The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-12-20
Ell Perkins is to lecture in Jackson

Lanier.
The Peabody Hotel, Memphis, Tenn,
was partially consumed by FIRE on Friday
morning.
The land section of Jay Gould's
American cable was laid at Penzance, on
the 9th inst.
The Jacksonville Times has . new
head line, and is one of the best printed
papers in the State.
DIR. Carver was beaten at his own
little game recently in a match with a
Mr.. Gordon, near London, Eng.
Thomas c. Acton, Superintendent of
the Assay Office, New York, will be nOm-
mated to be Assistant Treasurer at New
York.
Mr. John r. Mclean has become sole
owner of the Cincinnati Enquirer. 1t is
rumored that he will make it Democrat
ic paper.
The trial of Carraway Smith, of Mad
ison county Zone of the election cases,)
is progressing in the U. S. Court at Jack
sonville.
The name of the Speaker of the House
is pronounced as if written Kifer. 1t is
German name and belongs with the verb
Reiter, to scold.
-Beecher says of Guiteau: "He who
is sane enough to organize the elements
Of crime and accomplish it, is sane
enough to be hanged"
The number of persons in the Wen
ma theatre at the time of the recent disas-
ter is supposed to be about 1000. The
number OLIVES lost is 1914.
Mail Irregularities are reported in all
quarters of the State. 1t seems the visit
of the late Postmaster-G General to Florida
did not do so much good after ALL
Another bank defalcation has &C.
Cured in the Poughkeepsie, N. Y, Ma
tional Bank, paying teller Holloway be-
ing the lucky man. He only stole $780,
600.
The President on Friday nominated
to be Collector of Customs, Seth W. Saw
yer for the District of Apalachicola, Fla.
Joseph Hirst, for the District of St.
Marks, Fla.
Major William Arthur, the Presi-
dents only brother, has arrived at Chica-
..
New York, having received an appoint
ment on Gen. Hancock's staff.
Jefferson Davis has telegraphed to
the managers of the Cotton Exposition
stating that circumstances will prevent
his acceptance of their invitation to visit
the Exposition before its close
The small amount of interest taken
in amendments to State constitutions has
Just been illustrated in Massachusetts,
where, with SOC, 900 voters, only 10000
ballots were cast on such an ISSUE
Judge David Davis has made an in
teresting discovery. He says President
Arthur's message is the first document of
the sort in forty years that has not re-
ferred to the South as distinctive Sec
tion of the country.
III. Fl. Riddleberger, the Readjuster
nominated for the Senate from Virginia,
will succeed Hon. John w. Johnston, not
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, as the Union
has it. The latter is not member of the
present Congress and has never been q
Senator.
-Attorney-General McVeagh, accord
ing to Philadelphia dispatch to the New
York World, "would not remain in the
cabinet because he had no faith in the sim
certify of the administration in the matter
of the prosecution of the star-route con-
sDirators."
The Washington Republican says
Senator Brown and Representative Steph-
ems called at the Post-ofSce Department
on Friday to get Democrat appointed
postmaster at certain town in Georgia,
but their wishes were ignored and stall
wart got the place.
in the recent Boston municipal cleo
tons returns fromgall but two precincts
show the election of DR. Samuel A. Green,
Republican and citizens nominee for may
or, by $50 majority over Palmer, Demo.
crat. The Democrats have claimed mis-
count, and called for recount of the bal
iota.
Two Of the crack steamers on the
ST Johns river are entertaining their
friends and patrons with daily races.
This is dangerous business, and viii
serve no good purpose, except to induce
the travelling public TO patrOnizs the
boats that do not engage i, - il ought
70 do.
1T d nov said that the lady of the
White House viii Be Ms John Davis. .
daughter Of ex-senator and the new Sc
esslaEg IL etats Frslinghuysen, and
the wife q Presideut AFthur' ginnie se-
erstaFy. 6hs i rsgardsd = very 10
compliphed woman and ri lied for
ksr heu potiaI dnlies.
The JaekDonaille papss1 e. Friday
eontain tsls6Tshs from the .. 8. eiansl
eersiee 0ales i Washisgten giving %.
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