The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-05-20
Mr.. Joseph Hudson bas nurch..ed af,x.ax

Oh Temperance, will indulge in a sncable after
the regular order of business next Friday even
ing. Refreshments will be served and pleasant
time is anticipated
we do not know of better investment In
Florida, AMI we doubt if there can be found
better investment in the United States, than build
ing q two-hundred room hotel at Tallahassee
during the summer of 1884
Mr.. B. B. Wilson AMI family last Saturday
removed to Alta Vista" the property recently
purchased by Judge Andrews Mr.. F. L. Pink
ham Will bring his family from Augusta, Ga, and
also make his home AT Alta Vista
| -Ihe annual announcement of Davidson
College, North Carolina, appears in our adver-
v'slng columns 10 day. Davidson takes rank
among the best colleges in The South and Justly
merits and receives large patronage
| Col L. j. Roberts, OF Cenircville, who last
week shipped nc 'rly 900 barrels ut potatoes. left
a sample OF his crop nj the banking house of
b. Z. Lewis X Sons. Three potatoes picked
from the lot weighed three pounds and two
ounces.
-Dnring the past week Mr.. J. w Btitton, ex-
press agent, has forwarded vegetables as follows:
| Potai"cs ,443 barrels; b.ets five barrels and
twenty crates; cucumLcrs, sven crates; beans.
1O7 crates. The shipments by lreigh, have been
about same as BY express
by reference t" card luhli,hel elsewhere it
Will he seen that DR. w. J. Gum has removed
10 his new office, corner OF DnvsI and Jefferson
streets, where he will bc E,und when not pro-
fessionally engaged. Dr. Gum merits and is
receiving good practice.
| "A large number OF culorel cxcursionists mr.
rived from the east last night ,or The purpose of
| To-day participation in the celebration of the
emancipation OF their race. The exercises of the
| day VIII consist o grand parade in which all
me c"l"red lodges and societies will join, decOra-
ton OF graves "t Federal soldiers, addresses &c.
Amy gentleman who has $50 900 or 100000
to invest in Il permanent AMI plvlng business
can find no better chance tor investment than
building IA large hotel at Tallahassee zoo
room hotel is needed here for next season, and
nothing pays larger profits than fir~l-class hotels
in Florida
Mrs. Dora Hopkins will p,e Idle "a hostess
at the Strathmorc, on Frtnn lima beach, this
| summer. Colonel +. b. Papy who purchased
the Strathmore sometime since, has sold il TO the
gentleman who built The first hotel at ,onev
Island, and it is said he viii cIccl ON Frru4n,lina
beach an elegant hotc, with 200 rooms. and
build Il railroad from the beach Il, The CITY
The people OF Ci:tinc~> lil. ..,ni vIcnity are
rtapimg The benefits To lr derived tom compting
lines If railroad We un.l,rsind ,4al lh.y have
ship"rd vcg,.l ,bir, To NrN York for fora, cents
crate aud that the rate ON II barred u flour
from Savannah 10 Gainesville j. only fifteen
cents. The people of this section Will c me in
for similar benefits when Talln 1ns>cc get, an
other outlet by rail.
The entcrprising citizens of Sanford believe
in advertising. They nave had 1housla,ls of
copies "f splendid birdScye views of thcir civ
Autographed on boards 81 bv % inches Tor gr,-
tuit"us distribution. The public buildings and
leading business houses appear on lLe margins,
among winch We "otlcc the South Florida
Drug Store" owned by our former suAn ,man,
DR.. A. F. Phillips
Colonel T. J. Roberts SAYS hi, largest Weld
was from seed saved from hi, second crop lasI
year and the POTATOES were fully ~ large on an
average. He planted Northern seed January
10Th and h"m"-ras" seed February Az, md
"Iops from both were ready I" ship at same lime
ale saved his seed by packing in dry sand in bar
gels. Colonel Roberts will plant five acres in
July for his next years seed, digging in October
and packing above.
Captain Frank Phillips and WIFE, Hon W.
II Milton. Hon. J. II. McKinnc, Mr. f. j. Black
Ahrar and wife, Mrs. Annie Estes Mrs r. NJ
Nhite Mr.. ii. Roberts, Mrs. S Bra,h, Miss Lula
1lcrriti AMI Mis- Bessie Merritt, Of Mrianna;
81 s. Mary Irwin, Mr.. j. p Jordan and Miss
]. lIa Jordan, of Quincy, were in The civ last
Friday. They dncd Al the St. James, spent The
afternoon calling friends and driving about
lhc city, and nj p NJ. departed on the belated
ifain tor home
Mrs Rrbecca Abncr, who saws she came
fiom The Stale of Ohio. yesterday arrived
at Tallahassee, accompanied by four small chill
d.en She says that about four or five months
ago She received letter from her brother James
Eurst. The letter was written at Tallahassee
AID he informed her that he was farming here.
Ifr husband del few weeks ago, AMI she has
cttme here hoping 10 find home for herself III
children with her brother. She was born aid
r,4scd at Mobile, Ala, her means are limited,
sla- can learn nothing of her brother, and is Goa.
setiucnly greatly distressed in mind.
All persons interested in fine horses and IN
tl:. improvement Of The stock of this section " i'll
be- pleased to learn Of the arrival of the finely
br..d troiting stalien Clay Chief" received
yesterday by Capt. IIoustnun from Lexington.
Con. Withcrs, the breeder of Clay Chief alter
giSing his prdigree in his annual catalogue,
makes This statement: Clay Chief is of the
best bred Clay colts in America He is inbred
to old Abiallah, sire OF Rysdyks IIamblctonan,
anil unites with this the blood of Alcxander's
Alsla III, Mambrno Chief and Pilot, Jr aud
he 'reunites the Clay ana B,saw kindred blood
which both have their common origin in jack
snp."
We call attention to advertisement in an
otlEr column of Catnosa Springs, Ga 1t is
Mountain Cottage Resort" located between
sp,srs of the Blue Ridge. Those OF our people
intending Ia spend the summer in the mountains
carnot find more delightful place than this.
II has always been AN acknowledged resort Of
fnsRion, and noted for its excellent table and
OTHER fine accommodations. The choice lands
near the Vale of Springs has been plated off
in Town lots. No doubt many OF our Florida
people will avail themselves OF securing n sum-
mex home in the mountains. rs the prices asked
| for dots and cottages are very reasonable. We
| ha,e plat of The Springs and lots at office
| WINCH can be seen at any time.
Wits Cigars.