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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-13
The Evangel OF selllshness.

In the land Of Duval new worship was founded
And the idols OF old gave place to the new,
In selnshness deep the last doctrine was grounded
And the good of the many was despised by the
few
In the cast clothes OF Jones posed these men o
Duval,
''Come worship" the Heralds implore,
ssThe furnace is heated thrice hotter than hell,
You go in ifyou do not adore"
Then round flocked the rabble with paeans and
gable, =
And the drum beat throbbed through the air.
The Ministries they sang and with bent knees the
people"
Still shouted and worshped the pair.
Some bowed down from fear for the furnace 1t
roared,
And some to gain plumber and some to get
bread,
And nineteen hundred ballots for victims they
gored.
And the altar stone blushed rosy red.
Duval it was frightened, wide ruin impended,
Onparty and county and state
These Stocktons with gold gods the world
rended,
And upheld the gospel of ruin and hate
Like the Assyrians of old to Oca a they rolled,
And that city they troubled with sound;
But the farmers had votes that were roDger than
gold,
And the hearts that stood with them were sound.
Tallahassee was troubled, the noise was redoubled
They shouttd and shreked themselves hoarse,
They "misrepresented'" they wept and lamented,
They begged without fear or remorse.
The end it has come the chickens leave home,
While the curses remain there to roost,
Their gods are proved clay, their priests flee
away,
And the furnace is cold for the roast.
The toga they win is but to act in
And the stage is not bound by the oceans,
They are beaten with rods and the gallery gods,
Applaud real grief and emotions.
Now these men of Duval they totter to fall,
For the fifth act of the play is begun,
The curtain will rise to show batchment and pail,
And come down on the scene with
Now Tommy's despairing and Johnny weak
hearted.
Stands weeping upon his own stage,
The idol and altar at last they are parted
And the High Priest is speeches. with rage
Then no. take drink. Wei try big bender
If the banks and the papers are lost,
One thing we have learned-as an opera bartender
There's living ahead for The Boss.
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of congress of May II, 1855, with two
slight differences: The act Of 1856 pro
y;ded for branches; one to White Bluff
and one to st. Andrews Bay, in West
Florida, but did not make provision FL
a road or extension to the Alabama line
| The act of congress made no provision
for the two first, but provided for the
road from Pensacola to the Alabama
line.
By subsequent act of the Florida legisla'
ture, the benefits of the in ernal improve
ment act were conferred on the extension
20 the Alabama line. Several companies
had been chartered prior to the passage OF
the internal improvement act, and. in or
der to entitle themselves to its benefits,
as therein provided and required, accepted
its terms and provisions.
By one section of the act, grant of the
alternate sections OF internal improvement
lands within six miles of their line was
made, and by the 21st section of the inter
nal improvement act, the alternate sec
tons granted to the state by congress to
all in constructing the same lines, were
offered TO any company which might &C
cept the provisions of the internal improve
ment act, and construct any portion Of the
systems indicated therein. Several COM
panies accepted the provisions of the in
ternal improvement act, and undertook the
construction of portions of the indicated
system.
The acceptance Of these terms became
a contract between the state and the
companies, and having performed their
part of the contract the state was bound
also.
Therefore to the extent Of the road con-
structed the titles became 0ested aonh0ut &C.
ton on the part Of the state.
The grant Of congress was a grant IN
praesenti and remains unimpaired in the
grantee until forfeiture is declared by
congress. And the court held that the
companies could continue to construct
and acquire land till such forfeiture. See
Schulenburg VS.. Hartman, 20 Wallace.
Every mile of road indicated in the act
of congress has been constructed, and
every acre of land granted for such pur-
pose has been earned.
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I'm The House.
The senate adjournt d.

MONDAY, May II.
The house met pursuant to adjourn
ment
The speaker In the chair.
MI. Rye was excused f'r to-day.
INTRODUCTION OF MEMORIALS AND PEr1.
TONS.
By Mr.. Coulter, petition of the Halifax
Rifles and citizens OF Volusia county, rela.
tive 10 the appropriation for an encamp.
ment of state militia, etc.
By Mr.. Shire, petition of citizens OF
Orange county not to abolish the prese /
system, regulating the sanitation of our
state, on account of the admirable results
accomplished by the state board of health,
also the salutary influence in preventing
epidemics, and Kidding our state of yellow
fever and otehr infectious diseases.
By Mr.. Bitch Of Marion, petition of the
members ofthe CitTa Fruit Growers Union
giving strong reasons why the railroad
commission act should not he repealed.
|. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
By Mr.. Bnrford. house bin No. 278: Pre-.
scribing the manner in which suIeties on
the bonds of guardians, administratorg,
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Peace Along she Potomac.

1.-THE shouts from old suwannee tell the story Of
their strength" -
We have fought the battle bitterly, now comes the
end at length,
| And no good man need fear reproach desertion
gives, because,
He bows his head and owns defeat by democratic
laws.
He ia not brave who breaks his head against a
solid wall,
Nor is he wise who wastes his time in g'oaning
DER fall;
Two brothers have wrestling match and one
must Ego to grass"
But shall hate endure, when the struggles Ger
Nay, let the bad blood pass
Before this time did Grant and Lee lock arms in
struggle grim,
But when twas past no gloomy hate could others
glory dim,
Nor did Lee fight in bitter pride when hope Of
gain was done,
But so nobly bowed that men still love that glo-
rious setting sun,
AS long as struggle may avail. we may not flee or
fail,
But there's no law that bids us fight when fate
Two struggling stays that still will stand with
locked horns each to gore,
Do but afford to wolves feast when the fell fight
is DER.
But we are men and democrats, tits needless risk
to fate,
To stand in struggle locked sore and plunged
in deadly hate,
When all our Anglo-Saxon blood that is so free
in fight,
Urges the gift Of pledged right hand when once
the goals in sight.
The gories of the setting may dazzle like the
east,
The eyes of true men judge the cause, not eyes of
brute and beast,
Let Democrats who seek the right some common
ground now find,
That wolves may not pull down the stays the bones
Of both to grind
The wisdom of a little child may teach the oldest
sage,
And Mr.. Young Of Manatee, may stand on his
tory's page,
AS the patriot first who gave the word to lead his
brothers back,
From pers "inevitable'' brink, to safetys broader
track.
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FLORIDA FACTS.

The Filth United States Infantry, now
stationed At Atlanta, will be transferred Il
| 81. Augustine, including the military band
There IS race between two companie'
to get bills through the legislature for
r.,i'road from Arcadia or lls vicinity Il
Fort Myers.
a. G. Hayes has purchased grove on
Lake Como for 81 600 Mr.. Sweet o
Woonsocket r. l., has also purchased ont
on Lake Holden
On Tuesday last Tenny Perry shot two
alligators in Peace river about one mile
below the bridge at Fort Meade. One
WAS feet the other feet in length.
The printers OF Pensacola have organ
ized a branch organization of the 1nterna-
ilonal Typographical Union There are
eleven charter and two apprentice men,
b"rs.
The Chuluota Farmers Alliance pro-
poses to hold grand picnic on Thursday,
May 81, 70 which prominent speakers from
various sections OF The country will be in
vited.
E. Leybourre OF Gainesville shipped TO
Boston Saturday 5000 quarts OF strawber-
ries. Berries are selling in the Boston
arket at from Is to 30 cents per quart.
Mr.. Leybourne is The only one now ship
ping berries from Gainesville.
The Florida Museum OF national and
political history, recently established in
Gainesville by number oil enterprsing
young men, has 100 pounds of live snakes
of all varities ON exhibition. Among the
number is one of the largest moccasins
ever caught, being nearly five feet in
ltDgth and about one foot in circumference
|. Six rev members were initiated into
the county Alliance at Micanopy Satur-
day.
The mails arrive at and depart from
Wewahitchka every Monday, Tuesday
and Saturday.
The farmers adjacent in Mcintosh sta
ton have $50 acres in tomatoes, and ex-
pect to ship rs, 900 crates this season.
The first refrigerator car of the season
came down to Micanopy Monday night
and returned Tuesday morning laden with
over 500 crates of beans and cukes.
The tiial of Alexander Campbell Tor the
murder ot Miss Mamie Joseph at ST. Au-
guslnc is now going on in jacksonville
Eleven aad three quartz" mikes is the
distance from Micanopy 10 Gainesville, via
Rocky Point ank across an arm OF Alachua
lake.
Col. w. d. Ch,pley has put corps Of
hands and surveyors 20 work in Lafayette
county to run out and pit As 600 acres
phosphate lands.
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Through the Weary Hours

or maj. va night, made douby long by It's pro-
tracte agony, the rheumatic .uff.rer losses to and
fro on his sleepess couch vainly praying for that
res, which only comes by fits and starts. His
malady is one which ordinary medicines too often
fail to re ieve but there is ample evidence prove
that the efficient Mood depurent, Hostetter's Stom
ach Bite 4. affords the rheumatic reliable means
of relief Check the malady in its incipent stages,
when the first premonitory twinges come on, with
this agreeable medicine, and avoid years of tor.
ture Whatever be the rationale of the active in
iutnce of the Bitters upon this malady, certain il
is that no evidence relating to its effect is more
direct and positive than that which relates to its
action in cases of rheumatism Like all sterling
enatic trial, and should not be abandoned because
not at Cnce remedial 1t is equally effcacious In
dyspepsia, indigestion aad kindred dis
cases. my6 MI
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WEED OUT.

Yes, weed ont, If there is any one
thing more than another that the alliance
now stands in need of, it is thorough
system of wedding out. The alliance
farm is running away with weeds, and
healthy growth is being hampered and
choked out. Unless the weeds are eradi-
Gated, all the effort on earth will fail in
bringing forth good fruit. 1t is not more
members that the alliance stands in need
of just now, but better members.
Clean cut the worthless marp!ots that
are now threatening the life OF the order,
before opening the doors to new converts
Let those who apply in the future fully
understand that the order does not intend
TO be longer tempered with; that they
cannot come into the fold for sinister pur-
poses, "tha, it is no place tor the profess
sonal politician" that it is no place for
those of mixed occupations-those that
run with the hounds and hold with the
deer.
Let it be understood that the words
Farmers Alliance mean nothing, but that
the platform Of the order means every
| thing-and let it be well understood that
before another applicant is admitted that
he has honestly and conscientiously en-.
dorsed every plank Of the Ocala Alliance
platt, rm and particularly the sub-treasury
plank. We have had enough OF this yet.
ting on the inside and then begin "kick
ing"
Let all the kicking be done on the out
side, ard whenever it does begin on the
inside, fire 'em" out of The order.
We take occasion Just here to cali upon
President Rogers for an official ruling on
eligibility, and for instructions for IFS
rigid enforcement We want to see the
sheep separated from the goats; we wan,
10 see the "siuf1in" everlasiinuly knocked
out OF the "w0.ves in Sleeps clOthipg;' VIZ
want TO see he very socks" knocked of
OF The man " no comes up whining that liz
can't support an ailiancrman for senator
because he was sent here as a democrat
as if we were not all "dyed in the Wool
, democrats Yes, this wedding business
has got to come, and come quickly.
You had as we'll keep member in thu
church who denies the advent and divin-
. ity of Jesus Christ, as to keep member
in The alliarce who repudiate the funda
, mental principles of the organization
You had as well send out the veriest to
, per upon lecturing tour as an exponen
t of the cause Of temperance, as to keep il
! the order those who assail the sub-treas
ury scheme. You had as we'll tell u
that man can be good democrat VIII
favors high protective tariff, as that b
Q is an allianceman who endorses the ma
q tional banking system. A man canno
be good allianceman at heart unless b
j endorses the platform. If he cannot cor
{ scientiously do this it is his duty as a
honest man to withdraw. The platforr
: of prime iples Is the true test Of loyalty
: whilst the will Of the majority is the rul
t Of the order.
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executors and curators shall be released
By Mr.. Shine, house bill No. 277: tt
define the manner in which entrances tc
certain public buildings shall be con-
structed.
Also house bill No. 278: To repeal q
memorial to the congressional delegation
representing Florida in the upper and
lower house of our national legislature.
| BY Mr.. Whitner, house bill No. 279
To revoke and abolish the municipal gov
eminent of the town OF Sanford, Orange
county, Florida, and to organize a city
government for The same, pursuant 10 this
act Referred.
BY Mr.. Bogue, house bill No $50: An
| act entitled an act 10 prescribe the juris
dicti0n and duties of county judges.
Also, house bill No. $751; To incorpo-
rate the Florida Transportation company.
Also, house bill No 282: To provide
for making connections between lines OF
railroads and prohibiting severance of
the same.
Also, house bill No $685. To incorporate
the Florida Steamship company.
HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING.
House bill No. 81 In relation to the re.
demDtion Of real estate sold under execu.
ton, decree, mortgage or deed of trust.
Read third time and passed.
Senator Wall moved that the joint ses-
sion proceed to ballot for United States
senator; which was agreed to.
The president announced that no person
having received the requisite number of
votes 70 elect a United States senator in
Joint session, there was no election.
On motion of Mr.. Bitch of Levy the
joint session adjourned, and the senate re.
turned to the senate chamber.
BY unanimous consent, Mr. Mann of
fernando offered resolution that
Whereas, An act to provide for the re-
vision and consolidation of the public
statutes of this state was adopted by the
legislature and was approved on June l.,
1889; and, although thirty days of the
present session have passed, no copies of
said revision and consolidation or sugges-
tons on said subject have been furnished
to this legislature or the members thereof;
therefore be it
Resolved, by the house Of representa-
tives of the State of Florida, that the
speaker do appoint committee of three to
IT, quire into the aforesaid revision and con-
solldaiiOn OF the laws OF this state and to re-
port thereon at AS early day as practicable
Read and adopted.
The speaker announced as committee
Messrs. Mann OF fernando, Hooker and
Clark.
On motion OF Mr. Vanu, the house ad-
journed until 9 o'clock Tuesday morning.
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A QUESTION AID ANS WEIR.

To the Editor of the Floridian.
SIR-In your issue of 23d, ult,, you say:
"The deeds have been confirmed by the
supreme court of the United States, by The
supreme courI of the state of Florida, by
the interior department of the United
States" etc, etc. Now what land do you
have reference to? suppose of course
il is the swamp ana overlooked lands given
by the legislature ot 1881 to the P. & A.
r. Company. That is not what the peo-
pie of this part of the state are SO much in,
ferested about, but | will tell you what
they are interested about, and that is the
alternate sections OF United States land re-
served for railroad purposes. This is the
land thai the railroad company has the
braZen lmpudence 10 claim in addition 10
the 200 acre; Il mile of swamp anil over
flowed laud given 10 them by the state.
This is The land that Senator Call has
shown conclusivc'y that they haven't Il
shadow OF right to-. This is the land that
the people.I ti,= safe THINK ought 10 be
forfeited, and revert Back TO the govern,
melt. to BE- open To homes e ID to actual
settlers. Now will you give your views
on this class o. lands next week, and oblige
a subscriber.
JOHN c. HOOP,
aGarro Cord, E,o Nav 1901
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Continued from third page)
FLORIDA LEGISLATURE.
Abstract of Proceedings of Both
Houses Monday.

MONDAY, May II.
The senate met at the usual hour.
President Browne in the chair.
The following bills were introduced
BY Mr.. Bristol, senate bill No. 1856: To
provide Ior placing and keeping in condi.
ton the public roads and bridges and tho
laying out and constructing OF the same
and the raising OF revenue tor this purpose
Referred.
BY Mr. McKinne, senate hill No. 1877
To incorporate the ChIpola and Chippewa
Lake Railroad Company.
Reports of commit tees were read and
acted upon.
Senate bill No. 7: For the assessment
and collection of revenue, was recalled
from the engrossing committee.
Mr.. Hammond offered substitute for sec
lions 3, 4. and g.
Substitutes for sections 3, 4 and were
adopted.
Bills in third reading were taken up.
Senate bill No. 90 was informally passed
over.
Senate bill No. q: To preserve to mar
ried women all rights enjoyed by them
while single. Indt fiuitely postponed.
House bill No. 81: To prohibit officers
from bidding Tor or entering into any con.
tract in which they are or may be inter-
ested. Passed and ordered certified.
Mr.. Wall called up senate bill No. 1876:
To provide municipal government for
Tampa and define the boundaries thereof.
1t was read second time with the substi-
tute. The substitute was adopted in lieu
| of the original and was ordered engrossed.
Senate bill No. 90: Granting to the city
| council of Tampa the right to grade and
pave the city streets. Read second time
with amendments.
Senate bill No. SO: To amend section 9
of an act amending an act to abolish the
corp rations of the towns Of Tampa and
| North Tampa, etc. Amendments adopted
and ordered engrossed.
Senate bill No 90: To establish a board
of phosphate commissioners was read by
| sections, amended, adopted and ordered
engrossed for third reading.
| Senate bill No. 154 was passed oyeY in
formally.
Scnaie bill No 115: For the relief oil
Francis I. Bevile was read second time
and ordered engrossed.
By permission Mr. Calhoun introduced
senate bill No. 1888: To incorporate The
Florida Steamship company was referred
Substitute for senate bill No was made
special order for Wednesday,
Senate bill No. 176: To notify tax payers
of the amount due for taxes and providing
means for the same. Read second time.
Senate bill No. 1872: To enforce the
payment Of taxes by bankers and brokers
Read second time.
BY permission Senator Myers introduces
senate bin No. 189: To incorporate tn,
Atlantic and Gulf Canal Company of Flor
ida.
The senate adjournt d.
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Cerro Gordo, F!a., May /, 1891
THE ANSWER.

The act Of congress of May II, 1855,
granted to the state Of Floridt, to aiV in
the construction of railroads from the ST.
Johns river at jacksonville 10 the waters
OF Escambia bay, a or near Pensacola
and from Amelia isl.nd on the Atlantic to
the waters of Tampa bay, with branch to
Cedar Kew or TIE Calf OF Mexico; and also
a railroad from Pensacola To the state line
OF Alabama in the direction of MontgOm-
cry, every alternate section OF land des-
ignated by odd numbers, Tor six sections
iu width on each side of said railroads and
branch"
The act provides that i. any of the land
80 Or ,nitd hay, zen SOLD, ntIer lands arc
to he selected in lea h ,reoi, within p limit
of fifteen miles All such ia Ids 10 he sc
lected by an agent appointel 10y the gov
ernor, the selections 10 D. approved by The
secretary ol the interior.
The charter Of the P & A. r. R.,
passed March 4, 1881, section 16, grants
to said road the lands designated in the
act of congress above named, on the
completion of ten-mile sections of the
road, $50 far as said lands lie along the
proposed railroad from the Apalachicola
river to the waters of E>cambia bay;''
and the lands were accordingly selected,
and the lists certified by the secretary OF
the interior, and the same were certified
to the railroad company during the adj
ministration of Governor Perry.
The constitution of 1889 required the
state, when admitted into the Union, tx
provide for liberal system of interna
improvement. This constitution wen
into effect on the admission of the terri
tory of Florida in March 1S45. In pur
suance of this constitutional requirement
a system Of internal improvements wa.
formulated by an act entitled can Act t.
provide for and encourage liberal sys
tenn Of internal improvements in thi
state" approved January 8, 1856.
The routes to be encouraged under tn,
act are defined therein; the act made n,
grant to any company by name, but pro
vided that any company then existing o
afterwards to be organized, which shout,
construct any portion of the line or sys
tenn of roads indicated in tile act, shout,
be entitled to the benefits and provision
thereof
The identical system indicated in tn
act Of 1853 WAS provided for by the &C
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GLADSTONE ILL.
He Has q Succession OF SH!veYfng
Vita

He Has q succession OF SH!veYfng
Fits.
Special to the F1oridian.
LONDON. May 11.-Mr. Gladstone is the
last of prominent men IN Great Britain to
be announced as on the sick list.
Mr.. Gladstone went to church as usual
yesterday morning and seemed to be en-
|joying his usual health. In the afternoon
however, the veteran statesman was
seized with succession Of shivering tlts
Mrs. Gladstone alarmed at the symptoms
sent. Tor Sir Andrew Clark, Gladst0ne'i
family physician. The latter, though mol
pronouncing Mr.. Gladstones illness to be
OF serious nature, declares that he mus,
not leave bib room for several days.
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Some of the Grand Army boys may be
interested 10 the following froueAlex. B.
Pope. A. D. c., Commander, Dept Tenn,
and Ga. He says: I'VE hav had an cpl
demic of whooping cough, (Stewart, Tenn. }
and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has
been the only medicine that has done any
good" There is 20 danger from whoop.
ing cough, when this remedy is freely given
Ii completely controls the disease. 80
cent bottles for. sale by druggists.
May Gin
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Notice to Physician.

MoSr1cEIIo. Fla, ApriI % =, 81
Notice is hereby given tha, a. S.
medical examiners of the Sue ne eoasd II
district, 10 and for the state :, sede
VIII meet in the city of Tallsh.I si
Monday, May Is, A. D., 1881 =, IS -
ble's Office, tor the purpose Of g co ~ ~
f Phvaicisns mha and granting cer,iss.,
the law will be dealt with paea NJ
unless they appear before the hosaulnsFs1
Young graduates holding temn"s u
tificatess will take due notice and Gu
themselves accordingly For r"o soven
the law apply to the secretary U vJpau e
urnisn same Tree of charge. "uo WI
TBEO. TURNBULL MN
ROM n President
GEO. w: LAMAR, NJ. D.. - :
Sec'y and Treas, Monticello ".
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