The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1884-10-01
FLoRIDIANA.

~ 1dHlpd fGIe tampa anu Mayo Ice
companies have consolidated and increas-
eel the price of ice from half to one and
half cents per pound.-Palatkd Daily
Netrs.
Laying of rails on the Longwood and
Apopka City "tramway' is being vigor-
ously prosecuted. In thirty DAYS it is ex-
pected that mules will be trundling short
trains between those points. This road
may be extended eastward to Indian
River Orlando Reporter.
From Geo. Sawyer, of Sanford, we
learn that the grading of the Sanford,
Eustis Il Ocala Railroad will be com
menced within thirty DAYS The engi-
neers are now in the field and the line is
being located. The line is to be a stand
ard gauge -Orlando Reporter
Fernandinas Mirrog: Dave Wilson,
known all over the State as one of the
most successful travelling agents in the
mercantile business, has accepted the
position of general travelling agent of the
new steamboat combination between
Savannah and the upper. st. Johns
river. ,F @
Mr. Adkins, who lives between Haw-
thorne and Magnesia Springs, has a fine
grove of orange trees, from thelargest
of which he sold last season 10000
oranges, at two cents each. The cost of
gathering and marketing was about $25
leaving a net profit from the single tree
$40. This and like Items are few of
the recorded facts that our readers in
other States may paste in their hats.
A young man named james F. Sher-
wood, who came to Orlando recently
from the northern part of the State, and
has been clerking i'll w. G.. Whites
Stora fo1. tha no OF two 1x-aalxc mot NTH
a serious accident Tuesday afternoon by
being thrown from his horse, striking
the ground on his head. At last accounts
he was lying i'll a semi-conscious con-
dition, and the attending physicians were
unable as yet to say how it may ter
inmate.
Sept 26, 6 o'clock p. m. This
afternoon while a number of the
cadets of the East Florida Military
College We're bathing in the pool of H.
NJ. Oliver at Orange Park pet bear that
was on the place broke loose and jumped
nto the pool and pursued the boys, catch
ing William Jefferies, about Z years OF
age, son of w. O.Jefferies, agent for the
Florida Transit Railroad at Fernandina,
biting and mangling him SO horri bly, that
he sunk to the bottom of the pool dead
His parents have been telegra pied to.
Liz yOullS mai OIlly De0u
vile two or three days. The bear had to
be instantly killed, he was so unman-
ageable.
The senior Mr.. Hawthorne, living in
sAlachua county, about three miles from
the thriving little town bearing his name
has unique wheat patch" which,
though covering but a very small fraction
of an acre, supplies his family with flour
for the year, and his family is neither
small nor the use of the commodity
limited with them. He says he has his
wheat ground North, and that curious
fact connected with it is that it grows on
tree. In fact, this "wheat patch as
he points with pride to it, is a mammoth
orange tree, the fruit from which sells
for enough to purchase his years supply
of flour. 1t netted him last year $l20.
He also has quite grove of fine trees all
of which produce splendidly
Major O. p Rocks, the founder of
Fruitland Park, near Leesburg, in Sumter
county, was in the city yesterday and
gave The Ners a pleasant call. The
Major is member of the Florida Fruit
Growers Association and was here to
make arrangements for the meeting of
the Association in Palatka on the 18th of
October, He owns the prettiest place
in Florida, and within radius oftwenty
miles around him is situated twenty
clear spring lakes, and on his place he
has about one hundred varities of fruit,
from which he can gather fruit Tor use
every day i'll the year. Major
Rocks has set worthy example in thus
surrounding himself with all the comforts
possible, and shows what well directed
effort will do in favored Florida, as he
has been a citizen OF this state only
about five ears.--Pdldtkd NeWs.
Miss Eva Cameron, who was seriously
bitten by dog last week, we are glad to
learn, is steadily improving. Miss
Cameron resides with her uncle, Major
Robert Walker, who has large watch
dog. Everybody on the place is afraid OF
the animal except Miss Cameron. At
. O'Clock in the morning she arose and
went out in the yard to take from him
duck which he had caught. = Thedog
became enraged and seized her arm
She called for help, but at that early
hour she could awaken no one on the
premises and none of the neighbors be-
ing up, she was compelled to struggle
with the powerful and enraged animal
for whole hour. She succeeded in re-
leasing one arm from his grasp when he
saVagely seized the other. Standing
there with the enraged animals teeth
buried in one arm, the other lacerated
and bleeding, both paining her severely,
and with no hope OF immediate as
sistance, She concluded to throw her
] shawl over his head, and make des-
4 perate effort to liberate herself from that
\ perilous position. With one hand she
wrapped her shawl about the dogs head,
I when he relaxed his grip, and Miss Came
n ron started for the house, which she
tt.lAg Il i 80.
y began to lick the blood-stained shawl
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