The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-02-09

Iww COLD sPELL--AN INTERESTING oil
sxry--A BIG LAND sPEcULATI0N-THi
~cRxAT" SHIP CANAL.
lSxrc:ai Correspondence OF the D,spstch.j
ST.. AUGUSTINE, February 3, 1884.
IL locks a little queer to q former fire.
-guxzfrr of the "land OF fruits aud flow.
exxn to find upon mis- arrival at Jackson.
vS1le tia; "nipping frost" had preceded
E5m and stripped the oraDge-trees OF theiI
aeepgrecn foliage and killed all the pretty
,aUt-door flowers and delicate shrubbery
ekzt heretofore formed such pleasing pic
oxxc 10 Virginia mountaineer's eye. But
50 e is. and were 1t not for the bright
warm sunshine that now prevails, and some
- tive eyer-existing peculiaritles Of Flori.
u, one could easily imagine himself as be.
eng 10 the Tidewater region OF the Old Do
usnicp.
IMPROVEMENTS.
Judging from the number OF new build
srgs that have been erected within the
yrxr twelve months, ] would say that
Jacksonville Is rapidly improving; and as
n majority OF the visitors to Florida make
Jacksonville their first objective point, the
hsrgc numbers now coming In, and from
.'ffsnoc taking their departure for other
points in the State, give to the city a
Lively. DttrlntSs INV
railroad direct from Jacksonville to this
Fztas,c is great convenience to the pub
lfkE, xlie run being made in one and half
saurs, and there are four trains day.
AYISTEREsTING OLD CITY.
M Florida tourists visit this interesting
old city, and many northern people are
.upnfent TO spend their winters here; and
know OF no place In the State that pos
nxscs SUPERIOR social advantages or more
heaHhful location. The improvements
wifbin the last twelve months in the way
sf Kew buildings have not been extensive,
H&zs there is hotel now being erected that
viii, when completed, eclipse anything Of
AAe kind in the state. so it Is said; and II
&c be true, that is saying good deal, for
sheze are some fine hotels in Florida.
Nss. New York caricaturist, was here q
few DAYS since, and said he regretted the
vandalism that was by degrees removing
The ancient landmarks for the purpose OF
building toarding-houses, DC.
CuEIosITY-sHoPs.
1 observe large increase in the number
81 csuaosity-shops. and fish-scales, alliga-
tsR-tocth- birds feathers, sea-shells, and
every other Florida product that has last
fnS quality about IL, has been worked into
all the attractive forms that Yankee in
gsHuity could devise, and brisk trade at
exDrbitant prices is kept up by the Souue- |
Gix-Aunters.
bear that there Is good deal OF dis !
satisfaction on the part OF the people on |
account of the land sale that was made to |
Dist0R. He has already sold two millions Of |
xxycs at a profit to himself Of $1,000, 900, |
and has two millions OF acres left, much Of |
which is said to be of the best lands in the |
Slate.
AN ENGLISH ENTHUSIAST.
\ met yesterday with an Englishman |
who had bought sixty thousand acres of
him. He u good-looking, intelligent |
well. but 1 was too dull to appreciate the |
beauty and profit of his plans for getting |
humber out OF swamps that will have to be |
well aud extensively ditched before you
Can get any sort OF road-bed.
No ground has yet been broken for the |
great ship canal which is to connect the |
Naters of the Gulf and the Atlantic, and |
n have not been able TO find any one that !
could name it's intended location. Fears |
axe entertained that the syndicate who has |
1t IN charge will have to be reddjuSted |
before any ships sail across this peninsula. |
THE DAMAGE TO THE FRUIT.
An Intelligent gentleman "to the manor |
tsarn " has just told me that the late cold |
s7sell-the coolest for sixteen years-has |
damaged thefruit cropand the young trees
more than a million OF dollars, and has
'cas1sed the tide OF emigrants to move on
10 the southern part OF the Stale; and that
sEuder the most favorable circumstances it
woSild take this region two years to re-
cover It's lost ground.
y so south tomorrow, and when / get
zssong the pineapples and bananas will
Ky and tell you what / see. c. NJ. r.