The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1885-02-25
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FLoRID1ANA.

Green Cove Springs is to have gas and
water works.
The Eustis Cornet Band won the first
prize at the State Fair.
Ii w. A. Urquhart will apply to the
editor OF the Orlando Reporter he will
hear of something to his advantage:
The Suwanee river is higher now than
it has been for several years, and is Still
rising.-JackSon County Times.
A new postoffice has been established
ON Mosquito Lagoon, between the post
offices Haulover and Oak Hill with John
&. Kuhl as postmaster.
A citizen of Plant City being compelled
by law to tear down his hog pen, and not
being allowed to let the hog run, tied
him to post and he choked to death.
He vows that he will sue the town for
damages.-Jdckson County Times.
Mr.. Shelton Souter, living near Antho-
ny, will ship this year between eight
hundred and one thousand boxes of or
anges. From the same grove last year
he only shipped fifty boxes. This in
crease, though large is not unusual, and
demonstrates the wonderful bearing ca
pacity OF an orange grove.-OcatG Ban
ner.
The Orlando Reporter says of Judge f.
X. Foster of this Circuit: ''The prevail
ing opinion seems to be that the selec-
ton of Mr.. Foster was a wise and a
fortunate one. Attorneys speak in the
highest terms of his bearing while upon
the bench and it is evident that he will
strive to push the business of the court
with all possible dispatch. Orlando Re
porter.
A stranger from the North called on us
Yesterday to ascertain if it was really so,
as we stated last week, that one of our
citizens had peaches in his orchard as
large as hens eggs. We hunted up the
citizen and soon satisfied the gentleman
of the truth of our assertion. The result
was trip to the orchard, and probably
another investor or settler. Come, there
is plenty of room.-Sanfcrd Journal.
II. A. Tanner of DeLand came over
Tuesday to see how the convention
would get along. He tied his horse to
NJ /. Smith fence intending to go soon.
Being delayed in his departure Mr..
Smith placed the Tanner horse in his
stable tying his own in it's place. About
nine O'Clock at night Mr.. Tanner came,
hitched the Smith horse up in place of
his own and drove off to Port Orange.
Was it because he was confused by be-
ing bounced out of the Dem. Elk. Com.
or because this is a temperance town.
HdtJdr Journal.
Probably greater acreage Of new
ground is being cleared in the vicinity OF
Orlando at this time than ever before
In all directions from town new clearings
are met with, new groves are being set,
new houses built, and new fences erected
around the prospective grove and home
of the settler. People are constantly
finding fault with the high prices of real
estate in this vicinity, while others are
buying and improving, thus enhancing
the value of all remaining property. The
work goes ON in spite OF the croakers.-
Orlando Reporter.
A severe wind storm visited the city
last night about hall past eight o'clock,
doing considerable damage to property,
blowing fences and shade trees down by
the wholesale. About half of the street
lamps could not be found this morning
The tool house in the court house yard
was blown into smitherenes. Two houses
in Buck-Town were blown off their
foundations. The front of Jobson's
Jewelry Store was torn loose. The front
window in Geo. X. Broom's new brick
store was blown out Mrs Evans
House, in East Gainesville, was badly
shaken, and j. NJ. Wyatt's one story
house was blown entirely off its founda-
ton. Mr.. Wyatt was badly cut about
the head and bruised quite severely els
where.-GdiResrW 1dc0cdte.