Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-02-23
FLORIDA FACTS.
Ths Land .: Orange ersvss asd
AMtsaters.
Remarkable Prospsrt-AetiviN Ia Land
SaIes-Ths Wezthsr-totels--hasto.
don Mo.quiioes- Buried Treasure;
aad the Way 10 Fisd Them.

don no.quiioes- Buried Treasure;
add the Way b fisd Them.
Mllek Ti0HS ABOUT ALLlGAToas.
JAcssoHvnLx, Fla, February s2-This
winter Nss bssn one Of renasksbls prosper
ity In Florida. Moro land be- bsen sold
for setual use, noEs improve Yepts Of .
subsiantk character made, and moro sdS
ditions b. infmigratiJ4 Of cultured people
ofmeans - t.ss populstion Of the StatS
than were sver known bsforc IN the samG
period OF tine:
The mosqsltoes and Temperature show
eighty desresss, with no tEcese, hsvs con-
trisuted for severn, days to msts th'nss
rot 20 pleasant either for nvslids or for
iull baoodsd healthy psopla. Bat - the
winA.is teuperd TO the slJssl lamb. %
broned shad three times Q dsS fra lus-'
cious oranges, and an ahunda-se Of straw.
berries In Immediate pfo.pec, hvs sufficsd
to console the sofieres1 very materially.
The 4 hstel. keepers say the fiies ass always
with them, but motqnisie" aie compare
lively urkrosr, sad'
Oppressive weather
never hsts very losg. "A, ID to confirm
this assertion, today the mosquitoes have
entirely disappeared. 1.-The temperature has
gone Gown 10 20, and Sho- most delightful
and refreshing breeze 10 rustiing 10 the
fullleafed trees
The principal hotels ~ Jacksonvills 70.
mind one very much Of the hotels at the
Northern watering places. ia the summer.
They are Supplied with elevators and mos
modern ccaveniencee, handsomely and
tastily, though not 30 elasoEa,ely and rich-
ly furnishefss the more pretentious In the
North. They have their string hands,
which grind cat after each meal the favor
lie operatic airs and popular negro melo
dies. Dancing goes on every evening In
the drawing rooms, and the Open verandahs
ass crowded With ladies In light summer
attire. These hotels are oil kept by North
tIn or Western men, and are kept
W, -. tkc btaude~d'
ye,y well. All Their meat, and poultry are
br,usht fTom the Nor.h In Ice chests, aud
1, is well Il ey are, for In this land OF dow.
.rs the ps,ive meats and poultry require
the teeth OF an alligator ~ mAsticate aud
ike stomach OF an o.tr'ch to distst The
trave, which Ctnters here Is immense, ~
jacksonville Is :hs distributing point for
al Florida
Esrasd Treasures.
In the days when buccaneers roansd the
oseap. cut throlts. and Icuttled ships at
will Tampa Bay, by reason OF iis land.
locked pO iiion, was = favoriis harbor of
refuge for these frscbo ,.ers. Many storie'
RE told of treasure buried near the wuters
u this bay and on the banks OF the Hills
borough river, whloh debouchcs, into It.
In old man. firmly persuaded OF the locs-
ton OF tome Of this treasure, Information
st which be obtained from dying man In.
Caracas whom he befriended, who In turn
received IL from O descendant Of success.
ground which he know contains the
Less hartsA Cetss
OF the realm Of Spain. The dying msn Ia
with written directions descriptive Of the
way In which the concealed wealth could
be found--tbe live oak tree twenty fire feet
west from the river, sndso many feet cast.
west, north, and south from other trees.
The land was fnund ~ mapped ont on ths
diagram; and tho old man purchased II 90
that he might acquire titlo 10 IL and
everything beneath Il, and dslve for gold
secretly and at leisure. The story goes that
every aight he goes TO the live oak tree,
takes bearing from oil the points marked
In the diagram, aud works industfiously
until morning Bot his pick has not yet
struck the brass kettles which hold the
gold bearing the image and Buperscriptiou
OF Charles, Ferdinand, or Alphonso.
That there are others who believe In the
existence Of
on the Hillsborough 10 evidenced By the
fact that they will not part with their land
at any figure designating iu commcrcial
value. Every stranger is regarded With
suspicion and supposed 70 know something
solvent bank Of mother earth, and they
will not let him reside among them - the
owner OF part OF their soil. They "knoa"
gold if In the ground, but % they do not
know where 10 find Il themselves They do
net want Others W make the attstnpt and
be- successful.
There II gold 10 the ground In Fivsids,
mol only in tile Hiilsborough river, bat In
other jsris Of the stats. II shows itself In
golden fiuit Oh lemon, lime and Grange
trtt., in January tomatoes, February
stra~bcrrie,. March potatoes, April co.
cosanuis and other fruits ioIIoslp. n ths
.ncctssion Of months. all worth old In the
market or on the table OF the psoduces.
TIE .gso,s.u gold huntsr In b vbo
looks b.t for hidden coin deep In the bos.
N, oi tie esrtl. but who sof.sns its susiass
- iseeirr leeds. and Wbo opsJs the pores
ta the rsys Of the sun rnsy pcpetrsts
nd rive y;lor 70 the pIsnt thsS noRsss
snd fruits for sASth's childrsh
AIuGsssrs.
Dropping In store whore Florida cusi.
osities are Dold asked tho proprietor shout
sllisaton. He had about Q hundred littis
fellows from ten 70 twelve inebes loog. &C.
i've and vicious g any one night desire,
which he wss willing 20 disDOsS oi ~ .
good round prics 70 thoos vho care 20 take
them, with The positive certsinty thaa they
s.lsS s y' .ss, Sus ''f{ 4. :he "a "a a.: ;f sss:
wsrs already becoming scascs, end thst
iheir extinction nov vas Osly .
question Of time. IL WAs Dol 70 mash the
adults which werc killed by tsah.ts
end home people. % Il W. ~ dss.Suc joo
OF the egg and the ccptuye q u younE
The eTsS are taken In lsySe nuDbsss BE-
fore maturity, blown out asd thse sod -
sIriosisi.s s h Ih: Xocsr s!ise..sfs: s... :,s
diateiy Sfter and inae1lstsly bsfe's
hatchfns; tbsy sSs cssyisA = ~ popsIsf
resorts and cold 10 visitors. 1hsy c;tse
die bsfoFe thsir pureAassn loevs. They
are certain TO die any wSy, and many We
buy them soon Tire q thso and kiu
them or
ThsSW 5bso AUaU.
Formerly, he sasi. yes eoeh gst ail ths
slligstou you .vasted 10 tbe imDedtsse
vicinity Of Jscksesvtlle. ~ .svssy yea!
they had to bs looked fos fpr.hss ae1
further In the interior. Hs sid there vas
great deal OF lying sboat siIi.storS; thst
every osss In FIesida lied sbout thsm, 81
be then vspt On to tsn eoms ajlizs.es
stories hinself. IL - I'll hunbuy sSest
the hide Of tbe alliestos bsing % tsuyb; be
bad frequeptiy blown the whole tcp a "a
ailIestops beia OF vith Q Shot sne. Hs
wsTned sp With his yssital, palIsd oot 8 Q
drawer : ltstel . kttie ierfes the bis
sud soSe,sstls y isSnss;s a sesS;es q SsiI
thrnuh naalsAooei. - aaid 'lkhY.