Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-03
From Florida.
INTERLAcHRN, FLA, January %, 1885.

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The news. per GLOBE -REPuBLic, that Mr..
G. W. Hastings was in poor health at Inter
lachen, Florida, was somewhat of surprise
to his neighbors at the above place. He
sleeps well, takes his rstioos regularly, works
as many hours as daylight will permit, aud is
in the full enjoyment of oranges, orange pie,
breakfast bacon and ham from Grants mea:
store) and last but not least, Mrs. HIS
doughnuts. The last named individual ar
rived in Florida some seven weeks since. Has
met with no sppreciable loss of flesh; can
scale a picket tence, ride in jolt-wagon Is
miles through Florida forest; has sat in the
fireplace (size of an ordinary kItchen) OF
Southern home, and eaten smothered chicken
pretty in Florida except Lagonda lake and an
orange tree laden with fruit. Laughs
a good deal at the Sunny South"-iit has
rsined nearly every day since her
arrival), and at our May weather in January,
as she hovers over a stove we'll filed with
"fat pine" as the "Northers" come through
her upholstered domicile. But she acknow-
| lodges some beautiful days-days sunny and
mild, days when the soft south wind blows
| off the Keys, and on the versnda reads OF
| your ice-bound condition.
Mr.. Douglass Moler and family recently ar
| rived and are the guests of Mr. and Mrs Harry
Moler. Mr.. Schaus, formerly OF Springfield,
and Mrs. Turner, and Mrs Hauk and other
Springfield parties are guests at the Prospect
House.
Springfield parties were shocked at the sad
news OF the death OF Mrs Knott, of Louisville
and deeply sympsihize with the bereaved pa
rents and friends
The same mail also brought the sad news
of the death of William H. Eberly, who came
to lnterlachen three years ago, and who was
mail agent on one OF the ST. John steamers
A party was showing the steward bulldog
pistol, when it was accidentally discharged,
the ball crashing through Eberly's brain, who
was standing by.
There is prospect of two additional hotels
the coming season at this place, one Of some
thirty or forty rooms AMI one of double
that capacity. Boat building is all the rage,
and on these moonlight nights Lsgonda
lake presents an animated appearance,
and hilarious companies of lads and lasses,
make music on the waters as the skill and
muscle of the oarsmen of rival boats is tested
to the utmost. How would the young peo-
pie of Springfield enjoy such a pastime in
January?
luterlscten has an orange grove of IS
acres, and its proprietor has a nursery OF
five hundred thousand young orange trees
In time, when express companies or fast
freight lines to the north shall have a more
lively competition, | believe Florida oranges
will be sold in Springfield for 25 cents
dozen, and at such prices throughout the
north. There will be lively demand for
the products OF the mammoth groves, like
the one now located at Interlachen There is
no more probability Of the orange business
being overdone than the business of growing
corn or wheat. A good grove in full bearing
will average 500 oranges to tree. An acre
will grow 60 trees, and q product of 500 to
the tree would give 10000 oranges to the
acre, and at one dolla' per 100 you have 5000
an acre as the product While nearly all the
groves of Florida are still young some OF
them are producing the proprietors $4,000
TO $50, goo year, and even more.
= As hsme for invalids Florida is every year
becoming more and more POPULAR place
where there are no frosts, or but very slight
ones, in midwinter. will be sought by the
multitudes, every year on the increase, in the
NORTH Bronchial and catarrhal troubles
seem TO get almost immediate relief, as do
the early stages OF lung difficulties. While
but small portion of the Stste, compare
lively, is desirable for residence or orange
culture, still there are a lew acres left Most
of the hotels in the State heretofore have been
OF the coast or the st. Johns river, but il is ,
beng rapidly discerned that the high rolling
lands on the backbone OF the State, if State
with no more elevations than the shell OF a
turtle may be said to have a back bone. where |
the water is pure and the climate free from
malarial influences, is the more desirable
tor transient or permanent abode. Without
advertising or blowing, Interlachen is having
a steady growth, as indicated by one hotel,
begun year ago, and this year greatly en-
lsrged; the lumber for another OF 80 to 40
rooms on the ground and negotiations pend
ing for another of 60 or 20 rooms. Next year
it is believed Interlachen will be one OF the pop
ular resorts, if one of the most heathiul
localities in Florida, between two most beau
titll lakes, and good home-like hotels, free
from dissipations and the eXactions OF fash |
ion, al moderate prices, will attract An ef-
.ort is also on foot to make il an educational
center, where visitors can bring their families
and enjoy educational facilities equal to those
offered in Northern public schools good
man, Springfield families are already here,
and will be glad to welcome more to the en-
joyment of nearly the best climate in the
world; at least such is the opinion of H.
Miss Gertie Gould, the famous lady skater,
who will appear at the rink Wednesday and
THURSDAY evenings of this week, GENES high
ly recommended. She appeared at Urbans
last Saturday evening before an audience OF
one thousand people. and took SO well that
she was Immediately engaged for last night
and tonight. She is said to be one OF the
most graceful lady skaters in the country
and performs many new and difficult evolu-
tions.
Yesterday morning a keg of beer was
stolen from one of Schneider Bros. wagons
while the driver was in a salocn on the hill.
Last night officer Nicklas arrested a fellow
named Daniel Devine on the charge of