The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-06-26

about the middle of September.
Mrs. Scoville, sister of Charles }.
Gulteau, the divorced wife of lawyer
Scoville, who defended Guiteau, is author
lied by the court to change her name to
Howe.
Twenty one suits so far have been
commenced against the trustees of the
Brooklyn bridge by relatives OF victims
of the disaster of decoration day. The
damages claimed aggregate about $4,000
during the past three months eighty
five special agents Ghe full number OF
that class of employees authorized by law
have been sent West on inspection ser
vice by the Commissioner General of the
Land office.
Rosa L. Pierce, 10 years old, was
married to a Preston, Connecticut, farmer
named Cutie, in April, but he has turned
her out of the house because she spent so
much time playing with her dolls that
she neglected her household duties.
On the 2Oth the Philadelphia police
found in the cellar of the dwelling of DIR.
Isaac Hathaway, accused of malpractice,
the skulls OF twenty-one infants, and the
bodies of several children. The doctor
is in prison. His wife is a witness against
him.
France shows disposition to craw-
fish in the Tonquin matter, since she
learned that the Chinese fleet would be
under the command of an American
possibly Robeson. France doesn't want
to have her ships of war stolen.-Nocom
Telegraph.
-Adolph Ehreken, Chicago brick
layer, fired two bullets into his wite'S
head, and then blew out his own brains,
dying instantly 1t is thought that the
woman cannot recover. The deed was
committed because the woman had APP
piled for a divorce.
"A dreadful calamity occurred in Vic
toria Hall, Sunderland, England, on the
18th instant. Over thousand children
had assembled for an entertainment, and
when leaving the hall jam occurred i'll
consequence of tie narrowness Of the
doorway One hundred and eighty-siX
children were crushed to death or sutfoca-
ted, and many more badly injured.
The Raleigh (N. c. -Ne'cs says that
John III. Collins, the colored solicitor of
that district, made trip down to New
bern and had fight with +. +. Tucker,
proprietor of the B"nner, paper pub
lished there. Collins was picked up by
Tucker AMI thrown clear over pump
Tucker was then pulled off by bystander.
Collins was arrested, tried and fined a
penny and costs.
An order Of arrest was granted in
New York on the 10th by Judge Law
renee, Of the Supreme Court, against
Wong Ching Yoo, editor of the Chinese
hueric,t,t, who is defendant in libel
suit brought against him by Chan Pond
Trp. The plaintiff says he was referred
to in Ioo's paper as a criminal and thief,
and he asks for $25 200 damages. Wong
Ching Woo was locked up in default of
q 900 bail
The Milton Hydraulic Mining Com
pany's reservoir, in California, containing
$4,000, 900 cubic feet Of water, burst on
the 18th. The rush of the water was ir-
rcsistibe and swept everything in its
path. 1t raised the Middle Yuba river
100 feet. The roar of the rushing water
was heard several miles distant 1t car
ried away all the bridges in its path
Several lives are reported lost. The dam
age to the reservoir is $4,000.
"A Northern organ remarks: " Ra-
phael Semmes was not All admirable char
acter in any respect, but if any Northern
people want to contribute to monument
fund in his honor which is being raised in
Mobile they can thereby furnish satisfac
tory evidence that the war is really over"
The people in whose behalf Admiral
Semmes fought have just as good right
to honor him rs the whole country has to
homer Paul Jones. Each in his time was
called "rebel" and "pirate," but Drawer
men never trod quarter deck.-,Sord,.-
luh Ne,cs.
On the 18th inst. shocking homi-
eide was committed in Mansfield, La,
which caused great excitement and will
involve trial which will have a place in
the record Of causes cele6re Rev. J. Lane
Borden, President of the Mansfield Fee
male College, was shot and killed by two
brothers named jenkins, one of whom
was an ordained minister They shot him
down and, rs he laid on the ground beg
gng for his life, fired ball into his head.
The alleged cause Of the killing was an
alleged insult to young lady friend Of
one Of the brothers. The evidence so far
has developed no justification for the
killing.
DIR. John +. Carter, editor of the
Peoples Adoocate, Dadeville, Alabama,
was shot and killed in that place by b.
Il. Sturdevant, son of ex-Probate Judge
Sturdevant, on the night of the 18th inst
Carter had been making some severe
structures on Judge Sturdevant in his pa
Der abOut which vOunp Sturdevant calla1