The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-12-25

Herald
Mrs. Henrietta SMELL, of Chicago,
widow Of the murdered millionaire, A. j.
Smell, offers reward of $50, 900 for the
capture of VIM B. Tascott, in any part
of the world.
eff we are to win again in 49," said
Congressman Mckinley, with great en-
phasis, day or SO ago, cit will be upon
what we do between 'se and that time
We can't win on the past"
The meeting appointed at Lake City
for the 26th, to select Director of the
Experimental Station, was postponed
owning to iInpossibility to secure quo
rom of the Board of Trustees.
FLORIDA Normal journal, the "organ
of Independent Normalism in the South"
is very neat eight-page paper, pub
lished quarterly at White Springs, and
edited by Mr.. J. L. Skipworth.
-The..visit Of Senators Quay and Cam
eron to Malone, in Virginia, to take
precautions against fraud " in the Con-
gressional returns, must suggest to the
shrewd old negroes OF that State the pol
icy of setting a fox, coon and weasel
to guard the hen-coop-N Y. WcrlH
Pennsylvania had law passed in
1887 which gave mechanics liens on
buildings precedence over all other
claims. The Supreme Court of the State
declares the law unconstitutional that
the Legislature cannot make such dis
tinctlon in favor of any class of claim
ants
Col. Shepard, with bis long, bonv
finger pointed towards the trembling
South, calculates . We do not want war,
bat We shall enter upon it whenever duty
demands" Why, Of course; but it
W. uld be extremely interesting to know
3. what o Mt the Coon, entered the late
war against the South and just where he
came out.-N T. World.
The Presidents message is full of
strong points, AMI this extract from it
strikes the key note for the Democratic
campaign of lS92-which is now progress
inc: "There should be no cessation oftbe
struggle until plan is perfected, fair and
conservative toward existing industries,
which will reduce the cost to consumers
of the nCce ssaries Of life, while it provides
for our manufacturers the advantage of
freer raw materials and permits no injury
to the interests of American labor"
The notorious Matt Quay has re-
turned from his visit to the President
elect, even more disgruntled, if possible,
than Mr.. Morton. An Indianapolis
special says that the Senator asked
Gen. Harrison to give Mr.. John
Wanamaker, of Philadelphia, cabinet
position, and that Gen. Harrison very
emphatically said he would not, for the
reason that Mr.. Wanamaker was large
contributor to the republican campaign
fund, and it would be said that he owed
his appointment to that fact alone.
Those Northern Journals that have
devoted 50 much space to the mythical
Ku klux of the South for the past twer-
ty years or more, had better now turn
their attention to the "White Caps, >
raiding communities and committing
outrages upon citizens in Northern
States In Ohio the " signs of the times
indicate "lively times There the
{" Black Caps" have organized with the
sworn intention of ann;hiating the
" White Caps, " and this is the situation
Immediately following the announcement
by Gov. Foraker that there were no
= White Cap" organizations in Ohio.
There is no myth about this
The case Of the State ex rel. the At
torney General VS.. the Florida Southern
Hallway Company, in the matter of over
charges on orange shipmC nts, vas before
the Supreme Court last Thursday. A.
torney-General Cooper had applied to the
court for an alternative writ of mandamus
to compel the company TO observe the
rates established by the Railroad Com
mission. Counsel for the railroad made a
motion to uuaeh tho writ on1 6lo1 , !