The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-03-19
Tallahassee. Fla. March 10. 1883.
Lower CALIFORNIA; gold excitement

convene in annual session at St. Angus
tine on the 2sth inst.
The Grand Lodge Knights Of Pythl-
as will convene in fourth annual session
at Pensacola next Wednesday.
Mr.. Cleveland will 60 into history as
the great veto President He vetoed rs
bills, Isl more than all hi. predecessors
combined.
President Harrison has placed all of
the official patronage of Mississippi for
four wears in the hands of General James
r. Chalmers. Wasn't Chalmers g Rebel
Brigadier -
Gov Fleming has written to the
Gainesville board of health asking if they
would like TO have the State Health
Officer inspect the city and county. They
made an affirmative reply.
The train between Orlando and Win
ter Park jumped the track Thursday and
rolled down an embankment. breaking
the LEG of baggageman and inhlcting
deep scalp wound on top of the head of
Senator Dunn.
Governor Wilson, of West Virginia,
has decided TO call the Legislature in ex-
ira session about June lst next. to set
tie tho gnbernatorial muddle and act on
other needed legislation.
FLORIDA cities and towns should be
put in thorough sanitary condition pre-
paratory to visit from the State Health
Officer. Have everything as " neat as a
PIN and thus give him pleasant sur
prise.
DIR. JOSEPH Y. Porter, State Health
Officer, was in Washington Saturday in
consultation with Surgeon-General Ham
llton. relative to the situation in Florida.
past, present ana future. He is hopeful
that the experience Of last wear Will be
avoided in the future.
Don't be too sure that President
Harrison is really running this admins
tratlon. 1t looks that way now. But
has the Blaine elephant really bumped
himself" yet New York World.
-Ex President Cleveland, accompan-
led by ex-Secretaries Villas. Whitney and
Bayar1, and Postmaster General Dick
enson, left ashincton yesterday to make
shorl visit to Florida and Cuba Jack
sonvile will probably be the first stop.
The State Board Of Health was in
session at the Capital last week, and ad-
iourned after electng DR.. r. p. Daniel.
President and DR. J. Y. Porter State
Health Officer The Board will hold
another meeting at jacksonville soon. at
which DR.. Porter is expected to be pres
ent. At this meeting the rules ard reg
ulationS of the Board will doubtless be
prepared for promulgaticn.
The Supreme Court Of est VIRGINIA
has decided in the Goff-Wilson guberna-
toral mandamus case that Governor
Wilson is entitled 10 hold over until such
time as the contest between Fleming and
Got. shall have been settled or in other
words. Golf is not entitled to the seat on
the ground that the returns were not de-
clared by the Legislature The fight will
now be between Wilson and Carr on q,tO
acdrr0nto proceedings
We earnestly hope that the coming
Legislature will enact general law for
the protection Of the game in this State.
Ii there Is no protection given, only few
more years will come when such game as
turkey and deer in Middle Florida will be
numbered with the extinct A stringent
statute should be enacted making it un-
lawful to kill during the months Of MAY.
June, July, August and September any
female deer, known as doe; any turkey
hen, or turkey hen with brood, or young
turkeys, and the killing Of quail during
said month -Crawfordvile Times.
Since the election quite brisk fight
has been carried on for the Richmond
postmastership between the Malone and
Wise fractions in Virginia. Both sides
have had delegations at work laboring
with the President When the Wise men
from the South called, Gen. Harrison
Knocked them into a cooked hat hv re-
marking: Is the Office vacant 2" " No.
| believe not. But" said one of the Z, le-
cation as soon rs he recovered his hrcat n