The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-02-19
assoc. Fla. Feb. ~, gsss.

What the -No'r Era don't know about
Blue Jeans Williams is s::arciN worth
knowing, you know.
Hon. Beniam Harris.>a, 81 i1alatka
has presented the Smithsonian Institute
at Washington, ID. c., with; & t-o.ssl OF a
large mastodon 1t was SQUAD: 81, the
shore OF Lake George, Marion co,shy.
The papers of Tampa, St Augustine,
Green Cove Spring and ctsewl,ets ;cona-
plain of the dcprcdations o: Professional
sneak thieves. We presuq e ihaS' hes
mwclcomc tourists will visa Tals9 sasser
also q
The Ne~ Era does ot,lko ID an1-
Gle in which it wax mcrrior,sK: We
Didn't expect it would anil t" il thu
truth We didn't want i, To. III We Nonl1
write political article ,h:a it "a we
would know that We had s"hc VT!
Our Root-an,i-hranch.': coliFS mpo-
rary trie. desperately to cE ulratt, itself
under cpnN iction Of ralical%n luuImail
plea went save it from Mac;Ila>'- slecl,>
ION. 1t must not only gets. biggcs type
bat lead new life if it holS> t. 80 for
given.
Tie Tavare> HcroM easrcstly ad,o
Gates an cNira session that l':i~la,icg may
lac had |" pro>ilc relief for iailro4l coy
l,uraiiun> where work Of ,',El~tIu,Iiom Il
liable to be embarrassed hv he acton Of
indi> dual> under the rcccnt decision Of
the Supreme Court.
a brilliant welding occirrrd "a the
residence of Judge Randall il Jack.or
Vile an tie 18Th. when Mr.. y ia. y; Dell
and Miss Florence Is. North VI re married
y largc portion OF the proiu>,: lecol". lIoD>
Of beautiful flowers and ever. ~vrnx!wc,v
furnished from the gardens s Ta:s.hae
see
Tie I'll was gala day Is Lake ity
Places ot business We're clo~,E ana ;lrrc
was a general turn out of jlrt people IL
celebrate the reception of t.. new and
first fire engine. \ strong ;.orrAiy of
good citizens va, organized ( 11akv he
machine useful when occa>ice may re-
quire In this matter Lake (Tiy i 81 OK
ample L. >undrv cities and ttp'n> o. th"
state.
Tie New ork >"n ha> 4 ittlc 4 raw
to he effect that Hon. Ieorre:ti Fns>ter,
recently Republican state >s.oatcr al,'m
one Of tie New \ ork City Dt,lr;cts, has
Severed all connection with + Re,mbli-
can party and Joined the s'emoti.acy
The reasons, a. given by tie .>",.. are
that inc docs not believe i'll a h yh lsntct
tive tariff or III governing Ne. York City
hy Albany legislation.
-Dr. Edward II. Fournt,r, Health
Officer Of Mobile, is dead. H., >toojhigE.
III lis profession, was greatly esteemed,
ana j. much lamentcd He woS a nat:vr
OF Dcmopoli>, Marengo county. Ala(ialna.
and Of French extraction, bcir1 the s,l, al
one of the Bonaparti>t coloni>i- wh. 81
tied that county. He was clnratr.l a,
Harlsto~n. kentucky, and received lis
medical diploma from the niyer-ity. OF
Louisiana
The Boston Past Publishing t"m-
rany ha> transmitted to Lieutenant John
A. Rhodes, Of the nitcl States rev, nue.
cutter Dexter. check for 5000. being
the amount of the fund raised a, a ;e>ti-
monial to his bravery in rcscu;ng pas>cn-
gers from the wrecked City Il Colu'a4as.
In accepting the same Lieutenant Rhodes
suggests that he he allowed / divide tie
fund among his brother officer and Grew.
which request is acceded to by abe Post.
Colonel Iucius A. Hard, 7, died al lis
residence near Jacksonsonviuc on the
10Th. He was native Of Georgia. aged
tifty-six wears, and an estina;,le citizen.
As proprietor Of the Hone ynooE Nur.
series he was widely known as & Honey
moon Ilardee," and was the father Of the
conclusion theory of destroying germs
of disease in the atmosphere bv the Ills
charge of cannon. which he -lsst aine,l by
ingenious argument and hv. instances
which SO strengthened his POSITION - 70
engage much favorable attention.
-Discussing a recent dreadful tragedy
in this State an able contemporary uakos
a remark that seems to us superficial, tor.
referring to the offence with w hich the
slain man is charged, it speaks of it "as
not exceedingly probable on the flcc d
it," Crime is constantly surprise II
is continually occurring unexpectedly
and necessarily so as it is out of the reg
ular order of things. Crime - shocking
a. to be thought hardly possible is bt.
come so common that it may he consid
cred "probable that society will be
startled almost daily by its occurrence,
for no matter how frequent such occur
renee it startles every time il does occur
Scarcely day passes that the press does
not record improbable crimes committed
in some part of the country.
The recent flood in the Ohio river has
been more disastrous than that of last
year. Many lives have been lost and the
damage to property in city, town fnd
country is estimated at more chan fsiil