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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-05-18
Real Estate.
Descriptive Circular
DELAND, FLORIDA.

The Village of DeLand is located
five miles east of our landing, Cd the St.
Johns River, where all river steamboats,
pass; very nearly III. the Geographical
Center, north and south, OF Volusia
county, and almost exactly in the centre
of the
Great Orange Belt.
This place is about twenty-five miles
from the Atlantic Ocean, and is almost
constantly favored with a tempered
Sea Breeze,
and from its elevation above the river. it's
location among the pines. and it's isolation
from all standing water, it Is peculiarly
adapted to the necessities OF 1nval1ds.
This belt of land is about twenty miles
long, and averages about five miles wide:
Is gently undulating. and. in our immedi-
ate vicinity. somewhat hilly. Ou lands are
Unsurpassed i'm 4 ertiiily
by any pine region III the State, In our
village, which is only four years old, we
have a fine
School Building,
used also for union Sunday School and
cnurcn services.
We have daily mails, three general mer-
chandise stores one of the largest in South
Florida, drug store, millinery and no.
ton store. furniture store.
The Florida AgricuiinrIst.
u large elght-page weekly paper, Is pub
lshed here, and is valuable paper for
those desiring information from Florida.
A railroad from our Landing via DeLand to
the Atlantic Coast Is chartered and work
commenced, also material on hand for a
telephone to our landing. Our boarding
houses afford good fare at reasonable
prices. Carriages run to meet the mail
boats daily to carry passengers to and
from the landing, ,..
For the information of invalids we Wi
add that, several good physicians are set
tled IN our midst, cultivatlng oranges as
q business, but atfOrding excellent medica
aid when required. They report the fol-
lowing
Remarkable Health RecOvd
During the years 1878, 1879 and 1880 within
circle OF miles diameter. DeLand being
the centre, with population aver
aging over $50, many of whom came here
lnvalids, there have been but deaths
Two were infants under months, and
were men who came here SICK"
A Chain of Lakes
northwest of us afford protection from
frost so perfect that the extreme cold of
Dec ~, 1880, did not injure our orange
trees or fruit. ,l,f't 80
We are offering these choice lands to
actual settlers. at from ten to thirty
dollars per acre. Village lots and i'm
proved property for sale also. For fur
Their particulars call on or address
J. Y. PARCE
DeLand, Volusia County, Fla
FL. A. DELAND,
EairpOrt Monroe Co N " tf"-
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-05-18

The Village of DeLand is located
five miles east of our landing, Oh the St.
Johns River, where all river steamboats,
pass; very nearly IN the Geographical
Center, north and south, OF VoIusia
county, and almost exactly in the centre
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-05-18

No. 1O6 Sec 26, T 20, R33.-633.SO acres pi1
woods and prairie, within two miles of S
Johns river, three miles from steamboat Ian
ing at Lake Harvey. Excellent grazing Ian
Price So per acre.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-06-04

TUE New York pap~rs ARE try
ing very hard ~ put G"H. Grant
into the fnss bet wrrn Gan iirli an'l
COnkling, and the World seems to
fear that something will tam up to
the advantage of the President.
and detriment to Grant. Much
stress is pu. upon the promise
made to Grants friends at the
Fifth Avenue conference last sum-
mcr by Mr.. GaI field himself which
promises it is by implication adj
mittcd bought Grant and Conhling
to enter service that must have
been very offensive to them. and
which have been repndiatcd by the
President. But the General should
have taken no part in dirty party
trades. He has received all the
honors that Office in this country
can confer ami money far exceed
ing his deserts. and he should
now stand aloft, and let those be-
low contend for the baubles, the
plories Of which he has long since
exhausted, and his friends cannot
now, with any decenry claim the
of political promises.
enacted by him for dong party
campaign service, even from MIR.
Mr. COnkling should
K .ep Grant out of the fight.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-06-04
Mr.. Lamar and the Senate,

There seems 10 be no reason to
doubt that Mr.. Lamar will be elec-
ted to succeed himself i'll the Uui>
ted States senate without serious
opposition inside the Democratic
party. There are SO many Denis
ocrats who diff l. with him in mat
rers Oh which he has taken a stand
and they differ with him honestly
and ale not afraid to give express
ION 10 Tia, il opinions, but still they
admire him Tor his great intellect
his commanding influence. there
fore hey are not willing to see him
ictiIri isuln tie p.,Sltlcn he now
occupies u,.ilc> ins II would be hard
D finu ii man lii me State 10 sup
ply his place. Sach men have had
.ncir motives impuSned whenever
hey siw proper tu crlticlse any of
MIR. Lamar's actions and are ac
eised OF making war on him. No
public man has reached such a de-
gree Ut perfection rs to he above
criticism, and men who follow
oliDdly and without question any
one man are 10 he cOLuemued. In
this Mr.. Lamar is TO be cond. mned
hat he Is in Il measure independ-
ent in his ac'ions-thinks for him~
self. 1t is ;rpity some OF those who
claim to be his friends do not pos
sess this gu lily. We are full, sat.
isfel from our knowledge of Mr..
Lamar that he has. a much higher
regard for the man who honestly
differs with HIM Oh mea]ure and
is not afraid to SO express himself,
than he has Tor that man who
against his own convictions
that a thing is right simply because
MIR. Lamar fayors it. 1t there is
any considerable opposition, OF.
gauized OF unorganized in the
State to his election to the United
States Senate We have not dis
covered it Enterprise Courier.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-06-04
Appeal TO ChiIdr. n.

The following appeal to the Sur.
day school children OF the State il
made i'll behalf Of the Protestant
Orphan Asylum at Natchez;
LIST. That every Su day School
Scholar in the Sta contribute he
um of ten cents, on or before The
thi:d Sabbath in July, and that the
aggregate amount ihutcd by
the school be sent up by the del-
egates to the State Sunday School
Convention, which meets in Jack
son, July ooh; or that tho amount
as soon as collected, he seat to the
undersigned, or TO Mrs John Fem
ing, Treasurer of the Asylum at
Natchez. Public acknowledge
ment will be made of all contribu>
lions. II it is not convenient to
give ten ceuts, FIVE cents will bc
most acceptable.
I'd. Ii the children can earn this
money, by Some service for thci.
parents o. others, it will be all the
better.
81. Let the children of each
Sunday School organize an Or
phans' Friend Society, and see how
much they can raise every three
months Tor the as, lum. \ good
many years ago, the clil!tliea of
the U tied Safes, in very short
time, contributed twenty thousand
dollars toward sending the ship
Morning Star to heather lands; and
II the symplthies OF the children of
can be enlisted for the
tatherlcss aud mo herless little
Dues at Natchcz, they WILL not
want for bread.
superintendent are earnestly
requested 20 bring this matter to
he attention of the several Sab
bath Schools, and to put in motion
he above OF any other plan that
VIII best accuM plish the obi ct.
J. l.. POWER,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-06-04

Col. BOB lNGFRSoLL, it is said,
has made 81 900 out of his lectule e
Oh the bad place. It's little sin
gular how people VIII pay to hear
there is no hell just because they
are afraid they will go there some
day. Bob Ingersoll can't shut hell
up with a mere lecture, by any
means. He will have to try some
thing stronger, aud we would just
advise people not to put too much
confidence in the affable ColoncPs
statement.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-06-04
An Act Relative to the 5 orage {
Coal Oil.

Be it enacted by the Board 0i
Mayor aud Aldermen OF the City
OF Canton
Sect. LIT. That hereafter it shall
be unlawful tor any person or per-
sons, to s'O.e III larger quantities
than five barrels within the city
limits any Coal Oil, Petroleum, or
other burning find of a like de-
sciiptiOu used for illuminating pur-
poses, within two hundred feet OF
any building other than that in
which the same may be stored.
Sec. 2.i, 1t shall DC unlawful for
any person TO sell or measure out
any of the fluids mentioned in the
Ist section Of this ordinance by ar
rlficial light.
Sec. Sd, 1t shall Le unlawful for
my person TO keep on tap more
than one barrel of The fluids men
toned in seciiun Isi OF this ordi-
nance at any one time.
Sec 4lh. That any one FOUND
violating the provisions of this Or
tlinance, shall upon conviction be-
core the Mayor or ether competent
,nicer, be tlled not less than $50
" more than 5000, and shall stand
committed uu,iI such fine and
costs Is paid.
See. Sub. That this ordinance
AXE II: {, 10 days after It's pas
age
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-06-04

Hon. ii. ID. MONEY who went
to Mexico to study the postal and
tariff laws OF our sister republic,
has returned. He thinks lcgisla-
ton on the tariff laws of this coun-
try and Mexico will be one of the
grave questions of the future and
fraught with much interest to the
United States. He was very cour-
teously received by the President,
Ca binet aEd Congress while in the
City of MrxicO.-YazJ Sentinel.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-06-04
Hon JEFFERSON DAVIS wrote a

Hon JEFFERSON DAVIS wrote a
letter declining an Invitation to be
present at the unvelling of mon
ument to the unknown Confederate
dead in Frederick county, Marv-
land, on the End of June. He takes
occasion to say: 81 am truly CRATE
full to your association flor this en-
during mark with which you hon-
or the brave men who sleep their
last sleep in the soil Of Maryland.
They died, not for our cause, bu.
foc the cause of mankind, their
lives being a sacrifice to cohstitu>
tional liberty, the right of a people
to govern themselves"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-06-04
To Candidates.

The following are our rates 70,
announcing Candidates for flee.
We will not tlrvi;,te thercfrom, and
in no instance will the name of any
Candidate be announced by us un-
less the order is accompanied by
the Cash.
State, County and District
Offices S15. 90
Legislature and County
Offices SlU W
Beat and Municipal OF
fees 80 w.
Mrs. \. S. BOSWORTH,
Pub. American Citizen;
Z. l.. Ross,
Editor Canton Mail.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-06-04

1HE N. Y. Legislature cast their
dnrt vote on the 3Ist inst, for a
United Sa.e Senator, to Oil the
vacancy caused by Che Resignation
Of ConkIing. The result of the first
ballot is any thing but fiattcrinc
10 the SUCCESS of Conkiing. E.ch
siember as his. name was called.
Atmesi his candidate. The yot.
.tosai As f1lIows, GunkIing, 60: Ja>
c,'i,s. ~. Wheeler, Ii, Crowley. 5.
Corseli, u Wadworth, 2, Rogers,
b Miller. Il Evarts, 2, Pomeroy. i:
FOikcr, 2; White, l.
When the hour Of noon arrived.
the Sesate proceeded to ballot tor
tnifed States Senator, in place Of
Illos q. Plat resigned. The vote
sfooti as follows: Plat, s; DePew,
:; Herman, Z; Miller, 2, Rogers, 1;
L,i'iiam, 2; CbOase, /; Davis, 2;
NLeeler, ]; Sharpe, |.
The Senate then voted for a sue
eessor to fill tho short term, in
place of Roscoe ConkIing The
Vote stood AZ follows. Conkling
.; Rogers, 8; Jacobs. G: Rr.ulley. i:
Foii o, 2; Cornell, 4; Whesler. 4:
omeroy, 2. No one receiving :;
M Uity the Senate adjourned.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-06-04


THE Chicago Times is RESPONSE
bile for the following; Lord R,s-
coe had little lamb, its name was
Tommy Platt, and when Lord Ross
coo rose TO go, the lamb no longer
sat. 1t followt i him from school
one day, it was Lord Roscoe's rule,
and Why it did it all can see it was
a little fool. what makes the
lamb love Roscoe so?' the togas all
did cry; because Lord Roscoe lams
the lamb the knowing did reply
Aud poor little Tommy Platt doth
run around and bIeat, for having
loved Lord Roscoe so, It's lost the
public teat."
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-06-04
A New Kind of Csc.

New because it Is only within the la
few years that 1t has h~en improved ar
brought within the reach of every one; oil
III principle because the first invention w:
made and the first patent takenont nearl'
twenty Years ago, and eases made y:
That time AMI worn ever since axe n"arl
as good 80 new. Read the following wlir.
IS only one OF the many hundreds; y-ii
.cwelci sean tell 20 tlof similar ones:
MANSFIELD PA, May rs 1873
! have a customer who has carried or
of Boss Patent eases fifteen years and
knew il two years before he got it, and
now appears good for ten years longer.
II. L. OLNEY
Remember that Jas. Boss is the AMI
'atent casc made OF two plates of SOLE
gold tone outside and one inside) GOVERN:
very part exposed to wear or sight, til,
great advantage OF these plates over elce-
'ro-gi.din@ is apparent To c tcIy one. Boss
IS rae only patent case with which tlIcr
is given :, written warrant of which tn,
following is !, far simile:
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-06-04
No Yellow Fever This Year.

WAsHINGToN, May 2S 81. The
officers of the na ional board of
health and of tho marine hospital
service have been examining the
reports received by them from All
points where yellow fever is likely
to originate or occur. The reports
all inspire the board with conf
dence that there will not be any
yellow fever in the United States
this year.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-06-04
Postmaster

WHEN Postmaster General
James was at the head of he New
York post office he was the friend
and henchman of Senator Conkling.
But since he has become postmas-
ter of the United States he cannot
afford to be any mans henchman
and therefore he and COnkling
have diverged. The latter now
spe ks of the postmaster as "tIat
man James" But it is good
thing for james aud the cJuntry
likewise.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-06-04
Nay Nth 81
NOTICE..

Iagain notify my friends and tie
public generally that l have
Sub Agency to sell sTIe Rise and
Fall of the Confederate Governs
menl" by jefferson Davis, COM
plete in two volumes, octave. Price
in cloth $500 per volume, She y
5000, Half Turkey $500. afull
Turkey $40 90. AS l am presen
compelled to .c:nain at home, I
solicit patronage through the Cit
izen. Address Mrs. A. S. Bos-
worth, Canton. Madison county
care oil American Citizen.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-06-04

POOR Mrs. Abraham Lincoln
pa-tialIy deranged and lying very
sick, seems about ready to give NJ
he ghos'. 1t might haye been
better for the Lineoln's il the press
ideney had never struck them. 1t
seems to have blightcd the family.
Tad, dear boy, died; Mr.. Lincoln
was the victim of an assas-
sin, and now the wife aud mother
is ont Ct her mind. Thus does hu-
MIN greatness perish,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-06-04
Administrators. Notice.

Whereas, letters of administra-
ton OH the estate of Carl Anderson
deceased. were granted to the un:
der>igned by the Hon. Chancer>
Court of Madison county, at the
January term thereof. Now all
persons having CLAIMS against said
estate, will present them and have
the same allowed and registered,
by the time allowed Ivy law. or the
same will be forever barred.
CHAs. s. MASSEY,
Administrator
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-06-04
A Suggestion.

we would suggest to the Dem
ocratic Executive Committee which
will meet on tho 9Th inst, to call u
Delegate Convention of fifteen del
egatcs from each beat, rs every
one seems to approve of that meth
cd of selecting our candidates, and
harmony is the all important thing
in this canvass.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-06-04

Whereas at mon tiily rule of the
Chaucery court of Madison county,
Miss, letters testamentary of the
last will and testament OF II. G..
Steen. deceased, were granted to
the undersigned by said Court:
Now, all creditors of the deceased
are hereby notified to have thei,
claims duly probatel and register
ed in the Chahcrry Clerks Office Of
said county, within the time linn
tied By law, else they will be for
ever barred.
ELIZA ANN STEEN,
Execu X,
Wv HI, 81
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-06-04
FRED DOUGLASS has got

FRED DOUGLASS has got a pos
sit on which pays $1,000 per an.
nun, and will not kill him in the
performance of duties. His pres
decessor, Sheridan, says: 81 liked
the position, and told the Presi-
dent / wanted to keep it, although
[ was ovcrworked. My Office houre
were from half-past Il to a quarter
Of one every other Wednesday,"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-06-04

The PORTER RIFLES of Nash
vile, won the first prize, 81, 1901
in that city, at the recent gIaEd
military drill, beating the Crescen,
Rifles of New Orleans by two-one-
hundredths of point. The Bluff
City Greys Of Memphis, captured
the third prize.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-06-04
A Good Thing Af.er All.

Tho abolition of slavery was a
good thing for the South, notwith:
"tan,iing the old fogy ideas that 1t
would bring disaster and ruin ur-
on its industrial interests. 1t is
true thai for number of years af.
ter the war, during the carpot> bag
epoch, the South had almost more
trouble than it conld bear. but will,
Tire overthrow OF the carpetbag
government the restoration of pow.
er IN the States of the white race,
nnd The remandIng of the negro to
MIS- proper condition as a laborer
and producer. the trouble ceased,
ana ever since the South has been
prospecting and producing great
sio's OF cotton, corn and wheat.
ne largest crop of cotton ever
made IN the Southern States DUR
"s the slave period was that of
i''V, when the quantity produced
VAS 4.S23,510 bales. This was con.
~'"t req enormous at the time and
made the Southern planters feel
iich aud powerful, so much so, in
iacs, that it may have been one OF
Tue REASONS they took such a de-
nLnt stand against the govern
mene They NO doubt felt they
held in their hands the talisman
that could bring either success or
defeaf. just as they chose to apply |
u; That the Union could not get |
along without their cotton, aud |
that father than lose it the govern
nrnl would let them secede and |
let Them set up u government OF |
their own, which they would be
iuiiy able to maintain. How that
was realized is now Il
matter OF history. The South made
" gr''st mistake, both in surprising
tnis and also IN surprising that
cotton could not be raised Nv free
labor, ~ We shall proceed to show.
The cotton crop OF 1850, raised
Dy Tree negro labor. was q. 4OO, 900
bales, being about million and
six hundred thousand bales more
han tho Drag crop OF 1860, pro.
Iiuced by slave labor, during the
richest harvest the cotton growing
states ever had. This shows how
FOOLISH were the IDEAS entertained
~ the South and aiso In the North
lwenty years ago, that cotton could
NO. be raised by free negro labor.
Tue South itself can now smile at
he thought that they ever euter-
tanned the idea that slavery was
essential to their prosperity. The
blacks vi the South under freedom
ale now raising crops of cotton
that make those of the slave era
look insignificant by the compar.
lsoa, anu the planters themselves
are really IN better condition IL
than before the war, for. i
~ = conieiu purary remarks, i.the,
.ke less under bondage to the tac>
Lsirs 'who b-usht their cotton and
soJk mortgage on their future
PROSPERITY" Then, too. the plan
.er does not lose thousand or
Two dollars ever time a snlgper'
lies, as he used to do in the ante
'etum days, when niggers' were
personal property. +;
so far as the reports have BEEN
received, they ARE very encourage 2
Tor the present year, Ii nothing
shOuld occur to blight or iniare the
cotton crop it will in all probabiI>
~ excecd even tiat of last wear.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-06-04
EE:X!2Iz1sXsy|sl
How z.oss, Ezow Restored

just published, a new edition of Cul
vcrwelFs Celebrated Essay on the radica
cure Of SrERMAToRRIIoEA or Seminal
Weakness, Involuntary Seminal Losses.
IMPoThNc, Mental and Physical Inca
pacity. impcdiments to Marriage, etc. ::
consumption. Epilepsy and Fits, induced
by sel-indulgenee or sexual extrav-
agance, &c,
The celebrated author. in this admir-
able essay. clearly demonstrates, from :,
thirty years successful practice, that the
alarming consequences of self-abuSe nay
be radically cured; pointing ont a mode
of cure at once simple, certain and eff
fcctu;sl, by means of which every sufferer.
no matter what his condition may be-
may cure himself cheaply, privately and
yTl.is Lecture should be in the hands
Of every outh and man in the nd.
Sent under seal, in plain cnv lope. to
any address postpaid, on receipt OF six
cents or two postage stamps. We have
also a sure cure for Tape Worm. Address
THE CULVERWElL MEDICAL co.
Al ANN STRELr NEW YORK, n. y.
Post Office Box, 1856.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-06-04
SUERIFF"S SALE.

A. n. Torrance & FANNY
- Torrance, his wife, la.
VS..
GEORGE J. HULIE & Is
AAC n. HENRY. J
To August term, 1881, Kinds
Conn.y Court, Miss. Judgment 9th
February 1879, for s5i64.Go.
BY virtue OF the above described
writ. to me directed by the Clerk
of euSA Court. 1 will expose
10 pu bac sale, to the highest and
hest bidder, for cash, before the
Court House door OF said Count!
of Madison, State of Mississippi, i'll
the City of Canton, on
Monday, the 1h Day OF
July 1881,
between the hours prescribed by
law the following described real
estate to wit:
The ell less % acres off end
of VIII neq and % acres off south
end ELI nwq and eli swq, Sec. 81 ]
8 II Nv VIII neg and the VIII. Sec.
80 T X i ". Eth seq Sec Sc L s
II 2 W, containing in all $50 acres
more or less.
Levied upon as the property OF
said dei't.Gcorge J.HuIme and will
he sod to satisfy the above styled
Judgment, interest and all costs.
J, r. PhIESTLEY, Sheriff.
Slnritf's Office, Canton, Miss,
Jute 4th 1881.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-06-04

THERE is a report to lhe eli. CT
that the Hon. Jefferson Davis has
sold bis copyright in "The Rise
and FALL Of the Confcdet.my," fol
20 eco