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

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IN New York.
"A maa II Boston b Q candidzte fse
alderman aud councillor, and there , -
lAw excluding him, Il slscted, iron mem-
bership in both branches of the eo@moa
| e0uncil.s
| There i graceful grOap Of young
ladies among the diplomatic families n
Washington. Ths Mexican, Spanish,
Portuguese, Chilean, HsytiAn, and Ha-
waiian ministers al have unmarried
daughters
John Thompson the veteran Presi-
dent OF the Chase Natioaal Bank Of New
York, says Of the Prrsidea,'s suggestion
TO cancel the silver certificates, that the
destruction Of ess, 900, 900 Of our carren-
cy would be the first step % bad times
Senator John s Williams, of Ken-
tacky, recently sold . crop Of tobacco,
raised by himself i'm that State, which 10
said to have been the most extraordinary
one for crop lot ever sold in the Gin
cinnati market. 1t netted upwards Of
teS, 900 for the product Of less than ninety
acres.
The Supreme Court Of Tennessee has
decided that the Law Of that State pro-
viding for the assessment Of railroad prop
efty is unconstitutional This decision
will empower every city in the State TO
assess railroad property a. private prop
efty, and to collect back taxes since 1875
at such assessment
Mr. Justice Maule, one of the abIest
iurists that ever sat on the bench Of Eng
land, used to sum up insanity pleas in
murder cases in this way: did the
prisoner know what Ire was doing? And
did he know that it was wrOng?" There is
q Dicturesqueness about this which would
adorn the Guiteau trial as with jewel
Governor blackburn, Of Kentucky,
has pardoned two hundred cOnvicts, and
gives rs his excuse that the Penitentisry
was so crowded that they were dying OF
at fearful rate. To prevent the prison
from continuing charnel house, he freed
the fe~blest and most deserving, spsring
the State the expense OF building prisons
large enough to punish the criminals.
Democratic leaders in Tennessee are
charging that agents Of the Federal sd-
lhinistration are quietly assisting and en-
csur2ging the repudiatiouists in that
State, with the hope that . coalition may
be formed with them as was done in Vir-
ginia- Whether this charge Is true, or is
invented to wake up the Democrats to
Activc work, it is too early too determine.
-Defalcations have been brought to
light in the Treasury Department. At
Havana, by the discovery OF stolen tar
Documents, amount to about 100000
600 instead of so, ,OOO, 900. as before re-
ported. This sum represents about ten
years ground rent on real estate belong
ing to the government, valued, according
to the recovered documents, at 42O, ,O0O,-
900.
Great interest has been aroused at
Bowdoin College by the suit brought
against students for elO, 900 each for dam
ages to fellow student, whose eyesight
was nearly destroyed by their wsnton
T hazing." The entire sophomore class,
and probably the whole college, win Be
be summoned as witnesses. The trial will
be held in January by the Supreme Court
Of the county.
Hon. Charles Robinson, . Kansas
temperance advocate, states that the pro-
hibitory liquor Legislation Of the Kansas
Legislature has had the effect of increas-
ing the amount Of whisky drinking, and
he advises the temperance people in other
States not to contribute TO the fund Of
S5O, 900 to be used to enforce the law. He
says the meDey will be used for political
and selfish purposes.
Two members OF the municipal gov
ernment of Cincinnati have been indicted
for bribery. An alderman and council
man both attempted to make money by
selling their votes, and were caught The
alderman valued his vote 1t q 500 and
the councilman his at $4,000. Judging
from this exposure, municipal politics in
Cincinnati are about ~ bad - in Phila-
delphia or New York.
Mr.. Paul Tulane, who proposes to do
nate 81 ,O0o, 900 to education in New Or
EIleana, is . native Of New Jersey, Who
made his money in the Crescent City BY
selling ready-made clothing and investing
Iiu real estate, which be bought NV, hes
held long, and Is nov very valuable He
proposes to pat his bessfAotion into oper
alton at an early day. u order shat be may
be witness Of lis operation
-Much eurrissisy i ielt by msny
| friends Of the late Colonel Forney % learn
What sestamentary dispositioa be msde q
his pvivsis papesA Il i kDown that y
| kspt carsfnlly written diary and that
be also preserved manY lettes fFonpEom-
| inent men, whieh tsnas apsn same a ths
| moss interessiag svsaaa = she hisspry q
| thia eoantry. Ths pablisasiou ~ -
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