The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-06-18
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Correspondence of1hc F1oEI1IAN.


Special Cores ponder cc ofthc FIoEIIIAN
The bone question, which oy few DAYS
gone was 50 agila'ing the minds If lie average
citizc0 seems to have passed nway hom this
neck OF woods No one seems willing 10 lake
tie Responsibility Of a statement enc way or ;.c
other. Sill, am told lhai here IS an under
current which Is going 20 90 'mching or the
otncr when the prop time arrives.
In come oction with the fact that The season is
wearing away, and The timc !O' making an effort
is near by business men of jacksonville should
not let the tact escape llCm that The FL RIDIAN
now goes to nearly every post'tfice in the Sa'e :;
that it reaches the merchant, the LAWYER
doctor, tuf, vegetable, cotton and tobacco grow
CT, in all stations, conditions and positions OF
life Being The State paper, and The Oldest, gives
il prestige enjoyed by no olhcr. When the
statement is made that It's circulation is the
largest, it is done with The hope thar you will
allow proof of the fact 10 be made 10 you. These
statements are not made in disparagt ment OF any
other publication IN The State, but simply 10 cali
your attention 10 The FLORIDIANs ability 10
place your business before the consumers
throughout The StHte, giving you The assurance
that your mOn,y will mol be wasted No
special effort in this direction has yet been made
by the solicitor, deeming it best to first let many
ol those who have only recently become sub
sctibels judge Of lis merits themselves \ call
viii now soon he made in the interest Of lis
advertising department, and the matter thor
oughy explained.
The heavy failure OF L. L. Meginnis The
gents furnisber was 10 surprise to bus >nts> Cil-
clcs here iur her than he amount Of indebted
ness, il boinQ s,mc'hng oyc 80 1000, with
SIS amounting probably to $3 900. His was
known rs he "nWtli''H tony" place, and hr hin4
SCI ~p-l.e,, iic Only 1tnd, N 'oHm in town.
The rev steamer, MarA Draper, "as con-
pt,cd last week ana ca oul Gr Savannah, tie
place wherc uil goo3 sc mboais 20, il seems.
Among lhr pretty stocks Of goods IN town in
which biz summer GUS have been made IS lhal
0. lie wall paper nan, Nj Il biz son, al - East
Bay street He has The best assorted stoch ot
goods in til, line III tho city and l. really ling
al low prices Write him for samples i yOu
can't come.
"S,raw rldcs," something more OF less lih'
tob aganilg has become v,ry popular here ot
evenings \ hs road wagon filled win straw.
some .irls and som" boys, no seals, time I" II
p m, and you have It,
"Thi. is the frs ,la' Jackscl vi,e ever had an
all white and ! yard wide police force, sild
patro' nam in new uniform to me last F!lI y
With a GOOD force and judge WHO wili admit
lister Justice, jacksonville VIII soon become
terror to evil doors. Jndgc Mclean has already
filed notice on hc thugs OF What they my
expect.
The embalming done by Under,aker Jack
il The case o. young l1nZiett, the r. g. x / yard
L.
ago was something remarkable. Both legs were
tori. All 10 pieces and every vein, OF course, bro
ken vet he was kept perfect for four days during
the ho, weather, ard when taken away not the
slightest sign OF decomposition showed any
Whtre
was told ghaslly yarn last wee k. partly in
nlair words a nd partly hy iniimaton, that
certain party kept and had for years, ihc dead
BODY Of a near and dear female relative in
room OF his dwelling The party telling this
showed me "a zinc coffin which he had Just com.
pleted, and Which he said was to take the place
Of ,he old one which through some mlshap had
become injured The perty afterward said Il
look a, her whenever | wish" Nothing further
could be learned, but whether true or not, II
shows "thert's no counrn' ter tastes
had short chat with Mr.. Oswald Wilson
President of the Farmers Alliance Exchange,
lasl week He furnished a very cheering report
of the VI workings of the Exchange up to dale A
large amount of Florida produce has been ad
yantagcousy handled as well as goods and sup
Lies furnished the consumers at reduced rates.
! This has practically been ,he first season the
Exchange has had any show AT all, and many
things had TO lie commended with, yet, on the
whole Mr.. w saws they are satisfied. The IN
PRODUCTION of both the Alliance and tne Ex-
| change in Florida is The work OF Mr.. Wilson,
wi O has abored Increasingly fl ON the beginning
| for their upbullding.
What has become of the Tallahassee fair
leme? man who, by The way, is manu-
| facturer asked me il there was any prospect o1
its success, saying that he hoped something
would be done; that he had some machinery
which he would like to xhibii in that section OF
the State. and that he wanted To get acquainted
with The people anyway. 1t goes without saying
that il only the opportunity were offered ialia
hassee could command now the largest list "i
exhibitors ever known al any exposition IN the
| S ate.
The new city government has got its sanitary
men in the field and they are making house to
house canvass.
"Gone Norih" is rather familiar door sign
lust nowfand The question suggests i'seii, what
for? Certainly the climate OF Florida lacks con
siderahly ot b. ing as hot, and then IL mas 'he
cool nights which the north does not have and
taken all around nothing like such variety o
diseases If The Northern people had our coast
and lakes So convenient of access, they would DC
claiming the advantages OF the entire word ana
more besides Then take The hills and clear rum
ming streams OF the Tallahassee Country, nolh
ing can excel II.
Messrs Merryday & Paine, the music dealers
showed me the letter received by them rom Dr