The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-12-04

Republican plurality Of 2,434.
Refugees want to make haste slowly
in getting back to infected points.
The Republicans openly bought votes
in New Jersey, paying from $3.50 up.
West Virglnia's fair name is smirched
with garing Republican election frauds
ALREADY the disfranchisement of the
negro is advised as means of breaking
the "Solid South"
Capt. Compton, of the American
vessel, Haytian Republic, defed the
armed power of 1ayti to the last, and
did not lower his flag.
The Galveston Ne,cs says that the
idea of honoring the South by placing
Malone in Mr. Harrison's Cabinet is
rather too ridiculous to be insulting.
The steamer Nacoochee, from Savan-
nah to New York, went ashore at Point
Lookout, and 1900 boxes of Florida
oranges were thrown overheard. The
steamer is not damaged
The little squabble between our I'm
Gle Sam and little Hayti has been AMIGA
bly, settled, the Havtien government
paying the captain Of the seized schooner,
VIM Jones, an idemnity of $1,000 and
renting all port charges and custom du-
ties on the cargo.
The S. F. & w. Railway Company
is getting ready for "big travel" to
Florida this winter. They have ordered
twenty-five new coaches, which are to be
perfect models Of beauty, and will be fit
ted up with all modern appliances for
comfortable and safe railway travel.
The Farmers Convention at the Cap
ital of Kansas passed a resolution last
week condemning all trusts and other
combinations of capital detrimental to the
public welfare, and demanding legislation
against them. Yet those farmers voted
on the 9Th inst. to hand over the govern
ment to the trusts.-4No6lIe Register.
"A box of oranges that were clipped
near Barlow on October Is have travelled
to New York, thence to Germany, visiting
many of the important cities of that en-
pire, came back to New York and home
again to Barlow, a total distance of over
10000 miles, and are now in perfect con-
dition.
The Savannah health authorities last
night removed the quarantine restrictions
which, nearly four months ago. were es-
tablished against the infected portions Of
Florida, but they made no provision for
preventing persons from bringing infect
ed clothing into the city. Ought they
not to have made some such provision
-Sdrdnn0h Ne,cs.
1t is said that an effort will be made
in the next Congress to separate the ma
tional elections entirely from the State
and local elections, having them held on
separate days, and placing the national
elections for Congressman and President
entirely under the charge of Federal au-
thorities
The following postmasters have re-
Gently been appointed in Florida Sam
uel Parker, at Dayton Island, Putnam
county, vice Daniel Darling, resigned :;
Henry D. Degrove, at Fruit Grove, St.
Johns county, vice T.V. Moore, resigned;
Charles S. Moore, at Montclair, Lake
county, vice F. V. Warner, resigned.
There is big split in the G. A. r.
About 1900 Democratic members met
in Chicago last Tuesday and resolved to
withdraw from the order. They will or
ganize new national organization, which
will be charitable and non political in
character
"A special from Raleigh, n. c., says
that about one hundred negro women
there rugged themselves out in mems
clothing and voted the Republican ticket
at the recent election. 1t is time for Bel
va Lockwood to kick these votes ought
to have gone to her.
In the Second Congressional District
of Louisiana, Coleman, the Republican
candidate, was voted for as II. D. Cole
man, Fl. Dudley Coleman and Hamilton
d. Coleman. If these votes had all been
cOnnted as for diffarent individuals II