The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-07-27

HE IEfU bl4iCAN SAAfAtON. w dSu-
ington special to the World says that
from a remark made by Mr.. Jewell, it
would be inferred that the plan of the
campaign to be conducted by this party
purposes the ignoring of personal attacks
upon the Democratic candidates and
vigorous contest for the supremacy of the
Republican party on its political and his
torical merits. The assertion that the
South is solidly Democratic is to be met
by hard fight in four or FIVE Southern
States, including Virginia, North Caro-
lima and perhaps South Carolina, Florida
and West Virginia. 1t is understood that
the campaign in Connecticut, New Jer-
sey and Indiana will be left to the State
committees, there being in these States
besides the Presidential issue the contest
for the State Legislature, which necessa-
rily develops the entire strength of the
party in the hope of securing a Republi-
can Senator from each of these States
New York State will be carefully nursed
by the National Committee, and the aid
of the campaign fund judiciously extend
ed wherever it will do the most good
AN INEBRIATE ASYLUM FOR WOMEN.
"A liberal subscription has been started
and $4,000 raised already towards the
construction at Wilton, Conn.,, (where
good-sized farm has already been set
apart for the purpose), of an inebriate
asylum for women. Melancholy as the
fact seems, it nevertheless is fact, that
there is largely-increasing class of wo-
men in this country who not only intoxi-
cate themselves habitually on opium, but
portion of whom indulge to excess in
spirituous liquors also. There have been
recently number of distressing cases of
ladies guilty of these humiliating vices,
and it is probable that good many fami-
lies of well-to-do people have skeletons of
this sort in their closets. The proposed
asylum is to meet just such cases as this /;
to furnish respectable, secluded retreat,
where woman of good connections and
otherwise decent conduct may have a
chance to break off from the habit which
most demoralizes her sex.
UTILIZING THE RUSSIAN ARMY
great plague OF locusts having invaded
the Caucasus, the Russian army there has
been sent into the field to make war upon
and destroy them. In the Zahatal dis
trict fifty officers are in charge of the
operations against the common enemy
In the Adjeakhoor district Colonel Sc
rafmoff has deployed . column of 5000
men to oppose the invaders. In Nukkim
the war is carried on by 200. peasants
armed with brooms. In Dagkesaman
5000 men are lighting the locusts, which
are found here almost in solid mass,
overspreading space Of s25 square miles.
They destroy 10000 pounds of locusts q
day, and have already slain nearly 1000
tons without making much impression on
the countless swarms. Some Of these To-
Gusts, it is said. bave appeared in the
Volga, and others in the grain fields Of
Reazar, in Central Russia, causing great
alarm. IS i ID ,..,s
To BE CoAPLKIEp,-The New Orleans
Democrat announces that Mr.. Jay Gould
and other wealthy capitalists havs signed
.. contract for, the construction of the
New Orleans Pacific railroad, which j.
70 be completed BY January ! 1882. The
construction Of this road win, il u claim
ed. make New Orleans the great Southern
terminus of the Texss- PAciic raiIwsy, md
viii open MP 70 New Orlesns i rich md
populous region now tributary 70 81.
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