The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-08-13
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DIR. E. A. Davidson has returned from Fall
River, Mass
Mr. W. D. Moseley, of Chattahoochee, is in
the city to-day.
Mr. Alvin Munger has gone to ST. Teresa for
a saltsea outing.
Florida has promise of much better than
boom next winter.
We call special attention to notice of Lee
county bonds for SALE
Judge j. T. Bernard and wife departed
Wednesday for Chicago.
There will be big excursion from Tallahas-
see to Monticello Thursday
Several new advertisements of public i'm
portance appear in this issue.
Mrs. w. 81. Chancey and daughter are visit
Ing friends near Townsville
Dir. Jacob R. Cohen registered at the Hotel
Togni, Jacksonville, Sunday
-MeteOric showers have been frequent and
beautiful during the past week.
A magnificent triple rainbow lit up the
eastern horizon Saturday afternoon.
This is year of plenty and the farmers of
the Tallahassee Country are rejoicing.
1t is said that several new industries will be
established in Tallahassee this winter.
The little son of Mrs. George l. Davis fell
one day last week and broke his arm.
MIR. J. O. Ball has returned from summer
outing in North Georgia and Virginia
There is no longer doubt about Jacksonville's
big cotton factory. 1t is fixed fact.
The New Y ork Saturday Globe is one OF the
hoot riE Doko a. C.l.~ \
Ten acres in Bermuda grass will give more
forage than 1875 acres sown in other grass.
Read notice of dissolution of copartnership
of Coles, Simpkins & Co., Brunswick, Ga.
Wild grapes are now being brought into
market and find ready sale for jelly making.
The first new sweet potatoes of the season
were on sale in the Tallahassee market Satur-
day
Matches cents per dozen boxes at the Racket Store
To morrow will be pay day at the Florida
Central and Peninsular Railway shops in this
city
The Leon County Road Commissioners
have an important notice TO contractors in this
issue
See advertisement OF Florida State Normal
College for white students, DeFuniak, in this
issue
Misses Ida Meginniss and Nellie Lang will
leave this week on pleasure trip to Suwannee
Springs.
Mr.. John c. Trice left this morning for
two weeks hunting and fishing frolc on the
Gulf coast
Miss Annie Gilmore and Mrs Crosby Daw>
kins are guests of Mrs. F. C. Gilmore on Nc
Carly street.
Mr. E. B. Van Deman, Secretary of the
Florida Bureau of immigration, was in the city
again Saturday
The ladies of the Presbyterian Church are
arranging for an ice cream supper; program and
date will be given next Tuesday.
The Florida Tobacco Growers Association
will hold an important business meeting in
Quincy next Thursday
Robert Osborn, young coored man well
known In Tallahassee, died in Jacksonville
Thursday of consum ption.
The beautiful lines to the memory of Capt
A. Moseley elsewhere in this issue, are from the
pen of young lady of Saratoga, N. Y.
The entire State is proud of Jacksonvie's
onward march of progress and prosperity. She
deserves to reach the top of the ladder.
The Leon Base Ball Club and the Tallahas-
see Jr Club will play a match game on the Cas-
cade Green at 3:45 tomorrow afternoon.
The large amounts of cash now being paid
out by Leon county farmers for fodder pulling
and cotton picking is making trade lively
All the Gulf ports are congratulating Tampa
upon her vim and energy and abusing their own
people because they did not pluck the golden
plum.
There was more whisky drinking and row.
dysm on the streets Saturday than there has
been in some time-a sure indication that money
is more plentiful.
Among the departures for St. Teresa Satur-
day were Mr.. Sam Dubose, of Jacksonville, and
Messrs Harry Burroughs E. A. Houstoun and
Dr. a. r. Shine.
Pretty, vivacious Miss Emma Pagan, OF
jacksonville; accompanied by two young lady
friends, arrived yesterday on q brief visit to
Tallahassee friends
in March Mr.. P. J. Hort, manager of Leon
Rose Park, stuck out little fig switch. 1t grew
RAPIDLY, and is now two and half feet high, and
every branch is covered with fruit.
Col. John A. Henderson, attorney for the
Florida Central and Peninsular Railway, was in
Tampa Saturday on important business for that
company, so says the Daily News.
The Times Union wisely answers the query,
"What shall we do with our boys" by saying
"teach them that the road to the saloon is not
the road to health, wealth and happiness"