The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-11-08

The Virginia election takes place To-
day.
Two thirds Of the town of Edgfeld,
S. c., was destroyed by FIRE Oct. 2sth.
Guitean's counsel win apply for anoth-
er postponment to November 9th, of his
trial
Funeral services in memory of Presi-
dent Garfield, were held in Berlin, Oct.
sOth.
Judge w. O. Fleming, Of cambridge,
Georgia, died at his residence in that city
on Friday last.
The Michigan relief committee has
1880 on hand. and viii need $3.50. 900
more to tide the sufferers over until next
May.
The disputed identity of the Italian
criminal Exposito has been clearly estab-
lished by the testimony of his New Or
leans wife.
1t is estimated that the recent over
flow of the Mississippi has caused dam
ages between Keokuk, Iowa, and Louis-
lana, Missouri, amounting to $2,9aO,OOO.
The steamer G. Gunby Jordan was
sunk in the Flint river near cambridge,
. on Monday of last week. She was hcav-
lily loaded with machinery. No lives
lost.
The parts of the colossal statue of
Liberty to be presented by France to
America. were riveted together in Paris
recently with great pomp and cere-
mOny.
The steamboat War Eagle collided
with the Keokuk and Hamilton bridge
on Friday last carrying away a portion
of one of the piers of the bridge, and de-
mOlishing the vessel. Several lives were
lost.
Chief Justice Hunter, of Utah, has
decided that the naturalization of Dele
gate Cannon was a nullity, thereby sus-
tanning Governor Murray's position in
refusing to certify that Cannon had been
elected to Congress.
MIR. and Mrs. Grant are to give a
grand reception as soon as their New
York house is ready for occupancy, in
order to~display the immense number of
presents received by them when they occu-
pied the White House.
Senator David Davis has appointed
Mr.. James E. Harvey, of Washington,
his private secretary. Mr.. Harvey is ed
itoriaI correspondent of the New York
SIN, and has been for years. He is a
Democrat. Mr. Davis evidently supposes
himself to be still on the fence.
The Mechanics National Bank of
Newark, N. J. has failed for very large
sum. The old story, defaulting cashier,
Oscar L. Baldwin, was the cause He
permitted some favorite customers, c.
Nugent & Co., leather manufacturers, to
overdraw their account to the amount of
100000 since the first of January.
Sidney Lanier's Baltimore friends
and admirers recently held a memorial
meeting. President Gilman, of Johns
Hopkins University, and others made ad-
dresses. 1t was decided to raise memo
rial fund for the support of his family
Among those named as members of the
memorial committee were George w.
Childs, George H. Boxer and H. H. Fur
ness.
According to the last report of the
commissioner Ofagriculture it appears that
100000 persons in the United States are
engaged in agricultural pursuits. The
total value of farms and farm implements is
81, 49,, 2OO.433 or two-thirds of the pro-
ductive wealth of the nation. The value
Of farm products and live stock for 1878
was =, O0O, O0O, 900 against %, 800, OOO, 900
Of mining and manufactured products.
The New York Herald says the Re
publicansleaders are very anxious about
the fate of their State ticket, and some of
them concede that its election is very
donbtfnl The committee find 1t very
hard 70 collect the usual compaign assess
ments, and yet it is claimed that Gen.
Malone had succeeded 10 collecting q
good deal Of money in New York from
the Republicans with which to prosecute
his campaign in Virginia against the
Democrats
"A dispatch from Washington of No.
vember stb. save A dispatch received