The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-12-18
The Queen has made Alfred ,Tenhy

son, Poet Laureate of England, aBarnn.
Senator G. w. Jones has the Chair-
mansh'p OF the Committee on Rcvblulien-
airy Claims. :.
Over a thousand bills WERE Intro
duced in the House on the lth, and will
he referred to committees when fortified
The Starke Telegraph has becn pre-
scented with a Japan persmrnon weighing
full pound, and we wish it had weighed
more :.
Tile Pensncoliaq says that the kidcl
registers of Pensacola show about eight
hundred arrivals from TIE lst of nr.an-
her fifteen days. :
The Manatec Mems records the ,knth
OF Mr. Arthur Angc, of fernando County,
who met his death by tree falling :amn
him, near his home in thai county. x
Brick structures will take the pace
Of the wooden buildings recently bu.Scd
in Mariana. We prcsun,e thst somiHepa-
per will now say that "thc fire N:as
blessing in disguise" I
AT the city election in tharlhstor on
the 18th all the Democratic candidates
were elected without pit
IN one ward, where an independent san
against the regular nomiAcc for alder.lah
and was badly beaten by him.
BY reference to the map it. willT be
seen that there is less than half an iach
difference in the latitude: of Tallaha{yec
and Jacksonville. So our climate is rs
" semi-tropcal as that ri the moutlf of
the st. Johns, while the Temperature: is
more equablc
The Republican National CONVENTION
will meet i'll Chicago on tAir third OF .J8ac.
They will meet there I" fne luck" We Shp-
pose. Two Presidents s;0minated there
have been killrd-but Two Wee Pr,.si
dents have been promotcs; So the nop-
nation of one President has resulted. in
making two.
"A surveying party IA running ltnc
for prospective railroad from Valdo>ta.
Ga, to Deadman's Bay, at the mnuthssof
the Stcinhatchce river, witch is the bonn-
Diary line between Taylor and Lafayette
counties. The length of :hc line cnntCsn-
plated is about a hundred miles. ands is
via Madison
The day will como when the people
of Florida will do full Justice to- w. ID.
BloXham and his administration, when
they will look back with pride and pleas
urc to the acts of their first native Gay
rrnor, and when they do they will inscribe
the legion: "Oblivion against the narhe
of his detractors -Brook%UWe Cresct ut
The first Annual Bench Show of
Dogs" opens in New Orleans on the 18th
instant and continues to the DIST. We
are advised that large number of on
tries have been received from all parts of
the country, Great Britain and Canada.
including many of the famous Field Trial
Winners.
The manner in which soma Of the
State press have attempted to connect
Gov. l'loNham's family Affections and lbs
political aspirations is as inhuman as any
thing recorded in the dark ages: An
enemy so unprincipled Ia to he feared,
doubted and Stunned by his own friends.
for malice SO base has no sense of. iricnl.
ship or its gations.- Borto,c LJarn,-
amt
Mr. Thomas J. IIin+nn has sold the
Altoona Argms to Messrs. Frank j. Hin
son and Y. l.. johnson. the latter of
whom will he the editor The retiring
proprietor says that his objects in ron,
Quoting the paper had been 10 make
money and to build up tin town as much
AZ possible, and that he ha'f accomplished
both. We trust that the same GOOD e.
tune may attend his successors.
Mr. Wells, surveying engineer of thc
Macon and Lake City An Line Railroa.l
arrived in town Tuesday aight, and in an
interview with some of our citizens ex-
presses himself as delighted and satisfied
with the route from Macon via Jasper
and White Spring to Lake City. He re-
turned TO Macon Wednesday, and expects
to make most favorable report. We cx-
pect to say more regarding this matter at
an early day.-Lake CITY Star.
Tile Pensdcolian is the title, of tho
new eight page, tifty-siX column, paper
Just launched i'll the emporium Of West
Florida by O'Connor " 60; Major Berii.
Robinson and Mr.. John O'Connoir. edit
ors, with VIM. X. IIyer, ,Jr, AZ marHe
editor. OF course it is straight dcnSD-
cratic, and of course it's columns eontatn
much wit and wisdom. 1t starts with
SuCH all array OI ADVERTISEMENTS IS prpL1-
ises business success. =
His Governor Bloxham'st aHmie,s-
tration has been one grand slkcess, aMd
the State has prospered as nesrr; beftre
in her history. And tho invectiGcs
thrown at him by the p~ess for tie IlEs
ton sale are but seeds Of sympathy sam
broadcast that may make him hs okn
successor. And while VIZ claim. tile INT
to censure any public official for: m lsta Fs.s,
we are just and liberal enough ~ &ivc.A ll
due praise for meritorious acts.,--Bdr.'.,r
Informant. <
There was a notable wGIttlng Eat
Christ Church in Pensacola on tide / Sh,
when Mr.. Fontc S. Grimes and Mis Mag
gle Criglar were married. Tie sbrits,s-
maids were the five beautiful sisSerS of she
bride, who is the niece of Generaa Wt.in.
Miller Mr.. Grimes is the Geuhra3 Try
eling Agent of the Pensacola and AtlHn-
tic road, and among the gnestp vas Xis
brother, Cliff b. Grimes. Esq, M3yor4of
Columbus, Ga. q
st. Clair Abrams, Esq, Of TavsEs,
was in the city on Thursday fos tie par-
pose of signing up contract with Ne
Peninsular Railroad Company to- graale
and complete in readiness for IT,, iron iSle
road-bed for a broad gauge extensior, snf
that road from Leesburg 10 'faYaresS a
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