The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-04-09
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Rowell, the champion English pedes-
trian. who has sailed for England, re-
Gently ran eight miles in 80 minutes and
9 seconds, and later he ran ten miles IN
l hour, 10 minutes and 81 seconds. He
ran his last mile in Minutes and 5O
seconds.
Judge J. M. Elliott, of the Court Of
Appeals, was assassinated in the street
in front of the Capitol Hotel, Frankfort,
Kentucky, by Thomas Butord, OF Henry
county. Judge Elliott had rendered an
opinion adverse to case Buford had
for some time in court. Buford loaded
a double barreled shotgun, and waited
for Elliott TO come to dinner, and walked
ND and shot him through the heart
without warning, killing him instantly.
The assassin was arrested, and is now IN
iail. There is great excitement and
strong feeling against him. Buford,
after his arrest, acknowledged that the
other barrel Of the gun vas loaded for
Judge Pryor, and lie would have killed
him also. had not some children been in
the way. He is a brother of General
Abe. Buford. of Woodford county.
An act has been passed IN Louisiana
repealino the charter of the State Lot
terry.
4 Worlds Fair will be held in New
York in 1888. Central Park is men
toned as the probable location.
General F'itz.John Porter has been
completely indicated.
A fire at Newark, Ohio, seriously
damaged the new courthouse OF Lick
ing county.
Nearly The whole of the business por-
ton of Seneca, Illinois, has been de-
stroyed by fire.
The Jury in the Oliver-Cameron case
returned a verdict for the defendant.
The bill has been signed by the Gov
ernor of Tennessee providing for set
Element of the State debt at fifty cents
on the dollar, aud four per cent. interest.
The white immigrants to Kansas do
not like rubbing shoulders with the
colored brethren who are focking there
from the south.
The Senate has passed the bill appro'
priating 100000 for the construction
of a steel vessel to be used for the disin'
lection of vessels and cargoes coming
from ports supposed to be infected with
yellow fever or other contagious dis
""sa ;fEg.
Inc DeH-~orats gained the election il
st. Louis, and have majority IN tn,
House of Delegates They have ais
carried the Chicago election.
The debates in Congress on the ap
preparation bill are getting hot and ex
citing.
A severe snow storm, last Thursday
night, did considerable damage to ship
ping at Provincetown, Mass. Some
lives are reported lost. The Spanish
barque Isadore Riond0. bound to Port
land, with sugar, was dismasted in the
harbor.
The weather at Atlanta, Ga, was
quite cold on the 4th, the thermometer
indicating 81 degrees. The peach, pear
and apple crops are ruined. The vege-
table crop is not seriously damaged.
The cold snap did not extend all over
the state.
A hard freeze at Charleston, S. c.,
last Thursday night, seriously damaged
the early vegetable crop on the truck
farms in that vicinity. The injury to
potatoes is estimated at 25 per cent.
The cucumber, tomato and bean crops
are almost entirely killed. Strawberries
are badly hurt, and retarded fully two
weeks. The loss to truck farmers around
Charleston is estimated at a quarter of
million dollars.