The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-05-01
,Thn dynamite scarn in Xarinn

lNHbH I'NNNlIdI IlUcItSL W ClIC HIClHOUS
Of manufacturing the various explosive
compounds. Dynamite is solidifed nitro
glycerne, and the process of manufacture
is very simple, the component parts being
common glycerne, nitric acid and silica.
AS the ingredients taken separately are
useful in ordinary manufactures, and two
| OF them at least perfectly harmless, it is
difficult to see how it is possible to pre-
vent their sale. AS hey are articles Of
common traffic any person with very
slight knowledge Of their chemical quail
ties and little skill in mixing them can
manufacture the explosive in small guam
titles in any ordinary private room. 1t
will thus be seen how difficult it will be
to suppress the manufacture of the article
in sufficient quantities to be very destruc-
tive in the hands OF organized bands of
\ihilists or Socialists.
The New York supervisors of cleo
tl0n are discussing the question of adopt
ing ballot box. the invention of a Bos-
ton man, designed to render election
frauds impossible. In this box the ballot
is placed face down upon an apron run
nlng over pair Of rollers; the officer in
charge of the box raises lever and turns
a crank as each ballot is deposited. The
ballot is carried by rollers under a clamp
which, by an ingenious device, unites it
finally with with the ballot preceding
The ballots thus united are carried over
another roller, which may be detached
and placed on frame where the ballot
can be easily counted. AS only the face
of the ballot is visible when it is on the
frame, if two ballots are deposited, only
one can be seen and counted
William G. Kingsley, who first sug-
grstcd the idea Of having bridge be-
tween New York and Brooklyn twenty
seven years ago, will on Thursday, the
24th of May, hand over the completed
structure, which has cost 81, O0O, 900, to
the representatives of tn Z two cities. The
President and Cabindt, United States
Senators and Representatives, and Gov
errors of States have been invited to Wit
ness the ceremony. William NJ Evarts
and DR.. StOrrs will DO the orators. The
bridge weighs 81 900 tons, and its height
is 10 feet above the East river at high
water It's length between termini is
miles. The towers at each end are higher
than Trinity Church stceple There are
about 2,0o0,0O0 miles of wire in the
bridge supports.
About As per cent. of the land of the
United States remains unsurveyed to this
day. Very nearly 1000, 100000 acres in
all The mountainous section of the far
West is included in this 100000, 900
acres, but on the other hand hundreds of
millions of acres of arabic territory are
as free from the touch of the surveyors
chains rs when Columbus landed. In
Minnesota alone, there remain 10000, 900
acres unsurveyed in Dakota $4,000, 900
acres, in Montana 10000, 900, and in the
Indian Territory 100000, 900 acres, a total
area considerably more than twice as
large as that of the thirteen original
States.
1t is stated that the Right Hon. w.
+. Forster, late Secretary for ireland,
will succeed the Marquis of Lorne as
Governor-Gen Of Canada. The Hon.
w. +. Forster will, it is expected, arrive
about the latter end of November next.
His Military Secretary will probably be
Major Chatter, late aidc-decamp at the
Government House, and who is now with
his regiment at the Cape. We have Il
strong suspicion that if Mr. Forster is
made the successor OF Lord Lorne, the
Irish in Canada will make the position
too uncomfortable for anything.
The Washington Critic denies that
"Roscoe Conkling is the only man who
ever made speech before the United
States Supreme Court in business suit
Of dark gray clothes" 1t says that
Senators Edmunds, IIoar, Jackson and
Vest have each appeared before the SUI
preme Court during the present term in
business suits. Ex-Governor Thomas G.
Fletcher appeared and argued case last
week in dark gray suit. Many other
instances ,conld be mentioned" The
country may possibly survive this as
founding intelligence.
The strong points OF Keifer as a Re-
publican candidate for Governor of Ohio
are thus summed up by the Pittsburg
Dis2'otch: " He is as cunning and egotis-
tic as Sherman, as coarse as Butterworth,
can play the sanctimonious dodge as well
as Hayes, has as big voice as Noyes, and
would counteract the hypocritical temper
ance nonsense Of Foster. lie is good
enough for the best of Ohio Republican
politicians, and bad enough for the worst.
Why not Keifer?"
"A liquor dealer at Whitehall, N. Y,
has been found guilty, in United States
District Court, of 457 offenses, and fined
$4,000, with $500 costs and months
imprisonment. In default of paying the
tine the alternative is eighty years inn
prisonment. He hos appealed from the