The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-01-06


The publication Of tn Madson Ne~ E'a ia
continued by Messrs s. y, and A T. Smith, who
have leased the outfit. isf't 4 ..
Hon Chas Dougheriy; Democratic Congress
man-elect from the Secons District. has enlisted
in the Halifax Riffs MS priyate
C W Stevens, Esq, has sold Che Madison
Recorder 10 Messrs E T. vnd ]. T. Pound, but
will conlinue his editorlal.seannecii.,n with the
paper.
Mr.. Russell Hancock. ia taercha:i and plan
ter OF Mississippi, and ssh II G;n. wv S. Han
cock, died on the 3o,h nli.: aged ;thirty-tl'ree
years. IL =:
Virginia and Massachusetts shak; hands over
the Blair Educational bill, The R9N.an 7ranter
and Ricltnond Dispatch are equalSy@ urgent ior
its passage.
Capt j. b. Johnston, OF Wuldp, has pur
chased the Gainesville B4s 4'rintng tofice, and
will shortly commence the publication of a pa
per al Gainesville.
General Thomas l.. 'CGngman. OF North
Carolina. is about 10 publish a work on his to-
bacco Leaf ranacea, which he contends will re-
duce human suffering ninety per cent
The Gainesville Adrosa<e reports that DR.. j.
II. Post has laid out neyy town, named it Para
disc and offrre it Tor sale on reasonable terms.
Ii is in Alacaua county, ct She 5 f. y ". K r.
There's chance for some one who wants town
OF his own. t
1T Is daily costing the press ot HE country
hundreds of dollars to pa,'ier dispatches about
Gen Grants financial troiibk.s, and Til; efforts to
raise money to pay debt ht owes Vanderbilt
Gen Grant has an income W $l50Iho l, year and
his wants should o; be vers pressing,
Hon John T. Graves lets this Afternoon on
the $50 train for Washington, ID. G. NJ messen-
ger carrying Fioridas electoral vote iI Grover
Cleveland and Thomas 4 hendricks. He will
arrive at his destination t. Iupirow II nicSoactM
Herald, ,Ianuory ,.
MI T Nj Scariiti has sold his interest in the
4dpance Gaeette Mr.. Frank Phillips. and the
paper Will hereafter be issued semi.w eckly by
Messrs. Magee u Phillips, editors and propre
toIs
The Senator SabIn mann featuring establish
ment al saltwater Mini, viii begin L.; turn on
grain threshinc machines AGAIN in II: ttw days
the concern having been recognized " the pre-
ferred stockholders Tie Senator is aad 10 he
al the bottom OF this deal which ireez,.s out the
place in the management u. the business
Their. are now reported one hur.red and
nineteen ocean going yessq.s i'll the narbor OF
Pensacola and many more at SEA 10 arrive.
The shipping III porI = aater the following
flag British. Russian, Italian, Norwegian,
Swedish, German, Austrian, Danish, Dnch and
American. Twenty three ii the vessels are la
ian and sixteen Russian
1t would seem that und' the decision OF the
|. :. Supreme Courl III >!e cast o. General
Emory, that Mexican veterans are enfitled, uli-
DEF nj old law, 10 three mou lbs full fay and al
lowances. 1t under ms Old law of ls4S
thai General Emory ns,i,usM his CHAIN in the
court Of claims, ANA got favorable decision
from which the Government arpeaieY to the
Supreme Court which reGrn'ly affirmed the az
lion oil the lower court.
"A prominen, ONO Dilnocrat," 9ho has
the confidence of judy, T:t.rman, s.Stes tina
that gentleman has received T. letter iron Dante
Manning asking him to cone.t the Slatcf OF
an appointment to a cabinet norifotio, az his ser
vices in that connection would probal..< bc de-
sired. Judge Thurman's lr.eatls say IL would
not accept position in lLc cabinet is he he
lieved it would create hopeless division in
Ohio The Judge thinks his State slIouia not he
recognized al all in the cabip':
II the Army and Navy Ca2ette ot I,,ndon is
correct in It's judgment dat s.Ficssons ,,ub-ma-
rine gun and proiectile tnrpei" will ''rcv9ulion-
ize naval warfare Congress i'll be JED fled in
going slow i'll the matter OF aplssoriations!for ve>
sells that will be as absoun- as Old ironsldes
in very iunp .,uiif.r
lied naval warfare " when he ',csigned HE Mon
ior Ii will he rare distinction for the .Gei eran
inventor if he shall again E4.souhoniz;. i. 10y
rendering ronclads useless. G.sOn Herald
The New York Sun says :" Ii is expected
that the number of houses whieh will ec& out OF
business al the end OF the year viii be unusually
large. They are firms who save become dis
couraged by the duness oil their trade 1uru e
the last few years and the imp"sibility, with the
existing competition oil selling goods a, prices
which will give them good il i.7est on the CAPT
tai and lair profit besides. Some of them may
also have impaired their capts, in the struggle
for existence and therefore tliiul il safer 20 stop
now than 10 longer keep up he fight
Ben Butler Is said TO he Utmost the only
prominent politician who used &he spy system
to help him advance his intcres>s Washing
Ton correspondent says " hr,: he was u, the
height Of his notoriety in Cong5ess he had in his
employ al least half dozer s.,-called secreta.
ries, who Tess thhn spies
When he would become engaa ell in a conGrover-
sy with q member he would tuta these creatures
back upon the members rrisaie -ecorA and
where he could discover anything he would
drag it with perfect recklessness Into the debates
of the House. He was frequently exposed,
however, in the undetermined n4stilods emi.loyed
by him that it almost completely destroyed his
influence and had as much as snythng 70 do
with his final retirement from Cisngress"
The increase in crimes Of violence during
the year just closed is very rsarked Fairly
complete returns have been COMPLIED showing
1887 murders in the United S,Ates in 1884
against ,494 in 1888 OF suicides there were
1887 this year compared with sit' the previous
year The number of execution have beer Ill
against 105 last year, very smasi increase when
the number Of capital crimes has been 81 large
But this is accounted for in sen& degree when
it is known that 2l9 culprits have met mob:yio-
leDce during this year, against 90 in 1888
Hanging was the general form assumed by these
violent acts, only % of The number being shot
One hundred and fifty-seven OF the victims