The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-03-05
N. M. BOWEN, Editor.


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The Florida State Pharmaceutical
Association will convene in annual session
at Ocala April Is.
The Duke of Sutherland and Mrs.
Blair of his party, were TO have been
married at Tampa yesterday.
The bill to create Railroad Com
mission for North Carolina was defeated
in the Senate of that State last week.
The Worlds cartoon of two months
ago was prophetic. The Blaine Elephant
is walking off with the Harrison Cabinet,
stills, sides, roof and chimney.
Hon. J. J. Willie, of Monticello,
former Private Secretary of Senator Pas
co, has been appointed to twelve hun
dred dollar clerkship under the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
The report of Sir Julian Pauncefot's
appointment as British minister to the
United Suites is semi-oficially confirmed.
The press association says it has author
ity to announce the fact, and gives
sketch of the new minister's career.
-Messrs. Langley and Steele, of the
Sumterville Times, have sold that paper
to Mr.. w. F. Stovall, late Of the Ocala
Free Press, and the new proprietor has
assumed his duties as editor of the
Times.
Mr.. Harrison is minority Presi-
dent, having been beaten in the popular
vote 100000 by Mr.. Cleveland, and, &C
cording to declarations of prominent Re-
publcans, was elected by bribery and
fraud.
Jacksonville's city authorities have
purchased lot from the Springfield
Land Company upon which to erect a
garbage crematory. The lot contains
three and one-eightb acres, and the price
is to be $4,000, payable by installments
of 800 per month.
In the Senate, Friday, Senator Jones
of Nevada reported back resolution,
and it was agreed to, for the payment of
$l,o54 to Gen. J. J. Finley, who held the
Office of Senator from Florida under ap-
pointment from the Governor, from
March 4, 1887 to May 10, 1887, when
Senator Pasco was elected
The colored citizens of Florida hav-
ing decided to invite Fred Douglass, Nine.
Salaki, the colored singer, and Miss Halle
o. Browne, the colored elocutionist, to
visit the Sub-Tropical Exposition, a COM
mittee lett Jacksonville on the first for
Washington, to present the invitation.
-Sumterville Times Delegates to be
admitted to the Quarantine Conference
which will assemble in Montgomery, Ala,
March 5th, must be appointed by the
Governor and bear his credentials. No
town, city or other municipality or corpo-
ration is authorized to appoint delegates.
Orders have been issued for the Swa-
ira of the South Atlantic and the Enter
prise of the European station to proceed
to Madagascar for the protection of
American interests. This action is in &C.
cordance with the suggestion OF the Secre-
tary of State contained in recent report
to the President in regard to the condi-
ton of affairs in that country.
Hon. John w. Gambler, a member
of the Fiftyfrst Congress from Boston,
and President Of the Florida Southern
Railway Company, at the head of a syn
dictate Of New England fnancers, has
purchased the Chattanooga Land, Coal,
Iron and Railway Company's interests in
Tennessee, including some twenty-five
thousand acres Of land.
The New York Herald, referring to
the race question, says: "This is not, af-
ter all, question of prejudice; but
question of brains Brains will solve the
problem, and we rather think the majority
OF the Southern people are willing it
should" immigration to the South will
do more than all else toward solving this
problem.
The Senate has passed over the Pres
ident's veto, by vote of IS to 8, the bill
for the relief of VIM. r. Wheaton and
Charles II. Chamberlain, of California.