The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-08-20

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crat paid the FLoRID1AS a pleasant call
yesterday.
Judge R. Fenwick Taylor, of the supreme
court. left Wednesday for Gainesville on
his vacation.
Mr. Decatur G. Anderson, formerly with
Carpenter and Head is now with J.W.
Collins. in the new store.
MI. 9. W. DaCosta, proprietor of the
FLoR1DIAN, came up from Jacksonville
Thursday on short business trip.
Miss Nelson, handsome and accom-
piished young lady of Monticello, is visit.
ing the family Of Mr.. j. G. Collins.
The tobacco crop of Gadsden county
VIII this year average rs per cent. wrap
pers. Certainly good showing.
Mr. E. Burdine, the efficient prescription
clerk OF Schrader's drug store, returned
from his vacation in South Florida We'd
nesday.
A lady who recently arrived in the CITY
lost her pocket-book on Thursday last on
our streets. Anybody finding it will please
leave al FLoRIDIAN Office.
Mr.. J. J. Green, the contractor for the
government building in this city, returned
yesterday from short business trip to
Gainesville, Orlando and Jacksonville.
Mr.. W. H. Lawrence the agricultural
editor of the FLoRIDIAN returned from an
extensive tour OF inspection OF the fruit and
tobacco farms along the P. & A. road last
Tuesday
Mr.. S. A. Marcus left last Sunday for
Wisconsin to spend the balance of the
summer there for the benefit of his health
Mr.. Marcus has been for years sufferer
from hay fever.
Among those who returned from the
Island Thursday were Mr.. T. J. Perkins
and family, Mrs. Chesley, Miss Bessie Gal
lie, Arthur Spiller, Harry Hartt, "Flipp ="
Gutenberg and G. 81. Blackwell.
Tasso, the fine looking PAGER recently
sold by Patrick Houstoun of Lakeland
Park to gentleman in Savannah, has been
driven mile in 2 A, and his trainer be-
lieVes ne can soon drive him inside OF 2 30.
Mr.. S. D. Moore, after two weeks visit
to relatives in South Florida, has returned
20 the city. BE and major" Tattersal are
contemplating a tour around the world that
will rival the trip of the famous Nellie
BLY,.
"Uncle Bob," for many years a fac
totum of the FLoRIDIAN Office, paid his
old haunts and friends a visit this week.
Bob is now an attache of the Metropolis
in Jacksonville, and is much esteemed by
his employers.
A number of delegates from South Flori-
to the First district congressional conven-
ton stopped over in Tallahassee on their
way home. Among them were Hon. S.
NJ. Sparkman, and J. P. Wall, jr. OF
Tampa, and ]. W. Trammell, OF Lakeland.
John W. Wright, the colored thief who
stole trunk containing FIVE hundred dol
lars in money and a lot ofjewelry from Mr.
Lawhorn, Of Wakulla county,was captured
on Thursday of last week by Deputy Sher-
if A j. FULLY OF that county, but not until
after he had been shot in the shoulder.
Tom Costa has closed his restaurant ou
the corner of Monroe and Clinton streets
and has moved near the depot. He thinks
strongly of moving to Quincy. Toms
resta urant is one of the old land marks and
will be missed by many an old timer, who
was in the habit of getting oys ers there.
Take HOODS and only HOOPS, be-
cause HOODS Sarsaparilla CURES. 1t
possesses merit peculiar to itself. Try it
yourself.
A Free SchOla rship.