The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-05-01


nous hey wears one of damptls yaincl
al $500. 900. =.
A few days ago the Ef in Iabe
Minnipisiogec. y H., was ahry -Iv;o
inches thick
The election in Georgia passed Of
quietly last Tuesday. The p;.k was "ety
light, Mcdaniel receiving ali i.nt sew
scattering votes
Eliza I'inksion, the lamo@s I.oulsiaua
niin.->~ in the Electoral controversy Il
] 80 -, died in Jail at CanIe:l., Miss, ~
the 9TH ult., where She was Serving oaGt
"a term for larceny. =,
No editor should abuse anderbj[t
Tor Spending his money a IL pleaRi%
Remember that some day yop sill be- yie},
r,nr-elve- AMI should thcr fore PIT
t"nr>rlle~ in his place -:
Tho venerable senior a'lI' presiding
.-i"P"f the American Epi~col Al Chur;a,
l1r- smith, may be said to rave hcc' a
citizen under every President g the u>t,-
f'-l states. He was : ycaf-- old WHOM
ti.i,eral Washington del
Russia practices economy 10y Iylifd-
ing prison for 800 men an,I crow,lin,s
100 into H. America saves money ~
n"i a're>ting the criminal, or by anqi5t-
iin.s him if hr is tried, or b, parloning
iin If H.. - convicted Poor. Lcnighlr>l
Russia.
-AdtieeS from the great beat grn.n:
ing States indicate more satisfactory
condition Of the wheat crop than lflil
been estimated. and give rcas<A, for thinE-
ing that the decrease in the ha.~i est, c'in-
pared with that of last year. ~i!i be l,~S
than twenty per cent. ::
A semi-weekly line oF fr,l Lass
steamships between Fernandira and NrT
N"rk direct is a consummati.at drvou;h
10 lac wished for Ii is said ind ioui:.-
les the saving is true one, bat s,.cA 4
line waits only the proper enc2fragemt',t
{" be promptly established. j..
-Ey-Treasurer Gilfllan atiFibltes ,i,is
sneorss 10 never having " allo'ssl himself
1" get the big head, disease which ii.3
many man in Washington snd which
lew who come there do not cath" 'fhe
di~ease Is not peculiar to Washington
Many are inflated with All iloa of their
"Wn Importance who never s;ss tina, city.
-tireen Il. Raum, Commits ioncr 81
Internal Revenue, rendered. his rcsi1
nation 10 the President on 81 Jrlar, 10
take effect yesterday 1t is reported
that within three hours afttt his res
ignaiion had been accepted, six appG-
cations were received by tt& President
from eK-membcrs of Congress 't:E the pp-
eition.
a life insurance company has ca',-
oeled a S2o,noo policy on the ID of Il nan
IN the country. The eNperientcd Glitter
Of the Aorristown UerdM asScaiS that Tie
company had been informed that the
holder of the policy, who is 4 butter Ard
'-gg merchant, intended to visit a news
paper Office in the city to inst Alct the cd,
itor how TO run his paper
Two libel suits have recently 1een
decided in New Orleans, and 5u favor Of
the - fourth estate" NJ. +. Bt3ney, Esq,
The poet, editor of the city Hfm, sued
railroad president for libelous publication
IN the LIotiy States and recoyeked "a, 20.
damages. The publishers OF tia, Ffc1Yuac
were sued for $25 900, foi alleged dctan'a,
iion of character, and the .iury did pot
allow the plaintiff cent
The Florida Southern is nnw finished
10 Brewer, six miles beyond il.n late Ter
minus at Gainesville, and fifty.iive miles
from the II. Johns at Palatka The
grading is finished TO Newnaqsvile. ten
miles beyond Brewer. The 0cala divSs-
ion Is in operation IRON the rain line at
Perry forty miles from Palakka) to nesa-
Ia, thirty-two miles, making eight y.seven
miles of road now in operation
The Key West Democrat says that
duke Finder, who killed lI&4ry Jones
near Chokaluska, some four weeks since,
is now IN iail.there, and the grand jury
has brought in an Indictment against him.
Jones was with Apthorp's surveying party
when killed. The shot fired s,v Pindar
was not intended for him, but missed its
mark and took deadly effect pn Jones'
The man for whom the shot was intended
il the principal witness against the muir
derer.
The pOstmaster-general hsss ordered
that All letters upon which ope full rate
Ofpostage has been prepaid, aHlt all postal
cards shall be forwarded frGat the otise
10 which they are addressed tsiany other
Office, at the request of the. person al
dressed, or of the party whose ..card may
be upon the envelope, or Whose. Same may
be signed TO the envelope, wig out adj,
tiOnal charge of postage Such forward.
inc must be continued until tias party all
dressed is reached"
Mrs. Langtry's engagement in the
United States has thus far lasted twenty.
four weeks, and the net receipts: up to the
18th inst have been $229,GM.5s She.
played fer four weeks in NeaF ork, tl,e
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