The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-05-14
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been made Gosernor Of Congo
The y. y EorI>F4 Bartholdi Pedes-
al Fund ha= rSacs,el nearly $50. 900.
i, did not lake long for the citizens
Of Orlando - sakscribe $500 for an arte-
sian well
Mr.. q. d. NoSwain ha. been appoint
ted postmaster At Lake ae Fpniak, vice
W. Il. Sander yesignesi
We van, il distinctly understood
tina, Alachua o2&r.1y is rs longer in the
black belt. = Gaine<rtlL Neee
A, the tax sase Monday week. 5000
acre. Of land beiorging u Sir Edward j.
Reed. in this county. ere bought in by
the state DoyLyrtlk STIR
Capt W. a Rhoadsss has brought
-ui, against the Sou,h Fspida Railroad
Company III TIT am Of 81, 0cc damages
for being put % a train % tha: ROAD.
The ">pring Trad Eii,;on = Of the
Ocala unity Ht,t il altogether creditable
to the ability d tie editnr an1 the typo
graphical taste # the primer. The issue
was ~, 900 copies.
The 7smes. i"tonr ivhterprise ena-
bl.-d !. 70 obtain I.ro1imats figures Of the
number Of persons registered at hotel. in
Floriia during he past -.::isor, and the
total reached wa "a, ,:%n increase Of
Ii, l42 over the ..reyious stEson.
The remnant nf the .rf.p Of the f.
mons Speer gf,re, near Sanford, was
sod last week 81 - pc : 800. Those
vito were not in .ro great \ hurry U ship
their oranges haze receives! IS good prices
this season a. usl>l.-Jo>ss4ng,Ae Tropi-
cal Pnrn1iise
The difficuliy between great Britain
and Russia seem. to be il : fair way for
adjustment. Ar agreement. defining the
Afghan boundary line ha. Seen reached
by the Russian and Brid-S officials in
conference at Lon1oL, ana Forwarded TO
St. Petersburg f1r approva'.}
- PostmasteK. General Villas is now
getting down t.; work in earnest He is
changing postmasters at the. rate Of one
hundred per dav One hl.slred Repub-
lican raIlyng places br'jken up every
day. At this rate how lang can the
grand old party last :-.>0r0nn0h News.
=" Florida Cracker" IN abe Orlando
Repnrter extingrjshes Professor Cunning
by calling him g timber rsiedel scaven-
ger-bug Of scie1ace ~ We are Justly
proud Of the FLORIDA Cracker. He can
do anything he makes up his mind to do,
anything that he can't d.. Consequent
ly he Invariably cones in ahead
-Goyernor Bate, e,f Tetnesss &, visited
Mr. Jefferson Davis at the iatter's home,
Beauvoir, Miss, ';u the Al. Mr.. Davis
told Governor Bate that tbs recent re-
ports Of his illness were very much ex
aggerated, and that he was enjoying ex-
ceeding good health, with lhe exception
Of slight attack Of rheumatism in his
ankle Mr.. Oasis walked erect and
looked his former self, with the excep-
ton Of his white hair and viii skers.
The .So,1tIern SIN is The title Of a
newspaper at Pala.ka, with los H. and
Charles +. Warren as editors and pro.
pretors and T. J. Aplpeyard as business
manager. Editorial and selections prove
the journalistic ability OF the fs.rrner, an
the well known skis Of the latter is appar
ent in the mechanical excellence Of the
paper.
The Dominion government is having
a serious time REFRESHING the klel rebel
lion The forces Under General Middle
ton will number 5000 men when the rein
forcements recently ordered 10: his assist
ance join him. This hafbree4s and In
dams make desperate resistance, and be-
ing we'll armed and good marksmen some
Of the troops are silled Whenever they
come within striking distance. Months
will probably elapse before h"stlities
cease, as there is vast extent 81 country
over which the insurgents can wage guer-
lila warfare.
The Tropical I,araelise is alarmed by
the disposition of communities ;lown the
Peninsula to take care Of themselves
without consideration of the ihterests Of
Jacksonville. Sundry Of those selfish
communities actually cont emp!aae build
ing up routes Of travel and traffic that
shall not pass through the Eaststn empo-
rum which has so long had she lions
share Of the feast of Fat thing. provided
by Florida's big boom. Palates is the
rival most dreaded, and there realiy seems
ground for the apprehension that the
younger city will divide with the :esder, and
presumptuously prosper right uadgr her Of
Tended nose. There is room enough for
both to have healthy growth!
"A visiting friend called aps Presi-
dents attention to the published story
about some alleged crank who ,s supposed
to have fred pistol at car in which the
President was believed to be riding on
his return from Gettysburg. Mr. CIeve-
land laughed and said that tie story was
absurd "'ve got as keen an car for q
pistol shot as another man. said the
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