The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-01-28

the grizzly bears toward the South.
The board of directors of the South
Florida Exhibition, issue circular an
nouncing it's postponement until next
year on account of the recent freeze
Hamilton Disston, in company win
a considerable party of friends, arrived o"
OH Thursday aud sailed on the steamer
Gov. Stafford for Tarpon Springs Cedar
Key Journal, 23d.
Joe Drayton and Bill Roberts, in
dicted for the murder Of City marshal
Gibson. of Kissimmee, were convicted at
Orlando last week of murder in the hrst
degree, but Roberts, who was accessory
only was recommended to mercy.
-DeFuniak Springs is growing with
a rapidity that RIVALS the record OF any
town that has come into existence ID
the boomingest localities of the PENN
sula. Many good buildings are beng
erected and town lots constantly apPre-
ciate in value under an active demand.
Secretary Whitney has directed that
a vessel of the Pacific station be sent 10
the Samoan Islands. SO Germany may
be politely requested after all to say why
she has assumed sovereignty over these
&C summer isles " to which she is no more
entitled than are we or any other people.
Mr. Boute,le, of Maine, will not de-
rive much pleasure or encouragement
from the remark of the New York 1t"'eS
in regard to his recent resolution OF In
quiry, that " the sectional tone gwen 10
the House debates at every possible OPP
portunity by implacable patriots is get
tino tiresome to the sober citizens OF the
Republic"
The fifth annual Ensiage Congress
was held in New York on "Wednesday
goth inst, attended by one hundred farm
ers from all sections of the country. IL
was shown that ensilage in It's various
forms is better than any other KIND OF
fodder for cattle. One farmer SAID that
the total cost to him, for ploughing'
planting, cutting and putting in >Io7 was
- cents per ton.
According to Mr.. Edward Atkinson,
railway property now constitutes one
fifth of the accumulated capital OF TIE
country, gives employment to $4,000
people, and moves 4oO,o00,oo0 tons OF
freight annually, one-halt of which Is
fuel and food, and so chcaply that the Mas
sachuselts mechanic can now procure the
transportation of years supply OF food
from a distance of 1000 miles for the
proceeds Of one days labor.
An English statistician shows that,
since 1893, wars among the civilized ma
lions have caused the death of 100000
men, A large majority of these deaths
resulted from wounds, hardship and dis
ease, the number actually killed on The
field being comparatively small. The
bloodiest battle in the period named was
Borodino, where 100000 men were en-
gagged and 1900 were placed hors d'
combat.
DIR. Kost, State Geologist, was here
this week and will be here again. lie
reported to the Board of Trade which at
once took the matter in hand. President
D.B. Campbell will be pleased to receive
samples of soil, of the several stratas
from any and all parts Of the county, and
any ores or rocks that may be sent in, o
which the Doctor will make an analys
and report. DIR. Kost desires to address
our people at some convenient time ane
place-Leesburg Ne,os.
MIR. C. r. MaGee, of the firm of Ma
Gee & Phillips, publishers Of the Pensa
cola Advance Gazette, has sold his inter
est in that paper to his late partner
Capt. Frank Phillips, who will continu
its publication and maintain its high re
pute. 1t is pleasant to know, however
that Mr.. MaGee will not retire from
journalism, but has purchased THE Psnso
colian, and will doubtless repeat the sue
cess he achieved when he took charge O
the 49,, and revived its failing fol
tunes. He will be assisted by Mr.. I. M
Scarritt as city editor, a gentleman Q
journalistic experience and talent.
The Tampa Guardian charges tn
FLoR1D1AN with disposition to unfairl
represent the effects of the freeze in Sout
Florida. All fair-minded readers of tn
FLoRIDIAN know that our statements of
calamity we deplored were carefull
guarded, and they were strictly fact a
far as they went, for "the returns wer
not all in" But ii we had said ali abou
the severity of the cold there that wa
said by many persons and some papers G
South Florida, we might have expecte
the accusation that we rebut, for it haI
PLY turns out that the damage was no
nearly so great as they thought. If the
were not "more scared than hurt" Their
was good deal of scare about it, and th
presumed damage is diminished by tina
much, as is now satisfactorily ascel
tanned.
Abiding to the swindling Ian
schemes which have been recently e1
posed in Florida, the New York Sta