The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-07-25

Texas has cash balance of $500, 900
in her treasury.
1t is said that DR.. Hicks refused $lO,-
600 for Guiteau's body.
Senator Hill is very low, and no hope
of his recovery is entertained.
The murderous Apache Indians are
again on the war path in Arizona.
The action of the American marines
at Alexandria is highly praised by the
London papers.
Mrs. Lincoln, widow Of the late Pres
ident Lincoln, died at Springfield, Illinois,
on the evening of thel6th inst.
Senator Ben II. Hills cancer was
caused by nicotine, which got into a
blister on his tongue while he was smok-
ing.
Crops are reported in frightful con
dition in the northwest of Ireland Hay
is lying cut in the fields surrounded by
water and potatoes are blighted.
The House Committee on Judiciary
having received a specific charge that
the Texas Pacific Land Grant bill had
been passed through the Senate and
House by bribery and fraud, decided to
give the matter hearing this week.
This week comes the Palatka Herald
with a new dress and enlarged to twenty
eight columns Fourteen long years Bro.
Pratt has labored with the HeraH for his
section and his people, and now all are
prosperous together. May their prosper
ity continue.
Hons. J. F. Mcclellan and J. H. Ne
Kline have started a new town on The
Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad, ten mile,
west of Mariana. The name of this tow
is Cottonton, it is located in a good sec
saw-mill is in operation, and buildings are
being erected.
Many Boston bakers, it is said, ow
ing to the high price of lard, are using
cotton seed oil in its place. Lard cost
them l34 to l34 cents per pound; cotton
seed oil, 81 cents. There is no doub
that cotton-seed oil will soon take thu
place of lard to a large extent. Those
who have tried the pure oil prefer it tC
lard for most cooking purposes.
Mariana Courier "Track-laying il
r5-----o 10y
this way; the layers are now on the sew
enth mile and are moving this way at tn,
rate Of about a third or quarter of a mile
a day. We fear it will not be compile
ted in time to carry off our cotton croI
and bring in fall merchandise. If it il
not the road will lose great deal"
"A Madison special of the 22d, to tn
Union, says: democratic County Con
Vention to-day nominated T. w. Willard
for Senate; J. b. Marshall, ii. NJ. Fearn
side and f. NJ. Tooke, for Assembly
Everything passed off tremendously
The delegates to the Congressional Con
vention were elected, and a motion recon-
mending Finley adopted No other in
structions were given, but the delegation
is strong for Finley
The Memphis 4Acalanche fears tina
it is fiction fondly entertained by bust
ness men all over the South that tn,
credit sytem is about to die out; tina
planters are growing independent, anC
that, in few years, farming operation
will be conducted on cash basis, plant
ers standing on the same ground will
merchants and manufacturers. 1t admits
however, that the financial condition o
planters is improving, but, it thinks, TIL
upward progress is not rapid, and Ions
time must elapse before the present meth
DDS of conducting business will undergo
a marked change. One promising sign
it, thinks, is found in the increased area o
grain planted this season, and the bette
understanding which planters are begin
ming to have of the relative advantages
under the cash and credit systems may
facilitate the process.