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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-11-19
"A Sad llenfll.

Early this morning at the dawning Of a
new day the insatiate reaper, death, claimed
Bessie, the lovely young wife of Mr. John
A. Graham, at their family residence, GA
East Duval street. Mrs. Graham had been
slightly unwell for day or two, but no one
anticipated so sudden and sad termina-
ton Last night she WAS much troubled
with her heart and between and o'clock
this morning it ceased to beat, and she
quietly and peacefully passed away, we
hope, to better and brighter home in the
unknown beyond.
Possessed of rare personal beauty and
excellent traits Of character it seems hard
| that her young life should be so suddenly
and abruptly terminated when all before
her appeared 80 happy and pleasant.
The blJw fell with crushing effect upon
the young husband, who loved and adored
his wife with all the affection possessed by
human nature.
Mrs. Graham was the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. David Wilson, OF Tallahassee,
and niece of Mr. C. w. Smith, Of this city
She leaves besides husband and one babe
a number of other relatives residing al
Monticello and Tallahassee Metropolis,
10th.
The remains were brought to Tallahas
see for interment, arriving Sunday after
| noon, and were followed TO the grave by a
large concourse OF sympathizing friends
the funeral being from the residence of the
parents of the deceased, Mr. and Mrs
David G.. Wilson, at 3:30 p. IN.
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BOLD BURGLARS.
Two TaIlah a assee Residences En-
tered i'm One Night.

The mere thought OF midnight burglars
creeping through your sleeping apartment
is enough to make nervous women tremble
and cause even strong men TO feel bit un-
comfortable.
Last Tuesday night the residences OF two
OF Talahassee's prominent citizens were
entered, and at first it was thought to have
been the work of travelling professionals,
who come to Florida to spend the winter
and occasionally use The jimmy" to keep
their hand in, bat upon closer analysis of
the cases they show upon their face the
handiwOrk of negroes who had intorma.lon
from the inside.
Mr. J. A. Ecmondson had been out all
day collecting rent money from his numer-
the money in bank Before going to bed
he put the money in an iron box, locked it,
placed the key in his vest pocket and the
vest beneath his pillow. He was aroused
in the middle OF the night by feeling a
stealthy hand under his head, and he yelled
out in stentOrian tones for help. This
frightened the burglar or burglars away
and they left without having secured the
Doodle
During the day Tuesday Mrs. r. w.
Villa ms placed purse containing about
twenty dollars in a trunk in an unoccupied
room, wherein there were several other
trunks. a little negro girl, a house servant,
saw the money placed in the trunk, and she
was the only other person in the house who
knew OF the money being there. Some
time during the night the house was en-
tered, the burglars passing by the dining
room and parlor, which were open and con
tanned many valuables, went direct to the
unoccupied room, picked out from among
the several trunks the particular one con
tanning the money, carried it out into the
garden, broke it open, secured the purse
and two sets of jewelry and departed.
A negro man was arrested, but owing TO
want Of evidence to convict was released.
The cases are in the hands Of efficient Off
GERS, and they hope to secure sufficient evil
dence to point out the guilty parties.
There are number of lazy negro loaters
on our streets, without visible means OF
support, who will not work if offered good
pay And right here arises a question,
Are we to retain in our employ house
servants who are spies upon our actions,
who report 10 these worthless street vaga-
bonds every time we have valuables in the
house? Are we to submit TO our servants
robbing us by day and their friends burg
larizing our premises by night?
There is no city in the South where ne
gro servants are better treated than in Tai
lahassee, but if the honest and better
thinking negroes do notthemselves help to
rid the community of this dishonest class
of servants and loaiels, the whites will be
compelled to fill their places by bringing
out foreign white labor
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The following postal circular to the
Times.Union will meet with a patriotic
response from the people of the South GEN
orally, without regard to State lines:
CoRINTH. Miss, Nov 4, 1889.
Colonel VIM. P. Rogers, of Texas, who
fell here on the redOubt at Fort Robinett in
the battle of Corinth October 4, 1862, lies
in an unmarked grave in sight of the town
he died to rescue from the enemy.
The undersigned have procured deed to
the plat of ground on which he is buried,
and have organized an association for the
purpose of raising fund sufficient to erect
a monument to his memory, and TO the
memory of the brave Texans who fell with
him, and we ask aid from all citizens in
Texas who revere the memory of Colonel
Rogers and his soldiers
Please print and solicit subscription for
us. RAWLINGS YOUNG,
President r. M. A.
ROBERT P. BARNHTLL, Secretary.
B. F. SMALL, Treasurer.
There is a mistake of date in the circtllar,
as hundreds who were participants in the
battle will recognize. Colonel Rogers fell
October 3, not October 4, as the circular
prints. His heroic conduct was witnessed
by thousands on either side, and after Gen
erals Sterling Price and Earl Van Dorm had
retired from the fruitless assault, General
Rnsecrans, who had seen Colonel Rogers
fall, had his body tenderly prepared for a
soldiers sepulcher and buried with military
honors. This great-hearted officer pro-
nounced Colonel Rogers the bravest man
he had ever seen go down in battle. p
Times Union.
Colonel Rogers was lthe father of Mrs.
Henry G. Damon, and his memory is re-
vered by every Texan He was brave
and gallant soldier and noble man.
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w. f. Mckay, of the Palatka and An
clOte railroad, is said to have built more
miles of railroad in Florida than aay other
contractor in The State. His home is at Ok
ford, Sumter county.
Rumor has it that the Florida Central
and Peninsula, Plant system, Jacksonville,
Tampa and Key West system and Georgia
Southern and Florida are all anxious to buy
the Orange Belt railway.
The CLYDE Line Will build new steamer,
same dimensions as the IrOquois, to run be-
tween New York and Jacksonville.
Tampa News: Capt. w. S. Walker was
seen this morning on the streets and in
formed us that he would put three hundred
and fifiy men to work this week on the ex-
tension of the f. C. Il Z. from Plant City
and that it would be completed to this place
within ninety days.
Superintendent Tutwiler, of the Sugar
Belt road, has the piling all down for the
drawbridge over the East Lake canal The
bridge is to be a solid, substantial iron
structure.
DeFnniak Times c. G. Banfll predicts
that Lake City will be the greatest railroad
center in the State of Florida. Fifteen trains
pass through there daily, and another line
is projected to Birmingham direct Mr..
BanfilI is general manager and organizer of
a large syndicate, and has over $4,000
taken in ten days by the leading business
men of the country. Mr.. Harris. of Jack
son, Mich, president of the Florida Chau-
tauoua, took So, 600 on his representation.
Tampa Tribune: II was an interesting
sight on Sunday last to see the Olivette
Nascotte. Kissimmee and Juniette, at the
dock at Port Tampa all at the same time
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Madison Matters.
From the Madison Recorder.

English ducks are making their appear-
ance in the ponds and lakes AID the sports
men are happy in anticipation of fine sport
they afford.
Mr.. A. p. McCord, of Cameron, Tex,
has been in Madison this week. He has
been the guest of Mr.. b. n. Tucker, with
whom be is interested in the stock business.
Miss Jennie Martin, daughter Of Capt. j.
p. Martin, has one of the most valuable
cows in the county. The cow recently
gave birth to twin calves, which have been
named Lady Agnes and Lady Adelne.
The cow is valued al fifty dollars, and the
recent additions TO her family make her the
more valuable.
Mr.. j. w. Long was arrested at Live
Oak last Saturday by U. S. Marshals and
carried to Jacksonville, on warrant
charging him with completely in election
frauds last year. A bond of $4,000 was
demanded OF him, which was promptly
given in Live Oak. even before he left and
there were but Jew minutes intervening
between his arrest and the arrival of the
train on which he was carried off.
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From the Crawfordvifle Times.

The work on the A. T. s. G. r. r. is roll
ing along slowly but surely.
1t is estimated that 5000 carts and wag-
Ons will visit our coast in quest of fish be-
fore the season is over.
The Crawfordville School was made by
the last meeting of the School Board, a
county school, with an appropriation of
seventy dollars per month.
This week the fish industry of this county
has been on a boom. On Monday night
last, Shellpoint fishery, it is reported, caught
at one strike 1875 barrels-25, 600 fish; at
Bottoms or Rakers, 621 bbls-12,O 900 on
Wednesday last was caught at one haul.
Messrs Alex Fennel George Averitt,
and Walter Collins, of Miccosukie, and Mr..
Ed Manning, of Iamonia, passed through
our village on Wednesday en- route tor
Oclockonee bay. May they have pleas
ant trip, with game, fish and fun in abun-
dance.
Our editor who has just returned from
the Tallahassee Country" reports the
"old city among the hills" on the high
road to progress and further says that the
county commissioners of that county de-
serve much credit in having a long felt
want, bridge across the Iamonia sloughs
built That portion of Leon county known
as Iamonia, is the finest portion of Leon
county if not of Florida, and her citizens
are second to none in the South. They are
generous, kind and intelligent, and the
only thing lacking to make that portion of
Leon the most desirable, is transportation
and good mail facilities-all of which is ex-
pected in near future.
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From the Monticello Constitution.


Mrs. William Kinsey, an estimable lady
residing near Aucilla. died very suddenly
last Thursday night.
A heavy wind storm is reported south OF
town last Saturday morning. No damage
OF any consequence was reported.
Col Frye, a prominent attorney of At
lanta, Ga, arrived in Monticello Sunday
night, and is in attendance upon the Cir
cult Court.
A special venire of one hundred men
was summoned from which to select a
Jury in the Bryan and Houston cases.
Mrs Mary Z. Bryan, the great Southern
authOress, now Of New York, is in town,
and is looking remarkably well.
We noticed wagon load Of Taylor
county oranges on the streets last Friday.
They were finding ready sale at cents
each.
The grand jury report an immense
amount of business before them at this
term of court. They will probably be in
session several days longer
Senator Bailey is receiving all the prison
ers now being sentenced to the penitentlary
throughout the State. He has received
several past few days.
Mr.. Samuel Martin has on his lot water
melons of all sizes, from the very smallest
TO large ripe ones. He will probably have
ripe watermelon for his Christmas din
ner.
Saturday morning just at daylight thr-
teen wagons, each containing several per-
sons. passed through here en- route 10 the
fisheries on the Gulf coast. The party
came from Georgia.
The attorneys engaged in the case o.
BRYAN and Houston, charged with the mur'
der Of the negro, Judson Cason, at Micco
sukie Sinks last year, are Colonel f {
Love, for the State, and Colonel Frye, o
Atlanta, Ga, r. F. Taylor, Esq, o
Gainesville; II. c. Long, ESQ, of Talahas
see, and Chas B. Parkhill, Esq, OF Pensa
cola, for the defence.
The following attorneys have been in at
tendance upon court the past week: Colo
mel r. F. Taylor, of Gainesville; John Ma
lone, of Quincy c. b. Parkhill, OF Pensa
cola; r. G. Long, of Tallahassee ; Colone
William Scott, OF Apalachicola Reddine
Smith and T. n Hopkins, OF Thomasville
#. L. Clarke, t. M. Puleston, s. Pasco ant
ID. A. Finlayson, of the local bar
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THANKSGIVING PROCLA.
TIOV.
STATE OF TLoRIDA-ExECUTIvE DEPART
MINT.

A year marked by many blessings to the
people Of Florida is drawing to its close.
The epidemic which afflicted a portion of
our State has been succeeded by year of
| unsurpassed health. The reverses of the
past are we'll nigh repaired by the revival
| of business and the development of new in
dustries and resources, and we are entering
upon season which gives promise of un-
equalled prosperity. The labors OF the
husbannman have been rewarded by gen.
erOus returns of the fruits of the earth
and abundant harvests
Now, therefore, in conformity with q
time honored custom, in grateful recogni-
ton OF the blessings and mercies vouch-
safed us by the Giver of all good, and in
harmony with the proclamation of the
President of the United States, I, FRANCIS
+. FLEMING, Governor of the State Of Flor
ida, do hereby appoint
THURSDAY, THE 28TH DAY OF NO.
vEMBER, 1889,
to be day of THANKSGIVING, and l ear
nestly eDjoin upon the people of Florida on
that day, to refrain from their ordinary
business avocations, and at their respective
places of public worship, in private and at
the family altar, to render thanks and praise
to Almighty God for the fruits of the earth,
and all other blessings of His merciful Prov
dence and invoke His divine aid in con-
tinuance of the health and happiness and
prosperity of our people.
With grateful hearts for the blessings be-
slowed upon us, let us remember in loving
charity those who are destitute and suf-
fering.
In testimony whereof, do hereunto set
my hand and cause to be annexed the
great seal of the State, at Tallahassee, the
Capital, this eighth day of November,
A. d., 1899, and of the independence of the
United States the one hundred and four
teenth year.
FRANCIS P. FLEMING.
BY the Governor, Attest :-JNo. l..
| CRAWFORD, Secretary of State.
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WOsman,S VBOOeStY..

Many women are prevented by feelings
of deicacy from consulting physician in
those disorders arising from functional de-
rangemeut Of her peculiarly delicate organ
ism. and the most serious results are often
caused by this neglect. To such persons
DR.. Picrces Favorte Prescription is an
especial boon, as it offers a sure and
safe cure for all those distressing disorders
to which women are peculiarly subject
while il saves modest girl or woman from
the embarrassment of a personal consulta-
ton with physician. "Favorite Pre-.
scription " is the only medicine for WON
ans peculiar weakness and ailments, sole
by druggists, under positive guarantee
from the manufacturers, that it will give
satisfaction in every case, or money will b.
refunded. See guarantee on bottle wrap
per.
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With the compliments of Mr.. r. L. Ben
nett, President of the Tallahassee Water
Works Company, there came to the Flo
RIDIAN last Saturday, large, fat turkey for
our Thanksgiving dinner. We doff our
chapeau. and make our politest bow to the
genial, generous donor, with our best wishes
for his success, and the hope that he may
live to enjoy many Thanksgiving Days, and
have big fat turkey for each.
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RinginE Noises

In the ears, sometimes roaring buzzing
sound are caused by catarrh, that exceed
ingly disagreeable and very. common dis
from catarrh. Hoods Sarsaparilla, the great
blood purifier, is a peculiarly successful rem
edy for this disease, which it cures by purify
ING the blood. Ifyou suffer from catarrh, try
Hoods Sarsaparila, the peculiar medicine.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-11-19

An infant child of Mr.. and Mrs W. A.
Roberts died yesterday and the remains
were carried to Pensacola to-day for in
termeat.
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Cocoa Public Spirit: There are more
shrimp in Indian river now than have been
seen before in several years. They are OF
good size, too.
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Mr.. d. p. Holland, of Jacksonville, will
TO. morrow be married to Miss Leila Hig-
gins, of Bastrop, Texas.
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I'.0sRl, R, RENT

~ y Ss. ssis, with six large roam.
iss s.tsd 2 for for hand band stable and barn. barn.
S'als Office. ess' churches and
CIT
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Mr.. g. Hal Dickinson and mother are
in the city, guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. W
Saxon.
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keYE SFITTED
'1 Guaranteed,
hiAe Drug Store Of
assIf' Tallahassee, Fla.
A on the SuWannee
\, River.

sssaos'di' ss'o'd' Florida, situated upon
~ sss;sannee s.;s river. Mcssrs. Rouse
q. .lI,e, ap'., under date of August
lsA..'r,l,ss rlss,e e, forward Us another
gSm "us sa Chill and Fever Tonic.
\ r.,sy s,sIy collle o'la,t gross upon
'a'''ee' and not one bottle
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is",'.' i'"@ 'Gjraaihcille, S. c., duted
S.s'ies' s q 80 , with twenty five years
Mons !, l am a careful observer
hJobpsaa'c.;al can !, concienlIousIv en-
4 h. Isoas n''l Chiiland Fever Tonic
ad PsS P' combination remedies
- lbs eser .'. | have ever seen used
pe eo.,iI siillaled sccrerions Of the
7 srd .,.enesS, sa., and promotes the
sai tie irG;''lanon Of food, thus
Yon. Yo.'ca'lons claimed ior il.
l. EDWARDS, NJ. ID.
~ We We maintain ain lhs, I,sa'i,ne !, e is ,oa a
y d d'i% ~. quininc, and nd 100 70 " yenys lDs
s iislsi d R;,,dlrOm from the most st'I malir. sIn,.
s sIs s!Iss b. lSTm %l Of Chill Land and Fe. e.
u IAu' Sole Proprietor.
S savannah, Ga.
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Special Correspondence OF the FLoRIDIAN
This pleasant little place is in Bradford
county, located on the Fernandina, Key
West & Southern Division of the F. c. &
2. Railway, nineteen miles south of Bald
win, where the road crosses the Jackson
vile and River junction Division, and seven
miles north of Starke, the county seat.
There are about
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-09-07
Reflections OF a Wise Man.

Stills are no better in a conversation
than i'm foot-race.
Folly must hold its tongue while
wearing the wig of wisdom.
II is the foolish aim of the atheist &c
scan inlinitude with a microscope.
When poverty comes in at the cot.
,age door, true love goes at it with
an axe.
A veign of humor should be made
visible without the help OF n reduction
mill.
The reformer becomes a fanatic
when he begins to use his emotions as
a substitute for his reasoning faculty.
Many an object in life must be al
tained by flank movements; it is the
ziggag road that leads to the mountain
top.
All the paths of life lead to the
grave. and the utmost we can do is to
avoid the short cuts.
The office should seek the man. but
it should inspect him thoroughly be-
fore taking him.
Humility is most serv;ceable as an
undergarment, and should never be
worn rs an overcoat.
The Good Samaritan helps the un-
fortunate wayfarer without ASKING
how he intends to vote.-J. a. Macon.
n Century Bric-a-Brac.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-09-07
BOSTON VERSUS LONDON.
A Yankee Girls Roland for Proud Brit
On's Oliver.


on's Oliver.
An Englishman was being enter
tanned in Beacon street parlor one
evening, when the conversation turned
upon the difference between English
and American cities. ''One thing is
very shocking TO u.s." the Englishman
observed. land that is the many cases
OF violence in the streets here. That.
you know, is so different in an English
city," Different exclaimed one OF
the young ladies. who was entertain-
ing the guest; II never saw half tho
violence in the streets here that / have
in England. Why. when we were in
Liverpool, last summer. we started out
one day TO take a walk. and we had
only got across the street from tho
hotel when a horrible great drunken
fish-wife came up to me without any
prOvocatiOn. and offered to fight me for
six-pence. never was so frightened
in all my life" What did you do?
Call the police?' she was asked. Call
the police?" she echoed. 'there were
no police in sight to call. l don't
know what / should have done if /.
coal-heaver hadn't come along and
volunteered to take the quarrel off my
hands by fighting the horrible creature
for nothing" And you got away with
out harm?" "Yes; but l never had
any thing like that happen to me on
the streets Of an American city,"
'.No." the visitor responded. dryly. 1t
couldn't, you know. An American
coal-heavcr would have charged you
at least double for taking the affair OF
your hands" '.Very likely" cody
put in n young lady. who had not yet
spoken; ''for the truth is that only in
England are even coal-heavers fond Of
fighting with women" The conversa-
tion was found to be taking a turn that
would on the whole not prove condu-
Give to social harmony. and the subject
was therefore dropped.-Boston Cou-
rior
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-09-07
SUBMARINE CABLES
uOW Breaks Are Located with the Aid Of
the GalyanOmeter.

| the CaIvauOmeter.
| When the Ponyer-Quertier. a French
steamer built expressly for laying
ocean cables. was in Boston harbor u
week or two ago. many pleasure-seck-
ers. as well rs news-gatherers, boarded
her, intent upon learning something
about cables and men who care for
them. One inquiring person buttOn-
holed the first officer and piled him
with questions.
"How do you know. when the cabl o
lies way out in mid-ocean, when you
have TO repair a break?'
"Oh, that's easily explained. Deeply
buried as these cables are beneath tho
traclSless level OF the oceans surface,
the exact path in which each OF them
lies is well known bv series of chart
indications which were made at tho
time of their construction. BY means
of computations based upon these
sources of information captain can
guide his vessel to any spot along the
line in mid-ocean, where no guide
posts but the lights of heaven exist.
and know of certainty that he is
within q very short distance of point
directly over the cumbent cable hum
dreds OF fathoms below"
"Iou said little while ago that il
there was a break in the cable between
Cape Ann and Ireland that the approx
innate position of the break could be
asceriained by the operator ut Canso.
Now, how could he tell any thing abou;
it except that communication was
stopped?"
well. it is by one of the marvellous
things in modern invention that he is
able to accomplish this. The delicate
instrument called the galvanometer
will tell him in the space of a very
few seconds of what spot in the hun
dreds of miles length of cable, down
among the dark rccesscs OF the oceans
bed, the accident to the wire has oc.
Cured. The acuteness of the instru.
ment lies simply in its ability to regis
ter with unfailing accuracy the amount
OF resistance the unbroken wire gives.
With this information, and knowing
already the other conditions OF the
size OF the wire and the amount of its
resistance per mile, the operator can
calculate the distance from the station
at which the break has occurred. If
there should be two breaks he. OF
course, can give information regard.
ing the first one ONLY since the elec.
trio connection is stopped there. II
the operator at the outer end should
make similar test of his unbroken
portion. and il should be found, upon
comparing the two results, through
some other perfect cable that they did
not supplement each others distances.
then it would be evident that there
We're at least two breaks at known
distance from each other. Such in-
stances have not occurred, however"
N Y. Star.