The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-04-29

1T is q vital principle in our system

The Florida Highland Press is the
title of a new paper, at Sorrento, with
Mr.. Philip Isaacs as editor and proprietor.
It is seven column paper edited with
care and sense.
The address of Ex-President Jeffer-
son Davis at the unwilling of the Ben.
Hill monument in Atlanta on the LIST OF
May will induce q multitude to take ad-
vantage of the half rate fare to and from
that city.
Father Ryan, the "Poet Priest"
died at Louisville, KY, on the 2ad OF
heart disease. His remains were taken to
Mobile for interment. Chief among his
poems are " The Sword of Lee and "The
Conquered Banner" which will live as
long as any contemporaneous verse
Massachusetts, had her first Arbor
Day last Saturday, oath instant. In com
pliance with recent Legislation Gov. Kob-
inson issued proclamation fixing that day
for the observance. Thus the old COM
monwealth has not disdained to take ex-
ample from younger States.
The strike business in the Southwest
has assumed a phase which leaves the
strikers in the bad predicament which be-
falls in the majority of cases. The strikers
have only stopped themselves, not the
railroad work. The railroads are busy
and the Knights of Labor are idle.
Mr.. II. C. Whitfield, young ITALIA
hasseean of talent and enterprise, has
taken charge of the Newnansville
Weekly, as editor and proprietor,
and it is safe to predict that he will make
it a valuable journal. He proposes to at
once enlarge and otherwise improve the
paper.
The Centennial celebration of the
Chatham Artillery at Savannah, begin
ming next Monday, will attract a great
number of visitors to that pleasant city
by the sea. The rates of fare over the
Georgia roads are very low, and round
trip tickets good for week from ITALIA
hassee are sold for $3.50.
-Ex-President Jefferson Davis ar
rived at Montgomery on Tuesday and
was to speak in that city on yesterday.
Thousands of strangers visited Mont
gomery to see and hear him. His lecture
is in aid of monument to be erected to
the Confederate soldiers of Alabama who
fell in the war. Mr. Davis is in good
health but very weak.
Editor Dana, of the New York SIN,
is putting on airs because country news
paper credited him with having driven
the Hon. Joseph Pulitzer out of Con-
gress. There are those who think he
would have been entitled to higher
niche in the temple of fame if he had
driven the great Magyar out of journal
ism.-Sdvdnndh Ne,os.
The total annual cost to the Govern
ment of the 716 men employed in the
military bands is $269,73s. In addition
they receive from the savings of post ba-
keries, and from subscriptions and out
side earnings, enough to bring their total
receipts up to $296,724. Secretary Endi-
colt says that the musicians are trained
soldiers, and for that reason valuable
part of the army.
There will be grand picnic at the
Wakulla Spring the lst Saturday in May,
and we urge all our citizens to attend, as
there will be railroad meeting for the
purpose of discussing the matter with the
citizens of our county. Every enterpris-
ing man should attend, and firmly place
his shoulder to the wheel and shove with
all his might WakuAa Times.
The case of Geo. Burt vs.. the Florida
Southern railway, was tried before the
county court yesterday when verdict
was rendered in favor of the plaintiff.
The question involved was the right OF
the Florida Southern to run track across
private property, that road having some
time since run track across lot No. So
belonging to Mr.. Burt, without the per-
mission of the owner.-Pdlatka. DAILY
Netcs.
The first Bessemer steel ever made
in the South was made on the 10th al
Chattanooga, Tenn, of pig iron from
North Carolina ores. The experimental
test of two tons showed an excellent steel
Every one is interested in the southwark
movement of the steel industry, as il
means cheap steel and lower tariff. In
proportion as the manufacture under ex
pensive conditions declines, Pennsylvania
will lose interest in the protective idea.
Mr.. George L. Turner, conductor
on the Savannah Florida and Western
Railroad, was killed at Callahan by his
own train last Friday night. He had
gone ahead and was signalling freight
train, that blocked the road, to go on
when his signal was mistaken by his own
engineer, who brought on his train and
struck the conductor from behind. He
was an excellent young man, and had
been but recently promoted to the posi-
ton he held.
Our Northern visitors frequently en-
quire, "Why cannot good butter be made
in Florida?" We answer, it can be, and