The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-12-16


serious responsibility and play squarely into
the hands oil the Republicans, if they deny to
the Southern States the means of educating the
lliterate children who will in few years be-
come voters at elections and exercise large in
tiuence in shaping the destinies of the Republic
The decline of the republican vote in
the six New England States is attracting
the attention of philosophers down East
Blaine received in New England $4,000
votes less than Garfield. The total vote
for all the candidates was only about
5000 in excess of the total vote of 1880.
The total vote of New England, more
over, determining thirty-eight votes in
the Electoral College, was only two-thirds
of that of New York, with thirty-six
electors.
Referring to President Arthur's rec
ommendation that Congress confer life
pension on General Grant, the Sun says
that the exact amount should be deter
miaed before the matter is taken up for
discussion. Perhaps it will require con-
siderable discussion before this important
point can be determined. We might be
permitted to suggest, however, that if the
General has any idea of resuming opera
tions as fnancier the pension should not
be less than $500 per annum.-N Y.
World
There lives a man in Indiana who is
appointed to 81 500 government clerk
ship which he didn't ask for or dream he
was to have and doesn't want. 1t is Pro-
fesser John T. Smith, of New Albany, and
he gets it because he passed civil service
examination awhile ago to prepare HIM
self 70 write an article about the matter.
During the month of November
there was shipped from this port s,e71,-
500 feet of yellow pine lumber. of which
amount gil 500 feet went to foreign ports,
besides 10000 laths to domestic and
10000 shingles to foreign ports. During
November, 1883, there was shipped from
here 2,s33, 900 feet of lumber, in the same
month in 1882 1920, ,2O1 feet, and 4,246,-
900 feet in November, lss1.-Jacksos-
uiHe Times Union.
Iowa and Minnesota each appropri-
ated $4,000 to the New Orleans Exposi-
tion, and we may readily believe from
such manifestation of interest that great
numbers of people will come down out of
the West to visit New Orleans and see
the South. Round trip tickets will be
very cheap and, we are told, will permit
the holders to come to Florida.
Israel Hart, Jew, has just been
chosen mayor of Leicester, England. The
general interest of the fact lies in the cir
cumstance that about the year. 1880 ST.
mon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester.
granted charter to the borough for the
totsi exclusion of the jews from Leices-
tor, and they took refuge near the Jewry
wall, portion Of which is still pre-
served.
Fannie EIlsler, the 1divine Fanny" !" a.
she was called in ls40, when in this coun
try, whose death occurred few DAYS
ago, may be said to have completed the
Bunker Hill Monument in Boston. for
it had remained for years in an unfinished
state when she gave one nights perform
aEce in aid of the association having it
in charge. She never married, though
the choice of many titles was laid at her
feet.
The Savannah Nssos is heartily in
favor Of the national bankruptcy bill.
which passed the Senate at the last ses-
SION, and is now before the House Of
Representatives An effort was made to
saspend the rules and consider the bin,
hut TIE motion was defeated. In Janu-
ary Asimilas mstion viii be made, bat i
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