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a Grand HUNT.

Four young men representing Florida.
Kentucky, Connecticut and New York.
started cut one evening last week on .
"cooR hunt" they were Gnder the
leadership Of ga colored man we'll
versed in the art'' and good coon dog.
At o'clock P. II, the perty collected in
the square, armed to the teeth. The
Florida man had double barrel shot
gun. the Kentuokian a double-bsrrel
jack knife, and five shot horse pistol.
the Connecticut man was armed with q
shot gun, the bore of which was large
enough to shoot wooden nutmegs, While
the New Yorker was the happy possessor
of gun with q broken lock The huDf
was very exciting, for after 4 tramp OF
three hours the dog started au animal.
the fragrance Of which proved it to DO
e pOlecat; it was the first game OF the
evening, but the brave hunters didn't
care TO come in close quarters With il.
The next two hours was spent in tramp
ing, and, again the dog started on the
trail of something; this time it vas a
''possum' the dog killed it before the
party arrived, bat the Kentuckian in
sisted that it wasn't dead yet, even after
its neck had been broken, SO he shot il
two or three times aud stabbed it with
his jack knife few times more. and
tied its legs so that if ID should come to
life again it could do no harm. After an
other hours travelling the dog again
jumped trail, this time it was grew
fox, they followed and found the dog
and fox battleiug, the fox got the best
of it and ran in a gopher hole. The
party then telt as sure of the fox as if il
was dead and lying at their feet; thew
worked faithfully for while trying to
smoke him out. The New York and Con.
necticut men argued that they could dig
him out quicker, SO they pulled off their
coats and proceeded to dig the fox out
with their hands, after half hours
hard work they concluded to give digging
up; so the whole party formed a semi
circle around the hole and waited for an
hour with guns, pistols and knife ready
to dispatch the ''critter'' at first SIGHT.
their wait was unsuccessful so the Ken.
tuckian proposed starting home, which
was readily seconded by the rest. Co
ing through hammock, large owl
made screech, which frightened the
Connecticut man SO that his hair stood
on end, and he started for home at the
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agricultural Societies.

Norwalk Fruit and Vine Club.-C oil.
Robt. Bard. pres; DR.. Geo. Rogers. sec.
Florida Fruit Growers Association.-Dr
}. {; ,Kenworthy, pres, Jacksonville; D
IL. Elliot sec. Live Oak; ID. S, Place, cor
sec. Waldo.
Orange Ridge Agricultural and Immi-
grafton SOciety.-Dr. B. B. Bennett, pres;
John Cannon, sec; j. Y. Parce, cor. sec.
DeLand. Volusia Co. Weekly meetings
New Smyrna Agricultural and Fruit
Growers Society.-Dr. J. NJ. Hawks. pres,
M. B. Rolfe, vice-pres. Mrs. II, Nj. Rolfe,
sec and treas.
Orange Park Fruit and Vegeta BILE Grow =
ers, notwithstanding Knapp. Pres. !;
4. Z. Sabin, Vice~Pres.; o. L. Campo 81 l,
Cor. Sec; Rev. o. Taylor, Sec. and Treas.
Correspondence invited.
Lake George Fruit Growers Assocla-
tion.-Judge A. B. Bartlett, pres, George
town; w. w. Hawks, Z. Kirby, Mrs. E.
A. Manville, vice-pres'ts !; A. H. Man vile.
Sec, Lake George; h. o. Hammond, cor.
Sec, Fort Gates; George II. Thorn, treas,
GEORGETOWN.
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THE FLORIDA AGRICULTURIST.

a genuine sorrow, a deep soul rend-
ering grief, sends its startling echo
along our usually quiet shore. Sell
fish sorrow is lost to view in the deep
sympathy in anothers woe. There
are human blossoms that have sprung
up and taken deep root in loving
hearts, that cling with a tenaclty
death cannot change, to the beloved
flowers so tenderly nurtured, and
the stricken ones moan in helpless
misery, refusing comfort for time,
seeing nothing but marble, form, an
open grave. From fond parents, af-
ectionate brothers, from all earth's
pleasant scenes where she walked but
a few hours since in glowing health.
The young and only daughter has
been suatched away, and only the
thrilling memory Of their lost is left
tie bereaved family Of Mr.. Hermon
Knapp. She has gone in her bloom.
ing youth, the breath of tenderness
pervaded her life, but could not
screen the dear child from the cold
touch ofdeath, and gently quickly even
as our garden flowers, the pure girl
passed from the arms that would
have held her. Her maiden form was
to-day borne from her late home and
carefully laid where the cool shade
OF evergreens will wave above, and
modest wild flowers carpet the hal
lowed spot around which many q
thought wonders in solemn sympathy
and dread. The place is lonely, but
the chime Of d spirit voice may be
heard if we listen, from above that
darkened grave, sweeter than sound
OF rustling leaves, more musical than
wild birds note calling mother
father brother friends come 10
Gods uuclouded home.
JEANETTE G. ANDERSON.
Port Orange, E2a., Jan. STU, 1881.
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A Florida Industry.

We repeatedly, when editing the
FLORIDA AGRrcULTURIsT, in Jack
sonvilIe, called attention to the value
of the oyster beds in the State and
the money that could be made by
converting them into lime, but for q
long time no notice was taken of it.,
until Mr.. w. w. Stowe, smart
young Rhode Islander, struck with
the feasibility of the speculation, en-
tered into it and is making a grand
success. This oyster she'll lime is
just the thing required Tor new land,
to take out what the people here
call "sourness," and convert the
grass roots into plant food. The
State Agricultural Department, of
Georgia assert that the poorest land
may be enriched by COW peas and
lime. The sugar planters OF Louisi.
ana find that these are also the best
dressing they can apply to their
lands. For our orange groves they
have been found by experience very
beneficial. Mr., Stowe has spent
deal OF money on the enterprise and
has erected works tor making artif-
cial fertilizers as well. See his ad.
vertisement. Not satisfied with re.
naming unknown he has further
showed his pluck by getting up an
almanac tor Florida, which is distrib-
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Death Among the Flowers.
'Too soon the fatal moment came,
The tender flower lay low,
And the pale mourners DER it breathed,
Their gentle plant of woe.n

For years the climate iii certain 10.
calities in Florida has been SO equally
mild, we have cherished the belief
that winter would never severely
frown upon our sunny scene.
Con6ding in smiling past Of favor,
we ventured to transfer tender con,
servatory, Graded plants from
northern cline, TO our garden walks
in semi-tropic region, with the hope
that the unconscious beauties would
ignore latitudinal change, and winter
wouldnot permit her hayward, frosty
child, Master Jack, to touch our
saA4.s-liae Gsapse ~ "a hsills-eold- finger
tips. Alas how often dark tenn
pestuous night, that brings death and
desolation on land and sea, filling
homes and hearts with bitter grief, is
the posthumous birth of an ushered
moon OF glorious beauty. Thus after
mild sunny day while we&ried
nature wrapt in soft robes of dream
less slumber, winter with stern brow,
and cold relentless hand, sweeps the
smiling summer scene glowing in
beautiful features. and with cruel un-
concern, scattered the seed of death
among the flowers so lately kissed by
summer breezes, and the mark OF
dread, decay, shades the pure buds OF
beauty and the sweetness and bloom
that cheered our pleasant dwelling
has departed. We mss their lavish,
rich perfume, their lovely innocent
presenceand grievethat winterhas won
the victory over these angels of Lite's
way. The ambitious vine, that had
at last captured the drapery of uloss
coquetly swaying to and fro so
far beyond its reach, had crept and
twined amid the delicate tissue,
appearing and disappearing in the
high branches Of the grand old oak,
was an object Of especial interest.
That the tender vine could OF itself
climb and reach through the inter
veniug space seemed incredible. The
pretty thunbergia with its foam Of
blossoms, crowding its fellow plants
in its luxuriant abundant growth is
now with its ambitious companions
is repulsive mass of decay. The
delicate Bouvardia and Saliva, in
mantle OF crimson-her pale sister in
modest creamy white-the beautiful
Hibiscus, with double and single
crowns OF varigated hue, all these
and numerous companions now stand
i'll garments that appear as if scorched
by flame of fire. There is not a
remnant of a former beauty OF a
wholesome tullness of lite OF those
named. Regarding the scene Of des-
olation with eyes brimful of pardon
able tear, we discovered at last many
brightspots, know we're not utterly
bereayed while the regal rose stands
erect and triunphant in the late
garden home, now the grave of many
beautlous sisters, unscathed covered
with buds that promise ere long to
develop and delight our sense by
their loneliness aud delicious ira
GRANGE. AS we endeavor to take
consolation from the possession OF
these remaining treasures, the wall OF
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Be0ch's Nursery.

There was sad mistake made in
last weeks paper in reference to A.
J. Beech's nursery stock, the article
should have read u'ainjured by the
cold snap, instead OF injured. Mr..
Beach has a fine lot of nursery stock.
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John Dlllon writes from Dublin that be
ia unable 10 undergo the exertion Of o..
peAting 10 the House OF Commons during
The present session.
The examination oil the Russian Nihil.
let, Gtnnbetg, q hoblemau recently or,
rested At Belgrade, ELECTED nothing IA
prove his alleged design agAinet the Gear
Since be hiss been arrested, however, ht
wrote 4 threatening letter to tbs Emperor
Of Germany.
A cable special from Vienna says. Al
old building four stotiea high, situated ia
the most ~itequehted part OF the city, next
10 the GtAben, suddenly fell Saturday,
The greater part oithe house was occupied
by Offices and fashionable shops Twenty
lives we're lost and Thirty PERSONS seriously
iDiuted.
Relative to the article 10 the Augsburg
AigsmSinG NAlung, asserting that the Ger
man Government has yielded TO the Vali'
car, The Rrouis MitunS declares that the
Government will nevet sacrifice the rtghta
OF stats. and that the EmpetoE has ap'
proved he negotiations with the Vatican.
BlmAtck will soon return 10 Berlin.
AdiApatob from Parts says; Btisson, one
al Ina Vice Presidents Of the Chamber 81
nssnIea, and who 10 recognized "a the
probable succeOsot, OIL GAmbetta 70 tht
Presidency Of the Chamber declAted IN e.
electoral address lot the abolition oil tht
ssbGIe, eeeulAfitition Of the property o.
Inc clergy and the election 81 magistfAte,
By universal budfage.
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RuGntSa AetiVe-CrOP Reports RSiIurSS
Of the Meek,

HuAlhtBN A~etIVo-Cfop kepoFtH- ALA
OF the week.
NBw YoRk, August ls Special sdvices
by wire to Bradstreets from thirty Ave
points throughout the United States show
that the general trade situation through.
out the country continues BEAUTIFULLY
active, while OF q number Of leading cities
preparations are making which indicate
an early openinGof q brick fall business.
The corn crop In Nebraska, Iowa and
Minnesota promises o large yield which,
will not, however, Offset the shortage In
Indians, Illinois and elsewhere. The Ken.
lucky whisky mAtke I has, however, been
benefited by the announcement OF short
crops, tending to reconcile buyers to con.
tracts previously reported. The falling of
In the out turn ofthe wheat crop through.
out leading grain States Ia confirmed by
the latest advices from those regiens. The
crop reports from Eastern and Western
Oregon and Washington Territory show
fall wheat 10 generally shot In William.
elite Valley. Spring wheat, however, will
yield fall crop there. 1uduetrieB remain
% last reportsd-prepned with work,
Total number oil failures reported 10
Bradstreet for United States and Canada
Ia 1,100, against SAL last week; Of these
twenty eight were In the Eastern States,
increase Of sixteen As compared with the
preceding week; t%wenty.fout 10 the Mid.
die States, decrease four; fifteen Ia the
Southern States, increase four; twenty.
four In the Western States, increase six;
fifteen In the Pacific States and Terrific.
rieS, increase nine; ten In Canada and
Provinces, decrease one.
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-
A CaIIt TO Arms Against Enropoan Powers.
PARIS, August l3.-The Arrtni d. Sar'
dogma says that an Arab manifesto has
been issued from Mecca, and Ia now being
distributed smong the Mussulman popu.
lation. II runs thus:
"Brothers, you know that 1slGm ID
threatened Of the present moment with
complete destruction. England 10 mis-.
tresS OF India, France possesses Algeria,
and Russia, after having conquered Turk.
eatan, has made war against the Ottoman
Empire In order to deprive II Of nearly oil
itS possessions in Europe. Brothers, In
war carried on against uB the watchwoid
10 10 extetminate oil MuABulmen. Arm
yourselves, therefore, aud concert together
40 q meAnS TO resisting Christian dominion
and upholdine the 0aliph Of the MusInl'
man world"
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DOMESTIC DOINGS.
DlsAsraOUs HALLWAY ACOlDEHE.
Socialist Sympathy for the Russian
RsfuGsS-DsstFuetiVs StOEnS-Ths IL.
dian DsPFSdNtionS In New hsziso..
HinoF HaDpsnIRES and Events.
Several Passengers Killed. and others
N0nnded.


0aDRSSBuRa, N, Y, August lS.-A ter
ribIe accident occurred on the Crane
Trunk Railway at $3.50 this morning, which
resulted in the instant death Of the engi
nser, and serious Wounding Of the fireman
baggage master, two express messengers
and various injuries TO . number Of piss
sngers,,
The train was the 10 ? N express from
Montreal 10 Toronto, and consisted Of sil
Pullman ~sleepsrs, four first and SECOND
class cars, postal, express and baggage cars
These cars were filled with returning ex'
c%ursionista from Montreal, who were
nearly all asleep, The train arrived o.
Prescott Junction on time, and an 0tLaWI
sleeper was there attached 10 II. Alter
leaving Prescott there 10 . down grade
and as soon As the train was going fast On
obstruction was encountered, and the loco
motive JUMPED the track, carrying the
tender, baggage, mail, express, smoking
and two passenger cars with Il.
They ran on the ties fully q thousand
yards when the engine went down the en-
bankuent. The tender passed by and, to.
gether with the eIpress car, landed on the
other side OF the track. The baggage car
went still further on and was lhTswn of
alongside the fence; 10 fact, every car, sx.
Cept the sleepers, Was thrown upside
down. The express car was smashed into
kidding wood, while nothing remains OF
the tender but q few pieces Of iron. 1t Ia
truly wonderful how the passengers es
capped instant death. When the passsn.
Vers recovered from their fright, search
was made for those who occupied the for.
ward car.
The engineer, John A. Howarth, Of
Montreal, WAS found with his arm around
the whistls rDps Of the locomotive having
blowniO . brakes twice before he met hia
death. He WAS q terrible sight. The fire.
man, William Taylor, OF Montreal, WAS
10 a isld, alive but inreusible.
Robert scarlst, of Montreal ,bugg gemas'er,
was also inSensible, but HOou recovered,
His shoulder was dtslOCAted and his arm
sprained. How the 1.-Two express messOn.
gers, Arthur King, Of Toronto, aud William
Of Ha hilton, escaped with
their lives IL y mystsry. Their car was
spRshed to splintsrs, aud Mackenzie, al.
Injured himself, hrayely RESUMED
his ssrtper. Both are injured internally.
The second. class passengers got badly
up, and escaped through windows
oil upset cars, One French woman threw
her children cut III the window, first
breaking the glass with her hands, cutting
her severely. 8. p. Hartshorn, Of Holton,
was injured Ia the hack and inter.
nally. Others suffered sprains aad bruises.
The cause oil the accident was a COW OF
tPaHk
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LONDON, August l4.-A correspondent
at Rome rays Cardinal Jscobini, The Pa,
pal Secretary Of state,hsS sent q circular Ia
theNunicoa In regard to the secret meeting
In Rome to urge the abolition OF the Pa.
pal guarantees, the putport Of which may
be judged from the fact that the Pope has
openly stated that he considers the
speeches made Atthe meeting 49, . greater
olfepse agatnst the CHURCH than
the Disturbances at the removal Of
the remains Of Plus TX, inaSmuch
"a Al the abolition meeting the In.
suits we're directly and with impunity
Ieyeled at the living Pontid, bis own per.
son, 90 the head Of The Catholic religion,
and 49, q Soyerelgn guaranteed BY the
Ttali0n laws.
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BrieT Kilograms 'H~arFalinK Miner Events
and EiappenIBRs.

During q squall on the river Saturday
afternoon, at Chester, Pa, ayacht contain.
ing eight men capsized and two u the &C
Cupants, Hugh Mott aud George Snibb,
we're drowned.
The value OF exports OF petroleum and
petroleum products for the twelve month";
ended June 3Oth, 1881, wGs $40 3i6,59o,
against e3e, 3lS, 1926 for the corresponding
period Of the previous year.
Friday night E. Marks, OF Rome, Ca, and
O. N. Ufeswell, Of MebShsville, N. O., stu.
dents al Eastman college, N. Y, tried |
row across the bow oithe steamboat Mary
Powell when their boat was smaBhed and
both were drowned.
The express train from Montreal ran Of
the track two miles west oil, Pfeecott, Satur.
day morning.. The driver, John Howarlb,
was Instantly killed, and II is reported
that the express MESSENGER and baggage
man are ID dying condition.
Friday evening vest bouud Immigrant
train ran into 0 wRehout three miles easI
Of Los Vegas, N. M. The engineer and
fireman went down with the engine And
vera instantly killed. Their bodies csu
NOT Dc ~IeCuNoIou unIt tuo HAtef buUblubB,
Blanche Douglass, the young woman
who WAS indicted on Friday ID New Ha
veu, Tor perjury, In giving false testimony
before the Cotonef's jury Ia the case o.
Jennie Otamer, was arrested Saturday
evening ID New Yofk, and will be taken
To New Haven. The Tribune SAYS Blanche
Was offered $1,000 BY the iflsndsoi Waltsi
Malley II abe would 90 to Europe ijt {
year.
The window glass manufacturer ant
operatives committee, Ia session al Pltts
butgh for the past three days arranging [
scale o. wages. have agreed on q HlidibI
scale similar 10 the one In operation 10
years between the iron mAnulictufers ant
the AmAleAmated association. The meet
ing WAs Harmonious, and II u believed NJ,
scale agreed upon will In the future pte
vent trouble between The employer %,
emPloyo In regard 10 Wages.
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NOSfR'tERsr between The local papers
" ba'oout County has had the effect Of
UnoElng out a more detailed statemeht
VI oa!f'yes committed by the 60. called
Sed Men Of that section than hiss been
U''0'e published. The LtrUnian says II
",mPossibIo to detcibs them completely.
In Itss than two years ovsf a dozen per.
AZ NJ nave been cruelty acoufRsd, whipped
4 .nelt shoes were filed with blood,
SS.,aSSs petson' Including one woman, have
1.I sn9t, aud one woman taffed and
sasieu' Besides this over sixty private
ny nave been entered by the armed
S1 NAKED Red Men, and women and
S... u'en nave been driven almost 10 mad.
M. aslIlhis Sete not enough, and 10 gil
Vs, cup Of dAmnAtion 10 OVERLOOKING,
MI IN hoheSi, hard. working man bai
~. "aTskened from his eleep BY the crAst
AZ. U1iVet Though the walls Of HE house
SS y ne bed, shot by eome Of this self
y soahd DID women have been wAtnet
,eNye the country. Sailors in couf
I Nv Ieen warned to desiBI from litiga
tSa. p0ctorB have been notified VIA
TSsy must do and what they must not d.
us Oilieets Of the coutt have been TIRES
'OSu md grand jutles intimidated.
following theae temAtkt, are The name
"a'V'n pSr,onS,ten men and one WomAt
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d. LtS'EP'' at,emp! to connect the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans by a trans.
ls,nnllan canal lie said to be the 14oth
saoFt Of the kind, and Il seems as II the
physical difficulties Of the task would be
oVetsn'doVed by tbs danger to lie by the
@'f'O's Vh'Ete' lever. The officials Of the
Ssua, scheme are reported to be dying
"pldiy' OF six chiefs Of the excavAting
DnS'd' the sixth aud last died only q few
Jays 49, NJ. Eieune, the sub director,
next 10 rank 10 NJ. RsOlus, the Chlst rep.
i'1en,A'lve oil the company on tbe 18th,
mus Is Also dead. 1t was said that the
ti1ania railroad track might have been
..'0 on human corpSes lie whole length,
~ Eteas was the mortality amonR the
nOotef' on II, and II looks ss Il Do Lesseps'
sanal might DO filled with The bodies Of
bic WOtkmen.