The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-05-31

and hichmOnd VA laSt week TeSuiIeo
in Democratic victories-
On and after June LIST the Tampa
Daily Journal will be printed in two Ian
guages-E English and Spanish.
DIR. Lyman Abbott has been elected
TO the pastorate Of Plymouth Church, as
successor 20 Henry Ward Beecher.
Cleveland, reduction of taxation and
the removal of oppressive monopoly are
the watchwords of the Democratic party.
Mr. Z J. White having retired from
the Gainesville Daily ADVOCATE, Mr.. H H.
McCreary is now sole proprietor of that
journaL
Nothing 80 marvelously indicates the
stability Of the United States as the in
ability ofthe government to purchase its
own bonds.
United States Marshal w. C. Bird
has taken possession Of the Tavares, At
lantic and Gulf Road. The bonded in
debtedness of the road is given as 1885,
900.
-Belva lockwood says she defeated
Mr. Blaine in 1884, and expects to beat
him again 1t is well that Belva is again
= candidate for President. She adds q
spice Of humor TO . very serious affair.
-Colurabia county Democrats are not
afraid TO let the crank and file :" of the
party make nominations for county Off
GERS They adopted the primary election
system for that characterization Re
cOrder
If delinquent and q half should
come up and pay dollar and half in a
year and q half, an editor and a half
would then stand some chance Of getting
a meal and q half OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
riAe Ca -Ne,es.
The New York Sun wants TO know
why the majority of brides at Washing
ton this year are red-headed. 1t is very
simple. The marrying men are begin
uing TO know a good thing when they
see it.-Anansq Constitsaion. Expla-
natioD-All the good fellows n the Con-
stitution Office are "sorrel topped" as
they say down in Georgy.l IN Y. Her
aid.
Major Powell proposes to dam up
along the eastern slope of the Rocky
Mountains the tributaries of the Missouri
and Mississippi rivers and SO put stop to
the overfows. He wants $3.50, 900 to be
gin with. The water thus TO be obtained
for irrigation purposes, in addition to the
good its retention would do, would suffice
to render fertile 1905 square miles of
lGnd.-Pdlatka Daily Nesos
The contract to build the bridge
across Marlborough river, At Tampa, has
been awarded to the King Iron Bridge
Company of Cleveland. 1t 10 to be CON-
pleted in 100 days from the signing of the
contract. Any failure will result in for.
fixture of $40 per day. Workhas been be
gun on the sites selected for the $20O, 900
hotel and the new county Jail. The Water
Works Company is laying water mains,
and Tampa is booming.
The Atlanta Journal sums up the
good points of the Mills bill by comment
ing on a speech delivered by Congress
man Stewart, of Georgia The Journal
says: "He read . table which he had
prepared, estimating that . family Of six
. persons living on farm, were taxed BY
the present tariff duties $lse q year, and
that the passage of the Mills bill would
result in reducing these taxes 900. The
placing of hoop iron on the free list and
the reduction of the duty on bagging
would save to the people of the Southern
States 100000 yearly, in preparing
cotton for market.
Alters quiet but most earnest contes.
the Democrats of Petersburg, Va, last
Thursday elected their entire city ticket,
headed by Hon. Charles F. Collier, for
Mayor, BY $50 majority, and eight on,
of twelve Councilmen, chosen for four
years. Thus the entire municipal govern.
ment passes into the hands of the Demo.
Gratis for the first time in eight years
A large number Of negroes, hitherto Ne.
publicans, voted the open Democratic
ticket. Some Of the defeated Republicans
had been in oilice continuously for four.
teen years. There il great rejoicing
among the Democrats tonight.
1T 10 now the Republicans who are
afraid of the tariff Issue. They decline
the proposition of the Democratic leaders
in the House to take IN immediate vote
on the Mills bill. For two months they
have been denouncing this - Free.
Trade" measure, sure to ruin the country.
When the President raised the issue the
Republican leaders cried: "Ahai We
have them nowi" But when brought
tos tsst their confidence ooses away
Ike Bob Acres courage They wish 70
obstzust and dslsy and dodge The de-
Sssss Il surplas-essating war tAxss does
not peoniss = VEL = thsy imagined i
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