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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-01-12
WAR! WAR. WAR!

y, saa;,ion to our sweeping clearing out sale
r..nac.f, Wy inform the public generally that
tb.re has been consigned to us By an asent repre-
saut;rs ono of the jnrgest manufacturers in the
Unit,d staTes 100 csses Of sUHBER BOOTS,
SHOES, ARCTiCs. in taet everything tna1 is
made in the way Of gubbor ware trnF orders are
to rnp them of as fist MS possb an:a make h.s,y
cash returns The goods arc billed to us at such
extra lo- known or offered @ ostotS 'i.-
that VIC desire it positively to be nnd~r5lood thst
this slauxhtering of price, will hold good and isst
only FOR THREE WEEKS. ct the expiration VI
hich time All such stock left will bc rcshippod to
tho owners Our patrons should take advantage
Of this opportunity and supply thenlsc vos at once
We naturally expect to be unusually busy Tor thc
next three weeks in d'sposng Of this line OF
goods, ~ uel as our entire stock of LEAIH Ek
BOOTS and SHOES and III order TO meet tbs
want. we have engaged additional help to be pre-
ptrod FOR rushes
dec15 T. h5UFMANN.
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HEADQUARTERS FOR
TOYS AND CANDIES.

have = large and most completo assortment Of
TOYS, Candies aud Cakes, aud other goods for
ohildref.
MY CANDIES and TAFFY OF my own make
are strictly pure, and MADE FRESH EVERY
DAY. J.G COCkEY & BRO,
de11 14O King Street.
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At the Ga=ettc Building, Nos. 10 and ~ iTince 81.
DAILY TRI- WEEKLY.
One year Sc 90 One gear. r......"..S4 0o
Sir montls........ 8 90 Sir months ..... oo oo
On. month .. so Three months....... 90
Ali communications should 10 addressed to Gazette"
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and under no circumstances wiH they b. dRopsd to
advertise other than their legitimate business IN the
space contracted for.
Ali transient advertisements must be paid for i" ad
rance.
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rance.
Reso utons in ncmoriam Thanks, tributes Of respect
resolution, adopted by societies persons anteSs OF
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advertisements
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CHANGE Advertisements, orders for Tie paper ners
or any information business can be sent ty tee
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second-claSs matter.
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HOLIDAY GOODS.
1885. NJ
} NEW YEAR, 1856

{ ;hN''i AA'' 1''' y Ew YEAR, 1886.
Fer Christmas joys and stores q! toys,
TIE girls snd boTs-
Whom sleigh bells jingle of Old kris-kringlc-
Go straight to B2ENGLE,
no. i29 KING STREET,
and find there all their hearts desire.
Bringie furnishes the parties OF the season with
everything in his line, puro and nice.
His OYSTER supply is the pick of the market.
His parlorE are open aud ho furnishes to families.
His ICE CREAM,
Black, Fruit. Pound, Jelly and Fancy, Orna-
mental and Plain Cakes are sold cheaper than
shey can no manufactured at horne. Also Cream
Puns, Tarts and Psstry, Candies and Tally of all
kinds Fruits, Caromei3 and SuSared Fruits He
sst.rs for families fairs balls, aud entertainments
dap31
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-01-12

1T Has BEEN THE CUSTOM
20 pin II" neck ruchiaE 10 tho inside OF tho
dre.5, in 1rdef 20 keep i: in place. By simple
but ius:ni0:a device this il d0nc away with A
linen collar bsnd, finished wish cape in all sizes,
is fitted 70 ;hc neck, undcr the dress, and the
ruching rinnei f. IL
1t is neccsSar. - examine j. in order to got an
adequate fca O is advantages, snd to recognize
its usefulness i.
80 DOZEN CHILDREE'S FANCY CoLORED
HAMBURG COLLARS
White with blue embroidery.
cardinal
Cream, blue
Navy blue whto
ONLY II CENTS EACH
These will bc foanG particularly desirable for
school wear
Az UNCOMMON ASSORTMENT
TOHiHNN .HD MEpiCf !ACFS
We have Just opened over iwo hundred p't.:-n..
ranging in price .loa 4 10 Oa poT Tsr'l.
Al Patterns . 10 III inch, 4 70 Sc. prr yard
40 Patterns. 3 to ply inches J to II &c. per I'd.
80 Patterns. = to 3i2 inches II to 10 per aEd.
50 Patterns, y. to . inc'cs, - to 23:. per yard
% Patterns u IL inci.rs 2S t. 5O; per yard
This is i-disputaby the best line ever shown
by US, outrival.ns in quantity, quslity and loH
ness of price anything yet brought to this city.
tSecond floor; :skc ceyator)
WOODWAEr & JOTHROP.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-01-12

DED WAERIOK AXES, made by VIM. Mann
~ & Co. of tho Baltimore Kentucky, Dayton
and Jersey shape for sale in quantity to suit,
whole ale aud retail, at IS King corner of Royal
street by
unv14 J. T. CREIGHTON & SON.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-01-12

DHYS!CIANS, have in stock full supply of
i Reed & Carnricks Beef eptonoids-Pcpto-
nzed Cod Liver Oil and Milk, Liquid Peptonods,
Peptonoids iron aud Vino and Soluble Food for
infants. J. D. II. LUNT,
nov11 Cor. King and Washington SITS.
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FOR SALE ORREET,
FOB SALE OR RENT.

Tho PROPERTY situated ON the northwest
corner Of Wilkes and Royal streets. Possession
given tho first o. January, 1856 Amply 10
dIco1 -cotr c. C. SMOoI' " SONS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-01-12

vUST RECEIVED A FRESH SUPPLY OF THE
y Celebrated Farmvillc Lthia Water in bottles
er By the gallon. st J. ID. II. LUNTS,
ie1R Cor. King and Washington SITS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-01-12

LII KINDS OF HARDWARE CAN BE HAD
y at small advance over cost at the corner Of
King and Washington streets.
oc31 B. W. MALLS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-01-12

4 FULL LINE OF NEW NUTS just received
II and for said by
nov24 McBU1NEY.
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NuE T5iH d 0G-SkIN, CASTOR BEAVER aud
dooe and John PERT Glsyes at
zens' Bank. !. sLA4AAkxHs
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-01-12

IASTQRINE! CAsTORINE !-Baum's ever
I ;; ready CastoIire, perfect oiler for Buggies,
Wagons, Carts, &c. Never Gums; Never Chills.
For sale by fie9] w F. CREIGHTON & co.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-01-12

FXT A FINE LONDON VELVET COLLAR
IL Waterproof Coats ~
aeciS AMOS 2. SLAT TMAkEE'S
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-01-12

ENTERPRIsE MEAT CUTrEEs-no ex-
IA cells them for choppjng sausage meat, mince
meat, chicken salad and scrsp meat. For sale by
Jas. T. CARLIN d SONS.
as<E Alexsssria Va
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-01-12

sEJARHEE's RHEUMATIC CURE, HOODS
w Saisaparilla, Diamond Dyes OF all co!ors,
Dismond Gold, Silver and Bronze Paint just
e.ived [je25] z s. LEADBEATER Il BRO.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-01-12

pLAfED SPOONS, KNIVES and FORKS Of
I cheap grades for eating houses. good arti
Gle at 3. low price. J. T. CREIGHTON & SON,
oct29 SS King street, corner of Royal.
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0s00 POUNDS CHOICE BUCKWHEAT
HOUU Mesl, Just received Cor a.lo by
uo-11 &c. MILBURN.
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SLsI,i1 BASKETS, SLEIGH RUNNERS ANC
= SELLS for sale at So King, corner Of Royal
Al low ptices
deco J T. CREIGHTON Z SON.
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E'OR SALE.-A PHAET0N BUGGY in good
L order, will be sold low for cash Apply ut this
Office 900 -.
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CLEIGH BASEETs.-sleigh Bells aud guuners,
- Ice and Roller Skates, st
JAS. F. CARLIN 4 SONS,
dec21 Alexandria, Va
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Oazette.
PUBLISHED DAILY AND TRI WEEKLY BY
EDGAR SNOWDE

At the Gazette Building, Nos. 70 and II Prince 81.
p.yrr TPLIVEERIT
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FOR SALE.

@ FOR SALE
THREE-STORT BRICK RESIDENCE AND
LII, southeast corner Of King and Patrick sts
IHREE-STORY BRICK RESIDENCE AND
LOT, Nc. so King street
mh3l-eotf G. WEI RAMSAY
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TE1CYS st greatly reduced prices, such as Doll
/ Carriages, Express Wagons, seighs, Wheel.
barrow, ue,ks, etc, at
dee23 AMOS 3. SLAYMAKE KER'S
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WAGONS, Slcighs, Csstors, Tables, Desks.
w Chairs, &c, at
dec12 AMOS B. SLAYnAKEb'S.
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A N ELEGANT VARIETY OF SILK AND
IA Cashmere Mufflers at
dec15 AMOS E. SLAYMAkER'S.
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IF YOU CANNOT SEE and cannot find any
1 SPECfACi.ES TO suit you, go TO HENRI
WILDT 5 snd have your eyes tested, end you
viii haze no rnnre trout bic nnv2O
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-02-25

1t is beginning to be evident that
the Senate Judiciary Committee was
elected President in 1884; that it ap-
pointed the present Cabinet. and that Mr..
Cleveland is only allowed to live in the
White House out of Difference to the su-
peranuated machinery of the Electoral
College. In short, the Offices belong to
the saints, and the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee are the saints Charleston Neps
and Courier.
Secretary Whitney's purpose to Sc
cure vessels "of the highest attainable
speed" directs attention to the fact that
the war vessels that reach 1s knots on
the measured mile, even under favorable
circumstances, are few. The EsmeraItla
has surpassed it, making 1873 knots.
The Italian n Bavborigo is credited with
ls. The Iris and Mercury claim be-
tween ls4 and 10 knots each. The French
Milan is one of the fastest war vessels
afloat, as she has made IN average speed
of 1874 knots per hour in six hours trial
with forced draught. This means speed
of over 81 miles, which il very fast GO
Ing.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-02-25

The session of the second annual AS
sembly of the Florida Chautauqua began
on Tuesday at DeFuniak Springs and will
continue until the goth of March. The
proceedings this week include lectures and
addresses by DR.. A. H. Gillet, Superin-
tendent of the Assembly, Bishop Mallal-
leu, Dean Alfred A. Wright, Rev. E.
Warren Clark, Hon. S. r. Mallory, Hon.
Will Cumback, Rev. John d. Norton,
Rev. T. C. Carter, Rev. w. Adams, Rev.
Frank Russell, Rev. G. r. Alden, and
others. There will be kindergarten exer-
cises, literary discussion, and musical en-
tertainment every day. On Sunday
there will be sermons by Rev. Atticus
Haygood, Bishop Mallalieu and Rev.
Frank Russell. The programme for
Monday will include lectures by Rev. w.
P. Stowe and Rev. J. w. Lee, and on
Tuesday the State Teachers Institute,
State Superintendent Russell presiding,
will commence and continue for the week.
We published the programme in full in a
recent issue.
Most of the speakers we have named
are from other States, Northern and
Southern, all are men of great ability, and
some of them of national reputation.
Several of them will lecture twice each
during the week on widely different sub
jects, and every day will afford feast of
reason and varied entertainment and in
struction. The pleasant little town will
be crowded with such an assemblage of
cultured people as has seldom come To-
gether. and it will be the most interesting
spot in Florida during the'fve weeks that
the Assembly continues.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-02-25
Florida Greets EilZ John Porter.

In the very general pleasure at the passage OF
the bill yesterday in the Lower House of Con-
gress doing tardy justice to General Porter, it is
very proper that native Floridans should Join
with unusual heartiness. There are reasons for
this good will toward the Federal general with
which very few people acquainted, and these
reasons of grateful appreciation are embodied in
a little incident with which we have just been
made acquainted by an esteemed and distin-
guished friend OF this city, who received the
story years ago from the boys of the Second
Florida regiment many of whom still survive
and will doubtless corroborate the facts which
follow
In the battle in which Colonel George T.
Ward was killed, small band of boys of the I'd
Florida Regiment volunteered and rescued the
body of their fallen commander, penetrating the
enemy's lines under cover ofthe darkness of night
while the regiment to which they belonged was
falling back. These striplings bearing off the
noble corpse, trudged miles with ii in their arms
to Williamsburg Not overtaking their
regiment there, and being foot sore and
wearied, and hard pressed by the foe,
they laid their precious burden on table in a
large. deserted house in the village, pinning 10
the lapel of Colonel Wards coat a slip of paper
with his name and rank written on it; and con.
tanning the request that those finding the body
should give it a decent and respectable burial
Some time after, when the two armies were con-
fronting each other before Richmond the Second
Florida learned, through flag of truce, that
Colonel Wards body had fallen into the hands
of an honorable foe, in the person of General
Fiz John Porter who had it buried with all the
respectful and formal ceremonies BETTING the in
terment Of an elegant gentleman and a gallant
soldier. General Porter had, years before, en-
joyed the Inequalities Of Colonel Ward in Flor
ida, and was brave enough to remem5er in war
the courtesies of peace, and magnanimous
enough to treat gallant enemy with respect
and honor.
We rejoice that Florida's Representatives in
Congress have voted for the Fitz John Porter
relief BILL 1t was but a merited return for, and
recognition of. his noble conduct to Floridas
dead hero, and in the happy moment of his ,ri-
umph and vndication, Florida and the comrades
of George t. Ward send greetings to Fi,z John
Porter. c. p. COOPER.
in Jacksonville Herald.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-02-25
D. D: MACDONALD, Secretary.

Much has been written concerning the con-
diton of the Sarasota colonists, but until the pres
ent time no expression of opinion by that body
has been made to the press. 1t is not proposed
to enter here into the debatable question of how
much they were deceived by the exaggerated
statements of The promoter of the colony Com
ing from a country of great natural beauty, land
ing in mid-winter upon fiat and sandy stretch
ofsoil, where no proper provision bad been made
to receive such a large body of people, dissatis-
faction could only be the natural outcome; more
especially when it was found that no adequate
means OF communication existed with other
parts OF the State, and that the chances OF max
ing future home were largely discounted by
the poor character of the land.
Notwithstanding this state of affairs only few
Of the colonists have left Florida some for other
States and some for their homes in the old
country"
So far every member of the colony is de-
lighted with the climate, and as those who re-
main are determined to make a home in this
great continent, the question of their future To-
cality has been one of much consideration.
Whilst some have already settled IN South and
East Florida, We are glad to say, after personal
inspection by this committee of the beautiful
counties of Madison, Jefferson, Leon and Gads.
den, majority have decided to settle in Middle
Florida, IFS soil being fertile one; the general
character OF the same presents features more in
common with those of their native land than
South Florida; and where the inducements of
building homesteads are greatly enhanced by the
good railway communication existing with all
parts OF the State, and the crops cultivated are in
many respects of a similar character to those OF
their own country. There are many other fea-
lures of an interesting kind, which need NOT be
gone into here, but which will add much to the
value of the homes which it is their intention of
rearing in this beautiful land.
We feel quite sure that our authorizations
would have been more than realized if we had
been located in such an attractive country as
Middle Florida, where no cause for dissatisfac.
ton could have been found. instead of on the
shores of Sarasota Bay, where the conditions
are wholly unsuited to the habits and modes If
lie OF the colonists. ]. r. WATSON,
JOHN BREREroN,
JOHN HAwKRIDaE,
CECIL w. SCOTT.
ID. ID. MACDONALD, Secretary.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-02-25
Marine Journal.
Florida.

The acrimony of the New Y ors1 Herald has
been OF such penetrating character as to cal
into and vitiate the minds of the people in days
gone by. Its apathy toward clean-cut national
policies and worthy institutions of State has be.
come so chronic and fostering that no one who
reads its screed upon sunny Florida but must
conclude in the light of the intrinsic value OF
that State, that the Herald is repeating some OF
its old tricks to increase its advertising patron
age for which jugglery the original editor was
publicly chastised daily forty years ago.
The discoloring of the commercial and agri-
cultural prospects of Florida, present and future
for hardly school boy who can read but what
is familiar with the advantages which that State
offers over many others to capitalists. 1t is
fact that the Herald cannot successfully contra
dict by authoritative documentary evidence that
those who invest in Florida lands are satisfied
with the returns Our Northern friends who 90
to Florida to seek investments return with their
gold bags filed with deeds to fee simple titles
for lands as substitutes for the coin which they
took down with them.
Mr.. David CARL, the yacht builder, noted as a
shrewd fnancier, liked his first investment so
well as to afterward make several distinct pur
chases of lands there in as many successive
years. is very emphatic in his declarations of sat
isfaction with the country for investment, as we'll
as decidedly favoring the State for residence
over any other in the Union The declarations
of Mr. CARL are supported by the experience of
al shrewd investors In Floridian lands, and 1t is
absurd for the Htrad or any other Journal of the
like or inferior prominence TO endeavor at this
late date to create public disfavor against the
State. Il indicates selfish design rather than
public good. We are not only glad that the
State Is assuming . prosperous air, but are
pleased to note that facilities Of water transit
ire increasing by the addition Of the Tampa and
Havana Steamship Line to those Of the old.es-
ablished Mallory and Morgan lines which have
,een running direct to Florida points for some
rearsL These services will increase and proba- |
,ly be augmented By other lines 10 the near fta-
uFe, and probably before We are awaro OF II the |
3tate viii be the vcritsbl0 beehiveof the South. !
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TALLAHASSEE, FLA, Feb. 10, 1886.
Castor Beans and Tobacco Seed

A letter from Receiver Duval to Major
Ames, in charge of Tallahassee depot,
states that he has received an ample sup
plyof castor beans and tobacco seed, and
will furnish them to those applying
through Major A., who will make requi-
sition for them in quantity actually needed
for planting by applicant. The bases of
calculation are that pound of tobacco
seed will supply plants for twenty acres.
and bushel of castor beans plant twenty
acres Tobacco is known to be a paying
crop, and we hope that the systematic
culture of the castor bean will be fairly
tested this season. Receiver Duval states
that he will make special low rates to
New York via the Mallory Line on all
shipments of castor beans. Copies of the
"Treatise on the Cultivation of the Cas-
tor Bean may be had at the FLoRIDIAN
Office
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A Card.

JACKSONVILLE FLA, Feb. 10. 1886.
To the Hon. C. c. Psarce, Mayor of tallahassee,
F2orida.'
DEAR SIR: The members of the committee
appointed by the Sarasota Colouists, beg
through you, to tender their thanks TO the gen.
tlemen of Tallahassee for the great kindness
and courtesy shown TO them on their recent visit
to your city, and to state how much they were
delighted with the natural beauty of the country
and the fertility of the soil. They have no
doubt that the result of their visit will be the
settlement of a large number of their fellow
colonists in some part of Middle Florida.
Again thanking you and the gentlemen of
Tallahassee we beg to subscribe ourselves,
Yours faithfully,
J. r. Watson, john Brereton,
Cecil W. Scott r W. Laing,
w. II. Watson, G. HI. Pollard,
4. Fl. Blackburn, Isaac BreretoU,
John Hawkridge d. d. Macdonald,
Secretary.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-02-25
TIE sara.eta Celenists.

The publications of the Sarasota colon
lists printed elsewhere in this paper indi-
cate that in them Middle Florida had APP
preciative visitors Deceived by the
misrepresentation which induced them
to leave their homes across the water for
those that were promised them in the To-
cality that they are about to abandon,
they NIGH, have hated the very name OF
Florida if they had not seen this portion
of it and become acquainted with its citi-
zens. As will be seen by the publication
from the Jacksonville Morning Ne,cs, ga
majority have decided to settle in Middle
Florida" Determined to leave the place
where they were first located, and "with
all the world before them where to
choose" they have chosen to stay in
Florida-and in this portion of it. This
conclusion is what might have been ex-
pected from persons of intelligence and
culture, and they will make valuable citi-
zens who, we hope, will be followed by
many more from the smother country y
of the same class For centuries the
wonderful island from which they came
has sent forth its sons to found nations or
to aid in building them up, and these
coming among us have few hardships to
contend against compared with those that
have been met and overcome so often by
their predecessors in emigration. Indeed
they are confronted by no hardships as
are those who go into the wilderness in
severe climates, like that of Canada or OF
the northwestern territories for instance,
and, remote from the world OF
civilization, fight down the obstacles that
not merely deny them comfort, but men
ace existence. Here, in soft climate,
with fertile soil, and within reach ofthe
luxuries as well as the necessaries of life,
their experiences may be pleasant from
the first, and only patience and ordinary
industry will be required to make them
homes which shall become as dear as
those they left behind them in the old
country, and be the loved homesteads OF
their children after them. On all the
continents and an hundred islands the In
domitable Briton hath builded homes,
but never has he found better land
wherein to set up his rooftree than in thi:
Middle Florida. What trials are here tc
be met that will be considered serious by
men of the race that invaded the virgin
wilderness of America, that conquered ad
verse fate even on the bleak shores OF
New England, that from Maine to Geor
gia hewed homes out Of the forest and
held them against the savages, and SC
founded a nation which stu welcomes
each accession of the old stock from thu
land whence came pioneer fathers OF
this American people?