The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-09-16

nave his Day; you'll have yours directly II
stripping c'atinues to yelp and whine like he
did at Tallahassee he's liable to be mistaken for
ap1ppy
to s.ssI sSys Youths or Mems ready mako clothing 70
Every true Democrat in Florida will regret
70 learn OF the split in fernando county. We
trust the cause leading to 1t may be removed
ana that the Democracy of fernando NAV be
united and harmonious and this year increase
their heretofore large majority.
-Fof anything IN any line, 60 to Saxon Cos n
| MI f. Z. Gilmore is adding to and remodel
ing the Shine cottage. When completed il will
con'ain iour large rooms, specially arranged for
tue wn'te primary school, which will begin there
| in few weeks.
Co.'S. S''Oh Flour fresh supply, at t h Randolph
In FLORIDA, where lemons grow-at least in
tallahassee, they retail at 30 cents a dozen Two
nunured miles north of Florida, in Georgia.
'hey retallat 10 cents per dozen. Is this 100 Der
cent IN favor Of the Georgia Railroad Commits
s'ons Give US the T. T. & G. Railroad or CON-
inlssion-aye, We'll take both.
Mr.. Jonathan w. Fountain. formerly n citi-
Zen of WakullA county, died at Oak Hill Vain.
sla county, ON the 1st, aged H.
Mr.. James Ernest. of Gadsden c,p,,v mn,
WIN a serious accident Saturday evening.
While going down Augustine hill, his team
runaway, and he had leg broken. He
was taken to the residence of Mrs Shea and DR..
W. N Leonard called in. The Injured man ia
a relative OF Mr. j. VI. Ernest, OF this county,
We regret " learn of the death of Mrs
Laura Thomas, daughter of Captain H T.
Blocker, OF this city, who died at her home in
Madison, last Sunday. Captain Blocker and his
son Louie went down TO attend the funeral.
The colored voers OF Lem co lnIy are tax.
Ing very little interest in the camp ,igu and less
interest in Pope. The conred vote Of Leon
county on the 4th of November will be one Of
the chief political surprises of 1884
See interesting Stale and political news on
fourth page.
The friends of Mr. A. Church Groom in IN ia
section regret To learn that he declined 10 he a
candidate for the Assembly from fernando
county. We need just such men in the Lgisla-
lature.
The way to get COOL COWS Is to select the M
when calves, and give them the best care till
maturity.
Don't forget 10 read important political
matter on the first page Of to-dAy's FLoRIDIAN.
-FLoRIDIAN lem Box: Why am like a
lemon p she asked, and then she expected him
to say, "Berau,e you are being squeez d but he
didn't he said: " Because you are sour"
1t is not too lale to fern up clubs for the
Campain FLoRIDIAN. Send IS cents AMI read il
till January /, 1885.
MIR. w. +. Ball, just two miles north of Tai.
laha>see, planted on some ~f his clay hills this
year, some long staple or Sea Island cotton The
result is very saIistactory-having yielded one
third of bsle IL the acre. The cotton was
planted TWO weeks later than it ought to have
been, and The caterpillar ate it clean about the
first of September aud Mr.. Ball says that if the
worm had let il alone, he would have picked fully
half II bale The acre, which is equal in value 10
u bale and half OF short cotton. He used no
fertilizer Would it not he we'll for our planters
To This cotton instead of short staple? 1t is
worth more per pound and the cost of produc-
ton is the same.
The county Democracy are still active. Two
or three r"usng meetings were held last week.
Enthusiasm is on the increase in old Leon. Some
ot the oldest ciiIZcns, who for years have mani
Tested no interest in politics beyond going the
polls To vote, have buckhed on The arnor and are
helping to wh"op EN- up for Perry and the whole
ticket. They don't want Frank Pope for Gov
ernor and won't h I'VE him. Keep the rascal out
-Mcrsrs. Vanscoy Il St well have opened a
kiln of pressed brick. NJ. A. J. Fish Is using
them in The new brick block, on the east side of
Monroe street. AMI is we'll pleased with them.
THIS is their first experience with Tallahassee
clay, and they are confident that they can make
much better brick in their second kiln.
The Republican Convention at Cenlrevile
on Saturday nom. mated The following persons AS
their candidates E'r the Legislature Major E.
&. Weeks, D. s. Walker Jr.. Clinton Sneed and
Samuel Frazier. The first two are white and
The last Two cOorej. The ticket does not give
: encral satisfaction by large majority. Isaac
Jenkins SAYS, we are told, he was swinded out |
OF Il nomination, and We all know what that
Jenkins wont submit TO fraud. During the |
day Mccall. candidate for the Legislature Oh the |
Peoples Ticket, laid out Sam Shakespeare by II |
blow with his walking ca ur, and yesterday Nc |
Was required to give bond in the sum OF $500
To appear 1T the Circuit Court
SOME months ago the postmaster ut Jack !
sonvllle Was instructed to send mail in q through |
,Deuch by freight Train to Tallahassee. This
service was intended an accommodation To |
business interests al the Capital, and when
brought through time was so appreciated. IL |
is due here ut A. NJ, but for the past TWO |
weeks it has been very Irregular coming in sew |
eral hours behind time and often after the ar
rival of the regular evening mail from the east. |
Sometimes il arrives in the night, ten or more |
hours laic, and is not delivered until the second |
dav after leaving Jacksonville. The post master
at jacksonville would certainly coulter favor
upon this community by sending all mall matter
for Tallahassee Oh The morning mail train, or by |
giving instructions lur the mail 10 be transferred
from the freight 10 The mail train, il the latter
passes the former en- route 10 Tallahassee.
On Saturday q petition, signed We presume by
every person whom il Was presented-at least
numerously sgned-was forwarded to Captain
d. f. Maxwell, General Superintendent OF The
Florida Railway and Navigation Company, re-
guessing him to restore the discharged employees
OF the company at this place to their former posi-
lions The petition very properly contains no
aluslOn a. To whether The men acted right or
wrong, whether the company has treated
them justly or unjuslly, but recltes that the men