The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-10-07
Hon. John Mcclellan is announced 8
OF yOLUSIA

10 Dr. Wm- Judge, In Oanta Rosa county.
Mr.. II. ]. Mccall, prominent young
attorney of Madison, is announced as as
sistant editor of the Recorder, at that
place.
The Leesburg Commercial, one of
the best printed and ablest edited of our
Florida exchanges, has entered upon its
second year.
The Democrats Of Levy county are
preparing for grand barbecue, and to
give Colonel Davidson a cordial welcome
at Bronson tomorrow.
Captain Samuel e. Tucker, recently
appointed Register of the United States
Land Office, at Gainesville, entered upon
the duties of his Office on the first.
The tobacco crops in Virginia, Ten
nessee and Kentucky were severely dam
aged by frost last week. Florida is the
State for successful tobacco culture.
The Republicans of Duval have held
second convention and nominated the
following Peoples Ticket: For Senator
WIN. Mel. Dancy. For Assembly
T. Fl. Ward, p. p. L'Engle, T. V. Gibbs
and John r. Williams.
The gin house of Hon. Wallace s.
Jones, at Lloyds, was burned Wednesday
night oflast week, together with the ma
chinery and bales of cotton. 1t is total
loss, there being no insurance. The fire
is supposed to be of incendiary origin.
Don't take anything for granted in
regard to registration. See that your
name is properly on the list Don't post
pone this important duty from time to
time, and finally neglect it. Democrats,
attend to this matter at once.
The universal testimony Of people
who have travelled through the West is,
says the Boston Herald, that business is
active and confidence strong. The same
evidence comes from the East The
country is undoubtedly entering upon a
new era of prosperity.
We learn that Mr.. Pendleton did
not have an opportunity of reciting his
little piece at Monticello. Cause No
audience The Pendleton funeral process
sion becomes more sad and mournful as it
approaches the grave that awaits it on No
vember I'd.
The controlling motive with every
delegate sent to the County Convention
next Tuesday should be to secure har-
mony, preserve the integrity Of the party,
%L~-ULy contributing towards success at
the polls and thus promote the best inter-
ests of the county.
"A call has been issued for meeting
OF Southern newspaper women at Green's
boro, n. c., on Nov. 3, for the purpose of
organizing Southern Woman's Press
Association. The Southern Woman
prints list Of over fifty ladies who are
connected with Southern newspapers.
The committee in charge of invita-
tions to the Shipping and Industrial Con-
vention, to be held at Pensacola, are ad-
yised that several of those connected
with the Councils of the Gulf States can
not leave their political discussions to be
present Oct S, and they have consequent
ly postponed the convention until Nov
10.
The Treasury, says the New York
World, has at last been aroused to the
general demand of the public for small
silver certificates, and will begin to dole
them out at the rate of a thousand dol
lars day to each bank till the immediate
pressure is satisfied. An official bonfire
of the dirty small notes now doing duty
is the next thing in order.
Democrats throughout the State
should make it point to see that the
democratic organization is made complete
by the formation of earnest, active pre-
cinct committees and clubs 1t should be
realized that The whole fabric rests upon
these, and that the relative importance of
the foundation is therefore that which is
TO be attached to them. Thorough Or
ganizstion is necessary to success.
Hon. r. II. NJ. Davidson is far
stronger in Escambia county to-day than
at any time since his nomination the
Pitiful apology of speech, together with
the looks, of the misft candidate. DISCUS
ted many, the unwarranted actions of the
Pendleton faction have shown Democrats
what the disorganizers aim at, and they
zee that there is no need of temporizing
and hereafter they propose to draw the
party line strictly.-Advance- Gazette.
Florida Republicans re--demoralized
all along the line, and hard to please.
Wherever the party has nominated a
straight ticket, (which has been done in
but few counties,) there are opposing can
didstes put out by Republicans, with per-
haps 9 single exception. In Columbia
county, as in Madison and other counties.
they prefer to nominate Democrats.
while in Jefferson, and also in q number
of other counties, they have not even put
q ticket in the field.
Tuesday mornings Daily Sanford
Journal is before rs. It took us by sur.
prise, - il had not been announced. But
II seems to have come to stay, as there
are evidences of permsnence in its make
up and appearance. The Daily Journal