The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-01-26

If it would be any inducement to Col.
Spragus 70 carry Che Montgomery d
Florida rsilroad on 70 Chattahooches, we
will agree TO print his picture.-Aonf.
gonssry Adoertiscr.
The Savanuah Nssos has reached its
thirty eighth anniversary, and so firmly
has the best daily Of the Southeast rooted
itself in the esteem of the people that it
is likely to reach its centenary.
The Townsville Enterprise is now
published daily. and our fiourishing
neighbor across the line thus has two
dailies. MIR. Albert Winter is the editor,
and be gets out an interesting sheet
Two vessels have already been char
tered for Carrabelle. One of them is
the Ella M. Halves. They will bring
steel rails for the Townsville, Tallahas-
see and Gulf acknowledgement
Times.
AT the municipal election in Thomas
vile, Ga, on the 18th, Mr.. H. w. Hop
kins was elected Mayor, receiving 244 Of ia
total of 2s7 votes. The Enterprise says
"some hard work was done by the ticket
elected"
-Parson Fitzroy is nothing if not ele-
CANT in his pulpit diction; but he rather
surprised bis Pensioners on Sunday,
when he rose to the supreme felicity of re-
ferring to "Lot's lady, who was trans
formed into a monolith Of chloride Of
sodium" Transcript
There are compensations in every
thing. The grief for the burning of Sena-
tor Ingalls, valuable library of pub. docs.
is considerably tempered by the an
nouncement that the manuscript of q
novel by the Senator himself persisted in
the fames.-Phtiadelphia Times.
The Florida Christian AdUocdte has
put on its new dress and form. 1t has a
new heading, or rather new type, for its
heading, and comes out an eight-page pa
per, and on every hand we hear express
sions Of commentator and approval Of
the change.-Sanford Alliance
We regret to see that Mr.. Neil Bray,
of Alabama, was killed in Montgomery,
in that State, the other day. He was
called upon by the Sheriff to aid in the ar
rest of criminal, who shot him and es-
capped. The deceased was an excellent
printer, and worked in the FLoRID1AN
Office during the last session of the Legis-
lature.
"A contrast-Florida Roses bloom
ing, not in stunted blossoms but in full
perfection, oranges coming into bloom,
fresh vegetables gathered daily in the gar
den. The North: Temperature below
zero, snow and ice, people freezing to
death in their own door yards. All in
January, 1sss.-Palatka Ne,cs
The cost of making ton of pig iron
at Birmingham is, according to the Chro,s-
icIe, 5000. That Is low enough to give
Alabama the advantage over any,other
State in the Union. The lowest estimate
In Pennsylvania is $3.50. This is IS ad-
vantage for Alabama and the cost to mar:
ket is but little greater from Alabama
than Pennsylvania.
We quoted the other day some re-
marks of Parson Burchard complimentary
of President Cleveland's administration.
For the utterance of these remarks the
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette Repub
hcan) calls him Ga sloppy and bias
phemous mugwump." The parson need
not be disturbed. 1t is to mans credit
TO be abused by the Commercial Gazette
Mobile Register.
We are indebted to Secretary James
M. Fairlie, of the Jacksonville Board OF
Trade, for copy of The Third Annual
Descriptive and Statistical Report of the
Industries and Advantages of the City OF
Jacksonville" being book of about 200
pages with handsome map and finely en-.
grsved illustrations. 1t not only con-
tains valuable information, but much in
teresting reading matter.
E-That was a mistake on the part OF
the immigration Association of Alachua
county in sending their pamphlets to De-
troit, Mich, to be printed when it could
have been done in Gainesville and at less
cost. Patronize home industries should
be the motto of home organizations il
they want to prove to the world that there
is business in Florida for the industrious
whom they are seeking to draw hence
Jacksonville Metropolis
Mr.. Villas and Mr.. Dickinson having
been confirmed the Cabinet is again COM
plete, and . very good Cabinet it is. Mr..
Dickinson, the new member of it, is q
brilliant lawyer, who has taken a high
rank among the leading public men of his
State. He il young and ambitious, and
is pretty certain to be good manager
of one of the most important departments
of the government, as we'll a. Q safe ad-
wiser TO the President.-Savannoh Ne.os.
Republican organs are reviving the
story that twelve years ago in St Louis
General Grant ventured this observation :
"Whenever the Democratic party comes
near to . complete control of the Gov
arr~r.re IL ill hraak ;fa back .n.<,s 81 !.