The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-07-09
State Gleanings.

4 colony to settle IN Florida, proba-
bly, in Alachua county, is being formed
in Paducah, Ky.
John a. Whitney, of the Fernandina
Express, will act as Secretary of the
Florida Press Association.
The Office of Collector of revenue in
Jacksonville, has been turned over to
the Hon. Dennis Eagan.
Col. Lanier, has patch of corn, that
will average fifty to sixty bushels of
corn to the acre.-AdUance.
Messrs. Barnes and Rollins have been
confirmed respectively, Register and Re-
ceiver of the land Office at Gainesville.
Fine, large mullet are only cents
a dozen in st. Augustine. Is it because
there are too many fish, or too little
money?
DR.. Peters has sold his young orange
grove on the east side of Lake George
for 81, 900, and is now residing on anoth-
er fine property that he owns on Dray-
ton Island.
Let his friends here suggest that
General Finley, would make splendid
Governor, and would be very acceptable
in this vicin:ty.-MirTOr.
We will want General Finley for our
Senator some day give us Bloxham for
Governor. He is entitled to it.
The steamer City of Dallas on her
last voyage from New York to Jackson
vile, got ashore on st. Johns bar, and
had to be lightened by throwing over
board part of her cargo. She was then
towed off, having sustained but little in
jury.
For several days this week, we have
had remarkable weather The morn
ings before sunrise, have been cool
enough for the month Of March, and
the nights cool enough for blankets.
The Fourth of July, is at our doors,
with only three months summer, you
may say, and with a prospect of moder-
ately warm season. -PatGtkG Herald.
W. E. Dale, mail route agent says, ia
the South Florida JOa0ndI:-When 1
came on the route from Jacksonville to
Enterprise, February 20, 1875, there
were thirty post .officesIserved therefrom,
while now there are ninety then there
We're five offices in Orange county, now
there are twenty eight at that time
they were but one hundred offices in the
State, now there are three hundred.
Mrs. McNIinn of fernando county.
raised on one acre of ground nearly for
ty-six bushels of oats. Planters have
been frequently urged to plant largely
in oats. The above crop was raised on
pine land. and shows plainly what can be
done. We remember when it was said
that corn could not be raised here.
What a mistake fernando county is
one of the best corn-producing counties
in the South, and we can see no good
reason why wheat and other cereals may
not be raised, for the lands are good
enough to produce anything that is
planted. What pity it is, to see such
lands lying idle.-zanpo Guardian.
About fifty hands are at work chang.
ing the grade of the north end of the
Lake george & Lake Eustis Railroad
from Lake George to Fort Butler, nearly
opposite Volusia. AS soon az this new
piece of grade is finished, the cross ties
and iron will be put on, and the locomo-
tive and construction train follow imme-
diately. The latter event will occur
early in August, and'then the whistle of
the first railroad locomotive will be
heard in Orange county. This sounds
like business, and being true, it is bust
ness South Florida Journal.
Capt. J. W. Harden, OF South Apop-
ka, was in town yesterday, and commu-
nicated the result of an exploration par
ty, who, last week, under his pilotage,
made their way through the saw-grass
marsh lying between Lake Ahapopka
and the Oclawaha river. Capt. Is. M.
Sims and NJ. j. Bolton Speer, were also
with the expedition. The result of their
careful investigation was exceedingly
satisfactory. 1t is their opinion that not
more than three miles of dredging will
De required to open a channel of suffi-
cient capacity to afford connection be-
tween the great lake and Ocklawaha
river, admitting barges and boats of suf-
tcient size to meet all present demands.
South Florida Citizen.