The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-02-07
.The-pabIic dsbt was reduced owe

-The-public debt was reduced over
twelve million dollars during january.
The President has approved the hill
granting an addition PensiOn 70 Mira
Lincoln.
Atlanta had another disastrous Ere
last week. Loss 500, 600, mostly covered
by insurance.
lin the port of Pensacola there were,
on the Sd inst, three ships, forty-twO
baFks, Eve brigs and nine schOOners.
in the United States there are l70,-
lOS miles of telegraph lines, exclusive of
those used only for railroad business.
jim the Paris billiard match between
Vignaux and Blossom, the latter made .
run of 396, the best made during the
game.
Baldwin, late cashier of the Mechanics
Bank Of Newark, N. J., has been senten-
ced to fifteen years imprisonment in the
State prison.
Senator Ben Hills mouth is again
troubling him, and fears are entertained
that he will have to submit to another
surgical operation.
"A severe SNOW storm prevailed
throughout the North last week, and at
many points snow fell to depth of TWEEN
ty inches on level.
During the month of January the
State Treasurer of Georgia paid out $780,
900 on account of interest, and had a cash
balance of 81 100000
There were fourteen serious railroad
accidents in the United States during
1881, and the number of persons killed In
this way amounts to more than 1000.
The Tammanyites have fallen into line
with the regular Democrats, and the As
sembly has been organized by the election
of Mr.. Patterson, the caucus nominee, for
Speaker.
"A Western man has succeeded In
giving lemon flavor to watermelons by
making an incision in the vine a short dis
lance from the root, and attaching there
to lemon, the juice of which is absorbed
by the melons.
"A bill, introduced in the House by
Representative Wood, of New York, au-
thorizes Henry S. Knapp and his associ-
ates to cut a channel through Sandy
Hook bar, 500 feet wide and 314 feet
deep, and appropriates S5,5Oo.OOO for
that purpose, to be paid In installmente
as the work progresses.
1T will be seen that the court in the
case of Lanier vs. The County Commits
sioners of Sumter county, has decided that
the late election in Sumter on the county
site question was illegal This leaves the
comfy site at Leesburg until the people
of The county decide otherwise at an cleo
ton properly called and held.
The Nashville World says: IL is
suggested that the tenure of Office act
for Union Federal officials would keep
many of the salwarts in Office for life.
The fact that the Republican party does
not seriously object to the act looks as if
they expected to see sweeping Demo
cratic victory in 1884. May the World
prove true prophet.
Rev. DIR. Bellows, for forty-twO years
pastor of All Souls (Unitarian) Church,
New York, died January 80. He was a
man of great ability and force, and had q
wide reputation as lecturer and writer
upon theological and social subjects. He
was one of the founders of the United
States sanitary commission during the
late war, and was its first president.
The post-ofice and two stores were
robbed m Madison on the night of the 1st
inst In the Post-of6ce they blew open
the safe, took all the registered letters, but
no money. From the stores they helped
themselves 10 liberal supply ofclothiag
and the small change in the drawers.
The sheriff and posse started in pursuit,
but. losing the trail, gave up the chase.
The ApOpka Oitissu ssys: Some
Of Onr exchanges are berating Governor
Bloxham for the tax regulations of the
Legislature, but have not yet assailed him
for what Congress did sbe past session,
and he Is equally responsible for its acts
the reason for the failure has not yet
tranapired An Execatige Is not Legs.