The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-09-02

e See the advertisement of Villa
Mitchell
"A republican convention in Texas
passed resolutions of respect for the mem
DRY of Tilden. He was a truly great
American-snd necessarily democrat.
Gen. Newton, chief engineer of the
L. S. Army, has resigned to accept posi-
ton as Commissioner of Public Works,
New York, in place of ]. Rollin NJ
Squire, removed.
The telegram from the city of Mexi-
leo reporting that envoy Sedgwick had
become too convivial at club supper,
and misbehaved thereafter when seeing
the town with his entertainers, is said to
have been unfounded in fact - totally
false. il not malicious.
After Editor Cuttings release he
took saloon refreshments and said harsh
things about Mexico and Mexicans, and
only escaped arrest by jumping on a
mule car which carried him off of Mex
lean soil at speed. This is the tale the
wires tell.
in illustration of what may be done
under the scalp bounty law, it is stated
that an Indiana man found nest contain
ing four hawk eggs, took them home,
placed them under a hen, and when they
were hatched out killed them and COLLECTED
the State bounty, so cents each.
The OgdeniGn and Ne,cs, of Fort
Ogden, have been consolidated, and the
outcome is the PeninsuLdr Gazette, neat
paper, with Elan b. Carlton; Esq, as ed
itOr and Z. NJ Pooser publisher Mr..
Cartons previous connection with the
Florida press established his repute as a
journalist.
Joseph Sessions, Esq, and Miss Irene
Hancock were married at Barlow, Fla,
On the 2lst ult The groom is the excel
lent editor of the Barlow Informant and
--~ $4,000 $3.50 ~UeuUIIuI auu aUUvulpi.suou
daughter of Colonel John Hancock and
niece Of the illustrious General W. S. Han
cock. We congratulate our fortunate and
deserving contemporary.
The new French steamship La Bre-
tagne, of 1000 tons, arrived on her
maiden trip at New York Sunday. She
is 5Ost feet long, with ffty-one and a half
feet breadth of beam. Her hull is of the
highest grade of steel She cost the Gen
eral Transatlantique Company 81, zoo, 900,
and is fitted in magnificent style. She
made the trip from Havre in eight days
and q half
What will be the largest schooner in
the worlds commerce when completed is
being constructed at Bath, Me-, for the
Philadelphia coal trade. She will be a
fTe-masted vessel, and have a carrying
capacity of $500 tons of coal. The craft
will be 26O feet in length over all, Al feet
beam and twenty-five feet depth of hold.
Each of the five masts will be 100 feet
above the deck, with sufficient gear to
spread 800 yards of canvas.
Five car loads of steel rails for the
Georgia Midland arrived Friday. Fiji
teen car loads expected to arrive to-day.
Owing to the delay in the arrival of the
bolts track laying will not begin in earn
est until the first Monday in September.
Il will then be pushed through as rapidly
As possible. Thirty miles of the road are
about ready for the track, and it will not
be many weeks before the feecy staple
from the up country will be rolling into
Columbus on Georgia Midland cars
Columbus Enquirer. %
With this issue The HartsoeH Sun
completes its tenth volume. During
these ten long years we have done our
best 70 give the people of Hart an accep-
table county paper, with what success we
leave the readers to say. We have held
our own in . remarkable manner; began
with nothing, and now have-a wife and
four children, together with a small &C
cumulstion of household and kitchen fur
niture. At the same ratio of increase.
should we remain here ten years longer,
We will have two wives, eight children,
and little more household and kitchen
furniture, from which please deduct tie
wear and tear.-Hdrtoeu (Ga.) sam.
We were pleased to welcome Repre-
sentative Davidson to the FLoRIDIAN
sanctun Last Monday. and glad to note
that be was in fine health and spirits, full
Of the energy of vigorous manhood and
determined purpose. There are few pub
lie men who can equal him in endurance
Of campaign labor, and maintain philo-
sophie cheerfulness in all the exigencies
Of . canvass in . country of such mag
ni6cent distances and varied population
- his own Florida He is strong man,
well balanced mentally and physically, .
most agreeable speaker and genial gen.
flemsu, on whose record in public and
private life there il not blsmish, and to
whose credit a. Congressman 10 long
LIT Of achievements in the interest OF his
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