The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-02-19
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PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY.
J. w. DORR, Editor.
Tallahassee. Fla. Feb. 10, 1885.
-The Jews of New York civ are huilding ,

The Jews of New York City are building a
home for invalids in honor of the hundredth an
nvesary of Sir Moses Monti6ore's birthday.
ALI the pending bills before the Alabama
Legislature for the regulation of railroads were
defeated The result is regarded as q great tri-
umph for the railroads.
The last issue of the Sanford Journal an
nounces that Dr. ]. J. Harris has purchased the
interest of Mr.. j. II. Bana therein, and will re-
sumo entire control of the paper, assisted by
Miss L. V. Harris.
AT church meeting in Augusta, Me- the
other day one of the members arose, and after
explaining that he had been reduced from aff1u-
ence to poverty, requested the church to return
to him the sum of 81, 200, which he had given to
it when he was wealthy.
Crude petroleum instead of coal is to be
used in fre-engnesin the Brooklyn Fire Depart
ment, the comparative cost for the same heat be-
ing $3.50 and $14. The oil emits no sparks.
john Brennan, of Sioux City, Iowa, who is
said to have been elected High Muck-a-muck of
the Dynamiters in place of O'Donoyan Rossa
stumped the State for the Republican ticket last
fall. Like James G. Most, Herr Blaine and the
rest of cm, he is in favor of vigorous foreign
policy.
In his speech at the Union League Club on
Friday, Senator elect Evarts snarled as fol-
lows: believe the Democratic party to be in
principle and. purpose and in its use of power
substan tally of the same make as it was in $780,
when it first raised Its hand against the Govern
ment of the United States. 1t is composed still
OF the great body OF the Southern States, with
the exception of fragment that it has picked up
from the support of the lower masses from the
North. l submit, therefore, that ii is the duty
of our representatives at Washington to see to
it that as little as possible shall be done by this
party TO injure this great Republic.
1t is stated that the Swiss Government has.
asked all the Governments of Christendom to
send delegates to a conference to consider the
subject of uniform hours of labor
The Attorney-General of Virginia, has
moved the Supreme Court to take up and decide
the test bond cases pending on its docket upon
the ground that the State finds herself unable 10
collect her revenue. This is regarded as great
advance on the part of the creditors, and is
viewed by many as step of prime importance
to them.
Mr.. Cleveland told one Of his callers recent.
ly that his inaugural address would be short
plain and simple. He has found, he says, that
when ever he says anything in plain, terse, old
fash Toned way, the people pick up his phrases
and pass them about as if they were something
new, whereas they may be very old. 1t illus
trates, he thinks, how far the Republic has
drifted from the moorings of the fathers.
In four weeks the Pennsylvania Legislature
has elected U. s. Senator and passed one bill.
The Legislature of Florida has made a better
record for industry than any other we have
noted
The report Of the North Carolina negro
spies who were sent to Arkansas was favorable.
and the exodus from the southern part of the
Old North State has begun in earnest. The
colored people are leaving by hundreds, and it
is evident that North Carolina will he more
solid member of the solid South than ever in
1888.
We are glad 10 see that the handsome and
high stepping sheriff of Jackson county, Gen.
Andrew Scott, has been re-appointed 1.-THE
peoples candidate and the poor mans friend"
he makes tip top offlcer-Psnsacola Adpance.
Gazette.
An unknown scoundrel stole the subscrip.
ton book of the Live Oak Bulletin the other
night, while Editor McAlphn was at the Ma
sonic Lodge. 1t was probably the same mali
cious thief who some months since stole the &C.
count books of the same Office. Subscribers to
the bulletin are requested to send 10 their names
ana posloifce address that the paper may be
mailed to them
The Tropical Parad,ss comes to IA now an.
iarged 70 ~ pages. 1t is an excellent paper do
ing splendid work for the State, and from lis
size Is much sought AFTER on this coast a. sub-
sutute Tor palmetto leaves in roofing houses, be-
ing much more OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Journsl.
1t may be truthfully said that the Lcrisla.
ure whose session closed on Thursday deserves
veil Of the people. It was on the whole. An In. |
iustrious aud business-like body. and thouOb II |
81 Out little more than half the usual time, Its
york Will compare favorably with that of any
imilar body that has assembled at Tallahassee
recent years. Il 10 the general testimony.
90, that life ut the capital has rarely been more
ecorou during legislative session than during
ne past hve weeks. Short sessions seem 10 be
advantageous Ia more ways than ons.-Zack,on-
1as 1isss- Union.
- There were twenty-five failures At the "a.
=. 1om'-annual examination 1t the Naval
Ar.demy - follows, Ope In the frst or mad.
aIing Class tonr IN the second GLASS, two il ths
l'fd caass and flflsen n The fourth cls1s. The
lames oiihe deficient naval cadets win NOT b
enounceo until actioa 4 taken ID 1hsIr ca,es -