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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-01-14


The Griffin News has the following to say in
reference to the Georgia Midland and Gulf rail-
road
Yesterday Mr.. Charles L. DAVIS director in
the road and q subscriber 10 the amount of ten
thousand dollars, reached the city from along
the line, accompanied by Mr. Henry r. GOetch
ius, who is well known to our people as one OF
the Georgia Midland spirits These gentlemen
have with them the notes of the country between
this point and Flint river. The amount signed
for that section and in hand is $4,000; about
$4,000 more remain TO be signed. They say
that the survey shows the line to be some nine
or ten miles longer than was al first estimated.
This will necessitate the raising Of more money,
say $4,000 AS the country has been thorough
" canvassed, little can be expected from that
source, and Griffin and Columbus will have
10 make up this amount. Both cities will
come up al the proper time, and there will be
no question that that amount of stock will be
readily taken. A mass meeting is to be held at
Ringgold lodge. ON the Locust Grove road, to-
day at II o'clock. Messrs Davis and Goetchius,
accompanied by DR.. N. B. Drewry, Mr.. j. d.
Brawner, Captain Seaton Grantland, Captain
George A. Cunningham, Colonel E. W. Beck and
others OF our citizens, will leave Griffin this
morning at o'clock for that point. A meeting
will also be held at Locust Grove on Monday
next at o'clock.
We are informed that little else remains TO
be done DOW before the actual work OF construct
ing the road will begin. If our people will help
to canvass the country above US towards Locust
Grove and will meet Columbus in supplement
ing what the country does not make up the con-
tracts for the construction will be made and
work begin by April LIST. Griffin never before
had railroad so near her grasp as this one, and
we feel assured from the enthusiasm exhibited by
our people that they will not let the golden OPP
pOrtunitv pass
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-01-14

The Louisville Courier-Journal 10 stat
ing the result of the recent inspection Of
the L. & N. road, and the roads opera
ted in its system, says that the highest
general average on condition of track,
which includes the items of line, surface,
joints, condition of ties, spacing, ballast,
switches, sidings, bitches and crossings
and policing, was attained by the New
Orleans and Mobile Division, which &C.
cured record of s:l5, perfection being
10. Next came the Pensacola and At
lantic, with 500, the Main Stem being
next with 1882, and the Memphis Divis-
ion, tenth and last, with 6:65. The crowds
of travellers visiting the Exposition last
winter universally commended the excel
lent condition Of the Pensacola and At
lantic Railroad, and it must be gratifying
to Captain w. ID. Chipley and other off.
GERS who had charge of the construction
of the p. and A. to receive this official
endorsement of the popular verdict-a
verdict which is constantly being rem
dered anew by those who pass over this
we'll constructed and carefully managed
-oe1
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-01-14

Rudolphus V. Dohoney, late Master of Ma
chinery of the Florida Railway AMI Navigation
Company, leaves To day for the Argentine Re-
public, South merica, on the brig Collymore,
Captain Davis
Mr. Dohoney has for some years been connect
ed with Fcrnandina interests and leaves with
the best wishes OF hosts of friends for his future
home in the Southern hemisphere. Previous TO
bis connection with the Florida Railway and
Navigation Company, Mr. Dohoney has been
Master OF Machinery OF five OF our northern
roads, commencing with the Western MARYLAND
at Norfolk, Va, In 1870 and in all gave evidence
Of his untiring energy, irrepressihle vim and
thorough practical knowledge of his profession
In its minutest details, gained in the school OF
active personal experien ce from the beginning
to the topmost rung OF the ladder-Fsraantiin6
Miryor
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-01-14

Charleston News and Courier.l
The Negro Exodus.

We have published dispatch from Chatta-
nooga, which on the face of it is sensational, aud
the strict accuracy of which we very much
doubt. The telegram alluded to states that
within the last two weeks thousand negroes
from the Carelinas, Georgia and Alabama have
passed through Chattanooga on their way to the
West, that hundreds more are preparing to go,
and that the cause Of the emigration Is defect
i've tenant system aud bad crops and that the
exodus from the four States mentioned IL in
creasing and is beginning to be felt 10 al the
Southern States.
We doubt the whole statement about thou
sand negroes passing through Chattanooga In
two weeks but even II that Is true. and If all the
other assertions contained In the dispatch are
strictly accurate. the matter 10 not OF as much
importance as might At first sight appear Ac-
cording TO the census OF 1880 there are In Ala
bama 600 103 colored persons In Georgia 725, 1888,
10 North Carolina 5Sl ,277 and in South Carolina
6O4 8S2, or total 10 the four States Of ,S45.
From these figures II win readily be seen that
II 1000 negroes emigrated from the four states
every fortnight TOR year & would only amount
to about per cent Of the population. which re-
ductIon would be much moro than countsrbal-
anced BY the next annual natural increase.
Il ID desirable, Of COURSE to keep ell the indus
trious and thrifty people q homs but Il + satis-
factory 10 reflect that II thounand or 20 choose
70 leave We can easily spare them, and that Il
need be no cause for alarm.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-01-14
What Bakin4 Powder shall we Use?

This plain question comes home 10 every
house-keeper. We all desire pune and whole
some food, and this cannot be had with the use
of impure or poisonous baking powder. There
can be no longer question that all the cheaper,
lower grade of baking powders contain either
alum, lime or phosphate acid AS 10th as we
may be tn admit so much against wha. may have
been some OF our household gods, thefe can be
no gainsaying the unanimous testimony OF the
official chemists. Indeed analysis seem to find
no baking powder entirely free from some one
of these Objectionable ingredients except the
Royal, and that they report as chemically pure
We nnd some Of the baking powders advertised
as pure, to contain under The tests of Prof
Chandler Habirshaw and others nearly twelve
per cent. of lime, while others are made from
alum with no cream of tartar. This, we pre-
sumo, accounts for their lack of leavening power
as some,im is complained of by the cook, and for
the bitter taste found in the biscuits SO fire.
quently complained of by ourselves
But aside from the nieriority of the work done
by these powders, the psychologists assure us
that lime and alum taken into Tie system in such
quantities as this are injurious. They are not
decomposed nv hea, and not dissolved in mixing
or baking. They re- with the bread. therefore
into the stomach where Their ply sioIogical eff
fects are Indigestion, dyspepsia or worse evils
The question naturally arises, why do these
cheap baking powder makers use these things?
Alum ia tarre cents pound. lime sill cheaper
while cream of tartar costs thirty five or forty.
The rec Gus for the chemical purify OF The Royal
Baking Powder were recently given in The Bos-
ton Globe in an intercsiin. description of a new
method for refining arcols, or crude cream of
tarlar. II seems HAT II is only under this pro-
cess that cream o. tartar be freed from the
lime natural to il and rcn lesc,i chemically pure
that the patents aud plsri tr This cost the ROYAL
Baking Powder Crnpauy about half million
dollars, and that they maintain exclusive con-
troll of the rights
Prot. McMuttrir, late chief chemist OF the
Department of Agriculture a, Washington. d.
g., 10 the interests of commerce. made an exam
ination Of this process and reported on the re-
suits attained in the retined cream of tartar The
following extract from his report would seem to
answer the question repeated at the head of this
article which We have heard so frequently pro-
pounded by our lady friends:
II have examined the cream If tartar used by
the Royal Baking Powder Company in the man
ufacture OF their baking powder, and find il to
be perfectly pure, and free from lime in any
form. The chemical lrsss' io which | have sub
mtted the Royal Baking Powder, prove it pcr.
fec'ly healthu, ami free from every deleierous
substance
"WM MCMURTRIE, E. NJ Phi. D.,
"Chemis in Chief U. 5. Dept OF Agriculture"
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-01-14
Geological Survey.

The preliminary geological survey Of
the State for which DR.. Host has been
commissioned is the beginning Of work
of great importance, and which Is abso-
lutelv essential to knowledge Of the re-
sources of Florida We know what the
surface bears but are almost entirely unin
formed as to what there is below it. Ge-
illogical research is a matter 81 scientific
interest, but it may also be Of great pr C.
teal value by uneartbing the secret Of
mineral wealth, As in other States where
wonderful discoveries of metals, coal, etc,
have rewarded the labors of the scientist.
We know not what treasures are hidden
in "the bowels Of the earth " OF Florida.
Their value may exceed that of any pro-
duet of the surface soil. If metals are not
found, coal mines or phosphate deposits
may be located. 1t is probable, indeed,
that the latter may be discovered, and
may prove of such extent and quality as
to be of great value, not only to the
owners but as aiding the agriculture of
the State by supplying an excellent fer
tilizer cheaply and abundantly. We hope
that the people will aid the observations
of DR.. Kost in any way in their power,
and that the next Legislature may make
an adequate appropriation TO pay for a
thorough geological survey. If for no
other reason than repute, Florida should
not remain behind other States in efforts
at progress in the line of science.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-01-14

Already many papers of the State have
reached us commenting approvingiy upon
the Governors proclamation announcing
an Arbor Day, and thus placing Florida
in the list of States that observe the USE
ful aud pleasant custom. Florida Is still
forest State, and tree growth is so gen.
eral that the estimate of its value Is
cheapened by its abundance. Often the
FIRST step in IN liking a new home or set
Element is to destroy all the trees, though
of valuable and ornamental varieties, and
it becomes the task of later residents,
with better tastes, to replace during the
slow process of years what nature had
already provided, only to be exterminat-
ed. The observance of Arbor Day in the
schools will educate the rising genera
tion as to the Importance of both the pre-
servation and the propagation of trees
that are desirable for use, ornament or
their products. There are many varieties
of trees that the young but not the mid
dle-aged may plant, and expect to see at
tain goodly proportions; and the father,
too, should plant, that when he is gone,
the son may gather the fruit, rest under
the shade, and enjoy the leafy- ornaments
of his homestead. Of nut bearing trees
that are of slow growth and long-lived,
there will never be ample provision if
only those plant who expect to gather.
There can be no law in this age and
country to make it compulsory for every
body to plant trees every year TO partly
compensate the waste by man and by de-
cay, but established custom would go far
to supply its place, and keep abundant
throughout the land the needful and
beautiful things which nature provides to
clothe the face of the earth. save where
space is needed for the other products
created for the use Of man and brute.
The Arbor Day will make folks think,
and some will act, and groves and ave-
nues and embowered roadways will rem
der oar country more excellent in the
coming years.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-01-14

Mr.. w. W. Woodward, the active ana
superintendent Of Schools for Leon cor.,-
week sent The following circular to Al, tn -
ers in the county:
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT or scuo 4
TALLAHASSEE, FLA, Jan. q 1soe
would call your particular aiten,io, 10, =
companyiug letter Of the Hon. A. / Rre.l 'ne &C.
perintendent OF Public Instruction. and s", 81
hearty corporation IN carrying GU, The IA your
tons therein contained, in manner
TO your county aud satisfactory 10 him .'euiiable
And 10 this end shall exnec, ~,
your utmost ability in awakening a, exeft
the matter in your pupils and their na a'eiesi N
friends, and To make such arrangemen," ens and
secure as large an attendance As noss;, a. VIII
render your observance of the dav a and
your school and neighborhooL ''ea't to
would suggest that where your y,o
not enclosed. you plant Live Oaks WI Mus are
and such trees as are not liable 10 be ;;snolas
stock, and that you encourage the ch,r u.eo BY
water and protect them. that they nav saa1en 70
monuments o: your observance OF this o ~ano q
ATbor Day. oul .hrst
You will call or your Trustees or n
such additional aid and instructions AZ ya sea of
require, and send to me as soon after ~ y" may
possible an account of your exercises uay Is
number OF children and Others present .saling
shrubs planted, and such other inform.,:s Or
VIII enable me 10 make a full and ss,ssOa IS
report TO the Superintendent of Pubic I.sclofy
ton Very Iespecifi,llv iastruc.
WM W. WooDv.,,
Conniy superintendent Of ScSoo,.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-01-14

The Grand Jury empanelled fbr the December
Term, 1885, Of the Circuit Court for Leon county,
make the following general psossutment:
On entering upon The discharge of our duties We
were greatly surprised at the formidable pile Of
documents presented Tor examination. but when
examined and enquired into large majority Of
them wcre found TO be very trivial In character,
and were dismissed - unworthy TO occupy the
attention Of the Circuit Court A large proper
ton Of these trivial cases came from Magistrate
McGrifi's court. In the opinion OF the Grand
Jury Magistrates should be made salaried ofii-
Gers, and the number reduced to two or three
for each county, and not made dependent on
fees.
Enaniry was made a. to the condition of the
public roads, and we were gratihed to learn that
their present condition was thought to be better
than at any period IN the past ten years Only
one road, the one leading to Miccoeukie, was
complained of, viz: that portion lying Ia the
neighborhood of lands belonging to estate OF
John d. Branch, about the distance Of two
miles, which we were informed had not been
worked In the past twelve months We request
the County Commissioners to call the attention
of the Road Commissioners Of that section to its
present condition and have the road properly
worked without delay.
The plastering OF the courthouse, on the cell
ing especially, is 30 badly done that portions in
nearly every room have fallen, and We consider
remedied we look for serious accidents to result
and blame attach to the County Commissioners
We examined the county Jail aud found II
clean and well kept, and no complaint made by
the prisoners, except as to cold. No glass being
in the windows of the upper stories where the
prisoners are kept the cold winds of the past few
days penetrate and make the prisoners shiver
with cold. Humanity demands that additional
covering should be furnished them.
We thank your Honor for the lucid charge de-
lvered to us, instructing US in the line Of our du
ties and responsibilities We also return our sin.
cerc thanks to the District Attorney for very
efficient aid rendered u.s. also to the Clerk, Sher-
III and Baiif.
Respectfully submitted,
THos J. PERKINS, Foreman.
V. R. Gray, J. L. Agnew,
Henry Bradshaw, &c. Gilmore,
j. r. Crump, T. H. Randolph,
John G. Collins, r. F. Bradford,
Zed Russell, Thomas Costa,
j. P Roberts, g. B. Geddie.
Nathaniel Harts6eld, G.. H. Dickinson,
D. j. Atkinson.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-01-14
GREAT FREEZE OF 1885.
Hts Effect Upon Orange Culture In
Florida was Only Temporary.

Previous to 1885 there were 10 Florida only
a Jew small orange groves about the homes Of
old settlers. from which no income was expected
OF attempted. Among these were some very
old trees. One tree at Mandsrin was the proper
~ of Mr.. Bowden, father of Uriah Bowden, ex.
sheriff OF Duval county. This tree in 1885 wss
said to be 20 years old. That year 1000 oranges
were picked from it. Another tree IN ST Az
CUISINE was supposed To be 100 years old Boh
these trees were killed to the ground bJ me
great freeze Of 1885. Mrs. Hall, on the y
Johns not far from Jacksonville, at that tlmes
had seveniy-two trees ON three .fOurths oil 81
acre in scattering form The year before ha
crop had sold for $4,000. They were killed rc0s
and branch By the great frost.
After this frost, for Jew years all orange cur
ture was abandoned, but in 1888, 80 and W.
widespread orange "craze" broke out y
along the lower st. Johns and many grove
were set out.
A Mr.. Robertson, near Mandarin, outoss,
tanced his neighbors and imported his trees ana
with them be also imported the scale insccl
This small creature soon made itself at homs'
and spread from point to point until il complies
ly killed the orange fever. Mr.. Robertson trlss
all manner OF experiments to rid himself Of lns
pest, and finally killed his trees by the apphcs
ton of aqua forts.
Nest Of the groves started ut this time we.s
given up to the insect, and abandoned in DISCUS.
One Of these Abandoned groves was purcnas..a
In 1855 by Col. Hart, who came an Invalid
Florida 10 die. though he has not yet accomplis.'
ed thai object In 1856 q visitor describes ~
Hart grove AZ being desolate enough In appesss
ance. Il was unfenced. had long been deses -
to the scale insect, and looked as if 1t had -.
burned through by fire. The trees, howesesZ
were fine old stumps, just putting out ~. ~
sprouts, and it IL TO day the most noted q "
St. johns river groves.
From that day to the present there has nss 49,.
been fust sufficiently severe to Kill null gIosss
trees or to have any appreciable effect upon ~
insect. - Edcksoacil3t 1ymss- Union.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-01-14

The cold has been severe over the
whole country, and though Florida has
been damaged more than any other por-
ton in property losses, few OF our people
have suffered much bodily! discomfort.
Thousands of persons in northern States
have undergone extreme misery and
many have persisted. In Europe, too, the
cold has been intense, and altogether the
year so far has made an exceptionally bad
record in the way of weather-and it
took an exceptionally bad winter, one in
fifty, to hit the reputation of Florida's
climate 80 hard click" as this has
done. Yet Florida remains the sunniest
corner of the Sunny South" North
of us and west of us Southern States
were colder. In Texas, at point more
than degree of latitude further south
than Tallahassee, the mercury sunk sew
eral degrees lower than it did here. The
bowling blizzard from the bleak north
west swept down over the plains and
blasted the "Lone Star" State with ter
rible freeze, as it travelled its nearest way
toward the tropic atmosphere which
attracted only to destroy it. Flor
ida was injured merely because of
the mild excellence of climate that In
duced growth too tender to resist an
accidental inclemency and after all there
is no State like Florida, no climate SO sd-
mirabIe as hers. She is the warmest
State in the Uniou this winter, AZ every
winter.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-01-14
County Superintendent Of
For the FLoKIDIAxl
From Oar shidzaei<a Corre....
emit.

Ev@ O~T Snfoxm0ka COrresn
A letter just received from Berry's Am....
Tourist Agency of Chicago says I" p,..4
allow us to say that we have nnbound.d e.,
the future history OF Leon county ami -. "
Jec'ed railway between the Capital Civ ..a
Thomssvile; and to this end We intend 70 \.
before stated, all that is possible to ge, cani,al;.
interested in that section of country W. 49,;
secured rates for land exploring party Of 49,
thirty five from Chicago to Tallahassee .na
turn. The tickets will be good, how.ve, =.
only about weeks stay in Florida. W. -.
not YET fixed the date of advertising tbi. .ra.'
SION. Our party billed to leave here I..s
18th will contain a fer pc pie for TaIl.h..'
bal for The mast part lowing TO the lack ., 80
poriaiion facilities they will be iicke,ed IT,
through TO jacksonville and points g.,
SOUTH "e'
Here then is the seco'a,i party Of FIo,;a.
lists and home seekers who will tb;s
Q'Se the Priest and the Leviie) "psss NV n,
lahassee on the other side" when min =,
Good Samaritan BE- along in the shane Of n.
promised railroad?
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-01-14
I'm. Election for Bonds To Day.

AS we close the paper for the press we
are enabled to announce that the election
for bonds is undoubtedly in favor OF their
issuance, at least four.6fths of the votes
cast being in their favor. Hurrah for the
Railroad Northward
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-01-14

Parliament meets in England to-mor-
row. Il viii soon be known whether the
Government intends TO concede Home
Rule TO ireland. Nep York World jan
ss0yy II.
Mohave County miner., 1886-10-03

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~ nv year, of tsAftseS. ,ltssrsRu ard
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vusYs-d 10 sh~ pai,lie - tl's pt,t sota,..sis,
spr bile and sssfrssfa! frFFsss - ,fodar.
81 for ID. .asaoisi iai g.. .-ns - los
tfecs 1ses- II A. Haiit sptiJssy of gpHttr
sstrb sieai T5aiRs iRsiat, M % -. ~ 4 iI3eb
b ai~r pas,.s easssds sI1d Il ~, sisesr rsssi
li1n IN 10 cnnstrosiinn, i. NED. 'H sssr.
siofir iDS " rspsTtaiivD md r-.ynirs4 no
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from tie 20 af'y AZ stgd are aalitsEt.si
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wiib tie ha.tsIsls gs,osaass wsn saa lss
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Mohave County miner., 1886-10-03
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