New-York tribune., 1879-01-06
Howard. grand larceny Sarah z. Bngss Edward D. Full
Herman Hefsch, forgery.
SEEKING SOUTH ERN HOMES.

EMIGRATION TO FLORIDA AND TEXAS.
MANY FAMILIES GOING TO THESE STATES FROM
THIS CIrY-INDUCEMENTs OFFERED TO COL
oNIsTs-HOMEs FOR wORKINGMEN IN NEW
MEXICO.
Every year, while hundreds OF persons are
leaving country homes to nelp swell the tde Oh cy
life many families are going away from ewiork anu
Brooklyn to seek homes in distant aud newly settled
portions Of country Travel 10 the West and to seveta
of tho Southern states has become general that IL
would difficult estimate the number OF persons VINO
search Tor permanent residence there 10 the great
Southwest and to Florida emigration Is accomplished
mainly as yet through land and agricultural assVe"
tions. Unusual activity has been noticed among these
recently and the number OF their customers
il increasing rapidly. The steamships to Florida ana
Texas and The railroad lines to Western Texas carry
sma colonies OF workngmen and their families, wIo 20
10 cultivate wild lands to in cattle-raisna
Consumpvc persons going 10 the far soutn 10 sech
hcalthful climate and merchants who find their bus-
prontCss uncCngeEial are gong 10 Fl0rlda to
plant orange groves. Upward Of 200 families have
gene the far this city aud Brooklyn during
the last six mouths. The farming season IN the South
begins early in February and the rush OF emicraps mas
groarer the last few weeks on hat accouAt
colony OF about "a dozen families mostly from Brooklyn
is to start for Western Texas next week
Along the line o tie Florida Railroad from Fernan-
dina to Ce,dr Keys broad tract % Iand, which
OF the lands in this tract are owned the Florida Land
and Immigration Company, OF which Eiw1rd ~ DICK
cIsOp Of this cy, Is rae Pre5ident Agents Ior tne
company in the Norh sell land to endgrans by means
of warrants, selcrs have the privilege OF seiecihg
their own irna from ans ot The s"nphl' lands wien
| are unucIupied. Near'y two hundred families nave
gone these land, from the port OF NeT-iOrk since
ety. but tho majority went from otner portions o the
Stale J eon"ersatloh wlth cl9iler rec utS' d. !:
smith, the Northern agent II the company, saiu
Nsrb to 1--we in ForIda TGe largest Is tne lsDoTlDg
/ Itl
money, but U do not aiY ch 'ucc OF hu' ing homes
OF heir own IN northern city. Tucy 20 TO Flo ida,
buy sual the rate oI - an acne, aud begin
10 raise vegetables. Many OF thein -, i've IN
ness the climate ROws to do this very com
io.tdby. IicfOie long Hcy Will have Me, houses ana
barns. surrounded with orange groves Another large
cass cGmpOs"d VI prr,Ua- IN mudyrae circumstances,
VINO nave crowded out of b-iucs, III tue cay.
Iuey take "lth hen ehOugh money u puyciiaSe iais
ana cui h0ii,e, lac tEi class - composed oi persons
Ie0hSideI%p.e hcaa va" 20 TO E.Sht Ia &c oanhG &
groves or 10 i've ~ MIA cuinatr ,Oh'impNes hnu
PERSONS VINO suffer from iicumttlsm hd tne chuale OF
FIoTIda cnitt 10 ii"lr H'd. " amy men VINO
nave tye,d III Florida often return thele To i've ana
10 cultivate lJry" titms.'
The large areas ricI but uncultivaed land IN cxas
at,g.c many EUrtiein ianile' lhr hcid', over Whlcu
great wiid cattle rOdin axe capable oil Dtug
aI ii. fntn ina, oI Hurthcrn ,nu,is ana the c.e
only "orDle tho uf every KIND Oi farm
as cEeap as abundant The UuildIrG oi railroads
through the state ana the formation Of mnd ana farm
resoJrcrs of Tcxa- within tne racn O1 Norm.
ern worEngncn. The Intarnaio iont and Great
tu Immigrants VINO settle OF lands III western Texas
along HE line ~ The Immigrants Home"
PpsiInc The cOutrOi OG lnc company ana Is
Intended iueXutnsiye boarding place Tor Iainiies
While usbaLds aBd fathers are LOOKING about Tor peilnd-
ncnt homes Tue cOmpdny nas ageni III tnls clty who
ulTcct families lcNas ana Az tIe III lelr search Tor
farms. Many ituIlics who have gone rom New-IOrk
tins road have settled on lands which are rented by
Texan landowners. Inc terms rcuiI. lands In Texas
are ave indus strOus poor men opportunities
for earning farms 0f tlrlr own. Where tue landlord
furnishes ad and improvements only, and the Ten
tools. and prUyisoiS, tne landlord receives
frpul uu4 I,tt
thirg necessary making thu crop furnished by the
landlord he Onc-nlf OF thr Ofiis. The IeXs
Farm Assoc rents lands on these terms and the
tue ussOcailou IN ths city has sent about 100
il,nics TcNa. since last Suuhi,r. These families
were all ADVISED to take with them as much or their
household mraItuIe possible. Familiar articles, II
VAS SAID, would keep children from becoming hOueslck.
Suecal reductions the cus OF sending furniture TO
Texas made all settlers The Galveston, Harris
burg and Ear Antou!o railroad Company of.rs
Southern and Western Texas. A system
uI yearly payments. utter the first year. has been
adopted 4 most cous enient for poor settlers
Western Migration and Agricultural Association,
whrn oic, In tnIs city, Is offering homes IN
New Mexico along tue line Of projected railway.
Montniy meuts for farms are being made by work
ingnen ns city, VINO intend 10 move as soon as the
railroad is completed. From careful surveys which
have Dceu made by the association, the purchaser Of
able select his piece or land before he leaves
the IDc association also engages 10 fence These
IaFns build houses nem and provide them with cat
Tie and farming implements during the time that the
payments being made farm Of twenty acres,
provided with everything except nouSeh0id furniture,
Is sold IN this Tor 300. fhe number or work
ingmen city who are availing themselves OF this
method oi buying iains IS SAID by agents OF TIE asoca
to be large WneD the railroad through New
Mexico been completed, 1t Is expected that hun
OF families VIII leave tue city to cultivate the
farms which they have purchased.