The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-11-26

The F. R q N. Company offer >l,-
600 reward for the apprehension Of train
wreckers.
The war in the East is becoming in
teresting, aud lively battle has been
fought, but no clear account of it has
reached us.
"A heavy increase in the pork crop
and the appearance of a fatal type of hog
cholera are reported simultaneously from
the great west.
Gov. Perry has appointed and COM
missioned Mrs Ellen Call Long to rep
resent the ladies of Florida in the For
restry Congress to be held at DeFuniak
Springs next month.
Judge Maxwell and Hon. S. r. NAL
lory, as we have before mentioned, will
practice law together. We understand
the firm name is Maxwell & Mallory, and
that their Office will be the same hereto
fore occupied by Mr.. Mallory.-Pensaco-
la Advance Gazette.
Colonel J. J. Daniel, of Duval
county, Colonel John Bradford, OF Leon,
and Mr.. VIM. H. Davidson, of Escambla,
have been appointed by Governor Perry
q Commission to investigate the Okeecho-
bee drainage and make report Of their OBJ
servations.
The delegates appointed by Cover
nor Perry to the River and Harbor Con-
ventiou, which met in Savannah on Tues
day, are General J. B. Wall, of Hillsbor-
ough county, for the First Congressional
District and Mr.. M. L. Gaulden, of Bre-
ward, for the Second District.
-Florida's delegates to the Farmers
National Convention, which assemblies at
Indianapolis, on the I'd of December, are
Col. John S. Winthrop, of Tallahassee,
and Gen. William Miller, of Point Wash
ington, from tie First Congressional Dis
trict and Col. John L. 1nglis, of Madi-
son, and Gen. J. M. Martin, of Ocala,
from the Second District.
The saving of distance would be too
uncomfortable to make ship railway
across the Florida peninsula pay. The
saving of insurance would be more i'm
portant consideration, but still INSULT
cient to offset the tolls, and there could
be no certainty that underwriters would
not reduce rates to very low figure IN
competing with charges per railway. The
Tehuantepec railway would save ten or
twelve thousand miles of navigation, and
a Florida railway six or seven hundred
only.
The Orlando Daily Neaos, under the
management of Spier, Mathews d Co.,
suspended publication last Monday, the
sheriff closing its doors under several at
tachments issued against the publishers
Since the establishment of this paper
some two or three months ago it has beer
in the hands Of three parties. From al
indications it now seems apparent that II
is too soon for daily paper to succeed
in Orlando. The Sentinel is informed
that the Neos is largely incumbered.-
Orlando Sentinel.
COL Hamilton Jay is writing for the
New York Sun series of letters on the
all perplexing negro question. These ar
ticles are attracting much attention anc
being widely copied. Col. Jay has beer
resident of Florida for nearly fifteer
years, and during that time has had un
usual facilities for becoming posted. He
is naturally close observer of men anc
things, trained writer, and we believe
these letters will add popularity to thu
brilliant and powerful Sum.--Live Od]
Bulletin.
AT the recent French conference fol
the advancement of science, some interest
ing experiments were made on hysterica
patients with drugs which were not actu
ally administered, but were placed at the
back of the patients heads, and were
used without their knowledge. Unde1
these circumstances opium produced
sleep, alcohol caused drunkenness, ant
absinthe brought on paralysis of the legs
In women, camphor gave rise to religious
ecstacy, and in men commissions. Man!
drugs were employed, and all of then
gave their characteristic effects, thougl
they were all contained in phials o.
wrapped in paper.
The banner State of the Republican
party in the West is yielding to the spin
it of political change, and the record o
its elections for ten years past may b
taken 40 an index of the declining for
tunes of the sectional organization. Il
1870 Iowa gave Hayes 4s,72l majorit,,
over Tilden. In 1880 it gave Garfield
7s,o5s plurality over Hancock. In 1873
It gave Sherman, for Governor, 1922
plurality over Kline. In 1882 it CAV
Hull, for Secretary of State, se,s7l plu
rality over Walker. In 1883 it gave Shel
man, for Governor, 25,oss over Kline
The recent election shows that the Reput
lican plurality has been reduced to les
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