The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-08-06

II H.
W. g. Denham ESQ, Of Monticello was
registered At the St. James yesterday.
Mrs. J. @. Collins left Wednesday for
Monticello, on weeks visit to the family
Of Mi. w. Gerrideau.
Mr.. g. A Davis and Mrs. A. G..
Cromartie of Iamonia were registered at
the st. James on Wednesday.
Mr. 8. A. Marcus took his family to ST..
Teresa on Tuesday last. They will spend
Two months of the summer there.
1t is rumored that the Tallahasseean
office will soon be moved to the vacant
Clark building next to the postoff1ce.
Mr. G. A. Lamb has been confined to
his bed the past week with fever, induced
by severe cold taken early in the week.
NO OTHER Sarsaparilla has the merit
by which Hoods Sarsaparilla has won
such firm hold upon the confidence of
the people.
The FLoR1DTAN has it from good au
thority that all claims against the Flor
ida, Georgia and Western railroad will
soon be settled.
Among those who went to the island on
Thursday were Conductor B. V. Vickerv
of the F. G. & P. and wife and Miss Meta
Williams of Welborn.
Governor Fleming yesterday appointed
st. Augustine as the place and August
"a as the date of the annual Encampment
of the Florida State Troops.
Mr.. j. j. Green, of Chicago, contractor
tor the government building, is with his
brother, Mr.. D. B. Green, of Gainesville, at
the st. James. Mr.. Green expec' 10 begin
operations immediately.
Mrs. A. Chase and sons, Willie and
Aquila, of Campbell's addition, left on
the morning train for Tallahassee.
where they expect to remain for several
weeks visiting relatives.-Metropolis.
The second district congressional con-
vention which convened at Gainesville
this week has nominated Hon. G. M.
Cooper, for congress. Mr.. Cooper is a
brainy young man and will do credit to
his district.
LAME Mcdaniel. night Waterman at
the depot had his collar bone broken yester.
day at Woodville. He was trying to board
the St. Marks train coming to this city but
missed his footing and was knocked down
with the foregoing result.
The FLoRIDIAN has received copy of
the annual catalogue of the Florida Agri
cultural College. 1t shows that during
the last year 113 students attended the
College. It gives much valuable infor
nation to those having sons to educate.
The catalogue is a model of neatness. It
is hardly necessary TO state that it was
printed by the DaCosta Printing House
of Jacksonville.
Capt. John NJ. Cook left Tuesday with
800 men to work on Mr.. Flagleris East
Coast line. Capt. Cook held positions
AZ chief engineer on both the Florida,
Georgia and Western, and Carrabelle.
Tallahassee and Georgia railroads. built
the bridge and approaches at Chatta-
hoochee, and constructed the section of
the P. & A. r. r. from Mariana to
Chattahoochee. Mr.. Flagler has in HIM
a valuable man, and with him and
other good men, and large force of
laborers will soon complete his new line
of road.
Educational development under demo-
cratic superintendent is steadily and
rapidly pushing ahead in Leon county.
Although splenpidly equipped, from an
educational standpoint, the board of pub
lie instruction for this county, at it's reg
ular monthly meeting on Tuesday last,
made and let contracts for the erection of
three new school buildings. In addition
to routine work, the board fixed the sal
aries Of teachers for the coming scholas-
tic year, and beginning was made in
the selection Of teachers.
A colored excursion party came up
from St. Augustine Wednesday morning
1t was accompanied by baseball club,
which issued challenge to the 'lored
| boys of this city. If there is anything
that Tallahassee boy, white or colored,
excels in more than anything else it is
baseball, and the boys of this city,
though not organized, promptly respond
ed. Two innings, however, were all that
were played, the st. Augustine nine OBJ
jecting to decision of the umpire, which
from all accounts was fair. The game
was therefore declared in favor of the
Tallahassee scrub nine, 8 too.
Capt. Blackwell, owner of the steamer
Walkatomica and the st. Teresa hotel,