The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-05-27
Greeks and Turks are skirmishin.

The Apache prisoners have been re-
moved from Fort Marion and live in camp
under . strong guard on the beach near
81 Augustine.
Gen. Durbin Ward, for many years
3 leading democrat in Ohio, died last Sat-
urday, aged sixty-seven years. He was
native of Virginia.
Martin Irons, the radical Knight Of
Labor, was obliged to flee from his home
in Sedalia to escape lynching by the strik-
ers who had followed his lead to their
rum
-Workmen have unearthed the bu
RED eloisters of the original structure of
christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, erected
BY Slgfried, the Dane, in the eleventh cen
tury. The ruins had been buried for 600
years. Many ancient relics have been
discovered.
A distressing casualty occurred In
Central Park, New York, on the goth,
when the horse ran away with the car
rage in which Mrs. Alice Key Pendle-
ton and her daughter were riding, and
both jumping out the former was instant
IL killed and the latter dangerously in
jured. They were the wife and daughter
Of Hon George ii. Pendleton. L. ). Min
lister TO Germany, who fell senseless when
the cable dispatch informed him of the
calamity.
-BradstreetS reports that though $780,
600 men have been on strike in this coun-
try at one time or another since April "a,
there were at no time more than 900
EMPLOYEES ont, and that this number fell
70 $4,000 between May IL aud May Il,
and to about $4,000 by May 20. The
heaviest losses by the strike were from
delayed or cancelled contracts, and the
building trades suffered most. The total
loss on building contracts in ten cities is
estimated at so, 100000
Governor Perry last Monday issued
warrant for the execution on Wednesday,
June 80, Of John Hardy, convicted OF
murder in the first degree by the Circuit
Court for Alachua county. Thus there
are three criminals now under warrant
for execution in the State, the two others
being the Orange county murderers, who
will be hung on Saturday, June 5, as we
have previously stated " Black Friday"
with so many superstitions attacking to
II, need not be made blacker by being
exclusively a "hangman' day." though
II generally is.
Mr.. Morrison expresses the opinion
that the strength of both parties will be
about the same in the next congress, and
that the Republicans will hold them
selves in reserve for the Presidential con-
test One reason why he thinks the lie
publicans will not make a great effort to
secure the control of the lower house is
that they would still be powerless, for
that then party measures would be We
tOed- He thinks that at the end of the
year the treasury books will show in
creased revenue and decreased expendi-
tnre-
1t Is stated that VIM. II. Ashmead
has been appointed special Field Ento-
mOlogist in Florida to the [. ;. Depart
ment Of Agriculture" This means that
be has been made an official bug catcher
NJ large, and if he does his duty he may
be seen chasing them over the fields and
through the woods from Cape Sable to
the Perdido. The question in which some
are interested is whether the bugs will
belong TO the catcher or to the United
States II 10 the former there is posi-
bic chance that he may make an assign
meut for the benefit of persons interested.
We learn on the best authority that
Zachary Taylor Crawford, late County
Judge of Manatee county, Florida, has
been appointed Receiver of the Land
Once Al Gainesville, vice John +. Rol-
hnA This is as it should be. Judge
Crawford is one of the most distinguished
citizens of South Florida, an ardent Dem
ocrzt and learned lawyer. Heis a neph-
ew Of Judge Crawford, of the Supreme
bench of Georgia, but is one of the few
Young men who can reflect honor on a
proud name and illustrious ancestry.
We only hope such appointments will be
the rule in the future -Pdldtkd Daily
Hesrs-
The special London cablegram to
the New York Sun says: Most impor-
tant 10 Americans is the further fall of
silver 70 q shilling and five pence, which
means utter panic and collapse of ex-
change markets in the East, such as at
no distant day must dissstrously affect
al our own great interests. 1t also
means lower prices for Western wheat
and Southern cotton. If the depression
remains unchecked, who shall measure
The possible sweep and its mischievous
Effects upon that improvement of our
trade and industry which affords the best
hope for an escape from the present labor
troubles. Are We TO see gold constantly
aowinR eastward from America and rise
IN rates for money!"
The almost Incredible statement that
each charge shot from llo-ton cannon
aboard the new British ironclad Benbow
costs e7s5, Is made by the London cor