The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-11-07
EDITORIAL BREVITIES.

To-day we elect Davidson.
The Georgia Legislature convened on
the Is,-
Macon, ga, is making carriages for
Connecticut
Grover Cleveland is already spoken
81 a. the next President.
Measures have been taken in Hungary
20 prevent future riots against the Jews.
There Is a steady decline in the num-
Der Of cases of fever and deaths at Pen
sacola-
The official returns of the votes cast
Al one plantation in Maine were signed
b. al the local officers with All y.
Receipts of the Post Office Depart
ment exceed expenditures for the first
time since ISIS The excess OF receipts
l. fl,s36.s95.4o.
The British Postmaster General as
serts that postoffiee work is done better,
more promptly. more neatly. more ac-
eurately by women than by men.
1t was out West that a political de-
l-gste moved bar be set ny in the con
fgrenee-roon. He said be wanted t. stop
tie numerous motions to adjourn.
The knives used by the murierers Of
Lord Frederick Cavendi>h and Mr. Burke,
IN Phrnix Park. are said to have been
found concealed in a stable in Dublin.
The official vote of Georgia gives
Gov Stephens a majority of g. .357. Sec
retary Of State Barnett ran II SOS votes
ahead of Stephens, receiving li9,S6l
votes.
The Evangelical Christian Conven-
ton, TO inaugurate a revival in church
work, commenced at Chicago last week,
with an attendance of over FIVE hundred
elergymen.
1t is predicted that the Washington
Monument will be completed in 1854. 1t
Is now over 300 feet high, and when fin
isbed will be $50 feet high, and - feet
higher than the tallest of the ancient pyr-
amids.
1t is gravely limited by the Boston
Herald that Lord Roscoe Conkling's law
practice is not sufficient to "vindicate
his reputation, and that he may yet be
able 10 pass out of hotel without being
stared At
The women suffragists, having taken
account of stock this fall, find that in
twelve States women are permitted to
vote on educational matters, while in four
constitutional amendments giving them
equal voting privileges with men are pend
ing
Gath has reached the conclusion, says
the Telegraph and Messenger, that ii Ar
thur does not make radical change in
has administrative methods, he may have
20 face an Impeachment trial before the
end Of his term. He has already done
enough upon which to lay stronger arti
eles than were preferred against Andy
Johnson.
Macon Telegraph: The Tribune Is
calling loudly for " a halt Yin the Malone,
Cash and Chalmers business It's too late
The Radical party has run on that line
ever since the war and now that it is be-
ing brought into judgment for its crimes
aud It's hypocracies, it is too late to cal
"a halt II will have to go forward to
n. ct it's doom.
Again comes the story that Charley
Ross is about to be restored to his home
and parents. James Logan, detective
SAYS that the missing boy is SO near Phil
adelphia that at twenty-four hours notice
be can be returned to his home The
detective claims to have met and CONVEX
SD with the boy in Roman Catholic
educational institution.
The Item says Jay Gould has given
an order in Philadelphia for The fastest
steam yacht in America n. Y. Hsrah1
Bennett is reputed to own the fastest up
20 present writing We suggest that
both crowd on all steam and make bee
line for the North Pole, the first mar that
gets frozen to be declared the winner
Whichever wins, the public will be the
gamer, even if it is not in the cause Of
science"
The New York Times offers up some
observations on " lingering Bourbonism. y
Lingering is pretty good, says the Ma
con Telegraph, in that connection. 1t bids
fair 70 linger much longer than the party
20 which the Times belongs, and of which
IL is heartily ashamed. without having the
courage 10 say so. Yes, " Bourbonsm, >
so-called, will linger long after Grantism
and Arthurism have been shoveled into
disbOnored graves.
The debt statement shows the de-
crease of the public debt during the
month of October to be 1929, le0.55
cash in treasury, s275, 1885, 1906; gold
certificates outstanding. $2e, 1850, 44o sill.
yer certificates outstanding, s73, 6O7, 7l0
certificates of deposit outstanding, 90, 945,-
900; rsfunding certificates outstanding,
t42s, $50; legal tender outstanding, ss4s,-
6sl, 0le; fractional currency outstanding,