The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-08-31

tured cAp1ain claims thas the motive 8,
the band was not plundsr. bat che sep
port cf Gsaeral IAmirex and the over.
throw of the Diaz government.
Judge Page, of Austin, Mimi, was
assassinated at his own house on the oath
inst He has for years been the principal
mover in the great political, social and re-
ligious feud that has agitated Southern
Minnesota
The dory Littte Western, in which
two young American seamen have COM
pleted a risky voyage across the Atlantic,
left Gloucester, Mass, on June 18th, and
arrived off Bishops Rock lighthouse, July
2sth, thus making the voyage in 4e days
Mr.. Yoshida, the Japanese minister,
with his wife and three children, has gone
to the seashore near Long Branch. He
is an artist of considerable skill and spent
a part of the summer sketching in the
Alleghanies and the Cheat River Valley
It. Speer, of New Orleans, has exhib-
tied fine specimens of fibre from the ba-
mana plant. He estimates that an acre
will yield 1O,s4O pounds of fibre, worth
$3.50; this, added to the fruit, will make
the cultivation Of this splendid plant
very profitable.
The new route via the Morgan, Lou
isiana and Texas Railroad, between New
Orleans and Houston, Texas, will be open
ed for daily freight and passenger trains
on the 18th and 3Oth inst. The running
time between the points named will be
eighteen hours.
The following shipments of specie
arrived in New York on the 25th: Per
steamer Wisconsin $3.50, 900, per steamer
France *ssO,OoO, per steamer Batavia
$500, 900, per steamer Gellert 81 $50, 700
total 1916, 700. All gold coin except
$4,000 in gold bars.
The railroad suspension bridge at
Niagara Falls has been changed from a
wooden to an iron and steel structure
within the last four months without an
hours delay to the trains passing over it,
and the new bridge is said to be the
strongest and most durable in the world
In the suit of James \. Whalen
against General +. H. Sheridan for the
recovery of the Damages alleged to have
been sustained by the plaintiff by the
con6scation of his property known as the
Killena plantation, Judge Choate, has
rendered decision denying the motion
to file and serve bill of exceptions. The
trial resulted in a verdict for defendant.
The Democratic campaign, as prose
cuted from the headquarters of the Ma
tional Committee, is, in the judgment of
the committee, the most vigorous canvass
that has been made in years. Never be-
fore, not even in the memorable campaign
of 1876, have such enthusiastic advices
been received, and never, it is reported,
have so many Republicans announced an
intention to support the Democratic ticket
Some rogue got up an intense excite
ment in New York the other day by
writing letter 10 the Herald that he in
tended to end his life by plunging into
the lake at Central Park at exactly
o'clock P. M. A large crowd was in attend
ance, and the police wore themselves and
their new uniforms out securing through
the shrubbery, while the perpetrator of
the hoax was doubtless ensconsed in a
favorable position enjoying the scene.
Hon. Horace Maynard, ex-Minister
to Turkey, visited the White House with
Postmaster General Key on the 25th, to
pay his respects to the President. While
there Mr.. Maynard received his commits
sion as Postrnaster-G General, and shortly
afterwsrd went to the Post-ofice Depart
ment to take the oath of office The
President also signed the commission of
Hon. d. NJ. Key as Judge for the Eastern
District of Tennessee, and that of General
Longstreet as United States Minister to
Turkey.
The highest percentage Of municipal
growth shown by the census is that of
Denver, which has increased during the
decade at the rate of $50 per cent. Min
neapolis ranks second with rate of 400
per cent, and Oakland, CAL, third, with
rate of 233 per cent. st. Paul and
Camden, N. JS share the fourth place
with rate Of l07 per cent. Grand Rap
ids, Mich, is credited with 90 per cent. /;
st. Joseph, Mo-, with SO per cent. :;
Omaha, Neb., with 20 per cent. and
Atlanta, Ca, with 70 pr cent.
The cause of the recent breaking out
of fever on the United States steamer
Portsmouth, which vesse is now at the
navy yard at Portsmouth has been dis
covered to have proceeded rom defective
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