The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-08-26

government, and an entirely rtiW prgaul-
zation viii have to- he effected. ~
-Ti,usville Star: This De4pcratic
mass-meeting on Saturday es*bstG was
well attended and it did the lstkakers'
hearts good, and ours TOO, to se( ~ many
ladies' out Mr.. Minor s. Jonhhsof ST.
Lucie, has selected location foS4iis new
residence, and when it is completed be
will become a permauens residee1bf this
town. sat
-Apalachicola Tribuse: HdTEiR II.
NJ. Davidson, Senator Wilk. GM, and
perhaps others, will address thu Ntizens
OF this city on Septembef 10Th Obi Sbe po-
litical issues of the day Arat Nments
will bee made to carry the speakefs 10 Car
rabelle, probably on September 34h, to
address the citizens of that toI:s Pre-
para ions are on foot to give o'is Fistin-
guishcd visitors rousing recept!M
-Green Cove Spring.: The teHooner
Bella Russell arrived at .tireen taNe on
tuesday with sixtytive Ions ots ,4enty
pound steel rails for our. street s]4road.
and has discharged her cargo at.e,e nev
street railroad wharf. Besides Stid steel
rails the Rr$sell broughta also tha:sheels,
axles, bolts, rods, &c, fpr consSTd citing
four flats for freight and one oIAns sum
.t,r ear, to be used on the strt3t troad.
.. 10 car'ro was also corn nn1 fsav n
.ic-,"t ra-~rngvr ears have alreafy been
constructed North and VII hc hde soon,
Coz Wright the Supe:intcadti.t, has
already begun putting down r&ils, and
Will push rapidly to COMPLETION.
-Lce>burg -Ne,cS: The. Floridi South
crn ha~ perfected arrangements ae,Etines
Vile by which cars can. be traAyirred
from narrow guage tracks and vitt {ersd,
the change taking only siH minutsf.l The
first broad yua4e car came to thu place
last Monday night, and "" were S'ltl by
the engineer OF the train that it eaa bet
ter on the narrow guage Than thy Boxes
that were made to run g., them /, ]. The
local option law did not have III effect
desire Lee>burg We trcquetah see
pe.,or : drunk on our >,r'\ t, ThaN send
10 orala and Palatka for liquor, getting
five OF ten gallons at a tine, anSl those
who are unable to raise t5e amoAnf ne
ce>sary to procure that quantity @teb in
with three or four othets. Thbyi are
bound to have the fiery liquid II iome
means or other.
-Tavares Hrruld: On toe T., e. Is a.
ro..d considerable work HIS beeH done.
: tnc Orlando end the grading hGS been
he'd across the Weki,a areek : miles
rom Orlando From ,he' javak si end
the right of way force lave Uttered
Apopka The advance workmen Az the
two parties are now not nhre tlBn six
miles apart AT the Tavares end %kFeat
amount of work has bce4 doneS Il The
grading is completed almost 20 Zelfwood,
and thousands OF cross-tics have besn cut.
1t i. desired to increase the force tgtly,
and if the subscribers viii! Jay uIE their
subscriptions promptly it viii be pt;isibl
10 complete the track from Tavaies to
Orlando ready for the iron before TIA first
of November The amount of work so
far done has been really surpriaipgly
large.
rev cg' Hr p from & ' psai" o@ans5 va.
ton, and brought II cents per po,IId in
Mobile . Some one has reNorted H. the
Columbus E"Yuirer-.>"n rhat{ thers. are
caterpillars i'll Jackson county; tie re-
port l. untrue; We have i~trd norhtg OF
the kind the cotton crop wax neve$ bet
Ter in our county :. The countv Rtbub.
lico-In1ependent> held kndtof m,taing
in town last Saturday; We a'e !nfttprd
that there wa, only one white man 1ithe
crowd and that there WAS great di4Rtis-
faction among them. Son.t wantTm a
straight out Republican ION Gov rpor
while others wanted to stand by Pfnf--
the mongrcl candidate. We must ss{Vwe
have more respect for those who stant sol
idly Oh the old principles. III
--Gainesvile .1|irocute Let the EFm-
,c,ot> Of Alachua bear in nhd thes Isct
IHf 1dcocoto has nc " ;{ily1
L. -eni"r proprietor has b,.elils;onn4 f.i
with the paper in one way "r another ver
since is tur.ldation, has struggled tdtr'l
in the past TO keep his paper .afoat, MAJ
now that be is just receiving slight rktn;i-
n,ratipn We do not believe the' barty ;w5 II
fail to stand by the paper wbicl hak aI-
WAYS been true to its interest, \ VOL
ored man who resides three miles we& pt
town called at our office on Yesterday hpd
inquired 10 de man what writes thlng-
in dc paper" On inquirinc what he had
to communicate, he told that an e5op-
hued young mother had carried;her tn jee-
wceks-old child out to a forsakefi, Qb-ehfc
hut and left il and betaken herself to A4kr,-
ticc her former horne. IIel namS q IL
julia Henry. From the mans story We
think 'Atgentne farm would By prqAer
l,.ace for Julia. Z
Monticello Constitution TIE JeftSr-
son county men who have moved to IHr-
nando county within the past two ,br
three years are taking an active part3p
politics. A Democratic club was recenAy Y
organized at Brooksville, and tire follgF-
ing are some Of the officers C4ptain.N
+. Tucker, President and A. Chufjb
DOM and ID. Turnbull, Vice Presidenk
-. 1t Is said that Messrs W. Vi. Grid
iear, +. b. Bailey, b. w. Partridge, add
perhaps TWO or three others, have Jointly
saved between fifteen or twenty ttousa,H
pounds of melon seed. 1t is worth frc b
s. to IS per pound. Who say. the Guild
walton of the watermelon il not prohl-
able crop?.. We have had Mr.. Salui.
ders' wonderful COW horn in this effice id
five or six months, and it is safe to say
that one thousand persons have inspected
the same, and all have expressed astonislt
ment. 1t measures IL inches around tht,
base and is four feet eleven inches f3I
length. 1t is the biggest cow-horn in tk@I
world. I'll