The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-04-08


Edwards d Co. editors and publishers.
-Ocala's always bright and newsy
little daily, The Item, has suspended for
the summer.
The trial of Colonel VIM MacWil-
liams for assaulting Colonel st. Clair
Abrams has been postponed again.
The second match between the Mon
ticello and Jacksonville Gun Clubs will
take place at the latter city to-day.
"A bill has been introduced in the
Senate by Mr.. Call to extend the act Of
June Is. 1880, to all homestead entries
made since that date.
The Conservative Democratic ticket
at Jacksonville, headed by Mr.. McsSuald
for Mayor, was elected by very large
majority last Monday.
1t seems as if matters have taken
turn as regards the labor troubles IN the
West, and an amicable adjustment OF
differences is not apparently expected
soon.
Hon. r. H. NJ. Davidson has intro
duced in the House bill to appropriate
100000 to construct a macadamlzed road
from Pensacola to the national cemetery
near that city.
-Ex-Lieutenant.G Governor Bethel, OF
Key West, lost everything by the late
fire, library, house, etc. He says he will
have to begin life anew. He only saved
a few articles of clothing and bedding.
We suspect that Brother Spencer, OF
the Tampa Tribune, perpetrated huge
Joke on the first, with his detail of the
discovery of petri6ed Indian giant and
a stone jar under his head filled with
Spanish coins.
Captain John Miller, one of Apalach-
icola's oldest and most respected citizens,
was drowned in the bay off the city last
Monday. His boat capsized. The body
was recovered.
Col. D. Redmond, for many years
past the able editor of the Florida DIS
patch. has severed his connection with 1t.
Mr. Manville, one of the proprietors.
will assume editorial management.
BY order Of Adjutant-General Lang
the Gem City Guards, of Palatka, Capt.
VIM. NJ. Husson commanding, has been
assigned to the First Florida Battalion,
and will constitute Company D of said
battalion.
The municipal election at Fernan-
dina last Monday resulted in the selec-
ton Of Democratic Mayor, clerk, treas
urer and one alderman a Republican mar
alderman.
The Union printers Of Jacksonville
struck last Monday, and the dailies of
that city are having hard time in get
ting out their papers, but up to yester-
day none Of them had missed an issue.
The editors deplore the situation, express
regret at parting with men who had
worked well and faithfully, had been
paid regularly, and some of whom were
opposed to the strike, and hope to have
their full complement of new men in a
few days.
Hon. John Wallace, ex-State Senator
from Leon county, has taken unto himself
new wife, and Is writing political his
tory of the reconstruction period in Flor
ida We are informed that John now
says he cannot understand how the South
ern whites ever submitted to the indig
mites and outrages perpetrated upon them
in reconstruction days. If he will tell
only half of what be knows of the politi-
cal chicanery resorted to by his party he
will do a good work, make q saleable
book, and the world will be astounded to
learn that the Southern people 70 long
and so patiently endured tie atrocities
and infamies beaped upon them during
the dark and damnable reconstruction Pc
Rod
"A special to the Times Union gives
the following episode of the recent fire
at Key West: "When the confagra-
ton was at its height, and the people
were panic-stricken with the fear that the
whole city was going to be destroyed,
the little daughter Of DR.. ]. V. Harris,
collector Of the port, hearing q remark
that the funds of the Bank of Key West
and other valuabies were being sent on
board the revenue steamer Dix for safety,
hastily gathered up her two wax dolls
with their wardrobe, and alone, through
the binding smoke and hyiag cinders,
few down the light house wharf to
where the Dix vas moored, and begged
Captain Fengar 70 protect her dariings.
Il Is needless 70 say that those dolls Go
cupied the post of honor on thai vessel
surrounded by bank notes and bags of
gold until al danger had passed"
The West Bend Wis., Times Gays:
sFIorida has climate that IL unrivalled
BY any other State. 1t 10 the paradise Of
sueb people - can spesd the winter
months away from their homes in the
north. Bat people Of leisure are not the
ones 70 seek ont the beauties of climate
which y - much TO be admired In sum-
mer - In winter. We were told by
northern people Who have made their
hnSun~ IN RloSsHa for shn mat Easv xro>r,