The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-01-14
State Gleanings,

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Fernandina has organized a Board
of Trade. III 5LI
The Sanford Journal outrivals
Pratt in chicken stories.
The town of Micanopy, in Alackua
county is to be incorporated.
The Florida State Grange held its
annual meeting in Lake City on the
10th ult.
There were only ten deaths in the
city of Jacksonville during the month
of December.
A party OF immigrants, bound for
Ocala, passed through Madison on
Christmas day. III
A great scull race, between North
ern professionals. is to come off sin
Jacksonville on the 31st inst. s,.rrr
Col. Thompson, editor of the Sd
ga'a'aah Neacs, was presented by the
employees with a handsome cane on
New Years day. ,gao VA ras
Mr.. b. A. Anderson and a colored
man by the name of Mcknight had a
difficulty last week, in which Mr.. An
derson was bitten on the face and
Mcknight was shot. = Cedar Key
Journal. ltsi ,laf +, ,Yt5.t
Mr.. Rixford, of Suwannee county.
has received seventy-five German
Carp, from Professor Baird and will
give them fair trial in his fish pond.
Tribune. ~ iaaj
General Grant paid Jacksonville
visit last week and was received with
distinguished ,honors. He then pro-
ceeded up the river as far as Enter.
prise. At every landing the people
congregated 10 bid him welcome.
The Apopka international Improve
ment Company have sent for dredg-
ing machine and at no distant day
the dirt can be seen getting out of
the way between Lake Dora and
Apopka.-O Orange County Reporter.
We are under many obligations to
our friend Mr.. Salbide, of the Land
of Flowers cigar store, who presented
us to-day with a basket of strawber..
ries, gathered from his farm on the
Plank Road, a mile from the city.
These berries were each nearly as
large as peach, and beautiful to be-
hold.-Breeze. w.
On last Saturday Messrs. William
G. and James A. Ponce killed two
bears, about seven miles from st.
Augustine, one OF which was. the
largest native bear that we have ever
seen in this State. The larger one
was seven feet in length. twas shot
by Mr.. w. g.. Ponce In a thick
swamp, at close quarters and with
not much time for sighting. Mr..
Ponce has made fine lot of oil from
the fat.-,St. Johns Weekly. 80.
Mr.. Pete Hendricks, living on the
Alfalfa, laid on our table recently
sweet potato of the Providence variety
weighing eight and one-half pounds,
and measuring a foot in length and
four inches in, diameter. Mr.. Hend-
ricks said that this specimen grew in
natural untertilized pine land, and
that the entire crop would average
four pound potatoes,-ZdDap0 Irj6.
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We learn that Mr.. S. B. Atkins,
living on Luhloosa Greek, in this
county, has gathered this year 10000
oranges from an orangeStree eighteen
years old, and has several others of
the same age that will make nearly as
heavy yields. Calculation 10000
oranges at one cent a piece, equals
500, the income from one tree.
Where are the croakers, eh?- Gaines
UiLle San.
AS an evidence of the increase in
business on the St. Johns, we give
below list of the freight brought |
down the river during the month of
December by the steamer Geo. M.
Bird. This produce was worth at
least $25, 900 net. This was brought |
by only one boat in one month, but
when we think of the large number
of boats, all doing lively business in
the light OF this showing, it will give
us some idea of the extent OF the |
river Union.