The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-03-28

Henry W. Longfellow, the poet, died
at Cambridge, Mass, last Friday.
Judge Blatchford has been confirmed
as Associate Justice of the United States
Supreme Court.
Senator Hill has been subjected to
another operation without any apprehen-
sions of a serious result.
1t is estimated that 100000 per-
sons have signed petitions praying for the
pardon of Sergeant Mason.
There was heavy fall of snow in
the West last week. In some places it
reached depth of one foot.
"A petition from Chicago, signed by
10000 persons, has been presented to
the President praying for the pardon OF
Sergeant Mason.
The House Committee have inserted
in the river and harbOr bill an appropri-
alton of $780, 900 to continue the improve
ment of the St. Johns bar
AN agent has been sent from Phila-
delphia to.inspect the lands Mr.. Disston
offered to the prosecuted Hebrews, pro-
vided they would settle thereon.
When the Sultan of Turkey kneels to
pray it is on $4,000 rug. When his
cooks want their wages raised to twelve
cents day he sends them to Jail.
Mary Ann Herman recently died at
Jacksonville, Indiana, after fasting Ga
days. At the beginning of the fast she
weighed 100 pounds but was reduced to
rs at her death.
1t is said that Susan B. Anthony
wants the name of the Pullman cars
altered either to Pullman-and-woman or
Pull-irrespectite-ofsex cars. We don't
believe she wants any such thing.
In referring to Congressional candi-
dates, the Key West Democrat says:
Gas South Florida has considerable to
say in this matter, we name DIR. ]. V.
Harris or Lieut.. Gov. L. w. Bethel"
The Tampa Progress wants South
Florida man for Congress, and names
General J. B. Wall as its choice A cor
respondent in the same paper advocates
his claims as candidate before the con-
vention.
Seven persons were executed last
Friday, as follows: two at Harrisburg,
Pa; one at Rock Island, H.; one at An
one at Pittsburg, Pa, and one at Clear
field, Pa.
Live Oak Bulletin: "The Middle
Florida Fair will open in Tallahassee on
the Sd day of May. Can't Suwannee
county get up something to exhibit and
be represented on the occasion? She
need not be afraid"
Forest fires continue to rage in Flor
ida. A mail carrier in Hamilton county
last week had his clothing scorched and
his vehicle set on fire in "running the
gauntlet" where they were burning the
woods on each side of the road.
Mr.. w. A. Marschalk having pur-
chased the interests of Messrs. w. d.
Chipley, G. A. Stanley and S. r. Mallory
in the Pensacola Daily Adcance- Gazette,
becomes sole proprietor and editor. The
paper will hereafter appear as a semi
weekly.
The floods in the West are subsiding
at most points, but great restitution still
prevails among the people. The Senate
Committee on the Improvement of the
Mississippi has agreed to report bill to
appropriate 100000 to place the levees
in good condition.
"A very disastrous fire occurred at
Richmond, Va, on Sunday. The Rich
mond and Petersburg Railroad bridge
over the James river, the Vulcan Iron
Works and several large tobacco facto-
ries were destroyed. Loss about $780,
600, half covered by insurance.
The Cabinet disapproves the sentence
Of the court-martial in the case of Cadet
Whitaker, and the Secretary of War has
issued a special order ,discharging him
from the Military Academy on the recon-
mendation of the Academic Board, be-
cause of deficiency in his studies.
"A bill has been introduced in the
Senate to incorporate the Atlantic and
Mississippi River Canal Company, with
a capital of $2o, oOo, 900, the route to be
from ST. Mary's river in Georgia through
Okefenokee swamp westward to st. Marks,
Florida, and thence along the Gulf coast.
Pensacola AdUdnce- Gazette: With
the T. d A. Railroad running east, the
Chattahoochee river running south, the
cambridge & Chattahoochee and the
Louisville and Nashville running west,
immigrants to West Florida will have
every opportunity and the cheapest of
rates for shipping their produce north,
east, south or west, to say nothing of
water privileges at Pensacola for ship
ment to foreign ports.
in the Senate, on the Esd, the Life
Saving Service bill was taken up for dis
cussion upon amendments proposing new
stations. Our Senators spoke in advocacy
Of new stations on the Atlantic and Gulf