The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-06-18

cents by frut-canning time. There
is no doubt about protection protect
ing the sugar refner. But how about the
the other fellow-the consumer Clear
field Republican.
At the commencement exercises of
Wesleyan Female College Miss Y. de
Barry, Of Plant City, and Miss Nettie
Budd, of MONTICELLO, took prominent
parts and received general applause.
The United States man-ol-war kear-
sarge left Brooklyn Sunday bound for
Port-au-Prince, Hayti.
Letters received from Ujiji, dated
March 10, say Stanley met Tippoo Tib
and sent number of sick followers back
with him by way of the Congo
We have received a communication
from Hon. John d. Pirrong, State Sen
ator from Calhoun county, on the subject
Of swamp land selections, etc. 1t came
to hand TOO late for this issue, but we
will cheertully give it a place in next
weeks FLoRIDIAN.
With the United States Senate Com
mituee on Public Lands, Governor Perry,
Comptroller Barnes, Attorney General
Cooper, Treasurer Grill, Commissioner :
Mitchell and Governor Fleming all agree
ing on one side Of the que >tion, and Sena-
ator Call on the other-who is likely to
be correct:
1t is about decided that President
Harrison will appoint w. NJ. NJ. Miller,
his Attorney General and former law part
ner, to fill the place on the Supreme bench
made vacant by the death of the late
Justice Matthews. This is in accord with
Harrison's policy OF providing good places
for his relatives and personal friends.
Mr. Randall says on the subject of
the coming sessions wnrl, : !! ;l.ilh the
probabilities are that a .ariff bill will be
passed, which | hope will be satisfactory
TO the business aud manufacturing in
terests Of the country, and which Will pro-
featuring Interest, especially in the South,
need most now, stability.
Mr.. Justice Miller, Of the Supreme
Court of the United States. viii contrib
ute a paper upon his own State, 1owa. to
I[arper's Magizine for July. Mr.. Miller's
portrait. engraved from a photograph, will
form the frontispiece. Mr.. Curtis, in the
Easy Chair, will furnish sketch of Mr..
Miller, thus supplying the omission Of a
reference in the pa ,er on Iowa to one of
the chief men Of the State.
President lIarrison's sympathy for
the Johnstown flood sufferers and his
emotion in speaking in public on the sub
iect is being widely commented ON; yet
while his private secretary wrote his
check for fifty dollars for the iuHd, Har-
rson's name does not appear As having
contributed one cent. In this regard he
mipht well take a lesson from his illus
triouS predecessor.
The developments in the Cronin
murder case at Chicago have involved
Patrick Egan, who has just been ap-
pointed as Minister to Chill under
Blaine's administration, and his recall is
probable. A man who owes allegiance to
a secret organization which wields the
power of life and death over American
citizens on American soil in violation of
the Constitution, is not the kind of man
to represent this government anywhere.
In our last issue we stated that Hon.
Walter Gwynn selected what are known
as ''indemnity lands" Upon inquiry at
the State Land Office we learn that he
selected only portion of the Indemnity
lands''-those belonging to the school
fund-other agents selecting the balance
Of the lands coming to therState under
the act of March 81, 1875. This is
of course immateral, as the facts remain
the same, whoever was the agent to lAake
the selections.
The result of the Samoan conference
is understood to be satisfactory to the
three Governments interested. The agree
ment provides for self-government by the
Samoans, under the protection If Amer
ica and Germany. England acting as
arbitrator in case of differences. The
Washington officials are undecidt as to