The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-04-16
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-Ex-Secretary Frelinghuysen| is lying
at the point of death.
The nominees of Walton county for
the Constitutional Convention $re Hon.
A. l.. McCaskill, Judge Daniel Campbell
and Mr.. Obadiah Edge,
MIR. G. W. Dickinson, who '7ecent'y
purchased the St. Augustine " KY, has
also bought the Chronicle, of that city,
and consolidated the two papers.
The Democratic County Convention
nominated Senator James G. Speer, DIR.
King Wylly and w. b. Randolph as Del
coates to the State Constitutional Con
vention from Orange county.-;Apophd
Citizen.
The Democratic Convention RI Her
nando held at Brooksville last Saturday
nominated for delegates to the Constitn-
tional Convention, Senator A. >, Mann,
and Messrs John Parson and j. A.
Hendley.
A wonderful improvement in the
condition of General Grant is reported,
and the physicians whose prescience was
baffied in his case now think that he may
live to pass the summer. Let us hope
that they are more correct in this opinion
than in that I
Guatemala is TO be ettectually sat
down on" Her recent ally, Honduras,
has Joined the allied republics against
her, and she may receive lesson that will
teach her to restrain her aggressive i'm
pulses IN the future.
The Democratic convention % Wa
kulla county nominated for delegates to
the Constitutional Cow ention, Hons. L.
F. Swearingen and w. II. W,:lker< Mr.
:. will represent the senatorial district
. comprised of W akulla and Liberty coun-
ties.
The Putnam County Democratic
Convention met at Palatka on the 18th
and nominated for delegates to the Con-
stltutional Convention, Messrs. Benjamin
Harrison, William H. Cook and Irving
ellis. Mr.. Harrison is the ve"y allie ed
itor of the Palatka Duly Ne'cs.
The Conservative Democratic Con-
yention of Gadsden county, held al Quin-
cv, on the 18th, nominated for delegates
to the Constitutional Convention Judge
f. G. Love, j. w. Malone, Esq, and
Messrs. George |. Davis aud Norman I.
Scott.
We have not seen the proceedings of
the Franklin or Calhoun county conven-
tions. but we learn that the district con-
vention held at lola, in Calhoun county,
wisely nominated Senator w. T. Orman,
of Alphabetical, as delegate from the SEN
atorial district composed Of the counties
of Franklin and Calhoun.
We had a number of Visitors in town
last week A prominent visitor was Hon
.Tno. 4. Henderson. The people Of Her.
nando county have great respect for their
ex-senator 1t makes one think Of old
times to see him here, times when the peo
pies battles were nobly fought, when the
interest of the people was the moving
spirit. BroOkscWe Crescent.
Pursuant to call of the democratic
executive committee the county conven
ton of Suwannee met at Live Oak on the
9TH instant and nominated for delegates
to the Constitutional Convention, Mr. J
p. Morgan, Judge NJ. NJ. Blackburn and
Rev. r. F. Rogers.
Thanks to Hon. John F. Elliott, State
Commissioner of Texas, for an invitation
to be present at the ceremonies of Texas
Day, April 81. The address Of welcome
will be delivered by Mr.. Elliott, and
Governor Ireland, of Texas, Mrs. Julia
Ward Howe and Hon. Norman G. Kit
trell will also deliver addresses. We
would like to be there, John.
The tour Of the Prince and Princess
of Wales in Ireland has been made I'M
pleasant by numerous riotous demonstra
tions. Assemblages and professions o.
Loyalists are assailed with sticks and
stones by the disaffected, and the pres
ence of an extra police force is constantly
necessary to prevent ontrages, even to
bloodshedding.
The Grand Shereef of Mecca has
issued a proclamation declaring FL Maid
an outlaw and notifying all true Moham
medans that the English have s
right to treat him as a common murderer
This proclamation goes on TO declare that
FL Mahdi has massacred hundreds of true
believers and caused the murder Of Cor
don, for whom prayers had been offered
up at Mecca az the friend Of the NOLAN
medans.
"A convention for nominating dele
gates to the Constitutional Convention
from Brevard county was held in Titus
vile on the 9Th and It'll of April instant,
Hon. b. X. Wilson chairman and Minor
S. Jones, Esq, Secretary. On the 2eth
ballot Mr. II. L. Parker WA chosen FOR
delegate from Brevard county. After
twenty-five ballots Mr.. Alex. Bell vas