The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-08-19

pie soon turned out aud sought vixilantly for
the fire, which. fortunately. they could not fnd.
II ID to Be hoped for the peace and quiet OF the
town Maria won't stay out agaiu 50 late at
night without posting her lord aud master as TO
her whereabouta
proposes to make . vigorous canvass OF the dis
trict, but our Charlie will handle him as . cat
does . mouse, and will roll up such q majority
over him on election day as win astonish his
most ardent supporter. Jonathan G. Greeley,
the republican candidate for Congress In this
district, has been ahankering AFTER office ever
since he represented Putnam county in the Con-
federste Legislature during the war IF Gree
ley can't make stump speech he should en-
Ploy Joe Lee, the colored orator of Duval, TO
take the stump for him and show up his record
| while member of the Confederate Legislature
-. "A prominent republican and business man
| of Putnam county received q Geographic dis
patch from Jacksonville asking him if he would
support Greeley for Congress His reply was
that be would see him I'D firstr That's
the way the grand old party" is harmonic
| ing" on "G-r-e-e-l-e-yr
| -Fernandna Mirror Colonel J. H. Thomas,
Treasurer of the Florida Railway and Naviga-
ton Company, has again left for the North.
During bis absence Paymaster w. Naylor
Thompson will take charge of the finances of
| this corporation. :. Captain ID. E. Maxwell,
General Superintendent of the Florida Railway
and Navigation Company, has gone to the noun
| tains of North Carolina. Colonel G. l.. Bait
zell, chief clerk of the Machinery Department of
the Florida Railway and Navigation Company,
left on the Mallory Steamship Carondelet for
New York Thursday night Mother Grundy
says he goes to purchase his trousseau. How
ever this may be, we hope +" Van" will have q
good time. Mr.. j. A. Brooks rate clerk OF
the Passenger Department of the Florida Rail
way and Navigation Company, leaves tonight
for three weeks vacation to his old home in In
| New
York, where he proposes making arrangements
for the manufacture Of a newspaper mailing ma
chine, which he has patented.
Madison Recorder Hon. Angus Paterson
left on last Monday afternoon for Bennettsville
and Ridgeway, 8. c., on legal business. We
regret to learn of the death of Colonel w. B..
Taylor, of Live Oak. Colonel Taylor was at one
time State Attorney for this Circuit. Colonel
C.. s. Hardy, of Greenville, has sent US, through
Mr. J. w. Smith, large LeConte pear weighing
seventeen ounces of which he says this is only a
fair sample. He has large fine orchard, and We
editor pronounces the sample as delicious.
We have on exhibition, at our Office curiosity in
the shape of shells which were found in well be-
ing dug at West Farm, 80 or IS feet below the
surface. This we'll is 10 feet square, and being
dug where large saw mill s being erected by
? that enterprisng firm, the West Bros. This
mill will have capacity Of 80 or 40 thousand
feet day. In this well it is stated that large
quantities of oyster and other kind of shells have
been found so now the great problem is, how
came those shells at such depth? We invite
our citizens 10 call at our office and inspect this
curiosity.
8 Quincy HerdM.' Thursday and yesterday
were the hottest days we have ever seen in Flor
| ida The bridge over Little river, at Towards
mill, win soon be in order, so that teams car
cross. Some of our farmers have commenced
to pick cotton, and the crop will soon be on the
< market. Judge p w. White has been gather
!. ing his LeConte pears this week. They are very
: fine and sell for one dollar bushel. Mr. Dis
D mukes new building is rapidly nearing compile
ton, and it is high time that steps should be ia
f ken toward organizing a Library Association
| Mr.. D. has offered a large room for library pur
! poses but as yet no organization has been
I effected. Let the matter be attended to at once
. so that the room may be put In proper shape
/ -. The third game of base ball between the
D Tallahassee and Quincy clubs took place in Tai
lahassee Thursday evening with score OF y to
o s in favor OF Quincy After the game the ITALIA
q hassee club gave our boys fine entertainment
at the residence of Mrs. E. G.. Long. Our boys
are delighted with their treatment by the people
of Tallahassee and say that they want to, in part
repay them by getting them up this way agar
: soon. The banner is again at home, and to stay
we hope.
n Bronson Times The new church, though
2 not completed, is tenantable, and is being used
by the District Conference for its deliberations
:, AS one of the signs of the times, in the way o
| progress IN FlOT1ua, VIC CAL Dut uOtc TIC Huui
Der of new churches in the towns along the va
y rious lines of railroad in the State. The Pen
!" sacoians gave Mallory rousing reception or
4 | his return from the Convention. Now let then
cast a solid vote for the nominee, and not let The
;. | Democratic column ialcr.. Judge j. r. Nc
n Donell, Collector of Customs, has removed his
; family to Cedar Key, and will keep them there
. during his incumbency. =. The Suwannee and
: Gulf Railroad gives promise of being a reality in
4 the near future the incorporators are steadily ri
q work, and are receiving considerable encourage
ment from the people that live along the pro-
. posed line Mr. W. F. Arnold brought us
, LeContc pear last Saturday that weighed 4
ounces, and had cart load of them that would
: average at least three quarters of pound each
, The fruit was luscious, and as fine as the pears
. grown anywhere. The fruit grows large in this
section, and is destined TO be very profitable; ths
crop is little short this season, account of the
heavy wind few weeks ago, which whipped the
fruit off when half grown.