The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-07-23
Tallahassee. Fla. July 23, 1850.

ten. BOllV Lewis, well KNOWN III
Florida, died at London, Ohio, on the
18th inst
The South Carolina Medical Society
has expelled Dr. Mellow, the slayer Of
Captain Dawson.
Capt w. VI. Davidson has been APP
pointed general passenger agent of the
Savannah, Florida and Western Railway.
What's the matter with John F.
Horr: The President has withdrawn his
appointment as Collector Of Customs at
Key West.
A colored man has been appointed
postmaster down in Alabama Well, all
right as long as it is down in Alabama,
says the New York Herald.
-McMurray's troubles are over or is
it that they have just begun The Presi-
dent has signed his commission and he is
postmaster of Jacksonville.
There is more trouble in store for the
men. a Philadelphia judge has decided
that woman has legal right to =" sass y
her husband if she wants to.
Andrew Carnegie wants rich men to
set the example of simple living. Andy
thinks in this way he can be in style, and
yet add to his bank account.
The paradise Of the South has been
discovered. 1t is Cullum county, Ala
bama. The county has population Of
5000, and only fourteen negroes.
Rev. Mr. Baxter, of England, asserts
that the general smash-up of this world
will occur on the 18th Of April, l89l-no
postponement on account Of weather.
The Masonic lodges Of several States
have decided to no longer tolerate saloon
keepers in the order. Other secret socie-
ties are doing likewise This is right
John L. Sullivan's father says "John
must 60 to Congress-. Governor Low
ry, Of Mississippi, says John must go to
Jail. The New York World says he will
probably 90 to Canada.
Northern papers speak of all con-
ductors being laid under ground" In
Florida conductors, like other people, die
only Of old age, and, Of course, few are
being laid under ground"
One hundred and thirty-four ladies
Of Monticello petition the white voters Of
Jefferson county, through the columns Of
the Constitution, to withhold their sigma
lures from petitions for liquor license.
The idle convicts il New Yolk's pcn-
tentiary are ciamorous for work 50 also
are many honest men who never saw the
inside Of prison The STATE furnishes
work for the former. The latter must
hustle for it.
The owners Of Con-tancia sugar es-
tate, near Havana, Cuba, Melted this year
some 100000; next year they will make
$4,000 hogsheads OF sugar. An offer of
five million dollars was recently refused
for this estate.
"A correspondent asks what is an
"allround newspaper man 2" An all
round newspaper man is one who can
write all around a subject and never
touch it. There are several Of them in
Florida ust now.
The sugar trust made a profit last
year Of $40 100000. This year, by put
ting the screws down little tighter on the
people, they expect to increase the profits
of the combine considerably. Yet Blaine
says it is nobody's business.
Tariff reform was supported by big
majority of the voters of the country last
fall, and by an overwhelming majority of
the white voters. Taking this into con
sideration, can there be any question as
to what the issue Of 1892 will be?
Kate Field has been lecturing on
temperance" advising people to drink
only California grape wines. 1t has been
limited all along that She was in the pay
of California wine-makers She has now
had a row about her commission on sales
and has quit lecturing
The FLORIDIAN has received from
the publishers, the +. II. Thomas Law
Book Company, Of St. Louis, prospec-
tus Of Chas. A. Choate's Digest of the
Decisions of the Supreme Court of Flor
ida, from the organization of the court
to the close of the June term, 1888. The
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