Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1894-10-17
FROM FLORIDA
Another Letter From the Land of Mos. L.
quitOes, AlligatOrs and Ugly
.t. Women.
, JACKSONVILLE. FLA. Oct. q. '91

.t Women.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, Oct. 0, '94.
Elections in this city are one of the
greatest farces imaginable. In former
article gave your readers short his
tory or sketch of the two Democratic
factions that were warning against each
other, viz: the Railroad faction and
the City Ring faction, and predicted
the success of the Railroad party. l
was right in my prediction. Tho elec-
tion, or part Of it at least, came off
on the 3D. The Railroad party secured
the regular organization and got the
election machinery in their own hands.
They secured all the inspectors and
election officers and the straight outs,
as they are called, had the sheriff ap-
point deputies for every polling place
to watch the balloting and count. In
four OF the wards in this city the depu-
ties took possession of the buildings in
which the election were to be held and
would not be ousted. This was plain
violation of law under the Australian
system, which they have here, and
consequently the officers and inspectors
would not open the polls and the re-
suit was about eleven hundred men
were disfranchised. The straight outs
filed an INDUCTION against the success
fuliones and hope to prohibit the issuing
of certificates Of election. But in this
they will again be disappointed. Judge
Call, of the Circuit Court, on. last Sat
urday, dissolved the injunction and an
appeal was taken to theSupreme Court,
which will end in the same way. They
certainly had warm time during the
canvass and sought every opportunity,
honorable or dishonorable, to take the
advantage of each other. With an
t.argus eye they watched each other and
reminded me of the adage when
thieves fall out, honest men some times
get their dues" The Republicans were
hands off in the contest, and very few
of them voted in the election. The
straight outs die hard, but they will
finally have to succumb to the inevita-
BILE, for which I am glad.
The storm which prevailed along and
near the Atlantic Coast on the Goth,
reached this place and did considerable
damage, the greatest of which was the
blowing down of the Union car shed
in course of erection by the Big Four
Company, of Knoxville. Tenn. The
damage was twenty or twenty five
thousand dollars. Scarcely piece of
timber of any length was left unbroken.
The building company and the railroad
adjusted the matter satisfactory and
are now going ahead and rebuilding.
This company has secured a $5O,OOO
job from this city. They are going to
build a large market house, &c. 1t
seems the Big Four are knocking the
stuffing out Of the Jacksonville con-
tractors. The contractors and others
are down on them because they won't
work negro carpenters and brick mas
ons; they employ them as hod carriers
only. All other contractors here work
blacks and whites promiscuously.
This place is fast filling up with resi-.
dents that have been away during the
heated term and others are beginning
to come in to spend the winter. All
kinds of laborers are coming in and the
city will soon be overstocked with
them. The city is doing great deal
OF street grading and paving. This
work is nearly all done by colored
men; large proportion of the popula-
ton are colored and good many of
them are well doing. Plenty of them
own fine residences, and some of the
best retail stores in this place are own
ed by them. As rule they dress we'll
and go neat and clean, OF course
great many of them are no good, l
have seen some of the finest mulatt
gals" here ever met and if any of
our Democratic friends in Tennessee
have hankering in that direction here
is the place for them. l have seen but
very few really good looking white
women since came here. Those that
l have become acquainted with are
real clever, but, my! the most of them
are homely.
The oranges are now getting ripe and
are being picked. 1t is said that they
will be high this year. A good many
Northern buyers are already here. l
have been told that great many orange
growers have sold their crops on the
trees to Northern men for 81 25 per
hundred, wqich is an unusual price for
this country. Fruit of all kinds is high
here. A good sized peach brings a
nickle and runty ones, two for five.
Good eating apples brings ten cents q
quart. 1t sounds funny to hear of ap-
Piles being sold by the quart, but such
is the fact This is the greatest beer
drinking place l ever seen, and whisky
doesn 7 20 begging. Liquors, like every
thing else here are high; at least that
is what l have been told. The bar
rooms all have back or side doors so
the thirsty can be satisfied on Sunday.
/ am going to take run down to st.
Augustine, the Oldest town in the United
States, in the near future and may have
a few words to tell your readers about