The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-07-30

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vannah during the week sndlng Saturday
last.
"A Madrid dispatch says ne soial
loss OF life by the rsoeuE elrlhqnsks =
Manila i estimated q 81 i6elading 100
Chinannen. r
Mr. sotAsrn, thssdipsine edssDs
| i vsry lL h Shsh rsIi1d "a 81 -
sngassnshts &Eshs - - a -
cians prescribe absolute reposs.
DIR. Tanner flickered little on Mon
day, but rallied, and on Tuesday was
feeling better, and entered on his 30tA
day with cheerfulness and hope.
The census shows . very large In
cresse lathe population sfFvirginiA Pc
terlbprg hes 2l.e52; Ily40hbark, iepl2;
Dshvillss 7,45s and Manchester, e;o$6.
"A large party of emigrants, includ-
ing men, women and children, filing two
coaches, arrived at Petersburg, Va, July
2eth. from Germany, en- ros.ss to Georgia.
AZ Springfield, Ill.,, special says tbs
Hon. Preston Breckenridge, Of Cotton
vile, died on the 2eth, aged seventy-three.
He was cousin of the late John @:
Breckenridge.
The English steamer, DerweBt, ar
rived at Havre from the West Indies,
July 2eth, with yellow fever on board.
Three persons died from the disease on
the passage, and. eighteen were GONZALES
cent.
Meal Dow, the candidate of the Pro-
hibitionists for President, is out in letter
of acceptance. Unlike General Weaver,
he has no idea of his election, but says he
is sure his candidature win prove an hum
BILE beginning of triumphant end.
"A London dispatch of July 81, says !:
"The Bolton cotton operatives who re-
Gently threatened strike which would
involve 100000 spindles and 10000 per-
sons, held secret meeting last night, but
refused to give the result of their DELHI
erations to the press. 1t is understood,
however that they decided not to strike"
In the recent engagement on the
River Marley, in Cuba, the insurgent
officers Brigadier-General Pepillo Medina
and Colonel Johnson-the latter a native
of the United States-were killed by the
Spanish troops and one prisoner was
taken. The insurgent chief, Juan Fleits,
and three of his followers surrendered
with their arms.
The Porte, in its reply to the collec-
tive note of the powers, contends that the
Berlin treaty merely authorized the pow
ers to offer mediation, and not arbitra-
ton that the decision of the Conference
gives Greece more territory than did the
protocols Of the Berl'r- treaty, ana, r1n
therrU.., that the proposed cession in
cludes positions which it is impossible for
Turkey to surrender.
The English bark, R. w. Wood, on
the 26th inst, arrived at quarantine SO
miles below Mobile, from Havana, with
yellow fever on board. The second mate,
w. A. Patterson, is very i'll, and every
body on board has been down except
three men. Two men have died, the last
one yesterday morning, and the bodies
were buried at sea. The Captain and two
sailors are now convalescing.
The Charchman says: eve see it
stated that Mrs. Hancock is Roman
Catholic. We think it will be found on
inquiry that she is devout communicate
in the Episcopal Churcn, and during the
residence of her distinguished husband
at Governors Island she has taken much
interest in the services at St. Cornelius's
Chapel, and rendered most valuable as
sistance in the musical part of the SER
vices"
"A shocking balloon accident occurred
at lie Mans in France on Sunday, July
4. M. and Nine. Petit went up in one
balloon and their son in a smaller one at
tached TO it. The former burst soon after
starting, and the car fell 400 yards to the
ground, Mime. Petit escaping with slight
bruises, but her husband was much hurt,
and has since died. The smaller balloon
got free, and the youth effected descent
some miles distant.
BLACKWELL, the originator and man
ager Of Leadville mining company,
made his assessments so heavy and fire.
quent that the stockholders finally re-
fused to put in any more money. Then
he armed himself with q revolver and
started out avowedly to collect or kill.
He found several of the stockholders In !
bar-room. They refused to pay, and he
badly wounded two before receiving q
fatal bullet himself.
--Parkersburg, in West Virginia, has .
ten-year-Old hero. He plunged into a
river to save drowning playfellow, came
very near losing his own life through the
clinging Of his terrified compassion, and
dragged him up steep bank where they
both lay while completelv exhauated.