The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-04-22

| Will oe thursday. However we presume the
excursion will 60 next week. The fare is $685.,
tickets good to return on until May 3d.
| Fort Meade Pioneer Messrs W. NJ Ball and
). A Edwards are organizing Grass. widowers',
Side-door, Night-key Mutual Union.
MIR. NJ. Lively shows US a specimen of what
Wakulla soil can do, being a sheaf of rye seven
feet tall, sent to him by Mrs C. A. Slosson.
Wakulla is bound to keep up, and in some things
| goes ahead.
The trade of Tallahassee merchants is ex-
tending throughout the State-aud even beyond
Mr.. w. R. Wilson is supplying Jacksonville la
dies with dress goods, Messrs. E. A. Crawford &
| Co. ill orders from Dade, Jefferson and Escarn-
bia counties, and have an order from New York
for Leon county tobacco. while other merchants
and druggists receive and fill many orders for
| persons residing in various portions of Florida.
Stern & Co. call the attention of every one
to their Elegant Stock of Spring Goods
| Special Sale Days, Tuesdays and Fridays,
at w. r. Wilson's.
"A number of delegates returning from the
spring session of Florida Presbytery stopped over
at Tallahassee on Monday The fall session will
| be held at Madison
Fancy Mixed Pickles and Chow Chow by the quart or
| gallon, at Saxon Cos y LIT
The poultry business cannot be monopo-
LIKED; every man, woman and child can raise
poultry without depending upon large amounts
of capital
The Supreme Court has taken a recess until
the Sd of May.
"A Tennessee girl who found beau she liked
better didn't snap the golden cord with the old
one by suddenly returning his letters aud lock of
hair She sent for him, told him how it was,
gave him IS in cash and 300 pounds of peanuts,
and took his receipt in full of all demands
work has begun on the addition to Mr..
Lively's Store, occupied by Mr. Levy. 1t will
be built of brick and front on Jefferson street.
The meeting of Floral City Division No.
oo' Sons OF Temperance, at Masonic Hall Friday
night, VIII be very interesting, an address will
be delivered TO the ladies of the Society, and it
is hoped there will be large attendance Go
and carry all your friends. Everybody is invited
10 attend.
Arrangements are being perfected for the
annual picnic OF the NJ. E. Sunday-school The
time and place will be announced next Sunday.
Robert B. Moore, formerly employed at the
Leon, will to-day take from Tallahassee a bride
Lucy Badger. The marriage will take place
in the NJ +. Church. corner of Bronaugh and
McCarty streets, and the bride and groom will
depart for Savannah on the 1 p NJ train
"A Beautiful Line OF Hosiery just received.
STERN & Co.
Among the welcome visitors to the FLoRID.
IAN sanctum last Monday was Dr. r. H. Nell
vaine, editor and proprietor of the. Cedar Key
Journal. The Doctor was a delegate to Florida
Presbytery, in session at Quincy last week. and
on the return trip stopped here TO see his ITALIA
hassee friends.
-Seyen Springs Iron Alum Mass is the finest
Iron tonic known. Ask your Physician about
1t. 1t is regular medicine prescribed by ply
sicians. Cures dyspepsia, headaches kidney
troubles, &c so "
1t is worth remembering that nobody en-
joys the incest surroundings il in bad health.
There are miserable people about to-day with
one foot in the grave, to whom bottle of Par
ker's Tonic would do more good than all the
doctors and medicin es they have ever used
Pleased to welcome to the ELoRIDIAN
anctum w. II. Davidson, Esq, of Pensacola
Mr. Davidson is member of the Commission
to investigate the Okeechobee drainage opera
tons, and is here to meet his colleagues, Col
John Bradford and Col J. j. Daniel The
Commission will soon make a second visit to
the Okeechobee region.
The County School Board has determined
that the new school building tor Tallahassee
shall be brick, decided upon the plans and sent
for specifications
The latest contribution TO Unsversty Library
is fourteen volumes from Mrs. T. II. Randolph
We are glad to learn that pos-olce will
be established about Midway between Tallahas-
see and Crawfordville. Mr. Thomas Felrel
will probably be postmaster
Tom Costa has opened his Billiard Hall He
starts with two tables, but will add others In
time.
MIR. l.. T. Viewer, merchant of Sopchoppy,
is in the city buying his spring stock from E. A.
Crawford & Co
Mrs Ida d. Jones (nee Alderman, a native
of LEON county and wife of Mr. Frank NJ
Jones, of Thomasville, died on the 18TH
"A Tallahassee gentleman who buys feed,
and sees that his cattle are fed, was offered $40
for grade Jersey cali two days old, and refused
$65 for the same calf when three months old
MIR. Otis A. Miller, of Knoxville, Tenn,
who was conductor of the first colony from the
west to Leon county, spent last Sunday in Tai
lahassee. He is still. interested in Florida, and
has recently founded a new town on the Suwan-
| nee.
Mr. G. g. Shubert, of New York, has pur-
chased portion of the Wakulla Spring tract
from Mrs. Slosson. We learn that he will build
at the spring this year.
Mrs. j. L. F. Cottrell, Jr., of Cedar Key
sister of Adjutant-General Lang's wife, died at
her home last week
| Arbitration is often a good thing, and it is
much better before strike than after it.
MIR. c. c. Newsom has for months past
been puzzled by the mysterious disappearance of
edible goods from his stock, especially eggs and
could not account for chickens being killed, etc.
The mystery was explained yesterday by the
discovery OF possum snugly nested in the gar
ret. The sly marsupial was captive in the
store last fall, but escaped in October, and was
supposed to haye gone to the woods, but seeing
the chance of making easy living remained
in the building.
JUST ARRIVED