The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-01-12

The grand jury Of Leon county, for the fall term
of the Circuit Court for 1887, make the following
presentment:
We regret very much the necessity Of again call
ing the sttsntioa Of justices Of the Peace 70 the
many trihing which they send up 10 the grand
jury, many Of which We have beea compelled TO
threw out, -, after examining witnesses, the svi
dence was 90 trining thst 1t dd not warrant us In
finding true BILL al Of which he cost the county
and STATE money, which We think should be looked
into by the County Commissioner. There were
Justices of this county We found but one case OF
the other cases were ali black people-murdcr, lar.
ceny, rape and beggary When We reflect On the edu-
caaionaI opporunities which have been afforded
10 sad to know that 20 much crime has been COM
mtted in the county by them the past year. and We
hope our colored preachers will preach to them OF
to enlghtsn them BY example aad BY preaching to
them from the pulpit Of the sad condition OF the
morals Of our colered people, BY which means We
hope to see An improvement
II having been brought to the knowledge Of the
grand jury that fresh beef ID being sold Ut Bradford
willie, Mccosukie and other points In the county, We
think 1t 10 important that inspector for the pur
pose Of taking the marks and brands Of cattle butch
cred and sold at those places We, therefore, recon-
mend that the County Commissioners DO appoint .
suitable pcrson for that purpose, allowing them the
We find Tom Johnson, lunatic, In charge of Miss
Jaae johnson. ID we'll cared for, and recommend
that he b continued in her charge.
thu. .nd
has It In excellent condition the building will
admit the prisoners are well cared for and rooms -
clean - 1t h possible for him 70 have them. The
building 10 In diapidated condition and need.
ing repairs badly, bat We cannot recommend
any money expended upon such . house,
as We do not think the building 10 such .
lection Of prisoners. and We add our recommends
ton to those Of previous grand ures TO the County
Commissioners 70 remove the building q their
upon the city Of Tallahassee and Of the county that
such nuisance Ia located in the center Of the city,
and so near the Leon Hotel, the propheton Of
tifying its grounds and making It nrstclass hotel
which has been the means Of bringing 90 many
strangers from the North and West to this beautiful
hill country and when the fact 10 considered that
the citizens Of Tallahassee and the county gener-
ally are anxious - have the jail house removed, we
are much gratihed that the present County Com
mssoners have advertised for bids to sell the lots
and we hope the day 10 not far distant when we viii
have the pleasure Of seeing It announced that the
Jail lots have been sold and the Jail house will be re-
moved
books and papers, and ind they are nicely kept,
and that be has biz books and papers 20 system,
.tized and i.dsxed that he can faTnish, from his
ing to his ONCE 1t . short notice
We have examined the 0herifrs books and ind
them all correct.
is now in a very good condition. We think 1t might
be kept better BY the County Commissioners di.
recting the Sheriff to detail enc of the county
prisoners to give 1t daily good sweeping, and this
we recommend.
We have examined the County Judges Office and
papers. and find everything correct there
I'VE 9n s thai the county prisoner, be
lilies OF Tallahassee or any private individual, who
would be responsible for their safe keeping. Ifnst
hired ont. then We think they should be put to
work On our public roads, and this We recommend
to the County Commissioners.
We have Eeard but little complaint of the cond-
ton ofour public roads, and from what information
we could gather, We are grasihed to know they are
a correct memorandum of ali poisonous drugs sold
the same and keep such record for reference.
This grand jury being anxious to know what our
court. house building cost, and feeling confident
that the public would like also to know the fact,
the matter, and from that Investigation We make
the following report:
There has been paid BY c. c. rearce, Revenue
J. L. Demilly, County Treasurer, for the court
house fund, SO So4 S. There has been paid ont a.
per vouchers on file by the County Commissioners,
for ss.Sss su III
balance there has been paid ont for bridges, court
house and other purposes g. SITS, which balances
With the amounts paid BY the Collector and others
balance due the contractor but the committee have
refused pay him the balance. because Of non-com-
pance with bis contract 1t will therefore be seen
BY the public that the court building has
cost the county the sum Of tlS e7oD.
In conclusion, We return thanks to His Honor d.
Walker. for his interesting charge which has aided
very much In the Discharge Of our duties and for
bic kindness while We were In session also return
thanks 10 efficient State Attorney, E c. Love,
for his able and cheerful assistance and also to Mr.
A. Pearce, Sheriff, C. A. Bryan, CLERK. and other
ocers of the court for coursies extended In every
way. G. C. PHAnCB Foreman.
N. r. PAPY, Secretary.
J. p. ROBBRrs, HnNRY BnRNRlUr1R.
J. D. JOHNSON, W. E. BRADLEY,
W. c. ALLEN, W. W. WuLIAMs
W, H. BURNBY, wv CAssRAUx,
g. w. Hicks J. BURKHARDr.
DAVID ELLIS, AoMFoRD RUssnli,
D. 8. DIXON, WV. B. 6CHRADAR