The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-08-21
MISCELLANEOUS.

The public will be glad to hear it rumored
that Mr.. Billy Chandler ismaking arrangements
! to swap our navy for flock OF seventeen pink
! g"ndolas.-.iHanta Constitution (Dem)
The Democratic party of Cincinnati seems
| TO be in considerable trouble. Too many able
| editors is the disease with which the Cincinnati
party is aftlicted-Adanta Constitution (Dem)
1t is urged now that Mr.. Tilden is not as
old as the Emperor of Germany, and, therefore
ought to he President. We had not thought of
this before 1t strikes us as being very able ar
gumenf.-C Cincinnati Enquirer (Dem)
The New York World announces that it
has more than doubled IT'S circulation in two
months-a sure indication that Mr. Joseph
Pulitzer will make it one of the best pieces Of
newspaper property in ayew York in a few
years, <tct
1t is time the better class of Democrats
called halt upon The sneaks whffcts and sur
lace who. by their petty squabblcs and jeal-
onsles, smiling and gBawing and nibbling, are
last undermining the Democratic structure
.1ltoond (PtD Times (Dem)
Our contemporaries of the Republican press
are so engrOsscd in urging the claims OF Mr..
Randall on the Southern Democrats that they
TAIL to give he Democratic Legislature of Gcor-
gE credit for unseating white Democrat in
favor of a coored conte,tant.-L Louisr0e Courier
JoUrhat tDem.)
Samuel J. Tilden may or may not be can
health is bOSh. lie is we'll enough now, unless
all observers are deceived, for any OF Tie ordi-
nary duties OF life. Whether he could stand
the tremendous racket and strain of Pres
ldential campaign is another matter. .-IhiItdei-
ihid Press Rtp)
The Republican organs continue to cAress
Mr.. Sam Randall Some want him to be
Speaker OF the Iou-c, and some want him To be
President The whole affair is very much com
pcaled. The difference between a Pennsvlva-
MA protection Democrat and Republican seems
10 be the difference between two bay mules -
Atlanta C0nSttutt0n (Utm.)
A new administration is dcsircd-an ad-
mnstraion that has life and vigor. The Re-
publican press is mourning for the good old
times when Zach Chandler pulled HE wires.
They want men who would steal the Presidency
if necessary. The present Cabinet would not
DO any oi these things They have not sufficient
energy. -haa&1s CITY Times (Deia)
Two drunken men fought duel with no
other weapons than their fists near Perth Amboy.
The risk OF the engagement arose from their So
lection OF the railroad track the arena on
which to settle their quarrel. A locomotive
came along AMI killed them both. The moral of
the occurrence is found by rctlecing that the To-
cOmotivc was loaded with water the COmbatants
with Whlskey.
The man who, more than anybody else, is
responsible for the drunkenness that disgraccs
H.. D.
Hayes, Of Fremont, Ohio. He made conviction
and punishment tor drunkenness a farce by rein
stating the convicted officers last as they were
dismissed from the service. This is the man
who, while in the White House, never drank
wine at his own cXpense.--Neo York Sun.
A fighting man like General Crook is often
times the most efficient peace officer BY his
squire dealings with the Indians he has prevented
more outbreaks than he has been called upon to
suppress. Whatever he thinks ii best to do with
the captive Apaches, the country will consider
the right thlng to DO in the circumstances. His
judgment must be worth more than that OF any
bureaucrat in Washington. Herald
1t is said that the palace car or which Pres
Idcnt Arthur lett for the West was fitted up " it'll
Il inc department, and that cases Of champagne,
three cases of Rhine wine, four gallons Of old
bourbon, three OF Old cOgnaC and five OF Bor.
deauX wines We're put aboard. Road Commits
sloner Hayes, seated on the back porch of his
house at Fremont, Ohio, and slipping Roman
punch, will smile when he reads the paragraph
Baltimore Day
Notwithstanding the immense quantity of
melons produced this year the melon growers OF
South Georgia have reason to congratulate them
selves There were S42 car loads of melons
shipped this season up to July 12th from three
places on Savannah, Florida and W Wcstern Railway
These melons nettcd the growers $125 per car,
making total of $l05, go paid to the farmers of
Brooks and Lowndcs counties up to the date
mentiOned.-.NcdnndhN Ne1rx
The East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
Railroad established August 9Th IA line Of
Pullman sleeping cars to be run daily without
change between Atlanta and jacksonville Fla.
The East Tennessee, Virginia aud Georgia Rail
road, or " Florida Short Line" Will hencciorth
run this line of Pullmans over lis own roadway
between Atlanta and Jessup, closely connecting
there without change with the Savannah, Flor
ida and Western Railway TO and from Jackson
VlllC.-.StcIn3ldh NecS.
Mr.. Alexander Willis, probably the oldest
man in the United States, died at his home in
Bradford county, about five miles from LaCross.
last Wednesday. Mr. Willis was Il native of
South Carolina, and at the time of his death WAS
113 years old. He removed 30 this State at the
time Of the Indian war, and has remained here
ever since. Before his death he stated that
he could remember the return Of his father, all
ragged and poor, from the Revolutionary war.
lie himself served i'll the war with England OF
1912, under President Jackson, and since his first
vote, cast for General Washington, at his second
election, has voted at every election since, in
Guiding the last, when he put in straight Dem
ocratic ticket for Hancock. Up to few years
Of his death he was in active health, but towards
the end suffered from cancer in the mouth. 1t
is few men that live to this good old age -