The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-01-11
JANUARY II.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Z1anaerS06ilis est cora Vsrtus.
See revised descriptive circular of De
Land, Fla, in another column.
Prayermeeting Wednesday evening at
the school house.
Sabbath school next Sunday afternoon
at o'clock, j. Y. Parce, Srperintend-
ant.
Visitors are coming in fast.
Fresh Oysters at Walesby's Saturday.
D. P. Graves has arrived at Orange
City.
Thanks for serenade on Monday night.
1t was we'll done.
A powerful saw mill is being erected
at Spring Garden.
Mr.. W. S. Waits is building a cottage
In bis orange grove.
The report of meeting of County
Commissioners will appear in our next.
We congratulate Mr.. and Mrs. John
Cannon on the arrival of nine FOUNDER.
We will give ''P1oNEER" the informa.-
ton he requires about Cassava in our
next.
Geo. Amos, one of our worthy colored
farmers, paid Mr.. Waits $65 for Jer~
sey COW.
Mr.. j. d. Ross blacksmith and wagon
making establishment is doing large
business.
Thanks returned to Judge J. H. Pre-
watt for fine assortment of citrons, lem
ons and oranges.
DR.. Lancaster has sold fifteen acres
OF land to Mrs. Salina Mccormack, of
Louisville, Ky.
The Episcopalians of this place are
requested to meet at the school house
on Saturday at 3p. m.
Mr.. Allen Ham, formerly of Kansas.
has purchased twenty acres of land and
become permanent citizen.
From the accounts in the Jacksonville
papers Orange Park must be having
quite boom. 1t is just the place for
handsome and convenient winter homes.
Rev. Mr.. Farr breaches every Sunday
evening at Z o'clock, and Sunday morn
ings at half.past ten q. M, except the
first and third Sundays in the month,
when service is held by the Rev. Mr..
Gordon.
Our people should see about vaccina4
ting their children, as smallpox is rag
ing in many parts of the north and west.
and may be brought down by some one
coming south.
The County Commissioners have re-
commended Mr.. Fl. A. Tanner, of this
place, to the Governor, for tie position
of Justice IF the Peace and Notary
Public for the State at large.
The following are the arrivals at the
DeLand Grove House: w. 81. Nixon,
Rockport, N. Y; Miss Ida Nixon, do.
E. M. Smith, Scranton, Penn; A. F.
Lane, Mrs. A. F. Lane, Waterloo, Iowa;
j. X. Burleigh, Jacksonville, Fla.
Mr.. Ii. @. Strack is driving for flow
ing we'll. After getting down eighty
feet the pipe struck rock and broke off
about folty-four feet down; he drew this
up and will renew his efforts so soon
as a new point comes from Jacksonville.
DIR. A. @. Brown, of Carbondale.
Kansas, who purchased property here
some weeks back. has written Mr.. Bar
Der that he and Messrs. Gleason and
Knapp, will start about the 18th with
their families, to settle at DeLand Mr..
Sheldreth and family, and Mr. Ray
mond's will accompany them.
A public meeting of the citizens was
held on Friday evening for the purpose
of hearing the report of the committee
on Incorporation. Messrs. Pa-ce, Boz
harmon, Brinly, Strack, Grabill, &C.,
addressed the meeting, and on putting
it to vote, it was carried unanimously
for incorporation. The secretary was
instructed to advertise an election for
officers on the 18th of February.
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