The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-03-19
ev.(Ieneral GEORGE 4 Ora,

acknowledgements tItnrCe A TRAY
has been elected a surrr~>,r al soma
tor Ravard
The baseball snason ~ opened, but
a ladies do not mix in the manly sport it
is thought that the rink will hold its own.
Maj. \. ! Russell, Superintendent Of
Education, has gone to st Johns and Or
ange counties to organize Teacher In
stitutes.
The town of Green Cove Spring is to
have brick building one hundred and
twenty feet hv sixty, two stories hi Oh,
for stores and offices
We regret to announce the death Of
Mrs George NJ Lee. wife Of Senator Lee.
who died at her home III LeeshurC one
dav last week-.SunterrU Times
The National Bank Of Florida. with
capital o; $i00.000. was organized AT
Jacksonville on the 10Th March, D. &.
Amblcr President, !. \. {. Stockton,
cashier
The East Coast Messenger is the title
of newspaper a; Daytona, Mr.. James ".
Osborn editor and proprietor The edi-
tors industry and Judgment in selecting
matter makes the paper interesting
Mr.. H. ]. Cooper succeeds Judge
4 Magbee as the editor aud manager oi the
Tampa Gu0rdtan. and continues ii in the
Republican business. He is an easy writer
and an industrious gatherer OF news.
A National Comm ercial Convention
will be held in Atlanta il May and
attended by representative merchants
from all the States Two thousand dol
lars has been already subscribed to the
expense fund.
The President resisted the immense.
pressure that was brought TO hear on him
to make e1-Congressmau PM. Thompson
Commissioner OF Internal Revenue. and
appointed ]. ;. Miller, Of Yves, Virginia
Mr. Miller Is OF high repute for ability and
his record l. unsulIivd.
-The -Natlpnu EeJotj' t,1u. newspa-
per office i'll Washington. IN winch Wiz
liam L. Chandler owned controlling In
terest, has been sold to +. w Fox OF It.
Louis. and associates. Ii is SAID that it is
TO be a Blaine organ for abusing the
Cleveland administration.
Mrs y. L. Yulee, wife Of ex->euato r
\ ulee, late OF Feruandiua, died in WASH
ington OF the 10th. She was a native OF
kentucky, daughter OF Governor Wick
life o. that State, and was in her fifty
sixth year. The deceased lady Wa a
very estlmable person, widely KNOWN fol
amiabilitv. accomplishments and benev"-
lence
We are glad To- know that Col. j. !
Mcclellan, OF Marianna, is to be ap
pointed To- the office OF / :. surveyor
General OF Florida Mr. Ciev"land'9 Ad
ministration will be fortunate il al az
pointments meet with such genera al,
prevail a, does TINS recognition OF .the
public services and ability OF Col. McCie'-
Ian
Prom a late Spanish paper We learn
tina; Gen. Bouachea, whom our citizens
well remember. was sho. with a numb,
Of others one dav last week al Santiago
de Cuba 4 few months ago he was cap
tured III an open boat 10y >panish man
of-war, has been in prison ever since and
on trial was found guilty The Spanish
goyernm ent appears t. have the upper
hand.-hey Hest Deu,ocrm
The negro paper recently started i'll
Augusta, ga, expresses sound opinions
We are living here among the same
people that once owned us. We must
get on together There is nowhere toi
u to 90. We could not 60 ii We wanted
to. They could not send us ifthey tried.
We should thank God for the measure ot
peace that exists among us. Ii could b,
much worse. j; only remains Tor Us t.
educate our children, buy lands, make
our homes pure, dignitied and comior-
table, and save money, and every other
right will certainly follow
-LieutenantG overnor Mabrv is in til.
city also, those accomplished State Sen
a,ors, Mann, Bryson, Baker, Cole, Sam
mis-, Deano. and We learn others are 10
arrive. Colonel William MacW Williams.
the accomplished Secretary, il also here
and, upon being interviewed on the mat
ter, stated that, as this was St Patrick
day, special meeting Of the Senate vii
, be held this evening to take into consid
, Grafton the state of Ireland, and the pro
prlety of annexation to Florida. Cal
the roll, Mr. Secretary. "-JocksouriUt
Herald
Rev. Joshua Knowles, now of Greens.
, boro', GA, spent day in Tampa thi.
week, arriving on Monday and departing
on the following day Mr. Knowles was
one of the pioneers Of our state, becoming
a citizen in 1886 He was Chief Clerk OF
the Convention that framed the first
State Constitution fOr Florida, and under
which she was admitted to the Union
in le45. lie was also a member of the
Territorial Legislature in 1913. Mr.
Knowles is one OF the few survivors ot