The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-10-15
-Rev. DR.. Talmaee will sail for
a scraping

the Holy Lands on the 30th.
-Axtelle, the famous trotter, has
been sold to Colonel Conley, Of Chi
cago, for 800, 600.
-Governor David B. Hill. Of New
York, will visit the Piedmont Expo
,ition lie will arrive to-day.
Secretary Tracy will recommend
that the effective force of the Amer
can navy be increased to ten thous-
and men.
Col. w. w. Moore, a veteran
journalist, died at Starke Wednesday
last of paralysis and was buried in
jacksonville.
Iron is considered the barome-
ter of general trade, and rs it is
booming from Pennsylvania to Ala
bama, good times are anticipated.
Mrs L. 5. Grant has returned
from Europe much improved in
health and is in New York visiting
her sister, Mrs. Frederick J. Dent.
A villainous conspiracy to bride
the Cronin jurors has been unearthed
in Chicago and several Of the guilty
men, court officers, are under arrest.
1t is again said that ex-Secre-
tary Bayard and Miss Mary Willing
Clvmer are to be married. The
wedding will occur early next month.
Secretary Blaine says that the
principal cities of the South may be
assured by visit from all the dele
gates to the Pan American Congress
in proper season.
The population Of Buenos Ayres
is 1000. America can secure the
trade Of this great city by the pro
posed line from Chicago via Tampa,
Fla, to South and Central America.
Mayor Grant is determined that
innocent citizens of New York shall
not be executed by contact with cleo
trical wires and insists that they
shall 90 under ground-the wires,
not the citizens.
The Tyler and Lower Hydraulic
Cotton Congresses, with five ware
houses and 1920 bales of cotton,
were burned at Savannah, Ga,
Wednesday morning. The loss is
estimated at $4oo, 900, only partially
covered by insurance.
The question is often asked,
"Whv is Florida such a wonderfully
popular tourists State 2" The an
swer is simple. Florida gives every
visitor much more than his money!
worth of climate alone, to say no.
thing Of other attractions.
Every person who pays one dol
Tar for THE FLoHIDIAN, receives du-
ring the year 2,496 columns in his
paper. Every Floridian can afford
to take THE FLoRIDIAN-oNLY ONE
DOLLAR YEAR. Subscribe nor, and
make up club.
The Sub Tropical Exposition
managers have prepared a grand
scheme for opening day. They will
give away $4,000 in prizes-the
first prize being 81, 900 in cash-tick-
cts one dollar each, and each holder
receives a souvenir.
In the habeas corpus proceedings
at Auburn, n. Y, to test the consti-
tutionality Of the electrical execution
law, Judge DAILY decides that the
law is constitutional and has re-
remanded Kemmler to the custody Of
the warden of the Auburn prison for
execution.
The list of awards at the Paris
Exposition is but just begun, and
yet America has carried off SO grand
prizes, 1919 gold medals, 27l silver
medals, 2ls bronze medals and 22O
honorable mentions.
The grand encampment of the
knights Templar of the United
States in session at Washington
last week, was an immense affair.
New officers were elected to serve
during the next three years. A
grand barbecue was given at which
5000 Knights and their friends at
tended.
The Tampa reservation case was
to have been tried before Judge Alex.
Lynch, register, and V. j. Shipman,
rapnivar of tba Trnita1 St,tas Topd