The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-03-21

thirty OF the RUSSIAN refugee jews
have located in Atlanta.
Strikes prevail in the North and West.
In some places the militia are under arms
to prevent trouble
AN exchange says the notorious W.
W. Hicks is preaching in Washington.
They say it is as good as circus"
The Pensacola Commercial declares
that it is neither dependent " nor in
dependent Democratic paper.
One of the four Confederate silver
half dollars, coined at the New Orleans
mint in 1861, was sold in New York last
week for 1870.
Senator Call, on the 18th, introduced
a bill to provide for deepening the en-
trance to the northwest channel of the
harbor of Key West.
The Baltimore american has started
five-cent subscription for the benefit of
Sergeant Mason's family, which is meet
ing with liberal response.
1t is estimated that the total length
of submarine telegraph cables in the
world is 62,lOO miles, having money
value of about 5000, 100000.
The canal to connect Lakes Eustis
and Dora has been completed, and the
steamer Wekiva made her first trip
through the canal last Friday.
The smallpox is spreading in Nir-
ginia and Pennsylvania. At South Beth
lehem, Pa, a place of 1000 inhabitants,
there are over two hundred cases.
In the House, last Tuesday, General
Finley introduced bill to authorize the
opening of passage between the north
end of Indian river and Mosquito lagoon.
-Quitman (Ga.) Free Press: The
Sprague divorce case has been settled.
Conkling may now visit Mrs. Sprague
when he pleases, without being asked to
dance the Rhode Island quickstep.
1t is rumored that Police Commits
sioner Stephen b. French, will shortly
succeed Mr.. Robertson as collector of
New York, and that the latter will be
cared for in another important position.
The House Committee on Printing
have agreed to report favorably the
House resolution to print five thousand
copies of the report from the Department
of Agriculture relative to insects affecting
orange trees.
The Mississippi river is said to be
eighty miles wide at one point of the
overlooked section, $25, 100000 worth of
property has been destroyed, $4,000 peo-
pie are rendered destitute, and still the
work of destruction goes on.
The Philadelphia Record publishes
the interview by a representative of the
New Orleans ISnacs-Democrat and says:
"Florida has, indeed, bright future, but
this exhibit of her growing prosperity is
only indicative of the revival SO rapidly
progressing throughout the whole South."
The appointment of Judge Samuel
Blatchford, of New York, as Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court of the Uni
ted States is generally commended as
one emminently fit to be made. The only
objection so far interposed is to his age,
which is given as 80, but that will soon
cure itself
John Russell Young has been nomi-
mated as minister to China. A great many
people think that this was done to please
General Grant and not because Young
possesses any peculiar fitness for the posi-
tion. He accompanied the General in
his :" tramp abroad" wrote fulsome and
hattering letters of his reception wherever
the soldier went and thus got into his
good graces.
An Ocala special to the Union, dated
March 18th, says: Mr.. G. II. Pinckston,
an uncle of the lately deceased postmaster
At Ocala, and for month past acting
postmaster at this place, committed sui.
eide to-day by blowing his brains out
with a pistol. Business troubles, in no
way connected with the post-office, are
supposed to have been the cause of the
rash act. Though a young man Mr..
Pinckston was the oldest native citizen OF
Ocala, and was highly esteemed.
Jacksonville Times March 18th
Senator Jones, of Florida, was the recip-
lent on Thursday last, of most crafty
ing tribute from the Mansfield Society, Of
Boston, consisting of miniature statue
Of Daniel Webster, about two feet in
height, of beautiful workmanship. This
Is in token of their appreciation Of his able
eulogium on the great Expounder of the
Constitution, which embraced consum-
mate analysis of his character and genius,
and was delivered at bis late centennial
in that city, where it received at the time
great applause and an extended favorable
mention in the leading local papers.
The Lake City Reporter makes this
timely suggestion: snow that the J.,
P. q H. and Florida Central Roads have
passed into the hands of bona Jfds owners,
we trust, and In fact believe, the new
owners win give to the immigrant low
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