sinew of the county, were; Bold
for Democracy and good government !
About eleven O'Clock, amidst the insljsring
strains of our splendid band our farmers and
citizens generally began assembling q, the tsDurt
house. There were many ladies present tc Send
brightness TO the occasion, and ali appeared at
tentive and Interested listeners. Governor Box
BAN WAS introduced To an audience of ever
three hundred persons by Captain W. A Shef
field President of the Cleveland and Perry Club
of this place, and for hour more, KEEP his
listeners thoroughly interested Hespoke Of the
Disston land sale" and gave q perfectly kstis-
factory account of that lannon's matter from be-
ginning to end; he touched also on various
matters of interest connected with Democelic
administration, showing the great contrast be
tween il and the administration of the Remi5li-
cans. The Governor met with hearty and en-
thusasiic applause many lines during his speech
Major Russell was then introduced and made
an address of half an hssur or longer. The fla
or wen known a. fluent, elegant and{en-
tertaining speaker, that itsis needless for u TO
try and describe his speech. He said that after
twenty years of darkness in National affairs. he
believed that light beginning to break and
that The Democratic party would elect their tsck-
cts both State and NatilaI. H kept his audi
ence captive until lie closed We feel insured
that every one who heard these addresses is
enthusiasts ic tt,r the good of Dcmocrst,y,
and any who had any lingering tendency towtYd
lndependenllsm have ceased to sit on the ftfice
and come over to the party If intelligence trd
good government
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-09-02

Eiitors Of tie Florida Dsspatch:
Will you please inform me through the DIS
patch If you know Of any one who has tried
growing English walnuts far south this,
and if you think they would do well on our
high nine land
Yours truly T. P. FRANK
NoKwALK, Fla, August II, 1884.
REPLY.-We have no reliable information as
to the success Of English wslnuts ID Florida, but
should not risk planting great many cd " high
pine land "-EditOr DSsp0tch.
In the garden OF the City Hotel, ITALIA
hassee, are two English walnut trees, the
larger twenty-five feet high, and eleven
inches in diameter. They were planted
nine years ago, have grown stead
lily and vigorously among the orange
trees and banana plants that surround
them, and their thrift seems to promise
that they will bear fruit in due season
for this is not high pine lasd," but high
hammock land, the soil rich and deep.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-09-02
Paragraphs from the Peoples
Journal.

Editor Thompson, colored, of the Jack
sonville Peoples Journal, continues to
pour hot shot into poor Pope Here are
some from his last issue:
We are making no fight Republicans Our
leaders have sold out the Republican party 10
one pltiiul negro-kllling Democrat, and attempt
10 make the Republicans of this State sign the
deeds al the ballot-box under tue name Of an Iu
dependent.
Pope is trying TO soft soap the Negro, but the
lie used excessive that the soap is u
very inferior article.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-09-02
Madison Recorder. |

Madison Recorder
Will some caricaturist please draw a
picture of the Independent candidate for
Governor on run for the Jail with a
large coil Of rope in enc arm and Savage
and James marching some distance in
front ?
Draw another, with coil of rope lying
to one side of the court house yard, and
Charles Savage peeping out OF the bars
with Mr.. F. W. Pope with cooked pis-
tol swapping it at him. Have you colored
men forgot this?
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-09-02
New York Her


The reason why sensible men are be-
coming convinced that Cleveland will be
elected was plainly put yesterday by
Congressman Potter when he said g !
have not found any democrats who will
not vote the ticket, and l have found
large numbers OF republicans who are 60
ing to vote it."
There it is in q nutshell, for the repub-
licans cannot succeed unless they poll
their full vote for their party's ticket.
The counts of the two last Presidential
elections make this plain to everybody.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-09-02

In reply to this correspondent we
would say that he can procure eighty acres
of State land at twenty-five cents per
acre-not 100 acres as was inadvertently
stated recently. If he will examine Sec
ton l, chapter 345l no. 80 pages SO
and 20, Acts of 1883, entitled An act to
Enable Actual Settlers to Procure Homes,
he will find that ''any person who is the
head of a family and a citizen of this
State" is " entitled to purchase eighty
lSO) acres, or a less quantity of any OF
the Internal Improvement lands of this
State, donated to this State by act Of
Congress, September %, 1850, for the
price and sum of twenty-five (25) cents
per acre" The second section prescribes
the mode of proceeding required of the
applicant TO obtain the benefit of this act,
and declares that upon filing with the
Commissioner of Lands and Immigration
the statement required by this section
land the payment of twenty (25)
cents per acre he or she shall thereupon be
entitled to and shall receive title to not
exceeding eighty acres at the price of
twenty-five cents per acre" 1t will be
noted that the act is for the benefit of
actual settlers, and not spectators, and
that the right of entry is confined to the
class of lands donated by Congress at
date as above, and commonly called
swamp lands" as distinguished from
other State lands.
We understand that the Trustees have
adopted regulations for carrying this act
into effect. and that since the removal OF
the injunction orders of the court they
have been selling to all applicants who
were entitled to its benefits Persons
who wish to enter lands under this act
should apply to the Commissioner OF
Lands and Immigration at Tallahassee
giving a description of the ands desired,
and thereupon they will be informed
whether such lands are subject to entry,
and if subject they will be furnished with
proper forms of application to enter.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-09-02

The American navy has 800 officers and
less than a hundred ships.-heecs Journdt
This condition of our navy Is one OF the
disgraceful results of twenty-th-ee years
of Republican mismanagement of national
affairs Will Editor Reed tell hew
many "less than a hundred ships? :"
Can he name a score of really efficient
vessels-or even one first-class modern
man-of- war. The rascals must go.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-09-02
The fusion of the Democrats ant

The fusion of the Democrats and
Greenbaokers in Michigan is q very seri-
GUS matter for the Republicans. 1t car.
ries the State, which the Blaine managers
have been counting ~ one of their GER
tainties well over into the doubtful col.
umn. In 1882 Gov, Begole ran ~ flu
sion Democrat and Greenback candidate.
and wrestsd the State from the Republi-
cans by plurality of 4,572.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-09-02

There could not be published i'll the
interests of the people during this cam
p2ign q more powerful document than the
speech of our eloquent Governor which
we print to day. Ii is compend Of facts
which should convince every voter that
the Democracy must retain possession OF
the State government.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-09-02
COMMISSIONER sEBRING

Will speak a the following places IN behalf nt
the W orid's Exppsiti"n
Marianna Monday, 5, piemter 23d. 1884 p NJ
Quincy. Tuesday, september % l. 1884. + ii.
Monticello, Wednesday, september "a 1854,
Pm
Madi-on Thursday, September 25tn, 1884
p NJ
Live Oak, Friday, September 26 h. 1884, p NJ.
Like CItN, Saturday, September 9th, 1884,
p NJ
Fort D.'ie Hernan'io county, wednesday.
October LIST, 1884, p NJ.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-09-02

--GefHge W. Fagg, of MnDaly. sesss1
the Republican State Committee Of -
setss ssAaes that he cannot conacicnsioasy
port BI4ine and Logan. aad therefore |.
J'hn r, Andrew, named as Republics. -
date for Congress in the Fifth District o
same Stete. Announces that he shall bsh u
publican ticket and support Cleveland
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-09-02
Leon COUNTY mONmu.
AReporf Of ahe Trustee~

Report OF the Trustees.
Below We give the statements OF Cash and
sinking Fund accounts which accompsuy III.
report of The Trustees of the county Aahd
Leon county, presented TO the Board Of Coany
Commissioners, al their meeting yesterdsy. .s,-
quired by law. The report shows that lhe N
nuAl interest on the bonds has beep paid I'm,
$4,000 oil the county bonds have been csncellM
during the year and that There are now IN h.
hands of the Trustees $2,O7042, syaiable ta
for ,the retirement of bonds, which could NOT lie
usAl, for tie reason that the holders OF our bcAa
wiz not sell. THIS has been done with nx
WHICH, previous TO the issuing of the new bad,
was only sufficient 10 pay the annual in,era,
leaflng nothing for the cancellation Of the oil
boAds Our county may now congratulate
ilsaf upon the success of the measures iakei
10 provide for the liquidation of It's bonded deh,
anf can confidently look forward to speedr
ex Adjustment OF this burden
Cn1atg Of Lon
CASH ACCOUNT.
To sinount received from C. C. Pearce, Tax Col
lectOr. .....----.. 80. ......-.. tA6AN
To Snount received from County Commission
ers, Leon county. premium received on sale of
nes bonds ............ .................... zHi
Saali
By amount paid coupons No. 1, from
b0ads Noe ! to A., inclusive.
81, each Observation-Disclosures. g. 26O0
BY a;Sount paid advertising payment
oil coupons .---.--..--. 1.W
By amount paid advertising Propo-
by A3] dhf pAiu H1vOrvvU. aD
peIcent. bonds 49,. ...-.... 2O2o- N4
BIZ Balance Ill hands of Trustees ....... GM
SINKING FUED ACCOUNT.
Bonds outstanding Feb. l, 1883 81 900 OO-S7l anl
Cash on hand. .-.---......-.. &T0&2
RedRemed by State Treasurer under
Chap 3&I4. Laws OF Florida 49,. 4OO0O
[. - per cent bonds in Sinking
Iunu Z.U1Ue- toueAi
County bonded debt, Less Sinking Fund Feb
1, A9c4 ........... ....... $50. ebA1Ak
P. HousroCH.
g. P. RANKI,
GEO. LKwH,
TraAsA
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-09-02

Rev. J. Z. Lee and partners have
sold the Jacksonville Florida Workman
TO Mr. Victor d. l. Nudge. who will use
the material for the publication Of q
straightout republican paper in the inter
SIT of Bisbee. We are to infer that the
publication of q race organ did not pay.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-09-02

Bronson. Monday, September 22d
Trenton, Tuesday, September @3c.
Newnansville, wednesday, September 24lh
New Troy. Thursday, September 9th:
Live Oak Friday, September 26A-
Lake Civ Saturday, September Ts.'
Jasper Monday, september 2Sth r.
Madison, Tuesday, September 3ViL
Greenville Wednesday, .leiober 1sq
Monticello Thursday. October 20
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-09-02

JACKSONVILLE, FLA. AUG. g. 1884
Editors FlOridian
DEAR SRs Will you kindly inform me,
either by card or through your paper, how l
shAll pruceed to procure 100 acres OF government
hand at IS cents per acre.
Yours truly,
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-09-02

To stnount received from c. c. Pearce. Tax Col
leetOr .-..--. -....--.-.. -. ......-.. edeill
To 4snount received from County Commission
nes bonds ................... ~
Mohave County miner., 1884-04-20
Territorial Appointments.

The Telegram has before expressed itself approvlngly on the bill pend ing in congress torequire the govern or of territory to have been for two years a resident before his appoint mont. The fears expressed by some of our esteemed" contemporaries that the supply of gubernatorial tim Der would be small and of bad quail ty under this restriction are entirely gratuituous, and show lamentable ignorance of5 the facts. There is no territory now existing which is not better supplied, in comparlson with population, with men of intelligence and energy than almost any state. It is not the weddings who have gone out as the advance guard of civiliza- tion to our fl lontiers, to battle with fortune The frontier exists no long CT, and the men who have annlhilated 1t are of sufficient caliber to govern themselves.
 In all aspects the bill is good one The justice of it IS apparent, The hangers on of the machine who have been regularly shipped to the terri tories have not been what EIr. Sam Weller would have described as "a reg'lar knock-down O talent" So far as our recollection serves us they seem to have been a set of mediocre politicians who have been shipped out west after they have become too damaged to be available in the home market
 The imported governors know nothing of the country to which they are sent. It takes them some time to get acquainted with it's laws-some of them never do learn its people and their necessities. It certainly is not wild presumption to say that an Arizonian knows more about Arizona, or Dakotan about Dakota than a PhiladelphIan about either. The
Mohave County miner., 1884-04-20
Where They Went.

A farmer boarded Central train at Syracuse the other day, and took hIs seat beside a handsomely uni formed army officer on his way to his post at Governors Island.
 "Well, sir," commenced the officer, keen for a little fun. "how are the potato bugs this year? Good crop?"
 The old man eyed him a moment, then shook his head sadly.
 ''Ain't no more potato bugs" said he. Cant find an insect in York State, nowhere. Even the army worms are gone"
 Have, ehg' replied the officer, with grin. What has become of them?"
 Il don't know" sighed the old man. "Leastway, I don't know for sure, but 1 hear that good many On 'em have been jugged for duplicating their pay accounts. .'-Drake's Tray eler's Magazine.
Mohave County miner., 1884-04-20

The only copper which IS actually
 consumed is that which is dissolved
 into dust, or lost in the sea, or buried ln the earth beyond the hope of re- covery. A large part of the copper or yellow metal suit given a ship this week will probably be disposed of as old metal three years hence. Mill accoutrements, hose couplings, lamp burners, faucets, and the thous
 and and one articles in the manu- facture of which copper is consumed nearly all come back into the market again sooner or later. The Boston Commercial Bulletin, in an article on the cuTiosities of the metal trade, says: ''The city of Boston gives an order for hose couplings to day, and in the course of few years it will offer the same couplings for sale as old metal. The 500, 100000 bushels of wheat raised in the United States per annum Is nearly all consumed each year; but the 70,000,000 pounds of copper, which Is now estimated as the annual production of this coun- try, is merely added to the vast sup ply of copper and brass that has been accommodating in the world since the days of Tubal Cain. Some of the copper now in use on the steam ire engines of this city may, in fact, have been originally worked by old Tubal himself in the days when the earth was young"
Mohave County miner., 1884-04-20

A committee of the United States Sen ate has reported in favor of a constitutional amendment extending the right of suffrage to woman. Such is the slack-water state of public in terest in tLis movement that it is generally difficult to say whether it is advancing or receding, but it's friends will claim that th1s latest recognition is an important victory They can easily overrate 1t, however The committee from which the re port is made-a special one on wom- an sufrage-was probably made up Intentionally of a majority of the friends of the cause, of whom there are perhaps dozen in the Senate No influence will be exercised by the report in changing the opinions of the members of the body who are hostile to it.-Alta.
Mohave County miner., 1884-04-20
The Anvil.
Industrial World.

llduStflal " Crld.
 Ordinary anvlls are forged in six or seven pieces and then put to gether. Cast anvils are hardened in a float instead of being dipped, and larger sized ones are swung into a tank by means of a crane. These latter are also frequently cast about a core, which permits them to cool more uniformly. Gold beaters use for an anvil a steel block having a surface about three by four inches in extent. Upon thIs the gold is re- duced to a plate one-sixteen;h of an inch in thickness and afterward beat en out on an anvil of black marble. The forms and uses of the anvil are constantly extending in variety and from the lilliputian one of the watch maker to the great ones used in forg ing heavy cannon, they are daily growing more busy throughout the world. Many of the common black smiths anvils are provided with a second horn socketed upon the beak and having grooves upon its upper surface into which horse shoes are driven for the purpose of beveling the inner surface, so as to prevent "balling" when travelling in snow. The various special forms of the anvil are exceedingly numerous. The progress of the machines and the introducticn of steam hammers have brought into use in late years enor nous anvils weighing in many cases, several hundred tons. These are usually. cast in the form of truncated quadrangular pyramids, and placed with the smaller end upon substan tial foundations of masonry.
Mohave County miner., 1884-04-20
When to Take Medicine.

The chief causes of disease are CT
 TOTS in diet, errors in dress, intem
 perance, impure water, unwholesome food, defective teeth, and blood
 poisoning from inhalation of impure
 air and noxious.gases Disease induced
 by any one of these causes, almost invariably manIfests itself by disor
 der in the functions of the liver; there the alarm Is sounded first, and if not attended to promptly the trouble is liable to extend to other vital organs. It may be the cause of dyspepsia, constipation, chronic di- arrhpa. disease of the kidneys, drop sy, rheumatism, catarrh, consump- tion and various forms of skin dis ease. Attention to the liver fore stalls other diseases. The remote cause of majority of our ordinary ailments, is taking cold; the natural functions of the body are retarded, and waste material retained in the system long enough to sdo mischief. The usual remedy IS to take cathar- tic or laxative in order to remove t. But a more convenient and q more natural plan, in ordinary cases. IS 10 cut of the food supply for twen ty.f0ur hours, and trust to nature to do the rest. Instead of food. few teacupfuls of hot water drank during the day will hasten the desired re suit. Whenever the bowels become constipated there's an uncomfortable feeling in the system, often accom- panied by restlessness and anxiety of miud. The above suggestions, if fol lowed strictly, will bring relief more promptly than medicines and with out it's lnconveniences.--Mining and Scientific Press.
Mohave County miner., 1884-04-20
Just His Luck.

'Just my fernal luckl" muttered 8 tramp, who had asked half a dozer men for "a dime to get something tc eat with" at dining station, and met with as lhany rebufs. ''Just my cussed luck. B'les.ve I'm the unIucki. est man in the kentry. Wus in Wis consin kicking around among the Bohemians foI two weeks afore l heard of the floods in the Ohio, an the fat relief committies ill every town. Therp I wuswastin' two weeks of precious time, when, I'll bet, all the other boys wuz down thar gettin' their fill three times a day. I knowed somphin was up coz I didn't meet any of 'em going west or norf. Bet the food'll be all over and free grub committees all busted time I git down thar Blast my internal luck!"
Mohave County miner., 1884-04-20
Forget Which Church..

An old citizen last evening found young man on a corner swearing tc himself.
 Whats the matter?" he inquir ed.
 "Matter!" was the reply; "matter enoughw and then followed another string of scriptural and unscrip- tural words sadly mixed togeth- CT.
 "pll tell you what's the matter. I took my girl to church and left her at the door and now I'll be diddIedy dadfanged if l can remember which church 1t was"
 And then the citizen passed on leaving the young man in cloud of gloom as big as barn.