The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-07-22

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Bridge. in the southern portion of Leon county
can show q piece Of vine only sixteen inches
long, on which there are twenty four fully de-
veloped squashes.
An excursion train will leave Tallahassee
on Monday, August 4th, at 8 A. NJ, for Jackson
vile and ST Augustine A special car for whites.
Fare to St. Augustine and return, $3.50. tickets
good Tor eight days
| Mr.. A. 8. Minis claims to be among the OLD.
eS'-h not the oldest-subscriber OF the FLoRID-
IAN de has been taking and paying for the
paper over forty years. and his subscription s
now paid in advance.
The friends of Capt. r. A. Shine announce
him in to-days FLoRIDIAR as a candidate for
lax Collector. The Captain is a popular man.
mas host of friends. made a good Assessor. and
will make lively race
DR.. A. j. Spencer was few DAYS aeo called
70 st. Teresa TO attend Mrs Whitaker, mother
OF Mrs. E. W. Gamble, who had the misfortune
to fall down stairs. Mrs Whitaker is very old
and her injuries are said 10 be of a serious ma.
ture
Capt o. s. Porter, of Oakland, ON the high
bill one mile south of Tallahassee. last Friday
both surprised and delighted US by the presenta-
non OF mess of new sweet potatoes They
were large and Of fine flavor and the first of the
season.
We direct special attention 10 the advertise
ment of the Southwest Georgia Agricultural
College, located at Cuthbert This institution
Is branch Of the University of Georgia, and has
full complement of experienced and efficient
instructors.
-On the 18th the Supreme Court affirmed the
Judgment OF the Leon county Circuit Court in the
case of Eddie Smith, alias Cox. His attorney, Mr..
John =. Beard, j. making an effort to have the
sentence OF death commuted to imprisonment
for life in the penitentiary
The FLoRIDIAN WAS honored with the fol-
lowing distinguished callers last Friday: Hon
M. H. Mabry, Hon. r. H. NJ Davidson, Hon
Chas. Dougherty, Hon g. Pasco, Mr.. G. Fl
Jones' editor of the Times Union, and Capt c.
T. L. Allison, editor of the Quincy Monthly Edu-
Gator
"A gentleman Of this city who has for the
past few years been regarded as anything but an
organized Democrat, says he ~ back in the
party, and ii don't make any difference how he
got there-hes back, and there he will remain.
can't affiliate with the tad pole Republican
element
An ear of corn on exhibition at the store Of
Messrs Geo. w. Saxon & Co. shows what can
be done on Leon county lands 1t was raised by
Carey Johnson, culOred tenant on the planta-
iion of Mr. d. s Walker, Jr, six miles north Of
Tallahassee, is nine inches in circumference, and
contains twenty-tour rows of well developed
grain.
The following attorneys have been in attend.
ance on the Supreme Court the past week L. |.
Fleming, F P. Fleming, E. NJ LEngle, Jack
sonville VIM. Scott, E. f. Foster. Sanford
General Geo. b. Hodge. Longwood, Orange
county; w A. Hocker J. H. Martin, Leesburp
8. d. Mcconnell, Ocala; o. G.. Gurley, A. L.
Halves. cambridge, Ga
A base ball club the Jeffersons," was
lately organized at Monticello, with w. NJ.
Grardeau rs captain. They have accepted n
challenge from the Floral Ciys, and the first
game will be played at Monticello on Thursday.
The club will leave here on the one o'clock train
Thursday and return next day. Fare for the
round nip, 95 cents.
The ladies were out in large numbers at the
z
Thursday night When the ladies thus early
manifest such general and patriotic interest in
the campaign. we take it as good omen for the
future and guarantee that the voters will do
their duty and that the result in November will
be grand victory for the whole Democratic
ticket.
The weeks amusements at the Capital City
will be inanguraied by the holding OF the Re
publican Congressional nominating Convention
tomorrow. This assemblage, however will be
but small side-show, as compared with the
State Republican Convention, which meets in
Tallahassee the following day. When this body
gets ready for business, and the ring-maste
cracks his big whip, the fun will begin in earnest
The National Cotton Exchange gives the
following As TO the prospects of the crop in
Florida the first week in July I" The same IA
vorable conditions 10 May continued throughout
June, and at the close of that month the stands
are repur,ed very good, condition fine, and far
better than at same period Of last year. Indeed,
80 far the crop has been without a drawback.
1t is blooming and fruiting well, while Leon
county has full grown bOlls No sign of any
worm"
! Ut TatluCAtlOu uCulOubtTHtOu UcRdH NJ SIA
o'clock last Thursday evening, at which hour
Capt A. Mosely, with the following squad of
gunners, j. A. Cr,chlow, Tom Costa, R. K.
Shine, L. A. Perkins, D. E. Groner, c. ]. Shine.
] p Carroll and VIM Moseey. took the twelve
FOUNDER to the foot of Monroe street, where a
salute of seventeen guns WAS fred. AS the
sound OF the cannon died away The band en-
livened the OCCASION with m ,sc. Next came
Capt Bob virgins torch light parade, followed
by the grand assemblage at Cables Hail. where
stirring speeches were received with round after
round OF rapturous applause till after eleven
o'clock, when was closed one OF the most sue
cessful and enthusiastic ratification meetings
held in Florida
kitty Kent's Troubles" by Julia A. East
man Illustrated Boston d. Lothrop & Co.
Price IS cents. The publishers have shown rare
judgment in putting this excellent story into
their new and popular Young Folks Library.
Miss Eastman, 1t will be remembered, took the
prize III one thousand dollars offered several
years ago by this house for the best Sunday
school story, and the present book is in every
particular it's equal. The heroine is the daugh-
ter of clergyman, "a girl who was neither all
! good nor all bad but partly one and partly the
other" and The narrative of her trials and expe.
riences is intended as a guile and help to other