The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-08-23

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twenty-five cents per word. Eosvith-
stsnding the rsdaction, the optnioa i az
pressed at al the oGzcss thak thsrs win Be
no decrease in business.
The beauty which h.s bee5s % gener-
ally accorded 70 the women Of the CITY
Of MEXICO b pronounced mythical BY .
correspondent Of the Chicago 1sssss, who
ssys that they win bear 10 comparison
with United Stsses womeA He charges
the Mexican belle with being arsi6eial
Her face is mass of chalk snd rouge,
and he thinks it - seldom washed.
-PostmssteF-Gener4l James, according
to . special to the Cincinnati jEasufrw,
viii soon resign from the Cabsnes 70 BE-
come President Of Bank and Safe De
posit Company. Of which the FsnderhilEs
are the leading spirits He was selected
on account Of his honesty and obliging
disposition, and strong local fa1as IN New
York. His position viii be permanent,
and his salary greater than . Cabinet
minister
Miss Ida Everson, school teacher
of Wheeling, w. Va, suddenly resigned
her position and returned to StegbenviIle,
where her earnings had been applied to
the support Of q broken-down father,
three sisters, and brother II is re-
ported in the neighborhoOd that the
father, . tailor, whose real name was
Christopher Armstrong, had become, by
the death of his elder brother, the pos
SCISSOR of q Scotch baronetcy and an estate
in Dumfrieshire worth several millions.
The father died of the shock Of the news,
and his son, Is years old, viii be the
future Sir William Armstrong
The James brothers and several 9TH
ers of the gang, who lately robbed train
in Western Missouri, were seen near Kan
sas City recently. Officers were st once
put On their track 1t is said that Pink
ertoa's Detective Agency, Of Chicago,
will endeavor to bag the sc, 900 reward
offered, and for that purpose win send
party Of men to Western Missoari TO cap
tare the outlaws Poke Wells, the nOsed
lows hank robber, il also in the neigh
borhood of Kansas City, and . poese is
close on his heels. Wells robbed the
Fremont county Qowa) bank Jnly 18th
The citizens fired on the robbers as they
rode out of town, and Wells Was danger
oasly shot through the leg He has been
unable to ride since in consequence, and
is being carried around in . wagon, 90
that it is probable that he win be cap
tured.
The British government have, it 10
said, completed arrangements for the con-
venience and security Of King Cetevayo.
They have purchased two farnaa, onego of
1 $50 acres another of 60 acres, which
thrown together viii form the limits of
his future realm No stranger win be
permitted to enter within the bounds of
the Kings location nor to Craze their
stock there except under the written or
der Of the secretary for natite affairs.
Cetewayo and his followers win not be
permitted TO be absent from their resi-
dence between sunset and sunrise, but viii
have liberty to move about during the
daytime over the land Cetewayo and
his wives and followers viii Be supplied
by the government with everything nee
essary for their health and comfort The
estimate Of the ANIMAL cost Of the main
tenance Of CetevsyO and his suite amounts
to l,O49, of which by far the grszaer
part 10 for the custOdians and inaerprster.
Cetewsyo's household consists of i've
wives and two attendant&
The condition Of labor generally, the
activity and the good terms Of its en-
ployments are subjects Of profound con-
gratalation in this country Just BOW.
Only . week ago the New York Hsruld
noted the tact that, in the whole eOantrv
through, there were but two strikes pen
ding, and those local, tenporaryaad of no
special consequences. The changes in the
laborer's condition are everywhers notice
able-eyerywhere for the better. Il il
said that even the trade unions sre Quite
satisfied with the situation, which i ike
praise from Sir Hubert Stsnlsy. Ths busy
season ID at its height. and there are work
and good wages for all Who deserve them
and have the skin to earn thea The
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