The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-09-02

business OF A. Maige. The t4Fsbune
wishes the new firm much ssbcsS6As. -.
Messrs H. L. Grady and Colonss Henry
{. Hicks have been suggested iii Eandi-
dates COR the Assembly. Both oftlltsS gen
tlemen are well qualified for the ifrition.
The Tribune has not heard eiths1tpf the
gentlemen speak about the matts there
fore We cannot say positively Whether
either will be candidate. NV
Milton Nesos Joe WilliamssSke nalr-
derer of Cannon, the bridgm}p, vas
brought here yesterday by the; SFif; of
Holmes county for safe keeping; a}hetif
Johnson has had him heavily srtiikh- j..
Judge Chain has been invited tS tdress
our Cleveland and Perry Club atitEIsarly
day Mr.. Marquis will speak IMP the
next meeting OF the Cleveland sh4FerIy
Club -. A colored man name6 Assse
Foreman died here this week; Seven
month 400 he killed Nathan pfeSticks
and vas acquitted He has ntySR been
well since, and his death is attributed 70
remor>e. The Democratic flag tlaf is
100 feet high and tiv 1ag is l6x3Mi
Lake City Star: Mr.. Hop 6pkltr
and party recently vent on ia Samp
hunt TO the little Suwa Tee Tn sue
ceedei in killing five deer and ohesarge
bear aud report fine sport, hut Mat the
cou nv is full of water. WeIsiearn
tina in the near future Lake tsitS. will
~, new manufacturing enttrpyEe in
a., Ha1 If Il factory for the making OF
"a wagon spokes, fel:tjexs axe
.i :. r.. We are glad To rofk' 1his,
az. think, with the abundance 81 sAard
woods in this vicinity and the demand
tor such articles, the enterprise cad but
prove "A financial success. 5as
-Eustis Semi Tropical. Wh1hs pass
ing house not far from the posttsfice
the other evening the following co,itirsa-
ton was heard: " Now YOU nave As;lf
kiss, anrl have half kiss let us pit the
two together and make wholt Idne"
The report that followed shook thb house
from top to bottom =. There wiil3i*oon
be steamboat connections betweab sIAnd-
ings on Lake Eustis and Leesbur3 ,..task-
ing connections with the railroads at 10th
points, one boat for that purpose a4now
being taken through The canal at 'rA3aves,
and another is being built Al fort Msson
for the same purpose. This filth thstion-
templated change III the schedule iof the
trains on the St. Johns Il cake lHnstis
Railroad, will give this region mufR bet
heretofore. IL:
Mariana Courier: Mr. II w.
Cannon, the Waterman cf the railroad
bridge at the Choctawhatct,e% riveir; 'as
shot and killed bv negro lnamtH, Joe
Williams on last Saturday. The Iaegro
acknoW lodged having killed Cannni, bot
up 20 last accounts has elhaed his Eafs0-
ers. He was fired at Tuesday hut es.&led
being taken. Governor BlqxhaIh has
"tftred a reward of three hundred tioalats
- liz capture, and the probabilities are
'..,. he Will be taken in ,erI ,ew days.
Il seems that the cause Of the /, ,2uk was
that Cannon had prosecuted the: ne ncin
some one of the courts some tshe a34 for
thieving, and the killing was TIE tfxf4aa
tiun OF threats made several daysl age
Tweuty-three buckshot were found ia the
murdered mans left side Flour iGsfrr
nation Is correct it was a III IL Outrage
Gus aud premeditated murdet, and itEle
murderer should suffer.
Monticello Constit~tio" :: Mr. ]: p.
Glantham brought the first bale OF pe.w
cotton to tins town on Frirlakslsst Il,
weighed 4eO pounds, was clasf aa low
middl;ng, and purchased by u! ssrs Her
kins & Turnbull for ten cents bcr pdnn{4
There ~ ~ several bales in tow oni Sat.
urda Mr.. William \orcue pas Grow
ing On hi> place in Aucilla the fnest9 Ie-
{ Oh IsaS kks
county They are large and hekllhy and
hearing fruit ii large quantities al five
YEAR, old HIS pears are very idrge sHe
will plant eighty acres i'll pear ,treesstbe
app oaching winter Monticello sesn !
railroad coach, crowded with ioteidst
the treat political meeting at q een lls.,
M lson county, on yesterday. IL wfsa
rering of the Democracy il theies-
ne western bounds of ths See3,Id
or, ional District, to listi to 1.-THE
iptrt argument of Hon.{ ChaA1es
T.. Cherry, the Democratic noininees fSr
Congress in that District, and who wi he
elected by decided majority. sfE
-Tavares Herald: On Tuesday sthe
work of taking the new steamer JIG.
Speer down through the canal into I&ke
Eustis was begun. This will prove qs4e
job as the water is very shallow at sAdie
places, and it will be necessary to dig out
at several places and to build dam neA,
the lower jettles so as TO raise the wasAF
sufficiently for the steamer to flcat Nb
expected that the steamer will ge Ehro@eh
in few days The steamer is \ |tlecs4ka
success, every part of the machinesY
working smoothly and evenly, and VIII
scarcely any noise. The J. G. Speer IN
stern-wheel boat, and draws very li{ile
water, so that it will be possible to kah
her into very shallow water. The inslA vi
tors will be here next week, wheit she M
be put on the line to run on LaksA Eu} ta
and Harris, connecting with the :FlortaA
Railway and Navigation Company's Rs
at Stivender's wharf, and the Flor u
Southern at Leesburg. She is ! ha I'LL
somely fitted up boat, having splenf 81
furnitures. and it will be a pleasure III
travel on her. She has also large fir :iAt
capacity. g
-Palatka Herald: The contractor D.
the trestle work on the J. T. X X. w. &s
r., this side of Buffalo Bluff, had 70 drifd
piles l55 feet deep in order to mrlkdA
solid foundation :. . 1t must he very d4,
ccuraging to Pope running for sucl4 1
liyh position and have such g. small
crowd as he did have in this place III
Thursday last. There was no enthusiastic
for want of material to make it,. TIE
steamship City of Norfolk, recently pef-
chased by the Charleston and Ralatks