The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-12-24
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&C. L. Greene & Co.'s annual Re
o;e,o places the cotton crop of this year
at 5000, 900 bales. The largest crop on
record was 1928, 900 bales in 1881. That
of last year was 5, Ill 900 bales.
"A great many of our farmers will
plant small quantities of Cuba tobacco
next season. They will realize more
money from one acre of tobacco than
twenty planted in cotton. Monticello
Constitution.
The Hoar bill regulating the presi-
dental succession passed the Senate
without division. Amendment striking
out the clause which provides that no
election shall be held to fill the vacancy,
was overwhelmingly defeated.
Southern Dakota is an applicant for
admission to the Union this winter, and
will probably get in, and duly increase
the republican strength in the Senate.
When will Texas periodically and demo-
cratically divide herself into sundry
States?
On Monday last Representative Da-
wilson introduced bill appropriating
$4,000 for public building at Talla-
hassee, and $4,000 for a lighthouse on
Dog Island. MIR. Dougherty introduced
bill for $25o,OoO for a public building
in Jacksonville.
The Boston Democrats have not
fallen out with their party, if the Presi-
dent did not appoint the man they wanted
for Collector of Customs. In the city
election last Tuesday week they reelected
Mayor O'Brien by the largest majority,
over 5000, ever given Democratic can
didate in that city.
The Monticello Constitution quotes
a portion of the communication of "Pro-
gress" in last weeks FLoRIDIAN, and re-
terring to the proposition to bond the
city, says, " the suggestion is good one,
and the sooner it is appreciated by our
Tallahassee friends the better it will be
for them and their county"
The Monticello Constitution is quite
confident that its railroad northward will
be built, and that zone year hence we
will be enjoying rousing BOOM" Talla-
hassee, too, ought to "boom" by that
time from like cause. There is room in
Middle Florida for all its cities to boom
in their own way-and there is but one
Tallahassee.
The President has given great salts
faction to the Democrats Of New York
by appointing the Hon. John Byelow to
be assistant United States Treasurer for
New York, and Gen. Franz Sigel to be
pension agent in that city. The Ger
mans, irrespective of party, are delighted
at the recognition of the services of their
old commander.
Friends of John Sherman say that he
accepted the nomination of President pro
TEN. of the Senate because he believes
that the position gives him additional
prominence and that he can come down to
tie floor to take part in the debate when
it will be to his advantage, while in a
time when it might compromise him he
can remain in neutral silence in the chair.
Judge J. G. Speer, of Oakland, was
in town to-day. He reports the work of
dredging the Apopka canal progressing
slowly on account of the difficulty of max
ing Roadway through the clayey bed. He
says there are two hundred yards of the
clay yet to pass through, and the dredge
is making thirty feet day. According
to the present outlook. the entire work
will not be completed before the latter
part of February. This canal will be of
inestimable benefit to Tavares when
opened Idv0res Herald.
The Chicago Tribune gives an entire
page to the results of an investigation
made by the Hon. P. M. Sutton, State
Senator of Iowa, into the working of the
prohibitory liquor law in that State. The
inquiry has been very thorough, impartial
and intelligent. 1t establishes the fact that
the total number of open saloons is slightly
greater than before the law went into OPP
Grafton, being 1887, in place of 1906,
while there are 420 places in which liquor
is sold "on the sly" Mr. Sutton, who 10
strong anti-liquor man, concludes that
Prohibition has done great good in places
where public sentiment sustains it, and
great evil where it does not. In his own
city, for instance, Marshalltown, place
of 10000 Inhabitants, it is worse than a
failure, for it is impossible to enforce it.
He strongly favors law giving local op-
ton, and, where Prohibition is not adopt
ed, high license law Charleston Nescs
and Courier.
"A destructive fire occurred in Jack
sonville on the night OF the 10th,
the losses amounting to over s40O, 900
and the insurance to $34s,oO0. Among
the burned out was the Florida Herald,
the machinery of its press room being
destroyed and other damage done to the
amount of over - 900, but with character
istic energy the propsietors brought out
the days edition on time from the print
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