The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-03
EDITORIAL. HBREVITIES.

George w. Cable, the Southern nov
.!i>t, is so strict a religionist that ne yer
attends the theatres, and never heard an
-pcra.
The Pope has promulgated that he
>vill not confer the rank of bishop upon
any priest who has taken part in the Irish
:agitaton.
w hen Chinese merchant susprnds,
his creditors suspend him, if they can find
Aim. In the celestial land debt and death
:sn hand in hand
In Patrick county, Va, noted fruit
section, there is reported to be ire"
that has produced at one bearing 1870
bushels Of ripe apples.
showed that a bale Of cotton increased
thrty-scvcn pounds in weight during cx
posurc to a halfhours rain
The country holds its nose while
IIatton. Of the funk organ, makes his
daily parade Of vilainous Malone as "the
heroic leader" -.Nucon TIcyraph.
-Kccly holds on to his disciples, and
their faith in his motor is now being ap
proved by their backing him with funds
to build a 5oohorse power locomotive.
|. France is expelling refugee Nihlists
( beyond her borders. Well, they can
come to this other republic and join the
/ army Of dynamtcrs who are sheltered
{ here.
/ The Florida one of Secor Robcson's
I. gunhoats, which cost the government the
/. snug little sum Of $l,750,00O is now adj
( vcrtiscd for sale at New London as old
F.. iron.
! An Illinois doctor sent bottle la
bcled Calmcl- pizcn " to a patient The
: county medical society has cited him to
/ appear and show cause why he should not
! be expelled.
/: The latest in ordnance is French
! gun, twentynine and a half feet long,
. that will put a ball through fifteen inches
; Of steel armor at the distance Of seven
/ and half miles
; Opium is reported at san Francisco
: by the cargo, as it were One steamer
! brought in on the 18th IA cases Of the
: deadly drug valued at $500, 900, the du-
, lies on which amounted to 1921 900.
1t occurs to the Washington Pest that
She lack Of alacrity OF the organs OF the
grand old party in responding to the cry,
Turn the rascals out" indicates their
desire to keep the rascals in. 1t looks
hat way.
Editor Wong Chin Foo, of the New
York chinese. .1merico,', is the only Chi
naman in New York who was born in
san Tung, the province Of Confucius.
Mr.. Wong is a very little man who dresses
ike dude.
Pennsylvania hotels, factories, col
Lrgcs, academies, school-houses, asylums,
hospitals and tenement houses are required
by a law passed by the Legislature to
have six rope fire escapes from every floor
above the second.
Of Sir +. Abel, the chemist of the
British War Department, recently knight
Cd If is said that he has from his knOwl-
edge Of explosives placed the British gov
eminent in that respect far ahead Of any
company or country.
The complete costume of a fashiona-
hlc lady Of the Friendly Islands has lately
been presented to the public library of
|'oburn, Mass. 1t is a square blanket
tattocd with various devices, and made
from wood-pulp, or rather bark pulp
Timber sold for higher price in
Darien week before last than it has
brought in fifteen years, and prices are
expected to continue high. The demand
is much greater than the supply. TWEEN
three vessels were recently in port
loading with lumber and timber.