The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-04-06

The Herald relief fund last week ag-.
gregated A3Os. 1877.

gregated tsOs,lS7.
The Emperor William celebrated hi
eighty-third birthday on Saturday, the
Goth inst. He is still hale and hearty.
"A man dressed as Dervish stabbed
the grand sheriff of Mecca on the l4tf
inst as he was entering Djedda, seaport
of Mecca. The sheriff died on the 2lst
from his wounds. The agitation among
the Mussulmans is intense. The assassin
Is said TO be Persian fanatic.
"A dispatch from New Orleans. of the
2lst inst, says that, on that day, John
Newman, quartermaster of the steamship
Lone Star, fell dead at the wheel, while
the steamer was landing.
"A genuine fur seal, weighing eighty
pounds, was caught at the mouth of York
river, Virginia, few days ago-an &C.
currence never before known there
The Socialists of Chicago have petit
TONED quarantine against the Chinese
and threaten dire things against the gen.
tie heather should he come in numbers to
that city.
The Chicago Times declares, after a
careful and extended inquiry in eleven
Western States, that the increase in the
Yield of wheat in those States will be GO
per cent il no harm befall the crops.
There are 10000 locomotives in the
United States, and each contains $500
diffrent pieces, requiring renewal every
ten or twelve years. This conveys no
ton Of the industries which railroads
foster
The cigar makers in Cincinnati have
accepted the manufacturers concessions
and have resumed work 1t is estimated
that the loss during the FIVE weeks lock-
cut 10 the manufacturers, men and inter.
nal revenue aggregates over 100000.
A number of persons connected with
Montreal newspapers have been anony-
nously ordered to publish proclamation
by a society styled the /" S. p. A." declar-
ing that the English and Irish should be
driven from Canada. Death is threatened
f.'r refusal to publish the proclamation.
WIN. J. Hilton, former Superintend.
eHt Of the Providence (Rhode Island) and
Worcester massachusetts, Railroad, con
fesses that he has issued forged paper,
within the last two years or more, to the
amount Of $4,000. The paper purport-
"a 10 be signed by VIM. S. Slater and
Lyman a. Cook.
-Telegraphing from Cologne, sweet
scented spot for an imperial scandal, a
correspondent of the Standard (London)
insinuates that the selection of General
MelikOff as virtual dictator of Russia is
not so unaccountable as might be imag
med, as he is the natural son of the Gar
his mother being an Armenian.
The acquittal of ex-Judge John Hill
# buckingham county, one of the Vir-
ginia Judges indicted for failing to put
negroes on juries, has allayed the excite
nent there on that subject. Five of the
indicted Judges have asked that their
eases be continued. There will probably
~ trial of three others at this term OF
the court.
"A man named Andrew Miller, far.
Iner living near Jersey Shore, Lycoming
Co, Pa, was found Friday morning hang
ing 10 beam in his barn. His head was
horribly mangled, and it is supposed that
lac was murdered His wife and a man
named George Smith have been arrested
GA suspicion, and the Coroner has com.
meneed an investigation.
The fioOdgates of scandal seem to
have been turned loose in Washington,
which city is most terribly belied, or is
.'Be Of the vilest sinks of iniquity, Of Off
eial, political and social corruption, in the
civilized world. The national capital
bore a very different reputation in former
days before plantation manners were
forced TO give way TO Radical culture 81
and advanced civilization"
An explosion took place in Lehman,
Kosenthal IL Co.'S fax mill, at Frankfort,
Indiana, recently, killing ten men, inclu-
ding the fireman and engineer. All the
killed were employees, and they had gath
cred in the boiler-room at the time for the
purpose Of warming themselves. The
i'uilding was demolished. Nearly every
man was killed instantly, and all were
horribly mutilateG. Only two were bu-
RED in the debris, the rest being blown
through the walls.
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