The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-05-28

A1"i'oation exercises Of the Colored
-'o'"ai school, at Lincoln Academy, was com.
"enceo yesterday by Professor John A. Graham
euu VIII close with a lecture TO- morrow riob,
Inc public are cordially invited
are not advertised in this paper and os, tb,
Lively. '~A NC 'ouno at the Drug Store of NJ.
-dovernor Bloxham and family lef, for G,
teresa on Tuesday, where they intend 10 .nend
the summer.
rates. @hch they have complete stock at low
Mr. G. L. Baltzell, of the F. r. & N. Com.
pany' mas been in the city for week.
Miss Fannie Perry, daughter of Governor
cry last week arrived from Staunton IVA ! Fe.
male College
pongee Hemstitched and Fancy Border Hand
Aerchleis, at \. A. Levy's ~ ai'u
-oo'onei r. t. Bridges President of the Will
mlng'on and Weldon Railroad, accompanied by
Ills ia'l"y, were at the Capital a few DAYS last
week in his elegant private car
!" W. n Wilson'S for Dry Goods of every kind
-Mr. j. NJ. Martin, Sheriff OF Hillsborouch
county was in the city yesterday.
"Sters are out for Grand Excursion from
tallahassee to Jacksonville and Fernandina on
the 81 OF August
DR. {. l.. Mitchell, Commissioner Of Ionds
and Immigration, has returned from South E,or
'ua' accompanied by his family, and will soon he
pleasantly 'loniciled 10 the HAYWARD mansion
on Adams street
-Capt ID. b Maxwell, Messrs Alex Mcnou
gall, Sr J. W. Vandivere, A. Stephenson, John
McDongall, and Geo c. Morgan returned from
The Gull a few days ago bringing an eight-foot
alligator and turtle weighing about hundred
pounds
-''ents Low Cut Shoes, at Y. A. Levys
Colonel John Bradford has joined the Stock
Breeders Association of Thomas county Gcor-
gia, and will unite with its members in An an
hual sale OF fine stock at Townsville
-heep few sheep on the farm, if not many
" ool Will always bring cash at some price and
II comes Oft when there is little else to sell. Mutt
ton always sells we'll and is always good for the
table. Keep sheep.
all remarkable cheap. 80
Mrs. G. d. Crafts, Mrs Augusta |. Poole,
Mr. and Mrs c. w. Bradley, Messrs G. E. Brad
ley and +. II. Poole left for the North this
week
v R: Wilson has the largest and most Comple,.
~NOS~ VI ~A4SN1
California orange growers claim to have dis
covered new process for removing all sub
stances that iniure the appearance of their fruit
They put half bushel or so of dry sawdust in =
barrel, and then pour in two or three bushels of
oranges, and then turn slowly with a crank The
fruit comes out as clean and bright as a gold
dollar. One man can clean about eighty boxes
per day, while washing ten boxes is a good dav's
work
In passing Gimoles Furniture Emporium
yesterday we noticed a very handsome black
walnut Wooton rotary desk, which, upon in
qulry. we learned was ordered for the popular
and atIabe Clerk OF the Supreme Court Mr. ID.
c. Wilson
Don't buy your Gents Underwear until yon have seen
my Stock, all sizes and styles. at Y. A Levy's.
Miss Annie H. Milton, daughter of cx-Gov-
ernor Milton, who has been spending some time
with Miss Lettie G. Gamble, returned to her
home in Marianne to-day. Miss Milton is one
of the bellies of West Florida and while here re-
ccived more attention than any visitor we have
had in many wears. Her beauty and grace
charmed every one who met her, and she won
the hearts of old and young alike.
Mr. George A Groom, Tax Assessor, has
but short time in which to complete the assess
ment Tor the current year. Property owners
would do well TO give prompt attention to this
matter, and be particular in giving descriptions
OF real estate by consulting their deeds or bring
ing them to the Office when they make their re-
turns.
Ola Sol, in FLORTDIAN Item Box, saws that
the student who wanted foolscap, and called for
capsule paper, is as well as could be expected;
that high license, and requiring dealers to sell
only pure liquors, will do more for the cause of
temperance than all the prohibition laws ever
enacted; that following Irish potatoes with to-
bacco will pay that very little work would
enable the chap that dug our gullies to fill them
up again.
Fruits OF all kinds are looking and doing
their very best. The blackberry and the whor-
tleberry have been vieing with each other for
first place in our market, Plums, with their
laid up stores of collie, are shying in with bushes
to receive their share of trade while the luscious
peach is holding back to make its crowning
entry when it shall be the most wanted. Mean
while the fig is storing up its sweets and next
comes in victorious. The tempting grape next
offers itself in groups, and finds many admirers
And all the while the golden fruit modcstly
awaits to come in at the eleventh hou and bear
ali honors off Green Core Spring. just so here
in Leon and we add to the toOlhsome catalogue
the king fruit of our section-the uurivalled
pear.
Attorney General G. NJ. Cooper will assist
the State Attorney in the prosecution Of the
Sarasota prisoners, at a special term of the
Circuit Court, to begin at Pine Level next Mon
day. Judge Mitchell will preside.
Pleased To receive call from Col. J. G..
Gibbes, of Quincy, on his way to ST. Marks. II
would only be- what he has earned repeatedly
by his untiring and eloquent service in the
cause Of the democracy
Mr. j o. Bradley, ofTavares, dropped in to
see us yesterday.
The Young Peoples Prayer Meeting will be
held in the Presbyterian Church, at O'clock
next Sunday afternoon. Everybody interested
in these meetings-ladies a nd gentlemen-are
cordially invited to attend
D B. Stewart & Co, commission merchants
Of Baltimore, on the 10Th lelegraphed MIR. Geo
w. Saxon, Prime potatoes sell quick at s.,
Good for g. The prospect was never better.
Ship"
Miss Kate NJ. Kemper left last Tuesday for
lie uhar oil. fN 80 anil