The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-03-11

want pictures or not, call and examine speci-
mems of his excellent work
Mrs. Jones, who resides on West Gaines
street, yesterday placed us under many obliga
cations for dish of fine ripe strawberries, fresh
picked from her garden.
-FLoRIDIAN Item Box: Ten dollars a month
was offered for single unfurnished room in this
city the past week. Would this no, be good
price for a furnished room?
Colonel d. II. Elliott, Secretary of The Flor
ida Press Association, on the recent excursion to
Tampa, located the frost line" 1t is IN inch
and half below the surface
Tourists and prospecors who visit Talahae-
see tell US that the present boom, which makes
US so jubilant, is nothing to the grand boom that
Will come in the near future
"A child tossing in lis sleep indicates worms.
An army of them at work eating the vitals
away. One dose of SINNERS Indian Ncmilugc
will destroy them and savef,s life
Persons who have never seen the LrConle
pear in bloom should visit some of the numerous
orchards about Tallahassee A pear tree in
full bloom is lovely sight to behold
The Conductors on the Florida Central and
Western Railroad are first. class Immigration
agents. The way they talk Florida to travellers
would tickle a real estate agent all over
If you don't believe we are booming at the
Capital, come and see for yourself Tallahassee
is crowded with pleasure seekers and prospcc-
tors, and our people are cheerful and hopeful
Miss Jessie Bernard has been elected Libra
rian, and the Library and Reading Rooms, in
Judge Walkers new brick building, are opon TO
the public-vistOrs rs we'll as citizens every
day.
The matrimonial market, in unison with
everything else about Tallahassee, is booming
too. The marriage record for February foots
up twenty seven--tive whites and TWENTY-FIVE
colored.
Nancy johnson, colorrd womln, died II
this city on the 9Th. Her relatives clalm that
she was 1875 years old but as her ynunec, child is
only % years old, there must bc mistake in
their calculations.
Captain w. VI. Nickcrs has disposed of his
interest in the firm of Vickcr~ x Co. To Mr. W
w. GOZa OF Gadsden county The business will
be continued in the Walker buillin, hv j d.
Pepper Il Co.
Those boys who daily visit the Civ Gene
terry for the purpose OF killing the merry birds
with their little flips" will find it a warm day
for them when Mayor Pearcc gets ate, them
Better stop it at once, boys
MIR. j. G. kemper last Sunday caught two
boys stealing the beautiful flowers from his fam.
lily buryng ground in the City Cemetery This
is despcahle practice, and if parents cannot
and will not correct their children let the law
take hold of them.
The dramatic Readings OF Misses Alberta
G. and Margaret V. Jenkyns Indicated much
talent and thorough training, and We should sup
pose that these beautiful ladies would command
both fame and fortune in the profession they have
chosen and grace so well.
Mr.. Merideth IIarsficld died at his Residences
a few miles southwest of Tallahassee last Thurs
day, aged GS years. In 1910 he united with
Enon Missionary Baptist Church, The oldest
church in the Association, and for the last twenty
years of his life he was a faithful deacon OF Enon
Church
Senator Swearingen, and McSsrs f. Nausc,
John Lawhorn, M. Lawhorn j. Carawav, f. NJ
Vause, S. Giles and others of Wakulla county,
were in the city Saturday 10 secure improved
q Black Cotton " seed They are determined 10
make good cotton if they make any; and they
are right.
To be successful in all undertakings in life,
of whatever name or nature, vigorous bodily
health is essential, and a clear head. These are
vouchsafed 10 all if they will practice the hygi-
enic rules so clearly set forth in that popular
medical treatise, "The Science Of Life: or. self
Preservation.
When gentleman offers 5000 a month REM
for furnished cottage, and can't gel il, and then
tells the owner to name his own price wa,
dene in this city last wcek-wc conclude that he
has the Tallahassee fever" bad. For half that
amount we'd move out, if we had to live in Il
tent.
There were sixty arrivals It the three Talla-
hassee hotels last Friday. The arrivals at the
numerous boarding houses would swell the total
up to nearly one hundred tor the day. Two
years ago the arrivals for month would hardly
exceed one hundred. For the past three weeks
the arrivals will average over fifty day, and
still they come. Irthis isn't a boom, what is il
"A distinguished clergyman from Wisconsin,
who has been in Tallahassee for several days,
and is charmed with the delightful surroundings,
is reported as saying that if one hundred neat
cottages were built here, nicely furnished, and
eligibly located, they would readily find occu-
pants at a rental of 800 per month during the
winter
"A telegram from Dr. c. b. Gamble, of Bal
timVre, to his brother, Colonel r. II. Gamble, of
this city, received yesterday, announced the
death of Mrs Jane N. Anderson, at Glyndon,
Md, on Sunday evening. The deceased lady
was the wife of the late John George Anderson,
formerly prominent business man Of ITALIA
hassee Mrs. Anderson was csimablc lady,
respected and beloved by all who knew her.
We are informed that Judge VanNalken-
burg, Associate Justice of Florida Supreme
Court, gentleman whose business sagacity and
sound judgment would he questioned by no one
who knows him, says that if he had $4,000, and
was looking for an opportunity to invest, he
would not hesitate to put it in first class hotel
at Tallahassee-or words 10 that effect
Let every public spirited citizen attend the
meeting at the Mayors office, at o'clock to-
morrow "Wednesday evening. The government
needs public building at the Capital of Florida
Tallahassee is entitled TO respectable cdfc',
and the citizens should see that our Representa-
tives at Washington secure an appropriation for
a building during the present session of Congress.
Before the close of last season we suggested
time and again in these columns that the proper
thing to do during the summer of 1888 was to