The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-02-28

down again he filed it with those who
had fewer relatives, and next time with
husbands who had no children It was
not until the fourth lift that unmarried
men were given a chance. The fifth car
ried some almost worthless bummers and
Lucky himself, with the fire scorching
their clothes. When praised for his act
he carelessly replied: "Oh, that wasn't
anything. If hadn't got those fellows
out of the way would have been burned
up don't you see."
There are now 1920 locomotives in
the country, of which New England has
1850, the Middle States 5000, the West
ern 1900, the Southern l 800, and the Pa
cifc States 42O. Massachusetts, has 9es,
New York 1000, Pennsylvania 2, 700, ILL
nois 1900, Georgia 800, Virginia 300, and
Florida SO. The shops in the country
can turn out about $500 engines in
year.
The Chinese have established great
arsenal at Kao Chang Mao, six miles
from Shanghai, where 1900 natives are
at work making arms and ammunition.
The rifles are said to bear comparison with
the best English and American make
Nearly dozen steam frigates, each car
rying twenty-six guns, and provided with
500 horsepower engines, have been built
and launched from the works.
The heather gods manufactured in
New England are not substantial The
Indianapolis Journal says: g The climate
of India has split many of them wide
open, and produced schism in heather
churches. Occasionally a nose comes of,
to the horror of the worshipper. One
factory has been mean or careless enough
to ship whole cargo of cross-eyed gods to
India, the consequence of which has been
the breaking out of a bitter religious war
and chaotic condition of faith.
The plan which has been inaugurated
for the relief of the family of the late Sid
ney Lanier is not to present Mrs. Lanier
with sum of money, but to raise mod
est capital to be placed in the hands of
trustees, the interest to be paid to her
during hOr Efo 60 1u1ble her to support
and educate her four children. After her
death the principal is to be divided among
the children as they come of age to give
them start in life. An appeal has been
made in Charleston for contributions for
this purpose.
London Truth: America is sending
US prime beef and mutton. American
wool is ousting English from the market.
American apples are more numerous in
the English market than home grown.
America is now sending us English plum
buildings ready for boiling. American
horses have this year won the principal
races in England and France. And now
that America is bestirring herself about
her navy what will be left for poor old
England to plume herself upon
Captain Adams, of the Dundee whaler
Arctic, returned from Davis Straits, and
says he visited the scene of the loss of the
Erebus and Terror, of the Franklin expe-
dition. He found house and store of
provisions near the Franklin monument
in wretched condition. In Fury and
Hecla Straits, an Esquimaux gave him par
ticulars, which appear to clear up the fate
of the last survivors of the Franklin expe-
dition. After the loss of the ships seven
teen men started overland hoping to reach
Hudson Bay. Only three of them sur
vived the journey to the house of the mar
rator. The father of one of these, who
is supposed to have been Lieutenant Gro
zier, died first. The deaths of the others
followed.
"A Washington letter in the New
York Sun says: Things move. Some
are rushed ahead. For instance, the
Washington Post to-day (6th) comes out
for Blaine for President The Post is
the central Democratic organ. Blaine il
said to have . pecuniary interest in it.
He has similar interest in . number OF
Democratic papers. 1t was some time
ago that the editor and the Maine states
man concluded between themselves that
neither the Democratic nor the Repubh-
can party had future worth considering,
and that the thing to do was to shatteI
both in pieces and make Blaine the can
didate of the fragments. Pursuant to
this idea, Blaine is ut work, and the edi
tor of the Post is doing what he can tc
keep his end up" Nf
The Railway Age has recapituls
ton of known foreclosure sales of railway
in the United States during the past year
Twenty-nine roads, with an aggregate
mileage of 2sl7 miles, and IN apparent
investment of s5l, 27s, 900 in capital stocl
and 81, ga, 900 in bonds and other indebt
edness, making the vast total ofeiss, 900,
900, have been sold to wind mp their Ions
outstanding obligations. These figures
viii surprise and discourage many who
believed the era Of the railway forecl0
sures past because ofthe prosperity of Oh
country, bat the Bankruptcy Of thes'
roads commenced years ago, and the,
1 have been dragging a1ouu fhrolnh IN