The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-02-12
Tallahassee. Fla. Feb. IL. 1850.


ed, but will continue the publication of
the weekly.
Both Mr.. Bayard and Mr.. Whitney
deny that they have any intention of re-
signing from the Cabinet.
Mr.. James G. Blaine has secured a
house in Washington suitable for his po-
sition as Secretary Of State.
Mr.. w. B. Farley has retired from
the editorial chair of the Mariana Times
Courier, and Hon. H. c. Neel becomes
the new editor.
Read the New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat. The best and most newsy paper in
the South-Daily and Weekly. 1t has
the largest circulation.
After the 4th of March President
Cleveland will become a silen. partner of
the New York law firm of Bangs, Stet-
son, Tracy & McVeagh.
Two reporters Of Birmingham, Ala,
followed a supposed eye witness of the
Halves murders two thousand miles, Sc.
curing his arrest at Middleton, Tenn.
The certificate of election of Gen.
Robert Bullock, Congressman for the
Second Congressional District Of Florida,
has not yet been received at Washing
ton.
"A party of twenty Northern capital
lists are travelling through the South tax
ing notes of her industrial advancement.
Among them are Andrew Carnegie and
Roswell p. Flower.
In the National Senate, Wednesday,
Senator Daniel pronounced Civil Service
Reform " a machine and humbug, and
said that he would vote with the new
administration to abolish it.
"A fine portrait bust of Ex-Governor
Madison S. Perry, of Florida, has just been
presented to the National Museum, at
Washington, d. c., by Mrs. Douglas, the
daughter Of Henry Dexter, the distin-
guished sculptor of Cambridge, Mass.
In Speaker J. l.. Gaskns, of Brad
ford, the House will have a thorough par
liamentarian-quick, active, vigilant, i'm
partial The entire list shows that the
Legislature is going to work with will
and right end foremost Times Union.
-Wanton S. Webb's election to the
position of Director-General of the Sub
Tropical Exposition is the best thing on
wheels" that has happened since the en-
terprise was inaugurated. The Exposi-
ton will now =" roll on" without a single
hitch.-Times- Union.
Senator Calls resolution providing
for the survey and construction of sea-
wall at Jacksonville to prevent the accu-
mutation of decaying matter along the
Jacksonville wharves, has been referred
to the Commerce Committee, but has not
yet been acted upon.
In classifying the members of the
Legislature some weeks ago, Hon. Man
uel p. Delgado, Of Key West, was cassed
as a Republican. We are pleased to
learn: from the gentleman himself, that
he is Democrat and was elected to the
House of Representatives as a Democrat.
w. w. Bussey, paying teller of the
Eagle & Phenix Savings Bank and
Manufacturing Company, disappeared
under mysterious circumstances Tuesday.
leaving an apparent shortage in his &C.
counts of $l6,l84. He was taken into
custody at Eufaula aud returned to Co.
iumbus by his brother. His friends saw
they will make his shortage good.
The New York Tribune, speaking of
the Madison myth, says Governor Elem.
ing's prompt action shows that Florida
has the right sort of an administrator at
the head of affairs. He has set some
Northern Governors a good example.
The mere threats of foolish people should
not be exaggerated into attempts at assas-
sinatiOn, but the man who threatens is an
enemy to the public peace.-Times-Un Union.
The city of Wilmington, N. c., is
considering the question of cremating all
garbage and other refuse matter, and the
Board of Health of jacksonville has
made similar recommendation to the
City Council. This is proper and most
necessary first step toward the protection
and preservation of the public health,
and we think that the Legislature. now in