The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-04-05
The Monticello Library is success.


The Courthouse at Monticello is TO be thor
Oughly repaired.
Professor Andrew d. White has resigned as
Minister to Berlin.
About 500 900 have been already subscribed
for tic Atlanta Cotton Exposition
john B. Stickney has been nominated again
by Mr. Garfield for L. 8. District Attorney for
Florida.
Tremendous snow storms occurred at and
west of Chicago. at Columbus, o., Detroit and |
Cincinnati, on Monday last.
Curry, tie Texas murderer of Porter, was
shot and killed at Las Vegas, N. NJ, by bar
tender. in drunken quarrel, on Monday last.
-Messrs. W W. Hampton and McCook ofthe /
Gainesville San and Bee, have been appointed on .
The Beard of Trustees of East Florida Seminary.
A gang Of desperadoes is terrorizing the en-
tire county around Rio Arabia, New Mexico
The militia has been ordered out by Governor
Wallace.
The Republican Senators held caucus yes
ieIday in Washington and resolved TO continue
the struggle lor the election of the officers before
acting on Executive nominations.
Rev. Robert J. CsIley, prominen, Methc-
dist Divine Of Georgia, and nephew Of Hon.
Hugh A. Coiey, Commissioner of Lands and
Immigration. lied at Mariana, Fla, on the 2sth
nit
A riot in Balaghaderin, Ireland, Saturday
last resulted in The killing of Two of the rioters
and the wounding of thiriy-two others. One
polic, man was killed. The people attacked the
police. who fired in self defence.
The city election in Jacksonville yesterday
resulted in the election of Morris Dzialynsk, the
Peoples candidate, for Mayor The Republican
candidate was Gtnera H. Jenkins, Jr. The sue
e,ssfu candidate is a Democrat but The ticket
headed by him mixed.
Market gardeners, says the Lake Cily
reporter, are not discouraged at the weather and
sales this season. We hope they may have sue
cess to The end of the season, as the bad luck OF
the past Two seasons was sufficient to drive many
from the business and annoy even the most de-
-iermined.
The Nicksburg Shreveport and Texas Rail-
way, il is reported, has been purchased by
Thomas A. Scott The purchase, it is said, needs
only the ratification of the board of directors of
i
next month The road is TO be completed in
eighteen months.
The first train on the new WaycrOss and
jacksonville line crossed the 81. Mary's river
INTO Florida on Monday. The bridge is an iron
structure, built by The Clark Bridge Company of
70 ia,, "ls~ETs ~~aSOrU d1-eniV nnilee of track
between the 18th and Goth of April.
TLo N;no;n,..; Iroo,,;.o- e,,-e ,l.ot V;oc
President Arthur is blind wnen his eyes turn in
the direction of John Shcrman's scat II the
Vice President would let John get behind him
some time he would probably be able to rccos-
nize the Ohio Senator. About the time Arthur
vacated lie New York custom house John was
accounted a very hard kicker.
Col. Cary w Styles late editor of the Bruins
wick ApTea, has been engaged by the Savannah
Florida and Western Railroad. 10 write up
s ,u;L-eastcrn Georgia, for the WdycroSs Reporter
This is but another evidence of the well-known
enterprise of that company, which has perhaps
accomplished more for the benefit of Florida, Than
all the Florida roads nut together, and which
puts TO shame every railroad manager in the
State.
The celebrated insurance case of the heirs Col
Walton Dwight, of Binghampton, n Y, who
in the short space of few weeks, in 1873 effected
in several companies insurance on his life 10 The
amount Of $4,000, payable quarterly, and before
the second quarterly payments were due,
mitted suicide, has recently been decided against
the Insurance companies, some of which have
paid, while others have been contesting on the
ground OF fraud.
The newspapers have described fully the
ngors and hardships of the Western winter, but
The most palpabIe illustration of what the snow
drifts have accomplished in the way of block
AIDES is furnished by the Si0uz Fdaey Oak Necs
in IFS edition for March H. Paper ran out but
invention came IN and the result excellent
impression on white cotton cloth. During The
war Southern journals were occasionally printed
on wall paper, but it remained for a snow block
ade 10 time of peace to bring cloth into requisi-
ton for this purpose.
-kalloch. who several months ago killed De
Young in San Francisco, has been acquitted
lie was tried for murder, and the jury. after
tWeniy-.Our hours deliberation, brought in YER
dict Of not guilty. The verdict is a surprise 10
every one at all acquainted with the facts in the
case. Kalloch. 1t will be remembered, rushed
into DeYoung's Office, and without q word of
warning shot him several times with a revolver.
from the effects OF which he died in a few mo
ments. The friends Of Kalloch, after his dis
charge, drew him 10 his home in carriage,
amid cheers and shouts of rejoicing San Fran
cisco isn't quite civilized yet
The United States consul at Vera Cruz has
recently furnished the State department with
some information about cotton worms He
shows clearly that the cotton worm in Mexico is
the same insect as that which proves 50 destruc-
tive in this country. 1t has been thought by
many that the cotton caterpillars which invade
Texas come from Mexico He shows that even
il this be true, The Mexican fields are themselves
invaded by hordes of insects coming from still
further south-from Yucaian and Central
America. That southern Mexico IL the home of
this insect seems proved, hswever, II having ex-
listed thus from the earliest period when cotton
was cultivated, more Than six centuries ago.
"A Washington dispatch TO the Herald of the
9Th, says: This evening one feels 10 Repub-
lican circles the shadow of an impending con-
fici, the end whereof some Republicans confess
they do not see. There are more and deeper
grievances than as yet appear before the public, |