The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-11-23

Heavy snow storms are reported at
Wilmington, N. O., and Petersburg, Va
Governor Joseph E Brown was
elected q. s. Senator for Georgia, by the
Legislature, on Thnrsday last.
Captain Eads was the recipient of
very iattering demonstration by the citi-
zens of Galveston recently, on his way to
Mexico.
| MIR John Bright has been elected
Lord Rector of the University of Glas-
gov, defeating John Ruskin by three hum
bred and fourteen votes.
| -Apar of the Insane Asylum at ST.
Peter, Mimi, was burned on the 18th
inst. Several lives were lost and the loss
on the building was about $4,000.
| We sometimes extract items from the
carefully prepared column, "Tapping the
Wires" in the Savannah Morning Ne,os,
and take pleasure in acknowledging the
same.
| -Governer Wilt has appointed Hon.
J. G. Naming, ex-Chief Justice of the
State Supreme Court, United States Sen
ator, from Louisiana, vice Spofford, de-
ceased
! Newport, Mo-, town on the Iron
Mountain Railroad, was almost entirely
destroyed by fire on the 18th inst. Two
thirds Of the buildings were burned and
about 900 lives lost.
! Fifty men and boys were killed by
the xplosion of fire-damp in the mines
at Shellarton, N. S., a few days ago. An
appeal for help has been issued by the
mayor to the citizens and towns near in
Canada
| Very cold weather is reported from
the West. The thermometer gives the
subjoined indications Cheyenne, 16 be-
low zero; Denver, 8 below; North Platte,
8 below St. Louis, l6 above: Chicago,
10 above.
| Judge Jackson was elected on Mon.
day last by the State Legislature Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia,
oice Hiram Warner resigned, and Judge
Martin J. Crawford was elected Second
Associate Justice in place of Judge Block
! ley.
| The exKhedive OF Egypt has been
abandoned by all the inmates of his harem,
with the exception of two coal-black girls
of Nubian origin. His funds having been
curtailed, he found it impossible to retain
his hold upon the fairer complexiOned
ladies.
| The cases of the Virginia Judges,
lately indicted for not putting negroes on
their juries. came up yesterday before the
United States District court, in session
at Danville. The court ordered q nOlIe
prosequi to be entered, which orssr Gre
ated surprise and applause.
| "A report from Dallas, Texas, reports
much excitement there on account Of q
general fight between farmers and out
laws within three miles of that city, in
which one of the robbers was killed and
another severely wounded The gang
had robbed eleven farmers.
| General Garfield is said to be very
fond of baseball, never missing a game
if he can avoid it. He always watches
the game closely, keeping the score him.
self, and getting heartily excited over
every particularly brilliant play. He is
an honorary member of the National
Nine.
| Official returns from all the counties
in New York, save New York county,
which is estimated at 4l,s76 majority for
Hancock, shows the majority for the Gar
field electors, to be 20,s42. The only
counties from which protests have been
received are Cortlandt, Lewis, Rockland
and Schenectady.
! The Mississippi Valley Interstate
Convention permanently organized at
New Orleans Wednesday last. Governor
Wilt made an address in which he stated
the object of the convention and said its
members had an opportunity of demon
strating to Congress that beside the great
duty and task proposed by them, party
issues and personal aspirations sank into
insignifcance.
| Judge Davis, of the New York Su-
preme Court, who presided in the Philip
Garfield libel case, and attacked Mr.. A.
s. Hewitt for his connection with the
Morey letter, has, since the publication of
Mr.. Hewitt's manly card, addressed
communication to the newspapers ac-
knowledging bis errors in the statement
Of the testimony, but endeavoring to jus
tify himself otherwise in his unjusti6able
abuse of Mr.. Hewitt for political effect.
Political partisans on the bench are the
foulest blot on the character of our gov
| eminent.