The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-04-17

English railroads have paid, ehce
1875, over e5. 600, 900 in damages fdgser-
sonal injuries to passengers. In sye,
o., 4s5, 900 were paid in this way. ss;
-yirginia's monument to RobsS sE.
Lee will be unveiled at Lexingtoa, Js$5.
o. this occasion Jefferson Davis wilfsre-
side, Gen. Joseph E. JohDston VII be
chief marshal and Major John ". USAiel
orator M.?
1T is announced that Senator keSfN.
Jones viii leave for Europe in few&ceys,
TO remain until autumn. The manly no
goes back worthily distinguished 4 Saa-
tor of the United States bas honest ca.
son in being proud of the poor. bofr3 rho
left Ireland some forty years. ago, foE, shat
1child was the father of tn. mah. =,
The Jacksonville Bosed of Hekth is
fighting the smallpox With energetEtig-
lance, and doubtless will succeed iias3ad.
icsting that insidious disease as soogf4s it
can possibly be done. 1t: is diti6als to
manage, for person mag be aboys;: at
tending to bis affairs for keekt aAe.. he
has contracted it before i: develops End
puts him down in bed. Fl:
-ocala Bdnner-LacOn..; A ruplk;r of
papers in Florida are disposed toiN.eine
and condemn Governor Ro~ham RsyE his
administration. In our spinion Hsshas
filed the gubernatorial c::iair With GORE
distinction than any Governor that EsSida
has ever had, and more 2rosperitE$and
advancement has grown snder his S reer
than any of his predecessors 3;
According to the laSs census $500
women in the country profsssiGe'N ac-
tors, 1901 artists, 800 autt: ors, ;s5 pseach-
ers, 81 dentists, 2ss jouraalists, bylaw
yers, 2,4s2 physicians, 8 underss' ers,
250 painters, and 272 commcrcial a9avel-
era In only one professick, tina. of sSacf-
ing, do they outnumber lthe men, sNnere
being I54,s75 women to 1885 ma en-
gagged in that pursuit. IL
At the animal meeting Of the sock
holders of the Pensacola and Atlantic
railroad, held in Pensacola on the q lth
instant, NJ II. Smith and sJohn E. {: teen,
of Louisville, and w. F. s>McCorr,isk, G.
A Stanley and w. D. Chfpley versa lect-
ed directors. M. H. Snslth was 3Aade
President, succeeding F. DeFun;akssasl w.
D. Chipley Vice-Presideat and Gsperal
Superintendent, and c. Qusrrief. Seefitary
aud Treoe~rer- 80
Mr.. Jay Gould's opiaion IS ar good
as that of most any other nun of htains,
and he told New York Tribune reporter,
who interviewed after tls return srom
Florida. that che was Surprised * the
Improvement which the State had Elade
since his previous visit about two ;sears
ago" He said he had enjoyed hia visit
greatly and was entirely recovereG Srom
the illness which induced his jour6ly to
-ss.rEs Telegraph: ia Mrs. et.ndy
says the fuss made by the Sanford Jos4ral,
Tampa Tribune and Gulf Ccast Priaress,
over the little remnant Of $4,000 a1se4ss of
land in South Florida, given in I'D OF
the bonded counties, remspda her 6 the
antics of an old hen ovnr oae CHICKEN.
The land is so scattered il lutte lots:over
portions of South Florids that thess old
oackling hens have to sp<ead thsFraa Ives
immensely to cover it. /:
As will be seen by resereacel toS On ar
ticle which we take from che 3Gainl...ville
Bee, gold has been disco, cred in tls1 soil
Of that city at depth of lie feetl; We
don't have to 60 that fa> doSnE tpss find
gold in the soil of Starke. We hay3 soil
here which sells from fou* to eight :shun-
dred dollars per acre on the eurlaces and
the good Lord only knaws what It is
worth at depth of l76 ft at. SsarE:S TEL
egrqph.-And does it not q ccs;r to Editor
Moore that the discover, was made Very
early in the month of April? old rsSSners
understand "salting." ( 4
Secretary Chandler r,ust :betpysh-
tough, sir, tough" for sscordiDg Is the
attendant narrator Of the 1saaes- { s.,iom
he has performed feat which one ybuld.
think could only be accomplished ~ an
irOn-elad monkey, for he ''sbiEa&3 mp
into the branches of an orange trsr where.
he proceeded to help himself ana fSaere
70 quantities of the golden fsuis,n Per,
haps, though, in view Of what be- :had
done in Florida he appreksndsa k,r&salia-
tory bullet down here AID 50 Multped
himself with suit of snail uasee: his
shirt and things, and wag so ienAblIA to
defy orange thorns. sCbapdlef 10 holksiy's
FOO. !" il has been said. & S
The Man4factsrer's Record rssprds
the fact that during the months III sanu.
ary and February Of 1855, ooe haSared
and eleven or loads Of u SrttsrH AassAin-
cry passed through Rosrske. Va ESing
South. This, II remarks, Il only whs$has
been dons On ons railrossa, and thatstoo,
duripg tbs two dullest mohs h sAs92sar.
In this connection and tss davsersaeut
Of the South, the Nashviat HaasaaayG
We hsys only sesn tbs dawn of ahespro4
grs,s and Development ttias ii II bsss yet
already hrs its brilliancH desGaNd;sand