The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-03-08

The veto Of the Funding Bill by President /
U.xrs A. one of the last acts of his official life,
may mske an extra session of Congress neces- |
sarr. He lacked the backbone TO Withstand the /
pressure Of The National Banks
The subjcc; Of making paper from cotton |
stalks i under experiment G. W Artemus, OF
Nsrih CaroIIna. has shown samples oil paper, |
and be saws the cotton stalk has from Is 10 20 |
pcr cent. roIe fibre than the ground wood now !
Used
Hon Nzgh Anderson. State credit Demo /
cat has been elected toll the Tennessee Legislature
ron Madison county, 10 I'll the vacancy caused
BY the resignation Of United States SenatoreIect
Howell E Jackson, BY vote of two 10 one over
his gretnback aud low tax opponent
-ProI-s msjor cartoon last week illustrates
All coa,rss.s The Inauguration OF Jefferson and
GarfsIS The former rides to the Capital on
be-SebAck ard alone The latter is borne upon
he shoulders Of many henchmen. headed BY
Roscoe conkling IS pre'entous drum msjor
Sympathy Is CHEAP The Rhode Island
legislature has JEST passed resolution sympa-
hing viii Ireland. while The laws OF that Stale
XII z, - a. IFiSamAn OF oihe! foreigner vote
-aieSz Le KS - much property, but will per-
niz ze-r0 y roie without being worth cent
TIE Rsrsi Nssr TsrEe> says ih2; = the intro
doc,s0a Q. ra-e Merino sheep into Texas, Colo
ado zn8 View Mexico hss doubled the value OF
IL zocks fne-r for ~ aock-mssteF can now az
:o-sts zr7x o1,.ve wool zhen one cross Of Ne
rsas =, oa.y doables the weigh; Of the fleece
g, -r=s he vslus Of The staple"
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~ %: ne Abiuei gave Gen GARFIELD great
- G i-oz5le- H considered Bruce. Settle,
Baxter. Hga: AID Morgan Of Louisiana. but TO al
Alleged ihese were serious objections. Ii is
So t., Il sn2ily 6xei upon Judge Hunt Had
80 - Al Z Ks 70 friends: WIZ ~As This
l--s A-e ,aese sufferers II The cause d liberty
~ - - - zt-er such fashion
-Cp7- IL s8pJosiiion ihs, one Of the most
.zvz-zlTe constitutional duties Of al legislative
zzssnbEes II Ameriea Is . symp4lbize pro:Bsely
~ reS5--;i9a with rebellion. sediiion, agitation.
- nise-v. misfortune .nd the victims Of mis-
SoTsr--sni Il every land bat their Owl, the
C15czz0 Tsz.es pronounces the refusal OF he
Bos;sa co1uci - size that disreputable parody
. IL kiaz o. beasts, he British lion. by the tail
81 holi Bin Up to the execraiioa Of the civil
izsG word, \ The highest degree Tepreheusibie.
Tie .Sase4aSc An.sricaA has the following in
porzo; Information for those who desire 10 get
~ q sz1ups. "a In the 41tum bore hole one or
t<o i-ches IN diameter, according 10 the e nth Of
lie latter and sboni eighteen inches deep. Put
i,io !; Two q three ounces Of xaltpe;er FIJI the
hoe with wafer and Plug If up close. In the en-
suiDg spring take OF the plug and pour in about
half gil Of kerosene oil and ignite 1t. The
s:unp viii shoulder away without blazing, 10
he Fery extremity Of the roots leaving nothing
b5i Tie ashes
The price Of silver bullion in London ad
Fanced 10 5Ifd per o. on Wednesday on dis
patch from Paris saying that the French minister
Of foreign, affairs announced that the United
Sta,es had agreed 10 the proposal from the French
for an international monetary conference TO as
semble this rear in Paris and that invitations to
Join this conference will now be given 10 the
other leading commercial ma tons. The leading
commercial nations can undoubtedly by conven-
tional agreement open a much larger field for the
1se 81 silver than now exists. The bullion value
in New York of the 1927 grains silver dollar on
Wednesday vas 90 ss4S.
The Quincy Herald OF Saturday announces
Tie death, near that place on the 18th inst OF
Captain d. w. Holloman, an old an honored
citizen Of Gadsden county. He was, says the
Herad. valuable man in every sense of the
word an upright apd kind hearted gentleman,
and in the course of his long and useful life as
the recipient Of honor and trust at the hands OF
his fellow citizens. He filed the Office of repre-
sentative Of Gadsden county in the State Legis-
lziure in ante-bellum days; was long an active
memb,r and chairman Of the Board of County
Commissioners, and at the time of his death was
a consistent member and deacon of the Presby-
ierizn Church.
The value Of the grape and vine product oil
California for 1880 is estimated at $500 600
The State furnished over 100000 gallons Of
brandy, 800 900 worth of raisins and grapes for
preserving and table use to the value of 800 0OO
OF $4,000 more The new brandy is worth, al
wholesale, e1.15 gallon. The new vineyards
that have been planted cover 5000 to 10000
aerta. In Sonoma county alone 1000 acres were
planted in vines last year. In Napa county the
wine product has increased from 297 $40 gallons
in 1870 TO 2, 10000 last year. Land fit for win G
growing may be had for IS to 1925 an acre
according TO location and soil
Judge Black, in his recent speech at New
York on the railroad question, seems to have got.
ten very far away from the facts. He computed
That the railroads had unjustly extorted during
the last year ee75 900 from the people, and
that only on through freight alone; but Poor's
Railroad Manual shows that the entire freight
receipts Of the whole "a 2s3 miles of railroads in
The United States were, in 1880, only 1886 676.-
10S, or about one-half of the amount which Judge
Black says was unjustly extorted on through
nfeights Mr.. Fink, the railroad commissioner OF
New York, has accordingly replied to Judge
Blacks statements. He says: Out of those gross
earnings the railroad companies have actually
paid as also appears from the same book, about
60 per cent, or, say, e2S2 900 900, for operating
expenses, TO their employees, 10 manufacturers,
&C. which leaves them only el54 000. 900 availa-
BE for the payment Of interest on an investment
Of t4,7ee, 100000 The total net earnings of all
the railroads Of The United States, including the
passenger tranc. were e2lo, TIA, or $40 per
cent on the capital invested.
WHAT C0TTox FACTORIES Would SAVE IN
THK 6oUrH--"A factory man has written lei
Ger 70 the Newman tGay Herald. giving his estI-
male Of the amount which would be saved 70 the