The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-09-19

The tobacco markets. booming IN Ial.
lahassee.
Three cheers for Senator Robert H. NJ
Davidson!
Hon Fred T. Myers and family have re-
turned from St. Teresa.
Mr.. L.. c. Yaeger is visiting friends al
bis old home, Dalton, Ga.
Mr.. Cbas. S. Kuhns Of Savannah was
among the visitors to Tallahassee this
week.
Those farmers of Leon county who
planted tobacco this year hold fnll hand
of ready cash.
Hon. John L. Crawford, secretary OF
state, went 10 Atlanta Tuesday on the
cheap excursion via Monticello.
Large quantities of choice leaf tobacco are
being brought in daily and stored in the
Leon County Tobacco Warehouse.
The Cecilia Choral cub is making rapid
progress in the study of vocal music. Prof
yonWellsr is an excellent instructor.
The peculiar enervatng effect of summer
weather is driven off by Hoods Sarsapa-
rlla, which ''makes the weak strong"
". T. Fork and Clinton Sneed, indus
trious colored farmers, have housed their
tobacco crop in the Leon county tobacco
warehouse.
Messrs Hooper and Rozear have accepted
the agency for Leon county of the Standard
sewing machine. The Standard is one #
the best machines on the market.
Mr.. Geo. Greenhow has sold forty acres
ofland east Of Tallahassee to Mr.. II. c.
Mix of Georgia. Mr. Mix will make a
model fruit farm of his purchase.
Willis Williams, formerly a prominent
colored citizen of Tallahassee, now an al
tache of The Jacksonville postoffice, has
been visiting Tallahassee friends this week.
Mr.. A. W. Barber, formerly clerk in
the office of Gen. Slocum, United States
surveyor, has been appointed proof reader
nthe government printing Office at Wash
lngton at salary of $1,000 year.
Among those who have recently re-
turned from ST. Teresa are Mrs. C. A. Brv-
an, Miss Maud Myers, Mr.. W. N. Mcintosh.
Sr, and family, Mr.. H. S. Elliott and fam
LILY, Capt B. N. Burroughs, A. B. Munger,
Z A. Houstoun and Griffin Wilson.
The La Pierre Phosphate COMPANY.
. whose mines are just west of Tallahassee
are having ground cleared preparatory t.
Uullolng cottages tor their employees. 1t i.
sad they will bring out a number OF Iral
Ans to mine the rock
The use of calomel for arrangements o.
ne ilVer has ruined many fine constitu
uon Those who, for similar troubles
nave tried Ayers Pills testify 10 their eff
'acy In thoroughly remedying the NAL .dy
Without injury TO the system.
Leon county has many successful col
Oleo farmers. This year jeff johnson, ore
Vi 'ne most thrifty among the colored race
II This county, planted patch of tobacco
&c "as Sold bis crop, paid his debts and
'A'u away Si76 net cash. This leaves hi,
aOp OF cotton, corn, potatoes, etc., un-
uoneo' and will enable him to pay cssb
nc goes next season. He will plant
more tobacco next year.
Ae'srs. Gilmore & Davis have taken III.
~nsract to build an elegant home f.,
d" II Z. Long on the lot where Col !
,,,o "O'es residence was recently DE-
w nre. The house will be two
U''e' nlsh' Toby 80 feet, and will have .
Th" que pavilion 20 by "a feet in size.
On a. p0'ai coh'ractprs have also started
NJ. "e uormlt"ry building for the STATE
suden,. OIL" u. industrial College for colored
nissa ' The frame has already been
,.s "nlle digging on bis place east Of Tai.
d.oos,, sir geo. Greenhow found large
NJ u n'gh grade silcate of slnm;,rr
acv Of Isl. 'aken out it is of the consist
is,o .s. putty aud car easily be moulded
s,s ~ SHAPES for Ornaments to bui Huiueo
soniue va. '' building blocks, etc., it be-
d T,' very hard when exposed to to t tea
at. substance can also he colo-oa
aoil; end ~, s1.0'ns matter with it when
ibuad a. 10 so's cOloring material is al,o
= Mr. n ne e.. same place in large qu. nit
eesusul srno 'now has made several
experiments in working it. : .