The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-11-05

sands of acres of land in Leicestershire
are under water, and many of the Shields
trollers, with their crews, some forty in
number, it is feared, have been lost. NJ
merous vessels have been wrecked on va
rious parts of the coast.
The inhabitants of Dulcigno have
determined to resist the surrender even to
the point of opposing the Turkish regu-
lars. Ria Pasha has made such DISPOSE
ton of his force as will prevent their re-
ceiving assistance from the mountaineers
outside the city.
The trial or preliminary examination
of the Philip libel case, which includes
necessarily the inquiry into the genuine
ness of the Garfield Morey letter, is still
progressing-the pr osecution still produc-
ing witnesses to prove it forgery. The
interesting part of the case is yet to come,
when counsel for the defense state their
ability to prove it genuine.
The Black Diamond Steel Works,
Par, Brother & Co., of Pittsburg, Pa, re-
Gently turned out the largest casting ever
made in the United States. 1t was an
anvil block for seventeen ton steam
hammer, and weighed one hundred and
sixty tons. Five furnaces were built spe-
cially for this work and it occupied seven
hours in running the metal. The block
is eleven feet high by eight by ten, and
it will require four months to cool before
it can be handled.
Captain Bates and his wife, formerly
the giants of Barnum's show, recently
made the overland journey from San
Francisco. They are each nearly eight
feet long and the sleeping car berths arc
only six. In order to secure comforta-
BILE bed, they took the opposite sections,
connected the upper berths with an ad-
Unstable piece, and laid themselves cross
wise OF the car, the other passengers
kindly consenting to the partial obstruc-
ton of the passage at night
"A nice little Republican game was
blocked Monday at Chicago. 1t appears
that the Judge of the Superior Court is
sued AN order that the sheriff select 800
deputy sherifs to assist in preserving or
der at the polls at the election on Tuesday,
on condition that one-half be appointed
from each political party. The Republi-
can sheriff selected the whole number
from the Republicans, and on Monday an
order was issued vacating the original
order on the ground that the conditions
had not been complied with
The Kings Mountain Centennial AS
ISOLATION reports a surplus of funds re-
naming after defraying the expenses of
the recent celebration. 1t has determined
to build an iron railing around the monu-
ment and construct dwelling house on
the mountain near by for the keeper of
the monument, who is to be selected
hereafter. The association is perpetual
organization and it has been determined
to maintain it, holding meetings from
time to time as may be required for this
purpose.
-Pickpockets did lively business at
the recent Atlanta fair. They made sew
eral large hauls. Among the sufferers
was II on. Hiram Warner, who lost $500
in cash and certificate of deposit for
$4,000. One of the pickpockets was a
woman who managed to make several
hauls before her business was suspected
and then it was too late to arrest her,
One gentleman knocked one of the light
fingered gentry down, but he got up and
ran of in the crowd before any one could
catch him.
"A dispatch from Key West, to the
New York World, dated October 80 says ;
The Cuban-American Democratic process
sion held here last night was the largest
ever known In this part of Florida
While the procession was passing an I'M
lighted portion Of the street it was as
sauited with sticks and stones thrown by
a gang of Republican negroes, and twenty
men and one woman were injured. The
| attack was not resented, but number of
the rioters were arrested and will be Sc
verely dealt with
"A New Orleans dispatch of October
26th says: A Southern Pacific Railroad
party, composed of Hon. Charles Croker.
president of the Southern Pacific and
vice-president of the Central Pacific Pa
cifc Railroad, Thomas W. Pierce and r.
S. Spoford, of the Galveston and San
Antonio Railroad, and George Croker
and Colonel James Gamble, general SUI
prentendents of the Western Union Tele-
graph lines on the Pacific coast, left to-
day via Morgan's line for Galveston
and San Antonio. Mr.. Croker is look
ing for an outlet to the Gulf for his road,
which he states will certainly be COM
pleted within tw oyears, possibly earlier.
/ "A dispatch from Denver, Colorado,
states that that city is the scene of q fear.