The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-02-12


lecture this evening.
Owing to the retirement of Mr. Henry Stern
from active participation in our business in Tai
lahassee, we offer our entire stock AT cost for the
next 30 days, at Stern Il COS 80
The cadets OF the State Seminary will ap-
preciate the order of the Board of Education al
lowing them 10 wear unhrcss uniforms of blue
flannel during the spring and summer
Tile Z, "A spicy seven column journal, pub
shed at Shnbcrt, Nebraska, has An emigration
department. and the editor, Mr. H. p. Porter, is
specially interested in emigration to Florida.
By reference to our advertising columns it
will he seen that the firm of Alva c. Brown &
Co, of Sunny Hin, has been dissolved Mr. A. c.
Brown Will continue business at the old stand
The Winchester rifle ratified tor The benefit
of Mrs. Fairbanks and the babies was won
on Il ticket held by a noble hearted lady, through
whose generosity it will again be ratfirl off for
the benefit OF HE widow and the talherlrss little
ones
Mr. George w IIrndry, OF Fort Meade, is
the author al Wrllwritten and neatly printed
pamphlcr, oi about 30 pages descriptive of Polk
county--ts soil climate, health &c See adver.
tisemenI
MIR. Wheaton II Angel OF Rhode Island,
and Mr.. Ebell g. Reynolds, OF New York, have
each purchased building lots 1T Shdzuoka,"
and left for the North t" return with their fami-
lies. Both gentlemen purpose erecting hand
some villas
Those who visited Library Hall last Tues
day night were highly cnlrrtuinr,t by Dr. Griffith,
Of Florida University The Doctor is a practical
naturalist, and his lecture WAS both interesting
and Instructive
Mr. Emmett Mrtirih book keeper in Singer
Sewing Machine office, is nnlsing 4 severely
burned hand, caused 10y the explosion ct lamp
which he had taken mp 10 remove /" another
part of his room
The people still complain about delayed
mails. a business letter mailed al Jacksonville
on the 2d arrived at Tallahassee ON the 4h
Some OF our Easr Florida eAchnn@c~ come in the
mail from the west
The excursion tram consisting OF two box
cars and six passenger coaches lclr nr Jackson
vile about ten O'Clock yesterday morning. One
coach was crowded with whi'" pcrS"n- and The
remainder with coor"l cNruI~i"ni>tS
Mr. Benz imin Strphcn> ST., OF Wakua
county, went out hunting day las, week
Not returning home in the evening, search was
instituted and he was found deal in Il e woods.
1t is supposed he died OF heat disease.
Judge A A. Andrews, of Springfield, Mass
guest al the 81. james last week, was perfectly
charmed with Tallahassee and The hill country
surrounding He wrote to friends to come to
this beautiful and altogether desirable section of
FlOrida
DR. Baker OF Flurd, University, Will to-
night deliver the fourth lecture "t the " Univcr
sity Course for the benefit oi The Library. sub
iect Air Sunlight, Food and Water, in their
relations 10 our daily life Doors open al =
lecture at =
If you once paronizc Nickcr> x Co.'S meat
market, in Walkers new building yon will never
buy anywhere else until NickrrS u Ca. have sold
cut Fresh meats properly slaughtered and cut
bv Il first-clA>s butcher, is what the people want
and they yet il ii Nlckcrs ~ Co.'S. 43
Judge p w White has returned from South
Florida WHITTIER hr went 10 sell lands He dis
posed OF several thousand dollars worth, selling
all the school lands offered by him. All Of the
latter class sold al fail prices, some bringing over
seven dollars per acre
Mr. Fred B4c nm General Manager Of the
National Refrigerator and Construction Com
panv who are interested IN the Tallahassee Ice
he completed in tbout three weeks, ii the mate
rial is delivered, according to contract
Vanderbilt may be The king OF the bond
holders. and Jay Gould the boss railroad man.
bu, w Il Wilson is certainly looming up as
king among the cotton buyers The present sea-
son he has bought, paid for and shipped about
one.third of the cotton brought TO Tallahassee
from the counties OF Jefferson Wakulla and
Leon.
A rural young lady visited the Philadelphia
Geological Garden, and when She returned home
she told her mother that one OF the monkeys
spoke to her A girl who cant distinguish
dude from monkey should he given n few les
sons in natural history. The monkey is the
most intelligent looking, but doesn't wear such
ridiculous clothes
News reached this city yesterday afternoon
that Bob Robinson Tallahassee policeman,
who left on the excursion train TOR jacksonville
Yesterday morning, was seriously injured. AS
far as we can learn, when near Madison, he put
WAS in motion and his head came in contact with
a wood rack. A later report says h. is dead, but
it is not deemed reliable
Says a writer in the (oantry Genhentdn
Two years ago stepped the seed OF three acres
Of Evergreen sweet corn in II solution OF guano,
and il was matured week before planting
made q week earlier; thus the growth was hast
ened two weeks The young spires could be-
distinguished By their deep green color and
stronger leaf very conspicuously from those
on the previously planted ground"
Mr. Cyrus Snodgrass and family, OF Black
water, Fla were at the Leon for some days last
week They were on their way To Tampa to
visit Mr. Howard Snodgrass, the elder son of the
family, who, though still quite young, is already
a prominent business man of that growing city.
Mr. Cyrus Snodgrass is one of the propretors of
the Bagdad Sash Fdctoryhis son is the pro
priet0r of the Tampa Ice Factory, nearly COM
pleted.
The campaign for municipal offices has been
very quiet thus far The Office appears to be seek
ing the man rather than the man the office. AS
far as our observation extends, Mr. G.. c. Pearce
seems to be the coming man for mayor. Dir.
Pearcc has been tried and not found wanting in
positions OF honor and trust; he is a man Of
practical business qualifications thorough going
and energetic in everything he undertakes, and
if chosen to preside the affairs of Tallahas-