The Florida agriculturist., 1884-09-03
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FLoRIDIANA.

The new crop OF cotton is being mar
keted from all parts OF the State where it
is raised.
The formation has been laid for the
new Custom House and Post Office at
Pensacola.
y Sawfish Is feet 10 inches long with a
three foot Saw has been captured at ST..
Augustine.
Work has been stopped on the Palatka
and Indian River railroad, and the boats
leaving here on Wednesday last were
loaded with the colored workman going
home. We trust that the work will soon
be resumed-Pdldtka News.
1t is stated that there are this year in
Manatee county about 10000 more acres
of land subject to taxation than there
were last year, and more marriage licen-
ses have been issued during the past six
months than the whole of last year.
Fort Dddc Messenger.
Again has Mr.. T. Emmett Wilson
furnished us cause of gratified astonished
at the capacities and resorses of our soil
and the adaptation of our climate. This
time it is a beet, grown without fertilizer
weighing lbs. o. Mr.. Wilson is one
of our most successful vegetable growers,
and his experiments are valuable
SANFORD Journal.
\ cigar factory is proposed to be es-
taliShes here. In connection with it
the raising of tobacco upon our rich ham
mock lands could be made a source of
considerable revenue to our people
This coast at one time was famous for
raising an excellent quality of tobacco
1nH with iI1n1arnI-n1 ,,ootIAI of
there is no reason why the market should
not be supplied with as fine an article as
any section of the United States at least
can produce. .-Haltdr Journal
M. Nat Niles, from Torch Key, step
ped into our office this week and in
formed us that he had just finished set
ting out $500 banana sprouts which up
to the time OF his departure We're doing
remarkably well, He has about that
number on hand and as soon as the
weather permits will plant the remainder
which will make it one of the largest
groves in south Florida The cultivation
OF the banana on this Key is no expert
nent as he has now in his field number
OF trees the productiveness of which has
surpassed even his most sanguine ex-
pections.- West Democrat.
A grand excursion from Iowa to Sene-
ca, Orange county, Fla, has been gotten
up by j. II. Bramhall. A company of |
one hundred have purchased tickets
and will leave Burlington, Iowa, on
September 10Th. The party will visit
Seneca, Philipsburg, Fort Mason, Eustis,
and other points in this region. Mr..
Bramhall who spent several months
here last winter, was so we'll pleased
with this County, and especially the
section embracing Seneca and Philips
burg, that he returned to Burlington and
devoted his time to making sales of land
and raising such Florida fever that
some of the results manifest themselves
in the coming of this excursion party to
see, believe, and no doubt to settle some
where on the many beautiful and advan-
tageous locations with which this section
abunds.-Semi-Iropicol.
The breaking up OF the ''pool' hereto
fore existing between the DeBary- -Baya-
Merchants Line of Steamers and the
independent Line, operated by the
Plant Investment Company, or ). f. X
W. Ry., will doubtless rebound not only
to the commercial advantage of Jackson
vile but to the benefit of the whole
Southern portion of the State, especially
the upriver towns and country. Freight
rates have already been greatly reduced.
The charge on a barrel of flower from
this city to Sanford is now ten cents,
where before it was thirty, and the re-
duction on other things has been in
proportion. This now insures to Jack
sOnville as a wholesale market an adVan-
tage over her competitor, Savannah, not
slow to be seen. And the reduction is
no less in favor of the points giving low
freight rate from their most accessible
market. The consumer, OF course,
shares in the benefit, and we think the
whole country reioiced at the breaking
up of the pool" for competition
between transportation lines) Is the life
Of trade (in the places affected. From
what we can learn there will be some
lively Cutting" from now on through
the season, if the pool is not renewed
Tropical Pdraiise.
The Ocala Banner says: "Some peo-
pie still cling to the belief that money
cannot be made i'll Florida. About fif-
teen years ago Daniel Sullivan landed i'll
Pensacola a pennyless man. He died
about two months ago, and the following
is list of the property he left his wife
and children and other heirs
y. :. per cent. consols To40,O
L. :. ~ per cent. consols l00OO0
Alabama bonds, class \ $4,000
Mortgage bonds, P. 4 P. r. Il. 10000
Louisiana rs bonds $4,000
Georgia IS bonds 5000
Florida IS bonds s,0Ol
y. y. Steamboat and Stock Co. 10000
Cash with Yarmouth Jardine 10000
Real estate in Alabama and Florida
about $50, 900 acres.
This schedule does not include his res
idence and opera house, and other prop
erty in Pensacola valued at several hun
dred thousand dollars. But even this
is not all, for he said in his will thai