The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-01-24
a biz fire in Atlanta, Georgia,

Saturday destroyed the Brown and other
buildings. Loss about 100000.
Tho Guiteau trial win probably end
to-day. A story is current in Washing
ton that the jury viii disagree, it appear
ing to be pretty well known that two, at
least, of the jurymen believe the insanity
plea
The Rev. J. B. Fitzpatrick, who with
drew from the N. Z. Church, South, to
join the the Reformed Episcopal Church,
has returned to his first love and has been
appointed to Catlotsburg Station in the
West Virginia Conference.
1t is said that G. B. Patterson of
Key West viii be nominated for District
Attorney for the Southern District of
Florida. Mr.. Patterson it is understood
had been recommended for Collector of
Customs in place of Wicker, the present
incumbent.
The Cumberland river has risen until
back water extends over 5000 acres in the
city limits of Nashville The Tennessee
river at Jacksonville is ten miles wide
All railroad communication with Mem
phis is cut off Large quantities of lum-
Der are floating away from the lumber
yards.
Fairs will be held in this State next
month, as follows: Orange County Fair,
at Sanford, February 18th, sth, 9th and
10th; Sumter County Fair, at Leesburg,
on the 18th, 10th and 18th; the State
Fair, at Jacksonville, on the 22d, 2Sd,
oath and 25th. The Middle Florida Fair
will be held in Tallahassee on the I'd of
of May, and close on the 9th.
of the population of New York city,
which is put down by the census of 1880
at l,2O6,297 the nstive-born are shown
to number 27,629, of whom 70s,677 are
white, and 1882 colored. The foreign
born residents number 47s,67O, of whom
29,767 are English, l5s,4s2 German. g.
elO French, 1855 Irish, 1888 Scotch,
1929 Italian, and the rest scattered.
Senator Call has introduced bill
granting the right of way through the
public lands to the Palatka and Indian
River Railway Company. Senator Jones
has introduced a bill granting to the Pen
sacola and Atlantic Railroad Company
the right to build bridges over the navi-
gable waters between Pensacola and
Chattahoochee, Florida; which was read
twice by its title, and referred TO the
Committee on Commerce
Senator George, of Mississippi, has
introduced bill to enco urage agriculture
and manufactures. 1t proposes to repeal
all duties and imposts now laid on ma
chinery for the manufacture of cotton or
wooden goods or goods composed of hemp
or jute; also on all tools of mechanics
which are used solely in manual labor !;
also on all agricultural implements, and
on all cottoA-ties. No bill with such pro-
visions in it will pass this Congress, for
the simple reason that to admit machinery,
DC, free of duty win be to unprotect
the American industry :" which now has a
monopoly in the manufacture off these
necessary articles.
First Assistant Postmaster-G General
Hatton has made the following order
Postmasters will not allow non-subscrib-
erB to take from the boxes, nor will they
hand to them newspapers addressed to
subscribers, refolded and returned to them
into the general delivery, without verbal
or written permit from such subscriber.
A violation Of this regulation will be con-
sidered as. sufficient ground for the re-
mcval- Of the offending postmast ter" This
viii work hard on those people who take
their neighbor's papers from the post
once, read and then return them. They
viii now have to subscribe for papers of
their own or 60 without reading at the
expense of others.
The bill introduced by Senator David
Davis on the 18th for retiring Asso-
ciate Justice Hunt, of the Supreme Court,
makes it condition that be must resign
within 80 days after its passage, in order
to avail himself of the provisions of the
Revised Statutes permitting justices of the
Supreme Court who have served ten
years TO retire upon full pay when they
arrive at 20 years Of age. This is sum-
mary way Of getting rid Of Justice who
is too infrm to serve on the bench. He
has held his commission for nine years,
but has rendered little service for nearly
four years. Physically and mentally in
competent 70 earn his salary, he has held
over in order TO secure the provision pro
yided for by law.
-Dr. Gayre sends to the New York
Asrald some very conclusive proofs Of
ths efficacy Of vaccination asa proven
tive Of smallpox At the Nursery Hos.
pital in NewJf ork during the years 1854,
'S5, 80 there were admitted $500 chill
dren. and yet no Csc o. smallpox %.
Cured daring this period except the four
esses that were brought there suffering
from he disease Is the time 90 Submission,
and i never aDread % the Other inmates