The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-09-18

Asen revived in San Francisco. Gold was
discovered in digging cellar, and several
men have since been industriously using
pans, at profit of about $s per day.
Judge Hoadly incidentally put his
foot down on Jayhawker Woodward yes
terday and now Woodward resembles a
summer fly that has been alternating be-
tween the leaves of family bible.-N.
Y. World
-Assistant Surgeon Barnard Semig,
OF the United States Army, was found
dead in bed in San Francisco, on the lst.,
with a bottle in his hand labelled poison.
Surgeon Semig had a brilliant record.
He lost leg in the Modoc war.
In the art galleries of the Louisville
Exposition are three hundred pictures,
which with statuary, vases, etc, are val
ued at over $l.ooO,OOO. These treasures
are borrowed, and represent most of the
finest collections in the Country.
Judge White, at Dallas, Texas,
thinks that the great electric storms are
due TO the vast amount of exposed iron.
| There are 100000 miles of railway and
400, 900 miles of telegraph wire in the Uni
ted States--quite enough, he urges, to in
, lftrnec natural electris;.y..
The Petersburg Matl remarks: "Ter-
asps We did 'blunder,' but it was a blum
der Of Democratic head and not of the
heart. This year, however, we propose to
80 thoroughly scotch the Malone SER
.pent that in the early future his political
death will be readily effected"
- The United States war steamer
i'inta, which has just received hundred
thousand dollars worth of repairs in the
,Norfb blk Navy Yard, started out to sea
the other day, but only went few miles
before it had to turn back for more re-
pairs, 1t, however, before breaking down
demonstrated its capacity to ran six knots
an hour
Crime has its uses. The transmits
sion of it's records helps to pay big divi-
.dends to telelegraph monopolies. Half
of the work of the wires for the press is
for account Of criminal occurrences. Ev-
cry villainous thing is telegraphed, but
1arely virtuous. The wicked world
had rather read of crimes than good
deeds.
The Republican party needn't have
killed Malone again at its recent Con-
vention, for the Democracy had already
!done it. However, the Republican party
Of Virginia "owed him one" for he had
killed IL. He was a friend more dan
:gerohs than an enemy, being an odd and
independent combination OF foolishness
and knavery.
Mr. Charles A. Dana, of the New
York SIM, puts on white beaver about
two O'Clock every afternoon and goes to
lunch. He straddles one of the swinging
seats at counter, and, fitting his hat
gently back, mods familiarly to the waiter,
sand orders plate of soup. He is al mod
est as if he did not have an income of
$40, 900 a month.
/ John Sherman was once Secretary of
!. the Treasury. His disposition of the con-
tingent fund was made the subject of in
quiry. A few subordinates came to grief.
AS Sherman has a prospective boom for
's4, it might be well to remove his coat
of whtewash and reopen the investiga-
ton. There will be a Democratic major
ity in the House next winter.-SorannoA
Nems.
To-day there are Democratic Govern
ors in twenty-five States of the Union,
which represent voting population in
} the elections of 1882 of 5,l53,7l6 per-
! sons. To-day there are Republican Gov
, ernors in twelve States of the Union only,
representing in last years elections vot-
ing population of 2,666,s74 persons. Vir-
ginia has a Readjuster Governor repre-
senting l9S, ,4ss voters.
-"One of Morgan's men " tells how
Col. Bob 1ngersoll was captured. Ac-
eording to his account, Ingersoll was
found in a hog pen under the litter created
by the occupants of the establishment,
and marched into Morgan's camp by a
boy fourteen years old and the Morgan
man adds that he borrowed 800 Confed-
crate money while a prisoner and never
returned the money
/ The State of Virginia expended more
than ,nillion dollars in 1882 for the sup
| port of her common schools. Of these
i 4,o62 are white schools, and 1925 col
ored The State Superintendent of Schools
! strongly urges increased facilities for the
! colored children. The white population
between the ages of and 81 was, in
1880, 3l4,s27, while the colored popula-
ton between the same ages is 2O4 $3.50.
-Maconchie, the well-known London
Ritualistic rector, has been sentenced to
q deprivation of ecclesiastic preferment
His church, St. Peter's-in-the-East is un-
fashionable, the congregation being
chiefly composed of poor people; but ex-
treme Journalism found favor there, nev-
/ ertheless in burning candles, bowings to-
ward the East, and masses with only
slight notifications of the Roman Cath