The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-10-07
STATE Nfws.

week. We are told tina, She building will
be at least forty-fve by .eighty-fsei feet
the lower story to b used store
rooms J
Cedar Key Journal, Mr.. samuel
Quincy, one of our can:iidates lor the
Legislature, was down OF Monday He
is as cheerful as ever an'f feels cInGdent
of his election. We are glad Mr. quincy
paid us visit, for he iss now convinced
that the Independent mo,emrnt i Cedar
Key is merely tempest T. teapit,l
Jasper Times: DIR. .Ii,hu T. Godfrey
left last Tuesday night FIR philadelphia
to receive surgical treatl,ent Df. God
frey is one of our best ci1izens an most
successful physicians ana has til heart
felt sympathy of his host IF trien,E - his
Affections and their sincere washestfor his
speedy recovery. We were INF rtned,
the other day, by promif1en. gcn3 leAnan
of Baker county, that Baker WI give
large majorities for Perry and DOM liberty.
The gentleman occupies: a :positios to
know whereof he atfirms and we predict
that it will be ust az he says:
-Palatka .Ne,cs A neat bit ok 6pan-
ciering was done in Palatka v"stetay j.. \
gentleman from up the ':cklawaAa was
indebted to railroad, ana had csmts to
the city to pay or send the money to
them, when he learned ths bQnds. ofl the
road could be bought for eighty cynts on
the dollar. and that the doaG wonld re-
ceive them at par, whereulton 'he Ing estei
in the bonds and will tender them etd the
road instead of the hard cash; TIE gen,
tIeman made considerable money by the
operation.
Mariana Courier Our merchants
did a rafting good business last iSatur,
day, and for one time in STA nlonttk were
well pleased at night . Our mel h4nts
are having the advantage 1T low rStes on
cotton now to New Orleans. a reClaCtion
of seventy cents per bale wa mad@ few
DAYS since. Last Saturday wJs the
twentieth anniversary of AZ event s,ng to-
be remembered by the ci,fzeFs ots Mari
anna and Jackson county .Iust twdntv
years ago General Asboth wi h al troop
of cavalry entered Marianne and Ipned
the Episcopal Church and; .nunAef of
the best private houses in lhe place and
destroyed everything of value they could
find.
Orange City Times :Hsbee tmadc
the statement on veranaa Of al hotel
while at this place last we!k thar 1t was
a hopeless case to carry Fl".ida for Blaine
and Logan He stated that no:~iti 4t;ald-
ing the majority of the i.nmigraptss to
this State from the North were RSpub biz
cans there were great many wig, had
come into the State from the States of
Georgia, Alabama. Kentuck.y and Tpnnes-
see, all of whom were principally Demo
Gratis that would quite offset the Repaid
Hcan strength from more Northern States.
The DeLand Republican Will please copy
this item We have been INFORMED that
there were only thirteen white Aeople
out to swallow the smuttY storit- told
by Bsbee at Enterprise Monday. :,
Key West Democrat We indtr-
stand that a committee waited on Mr..
jeremiah Fogarty Wednesday AMI re-
quested him to run for Mayor M. Flo
garty is one of our most prominent bus
mess men, well-liked and wnrld no ao,tht
have made popular candidate. lie de
clined to run. We understand tkat in
compliance with the request of tany
friends Mr. Mason S. Mo:enc ha{ con
scented to allow his name TO be ,l+ed in
connection with the Clerkship. t'F the
past two years Mr.. More1o has sYrst Ell
the city in this capacity. Efficient ~ The
discharge of his duties, Ne la kivtn
almost universal satisfaction No |etter
selection could be made.
Jacksonville Herald: commissioner
Sebring writes us that the mantnn1h
twenty-foot cross-cut saw made II the
Dsston Saw Works, and donated hy Tr
Hamilton Disston 10 the state fc't the
special purpose of enabling the CoWrni+-
siOner to have sections cut fsom the sArge
oaks in Sumter and Hernsn,io cour,tie>.
and the big cypress in Putnam, haa ar
rived, and is now at Leesi,urg ir4 tn.
hands of Colonel T. c. Lanier, 1t VII D.
sent from there to Colonel Fred. l.. RI,
ertson, at BroOksville, and then I'd Mr..
Henry Hutchinson, of Putram cotnty,
who will have the trees n:their rtkpec.
tive counties cut and sawn, into bcxs
for the New Orleans Exposition. FThe
oak tree in Sumter county is thirteetr feet
through. A pretty good siz"a tree.
-Palatka Herald: We are free tc say
that the Hon Charles Dougherty's slteech
at the Opera House on Saturday tight
last was one of the best speeches that
has been made during tbs campaign
The speaker is bold and independent III
his opinions, perhaps little TOO much SO,
But Just such a man is needed. He is not
afraid and has confidence il his election:
The demonstration here in favor Of our
Congressional candidate is very enconrt
aging. United States Senator Call mad.
a splendid speech, SO did Colonel YIN.
acWiliams, whose silyary toAgue
charmed the vast audience all the way
through. Palatka has proved herself not
behind any other place in the State in; her
enthusiasm for Democracy, and certainly
no other place can beat her in the mag
nifcent displays that are gotten up. for
the occasion. .
Live Oak Bulletin Live Oak can
now boast of the tallest Liberty polls in
the State, $50 feet high, and from itskop
floats Perry and Mabry flag. TIP
party is much indebted to the uniting
energy of Major A. L. Woodward fGr It's
erection. At times it seemed thai it
would be impossible to raise.it and Ifany
were discouraged and were almost ready
to give it up as bad jol. but Major
Woodward's patriotic blood was up, lan5
such a thing as {" fail was rot in hiss vo,
cabulary. At last his etf',rts were re-