Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1878-09-07
WHOLE NUMBER, 1868.

sonville is little over eight hours.
Probably as the road is re-tied with
the nine feet nine inch ties, required
by the new manager, and new rails
laid on portions, this time will be
shortened. The Peoples line Of the
Chattahoochee and Apalschicola river
steamboats, will, in a few days, have
boats running tri-weekly between Eu-
faula and Chattahoockee, where ho-
tel for the accommodation of lay over
passengers has just been erected. The
railroad company has united with the
Peoples line in establishing a through
route for the travel from the West
centering at Louisville via the Great
Southern route through Nashville
Decatur and Montgomery. This will
give Frorida passengers an opportu-
nifty of seeing more than pine barren
regions and enjoying an easy, inter-
esting journey hither.
WESTERN AGRICULTURAL1sTs' APPRE-
CATION.
Quincy, May, 1,ls78.-Two gentle
from the interior of Iowa few days
ago arrived in this lovely village. Be-
fore leaving home their friends had
endeavored to dissuade them from
coming. The prevailing idea was
that they would return disgusted with
Florida, and be contented to remain
in Iowa. One of them the day before
starting received a letter from broth
er in Pennsylvania, strongly remon-
strating against his going to Florida,
and citing a neighbor known to both,
who wrote that he (the neighbor)
had just returned from a tripto jack
sonville and up the st. Johns. He
found no cheap land. no opportuni-
ties for business, and after spending a
a great deal of money travelling and
and stopping at high priced hotels,
returned home disgusted with Florida.
"You had better stay where you are
wrote the brother.
But" said the Iowa brother, after
his arrival here, "if my brother knew
what now know although he is worth
$4,000, he would sacrifice ons-half
to get here; $4,000 would be worth
more to him in five years down here"
This was said after going over plan
tation eight miles from Quincy, where
the scenery resembles his native Wyo-
ming valley. The land on that plan
tation, cleared, ready for the plow, is
for sale, in tracts, at four dollars per
acre. A farm adjoining, of leo acres,
about two-t thirds cleared, with COM
Portable dwelling, IL offered for 5000,
half cash. Near by are numerous
tracts of uncleared land, with good
soil, at $3.50 and $3.50 per acres
stumpage.
"We thought" remarked one. "that
as coon as We struck Florida we should
find sandy soil and water foot below
the surface. Instead of that we found
hard clay subsoil and wells from thir-
ty to sixty feet deep where clear, pure
water is found. These gentlemen
each have a number of relatives near
Ames, Iowa, who are discontented
with the long cold winters and the in
furious effects on health. In all prob
ability so Iowans will become Flori-
dians before the year is closed. Sim
pie statements like these give the most
reliable information to inquiries about
Florida.
A HISTORIC BALE OF COTTON. N.--The
Memphis (Tenn.) bale of cotton which
received the grand testimonial prize
as the best bale of cotton at the Paris
exhibition, has had a somewhat re-
malkable history. AT an exhibition
in Memphis it received the grand
prize of $1,000, another first prize at
the centennial, third at Liverpool,
still another at a national fair on the
continent of Europe, and now this
| award at Paris. The value attached
to it by its owner has been go great
that in transportation abroad it has
been in charge ola SPECIAL messenger.
1t was finally bought by the largest
| spinner Of lace goods in Paris to be
| kept as a souvenir. At the Philadel-
phia exhibition the Fiji islanders car
ried away the prize for long staple
| cotton, but at Paris this year they
gracefully yielded to Memphis.
THE brick trade has been steady,
as rule, for the past few months.
| The demand has been moderate