The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-03-08
Tniiaha.see, Fla. March 9, 1855.
-Tallahassee,s municipal election h;

ors chair, and the rlorai Nlty couio
not have made q better SELECTION
Qerincy Herald.
An Illinois mob lynched negro the
other day, but Senator Sherman and other
emotional statesmen will please keep on
pointing their accusing finger at the solid
South Chicago Nescs.
The question of an extra session of
the Legislature was submitted to vote
at the South Apopka Farmers meeting
on last Saturday, and resulted in un-
animous vote against the measure
.SunaterriHe Times.
The extension of the Orange Belt
Railway, in the way of track-laying, is
rapidly going on below Tarpon Springs,
ard in the direction of St. Petersburg,
which place it will doubtless reach by
the end of March, Oakland Sun.
Senator German has been paraded as
opposed to President Cleveland's renomi-
nation. He has declared himself, how
ever, an ardent supporter instead Of an
does not BOOM Columbus Enquirer
S,O.
A paper out in Kansas thinks that if
the Democrats nominate Mr. Cleveland
they will have to nominate his message
also. That appears to be what they pro-
pose doing, and if the political thermom-
hn
lar nomination.-Sd uanndh Morning
.Nevs.
MIR. Depew's plan to first destroy
American commerce, and then to build
American ships, is about as able scheme
as that of old Joe Brown to take the tax
off whisky in order that drunkards may
give to their families the difference be-
tween cheap drinks aud dear ones.-
Louisville Courier Journal.
The last number OF the Florida School
Journal contains rough but life-like por
trait Of Prot. Henry N. Felkel, President
Of the State Normal School at DeFuniak
Springs, and one of the most successful
educators Florida has produced. His Sc
lection for the honorable position he occu-
pies reflects great credit upon those to
whom it is due -Pdlatkd Ne,cs
With free hides. American leather
manufacturers do foreign business of
slO,00O,oOO a year With raw wool
taxed, American Manufacturers of WOOL
ems do foreign business of only $500, 900
year. The difference is the difference
between Clevelaud's free wool and
Blaine's free smoking tobacco.-.St. Louis
Republican.
The twenty-eighth annual commence
ment of the Medical College of Alabama
will take place in Mobile on Thursday,
the goth instant. The comforting of de-
grees, ETC., will take place at the Princess
Theatre at S o'clock iu the evening. The
salutatorian is S. c. Cowan, Alabama !;
the valedictorian, T. H. Frazer, Ala
bama. An Grafton will be delivered by
Hon. John T. Morgan, United States Sem
ator from Alabama, aud Hon. Jefferson
Davis is expected to be present.-Neac
Orleans Times Democrat.
Mr.. McLendon, and the subcommittee
from Monticello, went to Savannah to
submit a final proposition to Colonel
Hanes, in reference to the extension of
the T., 7. & NJ. road to Monticello from
the Safe line, to which point the road is
nearly completed, returned this morning.
They report everything satisfactorily ar
ranged. We presume the road will be
promptly extended. Mr.. McLendon and
Engineer Reynolds went down to Month
cello this morning. homdsri1e Times.
The Georgia Central Railroad in
connection with the State Agricultural
Society has organized Bureau of Immi-
grafton. A monthly paper will be printed
for free distribution, low rates of fare
will be secured for land seekers, and, in
imitation of" Webb's Florida on Wheels, "
AGAR will be fitted out next fall and sent
North TO exhibit the products of Georgia
and distribute printed matter. Putting
Georgia on Wheels" will be the work
Of wealthy corporation and an estab-
lished association. The enterprise of
one individual got Florida on the track.
There is q good deal of misrepresen-
tation in the current talk about England
being delighted at the proposed changes
in our tariff laws. The fact is that intel
igent English merchants and manufac-
turers see with perfect clearness that if
our restrictions on foreign trade are mod
erately and wisely relieved, their own bust
ness is likely to be seriously injured by
American competition. A recentroyal COM
mission, for example, reported that nothing
except the peculiar tariff arrangements of
the United States kept England from los
ing to US the greater portion of her foreign
trade in woollen goods.-Rovtdspcs
Journal.
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