The Florida agriculturist., 1885-04-29
FLoRID1ANA.


The Selni-Tropical Hotel, at Barlow,
has been destroyed by fire.
The Nassau County Record is the name
of new paper started at Callahan. 1t is
edited by Col. MacWilliams, and should
be interesting.
Capt r. A. Hardee, of Rockledge, has
just sold five acres of his orange grove
located in the fnestportion of that place
for ,000.-TituSvilJe Star.
Parties are here from Massachusetts
for the purpose of starting large fertil-
izer mandatory. They are men of
wealth and enterprise Tampa Guar
dian.
The pineapple crop this year promises
to be the largest ever cut for some time.
The fields are full of the luscious fruit
and the faces of the growers are radiant
with smiles.-Key Vest Democrat.
On the 9th of May there will be pic
mic at Fort Drane hammock, 214 miles
from Millwood station, on the f. S. r..
r., on the occasion of planting the last
tree of the 100 acre orange and lemon
grove of the Florida Orange Grove Com
pany.
Winter Park, between here and San
ford, is bidding high for the Congrega-
tional College. The aggregate of the
proposals she has made exceed $3.50, 900,
and if she gets the college she will make
money by it, Notwithstanding the big
price.-KisSimmee Leader.
The Tallahassee Land of FVowers SAYS
that the ''money necessary for rebuild
ing the Leon Hotel has all been sub
scribed except one thousand dollars, and
the projectors feel so sure that the bal
ance will be raised, that they are already
making arrangements to begin the work
OF rebuilding
Strawberries are now pouring into
market and were offered by truckers yes
terday at 10 cents per quart. Large ship
ments are being made from this city and
points along the Transit Railroad to
Northern cities. The crop is reported in
splendid condition and the yield large,
but little backward. Charleston grow
ers have begun to ship their crop, which
is always a strong competition to the
Florida crop. The price here begins to
decline when the crops at Savannah and
Charleston are placed upon the market.
jacksonville Herald.
valuable specimen for relic hunters
was found some three weeks ago by w.
A. Patrick's hired man on Paradise Is
land, about mile and a half from town.
1t is an old rust-eaten ak or very large
hatchet, the blade of which resembles
the pictures of the flaring blades of the
old Spanish battle axes, while the back,
instead of running to APPOINT like them,
is fiat like the axes of to-day. Altogether
we doubt if its counterpart can be found
fhn
manufactured. 1t was found sticking in
to an old stump about two feet under
ground. Where it was manufactured, by'
what race it was used, and how long ago,
are questions for our scientific theorists
to speculate over.-KisSimDaee Leader.
A new departure, and most success
ful beginning of anew industry, has been
initiated by our enterprising young lady
artist, Miss Blanch Meegan. She has
procured a furnace for burning decorated
China, and has experimental with it un-
til it is an assured success. We had the
pleasure yesterday of inspecting some
specimens of HaViland ware and COM
moner china, which had been decorated
with beautiful and tasteful designs and
passed by Miss Blanche through her new
furnace, with glaze that was simply
perfect. Nothing superior to it can be
produced anywhere. We are glad to
state that specimens will be displayed
in Mr.. Gumbinger's window tomorrow,
when all may have an opportunity of in
specting them. Those desiring either to
order sets or to learn the art will no
longer need to so to Chicago art schools
or send to Cincinnati furnaces it can all
be accomplished in Florida. Thus do we
develop and progress.-Ti Times Union