The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-04-04
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Two rival editors of Mexico fought a
duel with pistols. Both were killed.
Two fools less.
Sixteen hundred American revolvers
were recently ordered for the South Aus
tralian police forces.
"A passenger railway up Lookout
Mountain, Tennessee, is promised, to be
finished inside of eighteen months.
A Philadelphia paper says South
Florida lake contains alligators enough
to build fence around it four feet high.
Capt Eads says if the United States
fails to appropriate $50, 600, 900 for build
ing his ship railroad. he will ask England
to come to his aid
Mayor Harrison. of Chicago, proposes
to reform that city by closing the gamb-
ling houses and arresting all the conf
dence men as vagrants.
The widow of Cornelius Vanderbilt
has an annual income of 81 ,oOO, 900, which
has brought her 800 offers of marriage
within the past two years.
Over sixty steamboats, on the Missis-
sippi river and its tributaries now employ
the electric light, which adds much to the
safety of traffic and travel.
A Kansas witness who was being
Outraged by cross-e1amlning lawyer,
apealed to the court for protection. The
Judge handed him a pistol, and the
lawyer had no further questions to ask.
"A freight ear loaded with brick was
recently thrown from the track near
Joliet, III. Eight tramps were secreted
In the car at the time, two of whom were
killed, and the others so badly injured
that their lives were despaired of
The following is the report of the
amounts awarded by the aud ting commit
tee as the fees of the doctors and others
IN attendance on President Garfield !:
Bliss, $4,000; Agnew and Hamilton.
$4,000 each; Reyburn, Boynton and
Susan Edison, s. 900 each, and Crump.
nurse, 81 900.
AT last the final report of the COM
mlssloners OF the Paris Exposition of 1878
is presented, and the French government
Is SHOWN very pretty little bill to foot
In almost every item the expenses were
more and the receipts less than the esti-
mates, and the totals are, j, respectively,
'5,175, 900 and 24,350 900 francs, leaving
deficit. of 81, 1925, 900 francs, where but
third of that sum was expected.
The 577 Cinnamon arriving in San
francisco in one steamer had all been
Vaccinated before leaving China, accord
ing to certificate from the United States
Consul at Hong Kong; bat the quaran
tine officers said that made no difference
Is city ordnance required them to be
Sacclnated after arrival The immigrants
refusing to submit, were barricaded on
'ne main deck, and dragged out one by
one through narrow passage to be oper-
ated on, Some fought desperately, and
were badly hurt by the clubbing they re
eeived.
"A Washington wag is credited with
the following: "I met the Chief Justice
awhile ago, and | said, Waite, old fellow,
I Roscoe is made judge and q case comes
"eiore your court, and, after the arcu
ment, ne is on one side and you and al
the Judges on the other, what then ~
waite hesitated; but I said: "Now
0esWeen you and me, to 60 no farther
now would it be 81 With q smile the
sn'ei justice replied: 81 suppose Roe.
GOES opinion would have to stand as the
Judgment of the court, because if he didn',
as would resign, and that, you know,
would never do.n
Experiments show that the new
s1fOme leather-the result of the new
nnlng process by bichromate of potash
exceeds in tensile strength the bark
sued article; also that after il has sci
aoer the necessary stress it still retains
extraordinary amount Of elasticity
.'en ls savailable for lightning machinery
.'ag On Pulleys As illustrating this
en'' the fAcs u shown that . piece
. eAFome leather bore IN ultimate ssres.
pounds per square inch-this ex.
p's proving the samples Of Ii.
esanned leather to be stronger thaz
eAsk'saaned By some Is per osnA