The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-06-04
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larged and is printed uaon power press.
with new type.
The many friends If Col. w. c Bird,
of Monticello, are glas 80 know that he
will receive the we'll deserted appoint
ment of United States MARSHAL for the
Northern District of Fhlida
The new First-Asel,ant Postmaster
General has gathered s,bjg cop Of poll
teal scalps in Virginialtince lie has been
at work, and evidently believes 10 max
ing Hav while the sun :shine-. = Charles
ton .Neus and Courier:
The full benefits that viii accrue to
our section on the comrseiion Of the Lake
Civ and Gainesville .Railrcad cannot
now be estimated Work on the road is
being rapidly pushed a'.d rapidly done
Lake City Reporter. J
The remains of .tY1an1vr II, Ste
uhen. are soon to be yllred il a vault on
the ground, OF hi- old f,s,tne, Liberty Hall
The place has been purchased by a me-
mortal association Gen TYombs will
deliver All Grafton at tlse reinferment.
When a newspaper. ceases TO be use
full it should cease to ehist and it is a
natural corollary 10 this: proposition that
a newspaper deserves bet Of me commu-
nitv when it is devotlns Itself energetic
allv to the interests ana Development Of
the community .trW. Her1d
The Constitutional Convention Will
assemble on Tuesday next, ana! as .'etier-
son county will be properly repres ented
in legislative body OF HE State the first
time in many years, il. is understood a
large number Of car c;tilen- viii be at
the capitol at the organi cation of thu con
vention. -N1n.ttc.No CD5,",tnft9''
Thanks for an inv sa,ion 10 attend
the exercises ii the + sar,ee' III Annual
Commencement OF the s.aw department
Of Georgetown Univet,i,y. At Ford's
Opera House. Oh June e IT. elegantly
printed programme sEoFr- IL ;. Senator
{. W Jones would lie ever the Address
TO Graduates.
State Senator {. i. Pen'llecon, Of
Kew West, i mentioned 5nr appointment
a. Consul at Matanz4,, C:iba. lie would
serve the country well ~ -ucn capacity,
not merely because Of hiT billy and per
severing energy Of char. ar, BAL because
Of his familiarity with { ban Affairs and
the commercial intercourse OF ite island
with the United States.
Elections are 70 be i@el1 tf- year in
the State Of Connecticut. Democratic 10
1884: Iowa, Rel,ui'icar: Kentucky
Democratic Massachusetts, Republican !;
Michigan. Republican New Jersey,
Democratic; New Yofk, Democratic :;
Ohio, Republican; Penns..: yarAa, Repub-
hcan: Rhode Island. "a puhlican, and
Virginia. Democratic.
The spring term Of tx. Circllt Court
for our county adjourned or Tuesday
last, and disposed Of sornss sixty' cases or
more. His Honor, Judge /; ann, presided,
and We heartily endorse lhe rroInptness
with which he and the SOLICITOR dispatched
business 1t was pre-emipfntly business
term-Lake city Reportsr
The result Of the muhicipal election
in Norfolk, Va, on Thursday e.ves good
hope that Mr.. Villas clean sweep in the
Old Dominion will put an esfectaal quietus
on the Malone maraude's. Last year
that city went Republican by 4o2 ma
jority, but this week it won't democratic
by majority Of 3a5. An: . th.y do say
that lot Of negroes voted with the
Democrats.-New York E'orld
The thrd-rate man-of war Mohican
has cost, with repairs, s,;e7s. 900. and
the Secretary of the Navy says that a
new ship Of the same character and class
could have been built for $3.50. 600. The
frigate Omaha has cost, forTepairs, $545,
20e, and is very ginger-k"eady in her
filings, but worthless as par ship, and
has not coal room enougit to carry her
across the ocean. The eftire lit will
make an exhibit to which, tae Republican
party can hardly "point wilh pride"
Mr.. Hamilton Disstonl Of Philadel-
phia, who has large land interests in
Florida, is now making a:tour OF Cali,
fornia. He writes that tie country is
being thoroughly adveriisi.1 from one
end TO the other, and cvefy effort made
to diver. the attention Of the Northern
people from Florida to California Mr..
Disston says he can pick but many sec
tions of land in Florida that will produce
better crops than any similhr bodies that
can be selected in Standardization.
rtlLe Her0ld
Representative MorTiso4, Of Illinois,
saws be thinks Mr.. Carlisle Will be re-
elected Speaker Of the House next winter,
with little if any oppositio%sif it is true,
as reported, that Mr.. Randall will decline
to enter the contest. He hhs not heard
of any of the prominent Frotectlonists
mentioned as probable Candidates, and
he feels certain that any of the tariff re-
formers in the House will pSt PIT can
didate in the field against Mr.. Carlisle so
long as that gentleman per'sits his name
to be used. Mr.. Morrison War asked if