The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-12-27

10 dirty yeass = sns = - uasswaest
Of polificai manasefx Tkis appoi1fsneat
Il IN inaicafioa that Preident Asthurex
pests ths< every Federal oaseehoIaer =
New York Gty-ssen SabTreasurer
shall DO ~ politioal daty.
The Skah of Persia felI violenfiy in
love with the rFinccus oE Wales during
his visit 70 Kngland sone ye.sz Aeo. and
abost once year makes tempting Ger
70 tbs Prince for her. His last PROPOSE
ton Vas 70 give him two Of his best
wives, his mether and his grandmosher in
exchange for Alexandra, bat Wales stiIl
declines.
The Marquis De Lafayrtte's grave in
the Fiopas eemstsry wss decorated on
An Souls day By number Of Ameriean
ladieA To- qusnsity Of howers one wO-
man added little earth broaght from
the 6eld Of the battle Of Yorktown. in
whicA three Etile flags were planted, the
Amsriean stars and stripes, the white
Aear-de-lys Of he Old Eseseb moaarehy
and the tri-coIOr.
Miss Rebecea Bates died ~ Scitaste,
Miss, yesterday. aged SO years. Miss
BaEes and her eousin Abbie were the he
roines of the British scare in 1919.
when the two girls, hidden behind rocks
on the beach, with fife and drum sounded
the roll-c.lI and put TO fight several boat
loads Of troops from British man-oi-wsF
Who were about to make landing. Mrs
Bates cousin, Abbie, is still living, and is
80 years old.
"A showing of what constitutes good
claim to the title of colonel in the South
is made by correspondent of the YazoO
Herald: "I left jacksonville in the af-
ternoon, and stayed all night on Mound
Bayou with Col. Tom Lee never met
him before, and never heard any one say
he was eolonel, bat know be must be.
He has big plantation, big house, with
piano, . beautiful grOwn-up daughter,
and windmill to his we'll"
Among articles coming into use i
paint that emits light without ere, and
machine which produces heat by friction
and also entirely without FIRE. The latter
is cylinder, in which are two metal
plates and . quantity Of water The
plates are pressed together as desired, and
turned with such rApidity - 10 necessary
to heat the water, which heats the cylin-
der, and thus . room is warmed a. by a
stove. It is q Boston inventiUn-
The South Carolina Railroad, saws
the Charleston Nescs and Courier, has
been formally transferred to the South
Carolina Railway, and the reorganization
of the company is now complete. Mr.
Peek, who is one of the most capable rail-
road men in the South, has been elected
General Manager. He was General Su-
perintendent Of the rOad, As the public
know, under Receiver Fisher, and is Ca
miliar with the philosophy as well ss the
practice of railroad management
The greatest Of the wheas-producing
Sssses Of ths Union, counted by milioaa
of bushels, are - follows: Illinois, ST.
0Oo, 900; Indiana, a, ,oOo, 900; Ohio, a.
10000; Michigan, $4,000, 900; Mime
sota, 81, ,oO0, 900 Iowa, 1000, 900; Cali
fornia, $4,000. 900; Missouri, q, 600, 900 !;
Wisconsin, 25.oOO, 900; Pennsylvania,
la,oOO, 900. The total crop Of the United
States is 45S, 900, 600 bushels. grown on
about 81, ,OeO, 900 acres Of land. making an
average Of near thirteen bushels 10 the
acre
The Rev. ]. Hyatt Smith doesn't in
tend that Congress shall be much Of an ez-
position unless he is one Of the exposition
era. Mr.. Randall held his pledge TO vote
for the Democratic candidate for Speaker
in the sEent his vote was needed to elect
The Greenbackers claim that be agreed in
writing to oct with them, while the fact
that he participated in the Ksifer caucus
10 known to all An independent re-
former" is about the only man who en-
6nd three sides to question and get
on to all Of them.
The identical table used by Thomas
Jeferson for tea servics st MoufieeIlo -
in the pessessioa Of W. n. RufEn, e
Daaville, Va, one Of his EneAl descend
ants. The table il neatly made Of hard
oak, shout SIX feet long and four fset
wide, with two small folding le&xesL
Jelsson pressnted Il - . wedding gift
70 Thomas Jsaersoa Randolph, grand
son, Who IN tara LEFT Il to his d.aghtsF,
Mary Ann Randolph, upon her marriage
% p. G. RuGsn, who Afterwards gave i
70 her soa, w. u. Ru1in-
-Aprepos Of the pushing qaessiea Of
the siss of the eossoa crop, The Nes York
BsElssin ays: Wsh ths ezperisses Of
last year, - this time, N essimaiisg 80
lov, and i Gle ysass 1871 sd Is7z, IN
estimating 800 high how can ne new g.
tim4se this crsbf he veieAt of svi-
dsncs fFem the Soukk, nsF alons fsom
plansern, osrs1iniy petnss = he shsrt
ss0P side, ~ afler ps turn ITO he sew
ysar, 4 : qui1s possible - swners of
aesnal csston - she Eoalk VII sisou der
ooueaenee Il, akoFk crop b4 knEHfnm fur