The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-06-03
Statistics show that there are in Phil

election
The names of fifty-two business men
and firms have been obtained at Orlando
for membership in the Board of Trade re-
Gently established there and new names
are being added daily.
Hon. John Kelly" Boss Kelly, of
Tammany Hall died in New York on
the LIST instant Controlling the Tammany
contingent he was power in democratic
politics. lie was ca years of age.
Mr.. Frank III. Stout, late of Kansas,
has become editor and proprietor OF the
Fort Myers Press, and is seemingly well
qualified for the position he has assumed.
The prospects for the proposed At
lanta and Hawknsville railroad are said
10 be fair. The road will be built If Allan
Il viii put up money in proportion to the
amount Of wind work it is dolng.-Sd-
U0nnai -N.lrs.
Editor Nat. Walker has organized
the Wakulla Times for a steady pull up
ward to prosperity, Mr.. ii. IL. Walker
being announced as business manager,
and Mr.. J. 4. Shaw as publisher.
A new company has been incorpora-
ted TO build railroad from point on the
Gulf, at or near Sara Sofa, to a point on
the South Florida Railroad in llillsbor-
ough or Polk county.-Santord JoWnM.
The League of American Wheel
men, had their annual meet in Boston
on the 29th ult There were eight hun
dred cyclists in uniform on their wheels,
and the parade was an interesting spec
facle.
Captain 5. Pasco has gone to Quincy,
in response to letter of invitation from
the Chairman of the Democratic Execu
tive Committee of the Ist Congressional
District. to he present at a meeting to be
held to-day. The Committee will desig-
nate the place and time for holding the
nomination convention Monticello Con-
Sfif1aion.
Miss Frances Folsom, bride-elect Of
President Cleveland, arrived in New York
from Europe last Thursday on the Belgian
steamship Noordland, from Antwerp.
The ship was met down the bay by a rev.
enue cutter under orders of Colonel La
mont, the Presidents secretary, and Miss
Folsom, her mother and cousin, BEN amin
Folsom, went up to the city on the cutter.
Their coming was unheralded and the
party was quietly housed at their hotel
before their arrival was known by even
the newspaper reporters.
The United States sloop-oi-war Nip
sic, which had been given up as lost for
the last month, made the trip from Rio to
New York in only "a days. She is ter
TOR of the seas, and no mistake, and ar
riyes Just in the nick of time to prevent
England from being sassy on the fisheries
question. With the Nipsic on hand
proud relic of Republican rule-our fisher
men will 90 bait hunting with renewed
cOnfdence.-BostOn Herald
Mr. Blaine will speak at the "Glad-
stone meeting"-why not Parnell ?-in
Portland. 1t is understood that the mag
netic mans brogue has developed even
teyond the sweetness that characterized
IL in 1854. But every voice is welcome
that speaks for home rule, and few will be
more eloquent than Mr.. Blanc's 1t
would strengthen his speech, il he would
admit what is true, that home rule cured
disorder and restored prosperity to our
southern states-BoSton Herald
in the Senate on the 25th ult., a res
OlutiOn offered by Mr.. Call was agreed to,
instructing the Committee on Naval At
fairs TO inquire and report whether the
interests of the country do not require
the equipment of navy yard at War
rington, near Pensacola, Fla, for the
construction there of steel ships of war,
and whether an appropriation of not less
than 100000 should not be made for the
immediate commencement of the work
Of constructing such yard.
The Turkish Minister at Washington
tells reporter that the Mohammedan re-
HgiOn permits only four wives. If the
first wife objects the husband cannot
bring a second wife under the same roof;
indeed, he cannot marry another unless
be is amply able TO keep separate estab-
lishment The law gives the wife the
night TO have her husband dragged before
the courts If he violates that rule Plu-
raj wives are not universal among the
Turks, and in Constantinople one wife is
the general rule In Asiatic Turkey the
custom of plural wives among the peas
2ntry is very common. The first wife,
who works in the field with her husband,
urges him to marry a second, third, and
frequently fourth wife, in order to have
more assistance in tilliDg the farm. These
women, too, are great company to each
other, and help to Tighten the common
daily burdens.
Last Sunday the L. 5. revenue cut
ter Dix brought into Cedar Key the
Spanish fishing smack Clotilde, of Havana,
which she had seized off Anclote Key