The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-04-15
C:sIIahas.ee. Fla, APril rs. lsseA.
AT the Democratic electionlor c,ou

"A fire in Fernandina on the 10Th 1de-
'troyed the dwellings Of Mrs James Ben
and Mr.. J. A. Slaughter, both owntd by
the former. Insurance $500. j!
The "tawny liar" of tue Key Yves.
Independents keeps on at it. He doeb y
cheerfully, but cumsily. BY practice be
may become as adroit as his whster sass?.
GATES =:
-Keifer, who has presidential aspira
tions, may now be considered AN ataila
BILE candidate for the nomination. lse'sa
self made man-started his own bo9m in
the Boynton business ( r: =.
superintendent Hollister and i4ens-
eral Manager Conant offer thr:;ugE the
Palatka Herald, an excursion train on the
Florida Southern Railway for tile benefit
of the COnfeder te Home Fund. ! j:
On the 10th the House Public Bs1sll.
ings Committee agreed to recommend
the erection OF public buildings at Ashe-
Vile, n. c., to cost $50, 900, and onr, at
Jacksonville, Fla, to cost $leo,ooo. =,
The following municipal ticket was
elected in Live Oak last Tuesday; MayW,l
w. s. Handy; clerk, F. NJ t1ornto :;
marshal, Solomon Phillips; aldermen, W.,
w. Hankins, w. L. Whitfield, :. r. White
and Gus Potsdamer :
"A new hotel is now assured 10 Mop
ticello. Enough money has been sub
scribed to erect ~ building Of seventy
five rooms, and the Constitute" publishes
notice of the incorporation Of the letier
son County Hotel Company
The Tampa Guardian says there will
probably be called session of the Circntt
Court to try w. n. Conoley, charged
with the murder of John Caulk. The 10
dctment found was for murder in the first
degree /:
The Palatka Daily Ne'cs announces
the dissolution of the firm OF Speer T.
Harrison, its publishers and editors. Mr..
+. p. Speer, desiring to engage iii etEqr.
business, retres and the paper will he
conducted by Mr.. Benjamin Harrison, Of
the late firm, very able writer.
In the Senate, on the Sd. Senator
Hampton, for the committee on military
affairs, reported adversely on 'he bin for
a survey and estimates for a RAILROAD
from the mainland to Key West, Florld;.,
and for canal connecting the same with
the st. Johns River, for military land
naval purposes
We regret to learn that Gen. w.
II. Sebring is seriously i'll at his home in
Bronson. On the voyage from Key
West the stateroom Of the CommiSsiorl-
er was flooded during storm, atd
remaining in it through the night he con.
tracted VIOLENT cold which confines .Ein
to his bed and has caused numerous hem
orhages
Can any one who remembers The
condition of Florida from 1868 to 1876.
and compares it with the period from
1877 to 1884, feel willing to see. The re-
turn OF the former days? The admnistrar
ton of Governors Drew and liloxhani
have satisfied the majority of the people,
although it would be impossibl for ANY
officer or government to salty each "itiI
zen.-Lake City Reporter.
1t is noticeable that while the Re-
publicans make gains in several of tho
Ohio city elections on Monday week they
lost largely in Springfield, the home off, /.
Warren Keifer. This is doubtless the
first instalment of that " win llcati,sn y
from the unanimous conclusions If >Wo
investigating committees which the .eN-
Speaker is said to be expecting at ihe
hands of his constituents. q
In the Senate, on the 9Th, Mr.. Coll
presented petition from the Board lof
Trade of Pensacola, Fla, relating IT, ohe
necessity of harbor improvement 1T
that place Mr.. Call commended the pc
titon to the careful consideration Of :he
Committee on Commerce, to which it was
referred. There is bar rapidly folanipg
in the harbor of Pensacola, Mr.. Call
said. which would soon become serious
obstacle to commerce if not provided
against. =,
"A new wing of the Republican party
has been organized in Georgia, and one
NJ E. Thornton is among it's originatorr.
He at least will bring reputation Of sonic
sort to the new venture, for he ale thirty
quails in thirty days on a wager ia Al
lanta. He went into the country to MAKE
speech on one occasion and the ku-kauzes
among the audiance broke up the meet
ing by whistlng on every hand, 't.bob
white, bob white" Hitherto the liepub-
licans of the South have been noted for
their partially to chickens; the neH: de
parture pledges itself to reform, and We
suppose will take to quail. - Tadt,tkt.
Neus.
The municipal election in Jackson
Vile last week resulted in a gratifying
triumph over republicanism in the naidat
of it's Duval county stronghold. Citi-
zens generally perceived that their mate
rial interests were secure only when ma
nicipal affairs were under the control u
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