The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-12-03

her youth.
Mr.. NJ. C. Levy has assumed editorial
control of the Bradtofd County Times,
and proposes to improve the paper in
every department.
Ellison estimates the European de-
mand for cotton this season at $3.50, 900
bales. Last year it was. 6,o7s,OO0 bales;
the year before 6,647, 900 bales. He looks
for rise in price and says still lower
prices may be Witnessed, but marked
change will come SOME day and many
spinners are acting wisely in at once COM
mencing to buy"
There will be at least four contests for
seats in the next House of Representa-
tives. They come from Iowa, Rhode Is
land, Indiana and Ohio, Besides the no.
tees of these contests the clerk has re-
ceived protest from citizens of California
urging the non-seating: of the Congress
sional delegation from taan State on the
ground that they were ;not legally cleo
ted to represent the districts OF which
they were given certificates.
Remarkable finds continue to reward
California miners. Several weeks ago a
Mr.. Rapp, at Tuttletcwn, wished tore
move bowlder nears his cabin, and it
was blown to pieces with powder. The
rock was found to be full of gold. and
during the last month $4,000 has been
obtained from the ledge. For several
days $1,000 per day was obtained. At
Albany Flat man has taken $4,000
from single pocket.
The New York MdH and Express has
revived the agitation Of several years ago
for the legal union Of New York and
Brooklyn, under the ancient and eupho-
NOUS name of Manhattan. The Mail and
Express says that since the completion of
the bridge the cities have become 80
closely allied as to be in reality one. 1t
also contends that union would greatly
reduce taxation in both cities. The new
city would have population of 1900, 900
or $1,000 more than Paris.
Baron Won Schaeffer, the Austrian
minister who left Washington on sick
leave soon after the Kelly incident, has
been placed on the retired list, as he has
served his full time in the diplomatic
corps. The Austrian Government has
decided not to appoint minister to the
United States until another minister is
appointed in place of Mr.. Kelly. As the
United States is getting along so nicely
without a minister to Austria, many
prominent politicians are opposed to re-
newing diplomatic relations with that
country until satisfactory explanations
are made in reference to the Kelly affair.
-Charleston Neacs and Courier.
The number of destitute persons in
Galveston was much greater than was at
first reported. A special despatch to the
New York Times said: All careful esti-
mates placed the number OF families that
were burned out at 1000. This is equiv
alent to 5000 persons. The relief COM
mittee calculated that out of thousand
families not over onehalt would require
or accept relief, the balance being able
to sustain their losses In this calculation
the committee erred, for fully 800 fami-
lies must be cared for in some degree or
other. This means 1900 persons, and is
fully double what the business men ex-
pected when they held their Cotton Ex-
change meeting and undertook to crap
pie with the situation.
Immediately after the death of Mr..
Hendricks began the discussion of the
succession of the Vice Presidency. Con-
gress meets next week, the Senate will
elect a President to the chair of Mr..
Hendricks, and the absorbing question of
the hour is-who? and the apprehension
slogan! The verdict of the election
was against him for the Vice Presidency,
but it is hardly to be expected that the re-
publican majority in the Senate will defer
to the heretofore expressed will of the
people and forego the opportunity to put
Logan in the position for which they de-
feated him. He may, however, do the
shrewdest thing Of his life and decline
the place, and then, probably, some other
republican will be elected. There is a
bare possibility that there is magnanimity
enough among the Republican Senator'S
to permit the election of a democrat, that
the administration may remain of the po-
litical complexion decided by the result
of popular election.
Gen. H. v. Boyuton, the Washing
ton correspondent Of che Cincinnati Com
sssrciaI Gazette, the most violent Kepub-
licsn newspaper that is published, gives
his opinion of the President as follows:
"Every correspondent in Washington
has abundant means, through personal
relations with those who often see the
President, to ascertain his characteristics
and his methods. Eight months of such
observation has led to the conviction
that President Cleveland is man of de-
cided ability, of hard and abundant com.
mon sense, of untiring application and
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