The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-10-09


Members of white-winged Georgia Fish
Shops" sail through Tallahassee every day
on their way to and from the Gulf fisheries.
Read Statement of the Florida Tobacco Pro
ducing and Trading Company, by Mr.. Peter
Miller, Treasurer which appears in this issue.
Fig trees in and around Tallahassee are
laden with second crop fruit, while on many
trees. ofthe purple variety, ripe figs still seen.
The hog law is again in force, and the razor
backs have been taken from the rich pasturage
OF our city streets and doomed to Imprisonment
in pens
The many Florida friends of Mr. A. Curtis
Brown deeply sympathize with him in the loss
of his beloved wife, Mrs. Mary Ann Brown, who
died at brownsville on the 9Th inst
Every Democrat in noble old Leon should
work faithfully for the defeat of the mongrel
ticket which has been placed in the field by the
Republicans.
Mr.. N. w. Butler, OF Ocklockonee dropped
in the other day and subscribed for three copies
OF the FLORIDIAN, one for himself and two for
friends. And thus the good work goes on
We acknowledge the receipt of $40 from
Dir. j. S. Locke, 81 90 from Mr. II. w Demil-
ly, and $40 from Mr.. C. w. Jones, Jr, in far
away Nevada, for the yellow foyer sufferers at
jacksonville.
Our neighbor, the 7aNahssseean, has cut its
price and entered the field as Dollar Weekly.
We wish it success, and hope that it may con-
tinue for years in the good work of making
Democratic votes.
Rev. R. F. Rogers, of Live Oak, is giving his
entire time to the Democratic canvass, and has
secured theservices ofJudge NJ T. Broome as edi-
tor of the Banner Of Liberty. Mr. w r. Bynum
will be local editor of the paper
Miss Meade, Miss Gwynn, DR.. j. H. Ran
doph and wife, Mrs. r. H. Gamble Captain B.
NJ. Burroughs and family, DR.. r. G. Gamble
Mrs 5. J. Barefoot and Miss Marion Webb
Bowen are late arrivals from ST Teresa
To every subscriber to the Weekly Graphic
between now and November the paper will not
only be mailed for one year, but one-half of the
subscription price ($125) will be Immediately
sent to the National Democratic Committee. and
acknowledged by it.
One of the white candidates on the Mongre
Ticket was heard to say the other day; This
On negro element must be squelched " How
does the colored brother like this? Whether
they like it or not, can add with all conf
dence, that it is our opinion that the entire Mon
grel Ticket as well as the negro element, will be
'"squelched on the 9th of November next
MIR. Fessenden, of the Tampa real estate
office showed us some samples of Florida
products from the Andalusa Vineyards of Tai
lahassee in the shape of carct saute hauturne.
sherry, port and hook wines, that are equal to
any OF their kind made in Europe There is no
doubt about Florida being able to contest with
any country in the culture Of grapes and the
manufacture of fine wines.-Tampa 1rAune
Citizens of Ccntreville complain of the bad
roads between that thriving little village and
Tallahassee, and say that farmers are compelled
to haul their cotton and other produce to other
markets, where the roads are better The Coun-
ty Commissioners should see to this matter at
once.
"A colored Republican member of the Mon
grel Ticket Minstrel Company, after thorough
canvass OF the county, was heard TO say: :"
tell you, it looks to me like the Democrats are
going to elect their whole ticket. l know hum
dreds of our men who say out bold that they
amt going to vote for US and, for me, one, you
can tell the folks that l amt going to throw
away single dollar more on this here cam
paign"
Wouldn't it pay the F. c.. & P Railway
Company to put on special fish and oyster
train between St Marks and Monticello, to be
run rs TO connect with the Townsville and
Monticello Railway trains? 1t seems to us that
large and profitable business, to both the rail
road company and the fish men, might be
worked up in this way. Southern Georgia has
more fish eating people than almost any other
part of the known globe
We have received a neat and attractive il
lustrated descriptive pamphlet of brownsville
and Thomas county, compiled and published by
Messrs Triplet & Burr Of the Townsville
Times. 1t contains over 60 pages and has %
handsome engravings of different buildings in
and around Townsville, and some beautiful
views of the attractive points of the surrounding
country. 1t is enclosed in neat Autographed
cover upon which is q map of the direct routes
to Thomasville 1t will certainly draw tourists
and settlers to our fair sister city
The Republican party of Leon county was
without leaders. 1t was just ready to fall to
pieces. 1t was upon the ragged-edge of the
precipice, slowly but surely slipping down,
when men who had heretofore posed as our
friends, reached over, caught it by the tail,
and yanked it back. Why did they do it Sim
ply for their own private ends. They wanted
office and knew not how else to get it. Can we
still consider these men our friends? No They
are our worst enemies We must defeat them so
badly that they will feel like crawling into the
ground and pulling the hole in after them
The Republican National Committee as