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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-10-01

ALACHUA COUNTY, Sept. &c 1885.
Filters Ft0rilatn: This county is improving
probably faster than any other county in the
State A desirable class of immigrants is rapid
" filling the county and making fertile gardens
Of the waste fields. At present this county has
a negro majority, but if the whites continue to
pour in for the next ixc years as they have in
the past five this majority will be more than
countcrbalanced
Two systems of railroads pass through the
county--the F. Il. Il n. and the Plant Invest
mcnt Company's systcm-thus affcrding ample
means for rapid transportation.
The Florida Southern is preparing 10 straight
en- its track from Sweet-watcr branch TO Gaines
vile and to put in additional sdc-tracks and
make other extensive Improvements for hand
ling frcghts. The s. f. Il w. is also preparing
for greatly increased business this season.
Gainesville is destined to be one of The large
cities of the State in the near future On every
side one secs evidence OF thrift and enterprise
New buildings are in course Of construction ON
every side. The new courthouse which is rap
idly nearing completion is one of the finest in
the State, and ~ an honor not only 10 Gaines
vile and Alachua county, but to the entire Stale
The East Florida Seminary" one oi The finest
schools in the South, adds greatly to Gainesville
and is rapidly improving in popularity and use
fulncss. A fine country school will he construct
cd during the next few months. The town is
also well supplied with churches, which are
growing IN strength even faster than the town
The cotton crop here has been greatly dam
aged by worms and wet weather. In some To-
calitics not more than One-!ourth of crop will
be made
In this county we find Newnansville. one of
the Oldest towns in the State. Ii is built on the
summit of ridge of hills that reminds one OF
Leon county. But the glory thereof has depart
ed-absorbcd by the younger and more vigorous
Gainesville. 4
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-10-01

United States Minister Cox andCon
sul-General Heap have succeeded in OBJ
tanning revocation of the order expell
ing American Jews from Jerusalem.
1t is stated that Prince Alexander Of
Bulgaria has been assured of the support
OF Russia, Germany and Austria tie
will send an army to Roumelia and will
defy the Turks.
The Starkville Miss, Southern Ltcs
Stock Journal says that there are twelt y-
i've silos in Oktibbeha county, Mississippi
and many more will probably be made
next year. Itsays, .only eight ofthe TWEEN
ty-hve silos filed this year, have had the
forage run through cutter-the balance
tiled with uncut stuff. The contents OF
these silos comprise corn stalks and sof-
ghum, chicken corn, pea vines, johnson
grass. crab grass, broomsedge, japan
clover and wild grass. Corn stalks ana
pea vines largely make up the whole.
Silos can be made in Florida as well as y
Mississippi. We have here large var's'
" Of plant stuff with which to fill then'sl
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-10-01

We houe that our worthy friend, the Tax AS
eessor az This county, will moi think that We have
singled him cut when we Stale that OUT oil an
area OF $4,000 acres contained In Leon county
only 387,16 acres appear on the tax o'oks.
There n very little State hand is this csuniy. still
there is in The county 1S6S33 acres oil land on
which no tax is paid. This matter IS worth lcoS-
ing AFTER II these lands are subject To taxation
they certainly ought TO be pa, on the bboks-
Some other counties are just as far short IN ,his
respect MS Leon alahassacaH, September %
1t is but justice to the various officials
upon whom the above excerpt necessarily
reflects TO point out the error into which
our local contemporary has fallen. lie
arrives correctly at the superficial area of
the county BY reducing it's map surface OF
900 square miles to acres-57G,00o. Bqt
the acres so arrived at are not all land,
and allowance should have been made for
the water represented by the large lakes
Iamonia, Jackson, Lafayette, Bradford;
lakes Forshalee, Munson, part of Micco-
sukie, and sundry other smaller bniies OF
water. Colonel John Bradford, who is
President OF the Board of County Com
missioners, and who is second to none in
the State in his profession of civil engi-
neer and surveyor, states the amount of
land in the county of Leon to he 425, 900
acres. During the years of lifetime he
has practiced his vocation in the county,
has surveyed and mapped it, run lines of
properties in all parts of it, aud his state
ment is entitled to acceptance. From
425, 900 acres take the "3S1, l67 acres that
appear on the tax books a." and but u 1913
acres remain-not " ISIS, 1873 acres of land
on which no tax is paid,' as our contcn'-
porary puts it. The $685. acres unas-
sessed may be looked for in the almost
valueless sand flats south Of the hill coun-
try in the lower part of the county; SOME
Of it being State land, some probably |.
S. land, and some to be classified "owncrs
| unknown"
We presume that the 7dUnhaSsocan will
correct the error into which its zeal tol
the public service unwittingly betrayed 1t
and that several papers which copied it:
article will do likewise
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-10-01
j aast So.

Monticello constitutional
We arc pleased 10 observe that many of our
contemporaries have exhausted the argument
and abandoned iscussion Of the merits and de-
merits of the new Constitution. This is WISE
Twelve months hence they can reproduce their
recent efforts, and then the people will be in
better temper 10 digest the same AS the Mari
anna Courier recently said, :" the election is too
far off to amount to anything in the way Of in
flucncing the result of that, and those who
hold conflicting views have been speaking in
way calculated To produce bad blood, and they
are not getting along as we'll as Democratic
brethren should. II they will I've quiet on that
subject for few months, and take time to
calmly and dispassionately consider the relative
merits of the two Constitutions, between which
the people are to choose next year, they may
come nearer together, or at least gather patience
todiscuss il without displaying so much feeling"
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-10-01

Tracks Washed Away On Many
Railroads and Heavy Losses Nux.

Tracks Washed Away On Many
Railroads and Heavy Losses SuS.
tained.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, Sept. N.-Observations
here show tho heaviest rainfall in the twenty
four hours ending at 10 o'clock to-day ever
known in the history OF the signal service Office,
being six inches and fraction. II rained hard
all last night and ut intervals to-day. 1t is feared
that much serious damage has been done 10 rail-
roads and other interests. A damaging washout
has been reported on the Jacksonville, Tampa
and Key West road, about two miles beyond
Orange Park. The track is washed away for
one hundred yards and the road 10 compelled to
transfer passengers. The Jacksonville, Halifax
and st. Augustine railway suffered considerable
damage. The Jacksonville and Atlantic Beach
road is damaged several thousands Of dollars. It
is said that the country is so inundated that work
on the Blue Springs. Orange City and Atlantic
railway has been stopped.
Most of the trains went out on time tonight.
1t Is still raining slightly, and the storm signal is
still flying.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-10-01

Our mandatory OF axe handles and spnkcs
l.. w. johnson, proprietor, is now prepared to
receive orders for any quantity, and guarantees
them as good as any in The Market and as cheap.
He hopes to have the trade of the Stale in This
line Of goOds.-Lake city Ae'0rter.
This is not the tool handle factory that
the FLoRIDIAN more than once suggested
should be established in Tallahassee. 1t
is quite another woodworking concern
and in the entcrprising town of Lake
City. We are not fully advised rs to the
timber resources of that locality, but we
will not be surprised to learn that the
straight and tough hickory which is so
abundant in Leon county is carried by
rail nearly hundred miles to Lake City
to be manufactured-bought here for
about $3.50 per cord to be sold there in
shape of tool handles, etc, for about $50,
profit well deserved by the Intelligent
manufacturer, and that might be made
in Tai lahasscc
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-10-01

General Freight Agent F. B. Papy returned
from Columbus, Ga, on Saturday last, where he
had a conference, at the Rankin House. the day
previous, with large number of the leading bust
ness men of that city in reference to giving them
the advantage of competition in the Transports
ton of freights to. and shipments of cotton from
that section to Eastern markets via the Florida
Railway and Navigation Companys system.
The conference was very satisfactory, and will
result in the shipment of large quantity of cot
ton over the line of the road which he represents
through this port. The steamers running on the
Chattahoechee river in connection with this sys-
tenn loaded to their utmost capacty.-Fer
,tandinG Mirror.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-10-01

Our young friend, Mr. H. ID. Allison,
has assumed the editorial and business
management of the Hamilton County
Times, published at Jasper by Captain J.
II. Ancrum. While we regret the retire
ment of Captain Ancrum, we bid Mr.. AL
lison welcome, with our best wishes for
his success, although we think he will
make mistake in attempting to reduce
the subscription price of his paper, as, If
county paper is worth anything at all
to its readers and the county, it is cheap
at 81 per year Callahan Record
The change in the F. r. & N. Road.
by which II. r. Duval becomes general
manager Of the road, is one that must
work to its benefit. He will assume his
new position on the LIST prox., and will
have his headquarters at Jacksonville.
Captain D. e. Maxwell will continue az
general superintendent 1t ia but Justice
to Captain Maxwell to say that he has
had heavy burden to carry in the way
of onerous duties and responsibilities and
financial obligations, and that this new
appointment will relieve him of portion
OF his duties, and, it is said, bring resour-
ces to the road of which it stands yery
much in need. zayares Herald
1t will be Of interest to the public TO
know that cotton-growing has been intro
duced into Russia, and that the crop Of
last year was $4,000 tons, or SO, 900 400
pound bales. Florida seed are now beinc
used, and the future proportions Of the
crop are beyond estimate Hnrt,caR
Sun.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-10-01
Jacksonville Times. Union.l
THAT SCOTCH COLONY.
Governor ABlOx ham DiscB 81 inns gHav.
Ing Anything 30 DO with Ii.

On Tuesday morning last the following para
graph appeared in our local columns:
A Mr.. TAFT, from Edinburgh, Scotland, is
now on his way 10 Florida to make arrangemt MS
for til" reception Of two hundred and fifty Emi-
lies from the Old Country. each of whom will
purchase forty acres Of land on the Gulf coast
South OF Cedar Key. Elk Governor Bloxham is
at the head Of this movement, and we believe
that whatever he puts his hands 10 will be n
bona fds enterprise Arrangements have been
made TO extend the railroad into the new settle
ment also TO erect school house and other nc.
cessities. Mr.. and Mrs. Laurie aud TIER family
of eight children, friends Of our townsman, DR..
]. M. Fairlie, from Paisley, Scotland will sail
from Glasgow in about ten days to join this new
enterprise"
Governor Bloxham writes us note 10 sy
that he has no connection whatever with This
Scotch colony, nor with any other colony that
while he IL willing and anxious to do everything
10 his power to promote immigration to our State
there II no foundation that he Is aware OF for
connecting his name with this Scotch enter
prise.
The colony mentioned 10 our reporter is prob
ably the one that s TO settle nj Charlotte Harbor
and bis informant was misled, or else some Old
Country scbemers have been using the Cover
nor's name unwarrantably to forward a business
project Of their own.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-10-01

We find the above heading TO dis
patch in the Savannah Nescs that came
by last nights mail. and to see such
thing in the best paper in all Georgia
hurts our feelings, so TO speak The dis
patch came from Jacksonville In the
deluged part Of Florida, but the heading
was made in Sayannah-and that's what
hurts, for it suggests that even in Sa-
vannah, as in distant parts, the idea pre-
walls that Florida is merely Jacksonville
and the country thereabout; that even
in neighboring Savannah the ruling i'm
preston of Florida is that it is composed
of sand and water, and that sometimes
one is on top and sometimes the other;
that dry land exists only as the elements
may elect at their own sweet will, and is
an incident rather than an established
fact-to be "deluged or above water,
as the case may be. We mean no refiec-
ton upon the taste of people who like
localities thst peculiarly suit ducks
and frogs; we merely object to the pop
ular belief that Florida is principally
duck pond and frog meadow inasmuch as
it does grievous injustice to the State,
especially the middle portion of it. This
portion is less known than Jacksonville,
because at Jacksonville spectators, etc,
have constantly prevented travellers from
coming over to this excellent country, but
in enlightened Savannah it should be un-
derstood that Middle Florida can't be
deluged. Our hills are as the hills of the
most fertile and picturesque parts of
Georgia, and the deep, broad lakes en-
bosomed among them are the reservoirs
into which quickly drain such rainfalls
as would deluge fat country, but their
waters never rise so high as to overflow
the shores of these gems Of our scenery
"jewels of the first water" set in the cir
clet Of verdant hill slopes odorous with
flowers, or rich in crops, or clad with
majestic forest growth To this section the
rain comes not to flood and devastate, but
to beautify and improve-to make teem-
ing harvest fields, green pastures, fat
"cattle upon thousand hills" and all
nature to smile in prolific beauty. Our
frogs and alligators are confined to their
own domains by the " everlasting hills y
that encircle them, and are not enlarged
by dcluge facilities that they may spread
over the land and infest the premises OF
man like reptile plaques of Egypt when
the Nile is at its flood. In short, all OF
Florida can't be deluged, though parts
Of it may be-and this part is not one of
them.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-10-01

Perhaps the secret of the difficulty
experienced i'll the work of popularizing
domestic wines was laid bare the other
day 10y Mr.. Charles A. Wetmorc, a lead
ing viticulturst of California, in an adj
drcss TO wine-makers He said:
Your wine should come cheaper to the con-
sumner mot TO the trade.) This cannot be 80 long
as 500 to 900 per cent profit is realized by the
retailers. The notion prevails that wine is
something fancy, and thus those people who
drink IL In restaurants and hotels think that UNI
less they pay so cents bottle for il il is inferior
stuff. II is all done in the interest of the bar
Break this down. There is not a hotel In the
United States that cannot afford to have good
wine on the table free OF charge II will cost no
mn re than tea and coffee. An ordinary wine
drnker at the table won't drink more than four
cents worth"
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-10-01
A DESPERATE DUEL.
Both the PrincIpals Killed

hsOth the Principals Ailled.
Special to the Times Democrat)
ST. LOUIS. September ga terrible duel was
fought at Cottonwood Point, Mo, lac last night
in which both combaIants were killed The
story goes that Saturday afternoon two strangers,
seemingly the best of friends, entered the town
and began drinking heavily. Both were armed,
and finally got into a dispute over the merits Of
hale OF cDitOn. The discussion resulted in Q
fight. in which the larger of the two was badly
worsted. Not satisfied he demanded fight
with pistols, and suggested that to prevent I'M
due advantage on either side they clasp their
left hands and fight with their right. This pro-
gramme was carried out, and total OF seven
shots were fired. The large man, who made The
proposition TO fight in this manner was instantly
killed, three bullets going through his body and
one through his head. The other received three
bullets, and died in fifteen minutes Neither Of
the men were known in the town, but were idcn-
tilted to-day as Matt. Perry and James Oskly,
farmers, who live fifteen miles southwest of Cot
tonwood. The bodies lay side by side in the
warehouse to-day, and were visited by all the
town people and hundreds from the county.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-10-01

Fruit dealers from large seaport cities
of the United States are travelling over
Vera Cruz and other Southern States of
Mexico. The country is well supplied
with native fruit, but this is the first year
that organized effort has been made to
place it on foreign markets IN COMPETE
ton with the tropical fruits of other
countries. The interests of Florida fruit
producers must be vigilantly looked after
to meet competition from this new source
OF supply, the opening Of which, however,
indicates a demand which is not likely to
be overstocked.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-10-01

We hear that our venerable. respected friend,
Judge Landrum, has goneto Wcstvlc 80 make
it his home. Judge Landrum mas been Il citizen
of this place for many years and MAS respected
for his fine legal talents and his many virtues
The people of Wcsiville may we'll BE- proud Of
the acquisition OF SO useful IL cilizcn.-4Ntlt'a
NeUs.
Major Landrum has at different times
represented Santa Rosa county in the
Legislature, was a member of the Con
stituional Conventions OF 1868 anl 1885,
and served nearly twenty years as States
Attorney Of the Western Circuit. At a
term of the Circuit Court in Milton in
1857 he one day introduced to the court
and bar two tall and handsome young at
torneys who had recently arrived from
their respective States. They had
come to stay" and practice law
and one OF them is now the pop
ular Governor of Florida and the
other the honorcd Chic(-J usticc e the
Supreme Court. So among the Major'7
other good deeds may be rcckoncd the
one done at that time and place.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-10-01

The efficiency of the new municipal
government Of Pensacola is plainly per
ceived in the much improved condition Of
streets and sidewalks, the cleanliness Of
its thoroughfares, and the usual indica-
lions that community is under the con-
troll of law and order authorities who are
wise and vigilant.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-10-01
For Governor Of New York.

The Democratic State Convention Of
New York re-nominated Governor David
Il. Hill on the first ballot, giving him 33S
votes out of $50, though Abram :.
Hewitt and Roswell i. Flower were can
didates. The World says Of the nomi-
nee: e IN State politics Governor Hill is
a disciple of President Cleveland. He
trained under Mr.. Cle> Gland as his Lieu
tenant Governor for two years while the
latter was Governor, and, with q few eX-
ceptions, he has carried ont Mr.. Clcvc-
lands policy while acting as his s"ccs-
sor. In the election OF 1852, when Mr..
Hill was chosen Lieutenant Governor, his
majority was l96,7sI, being 1000 larger
than that of his chief"
The New York Democracy are in high
spirits and expect to elect by a large ma
jority the man who got a heavier vote
than even Mr.. Cleveland, the ",idal wave
Governor"
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-10-01

The Boston Herald discovers that
John Z. Sullivan differs from horse in
that any "man can make him drink, but
ten men cannot lead him 10 water" Now
tell us how he differs from an asa
Springfield Union. In spite of his stu
pidity, the ass is . respectable brnte.--
Boston Herald.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-10-01

The New York Republicans, by
their platform, condemn and denounce
and demand and declare and oppose, but
they don't "point with pride " even once.
How could they 9-Bosson Herald
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-04-22

1t is with sincere sorrow that we
announce the death Of Mary, wife Of
our worthy friend Matthew Elliott, Of
Newtown Mills. She had been Sfflict.
ed for nearly year, during which
time, especially in the lester weeks,
she was a great sufferer. She came to
Forest county with her husband from
Glasgow, Scotland, in 1870, having
been married there in 1865. She was
a kind and affectionate woman, highly
esteemed by all who knew her, and
will be greatly missed by her neighbors
and friends. To the sorrowing hus.
band, who is thus bereft of loving
life partner, we extend sincere condo.
lence, and assure him of the sympa.
thy of the community in his afilction.
The funeral services we're conducted
in the Presbyterian Church of this
place on Monday, Rev. Hickling Off
cisting, and the remains we're laid to
rest in Riverside Cemetery.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-04-22
Forest County's Insane.

Commissioners Of Forest County;
GENTLEMEN:
The condition of the several pa.
tients under your charge in this hos
pital is as follows:
John Clary is noisy aud excited all
the time.
Sarah Shoupe is very cross and sur
ly nearly all the time.
VIM. Barnhart is excitable but not
violent, and generally pleasant.
Isaac Reed has just passed through
long period of excitement, aud is
very quiet and rather dull.
Michael Callinan is very sullen and
surly all the time.
Samuel Hawthorn is very quiet,
gives no trouble, and is generally
pleasant.
Andrew d. 5altzgiver is restless but
a little better than he was.
Olive Noble is quiet and generally
pleasant except at the time of the fits,
Respectfully Yours,
JOHN CURwEN, Supt.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-04-22
List of Patents.

List of Patents granted to citizens
of Pennsylvania, for the week ending,
Tuesday, April 14tb, 1885, COM
piled from the Official Records of the
United States Patent Office, expressly
for the FOREST REPUBLICAN, by Ship.
ley Brashears, Patent Attorney, Solic.
itor and Expert, No. 6S7 F. Street,
N. W., Washington, of whom copies,
and information may be had:
j. II. Alker, Allegheny, spike ma
chine; j. Anderson, Pittsburgh, glass
furnace; B. Bennett, Pittsburgh,
glassware; G. w. Camp, Camptown,
combined truck and bag holder John
T. Dysart, Shippensville, oxhydrOcar'
bon econOmizing apparatus; Jas. E.
Emerson, Beaver Falls, machine for
milling recesses in saw plates; Levi
Haas, Chester, railway tie; james
Henderson, Bellefonte, mold for cast
ing steel; L. Houston, Montgomery
Station, circular saving machine ;
Jas. Hunter, Pittsburgh, gas conduct.
or; J. F. InghrAm, Allegheny, seal
lock; Jos. r. Jackson, Pittsburgh,
machine for bending tube Skelp; w.
D. Kearns, Pittsburgh, splint; j. w.
Kughler, GIeenville, railway crossing
and target j. H. Laney, Indiana,
farm gate; G. w. Morris, Pittsburgh,
combined spring measure and track
indicator; F. N. Morton, Pittsburgh,
steam radiator and heater; 4. o.
Donnell, Bradford, safety car for rail
way fish plates; S. Pennock, Kennett
Square, road machine; K. Queen,
JOhnstown, drill jar; H. H. ROdman,
Wilkes Barre, shoe fastening; G.
Schmann, Reading, valve for engines /;
w. w. Speer, Pittsburgh, pipe coup
ling; T. S. Stewart, Salisbury, dump.
ing wagon; t. S. Stewart, end gate
for dumping wagon; w. L. Voeller,
Morton, telephone j. f. Wilcox,
Pittsburgh, operating converter; j..
P. WitherOw, Allegheny, apparatus
for the manufacture of iron and
steel; A. III. Whitman, Minersville,
powder keg discharge tube.