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Delta chief., 1885-03-18

vnole Sam mine on Engineer mountain, left
the mine two weeks ago for Ouray, since which
time he has not been heard from at the mine,
although he promised when he left to commu-
nicats with the boys at once. Fears are enter
tained that he was caught in snow slide and
buried.
The Governor has signed the Census
bill, sppropriating sa5, 600 for the purpose Of
taking census this year. The bill also pro-
vides. for the taking Of future censuses. By
the provisions of the United States aw, II the
state takes this census in accordance with that
law, about $4,000 Of the money expended
will be refunded to the state by the Federal
government.
The Odd Fellows of Denver will cele-
brate the sixty-siIth anniversary Of Odd Eel
10 wship and the twenty first year of its estab-
lishment in Colorado by parade, oration and
ball on the day and evening Of April 27th.
All Odd Fellows in the state are invited to be
present to whom the railroads and hotels will
give special rates. l. N. Rogers, the Secretary
will give further information to all desiring it..
The Leadville Herald says that Jack
Ward, the conductor on the Villa Grove
branch of the Rio Grande, states that on last
Tuesday during the snow storm in San Luis
valley, large numbers Of trout were found
along the track, which had apparently showed
down. They were picked up by number Of
persons, some of the trout being six inches in
length. II anybody has q bigger fish story
than this, let them send 1t in"
Delta chief., 1885-03-18

WASHINGTON, ID. c., March iJ.-The
following proclamation was issued by the Prc.-
ident to-day;
BY the President OF the United State. o,
America,
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS. 1t Is alleged that certain indiyid.
uals, associations, persons and corpora,ions
are In unauthorized possession OF portions OF
the territory known as the Oklahoma lands
within the Indian Territory, which are desg-
uated, described and recognized by the trca-
ties and laws OF the United sta,cs, aud by the
executive authority thereof as Indian lands.
and
WHEREAS, 1t is further alleged that GER
tain other persons within the territory and
Jurisdiction Of the United States, have begun
and set on foot preparations for an org .nizcd
and forcible entry and settlement upon the
aforesaid land, aud are now threatening such
entry and occupation, and
WHEREAS, The laws OF the United States
provide for the removal OF persons residing or
being found upon such Indian lands and ter
ntory without permission which has been ,r-
pressiy and legally obtained from the Interior
Department.
Now, therefore, for the purpose OF protect
Ing the public interests ms well as the interests
OF the Indian Nations and tribes and to the
end that no person or persons may be induced
to enter upon said territory where they viii
not be allowed to remain without per mission
and authority as aforesaid, /, Grover Clcvc-
iand President OF the United States, do here
by warn and admonish all and every person or
persons who arc now In occupation OF such
lands, and all such person or persons as are
intending, preparing or threatening to enter
IN or settle upon the same that they will
not be permitted 10 enter upon said
territory, or II nlre,dy there, they will not
De allowed to remain thereon, and that II due
regard for, and voluntary obedience 20 tho
laws and treaties Of the United States aud the
ndmonition and warning, be not sufIcieu. to
ehect the purposes and intentions OF the Gov
crnmcnt as herein declared, the military pow
or OF the United Stntes will be invoked to
aoatc all such unauthorized possessions, to
prevent such threatened entry and occupation,
ana TO remove all such intrudcrs from tho
said Indian Territory lands.
In testimony whereof, / have hcrcunto set
my hand and caused the zeal of the United
States to be affixed
tSignedi (povru c,vv,,.x,
H. 4. f. BAYAnp, Secretary Of State.
Delta chief., 1885-03-18
Agreeable to E,srrbodx.

Col. Robert G. King, for ten years
Deputy Collector Internal Revenue,
Baltimore, Maryland, writes: / endorse
the Red Star Cough Cure. Ihave used
1t in my family for a violent cough and
found it excellent. Its use was entirely
free from the depressing effects Of other
cough remedies. It can readily be ta-
ken, and agrees with and benefits every
body suffering from throat and lung
troubles. The relief il permanent, and
there il no reaction.
Delta chief., 1885-03-18

All applicants for place are turned
BY the President to the heads Of departments,
and thither the place hunters are rushing.
Delta chief., 1885-03-18

little seriousness now and then IL
relished by the funniest mon.
Delta chief., 1885-03-18
The Boomers Must 10.

WAsHISGToS, d. c., March iJ.-The
following proclamation was issued by the Prcs-
ident to-day;
BY the President OF the United State. OF
America,
The Florida agriculturist., 1885-04-22
Irish Potatoes.

Those who are shipping Irish potatoes
will find that sit is very important that
potatoes should be barreled as soon as
possible after they are dug, as lying in
the sun heats them and causes them to
rot. Avoid digging Immediately after a
heavy rain. All potatoes should be bar
relied when as dry and cool as it is pos
sible to have them Assert very care
fully, and ship nothing but the largest,
having them as uniform as possible, as
culls or small ones do not increase the
bulk much. but add to the weight and
damage the sale so that they bring no
returns and actually depreciate the
value of the full size ones with which
they are mixed. Use full size, well
ventilated barrels, fill to heaping and
shake down thoroughly"
The Florida agriculturist., 1885-04-22
THE FLORIDA AeRIoULTURIsT.

en- care of you and the children beside
during all these years. than you have, if
in fact she did not also bring to you from
her fathers house the foundation of all
YOU possess. The homestead, therefore,
is hers as well as yours; the family, the
church, the school, the State, is hers as
well as yours, and though you only can
vote, you cannot and ybu will not vote
her out of her house.
No debt contracted at the corner store
or at the grocery or saloon can come up
on the homestead unless you are both
foolish and solemnly sign away your
rights. The merchant or the creditor
knew your property was secured to your
family andt therefore, has no claims upon
you to surrender your house to him, and
he has neither a moral or legal right to
complain of you-onless you hare deceared
him. In the latter case you will not be
trusted a second time; and if, indeed,
you are not an honest man, the sooner
YOU leave the State the better it will be
for those you leave behind.
+. NJ. RANDALL.
The Florida agriculturist., 1885-04-22
homestead Exemption.
MARRIED woNEN's RIGHTS, Etc, IN FLOR
IDA.

Judge E. NJ. Randall, in the old Semi
Tropical Magazine, gave the following
working of the Homestead law, which
may be of some use to those who have
lately settled here. He says:
With few exceptions, the pioneers of
frontier life in America, have been hardy,
sturdy, intelligent men, full of enterprise
and courage, who have determined not
only to fight their own way through the
world, but in so doing, to prepare the way
for others of more or less courage and
spirit of self-dependence to follow after
them. The American pioneer is family
man. His first thought is how to make
home and how to produce home COM
forts and domestic happiness in his little
kingdom. He reads that "the earth is
the Lords and the fullness thereof, F" and
his mission as one of the children of the
great Father is to establish and maintain
that rudimental government in the fam
lily, which grows with accruing popula-
ton, into the church, the community and
the State.
But the church and the State are mere
secondary conditions the first grand idea
is the security and inviolability of home.
His wife and children demand, and to
them he Yields, his first thought, and his
home once established and secured, he
forthwith attends to the matter of schools
churches and government.
This is the history of the settlement of
the North American continent, and of
the population of the great West, from
Cape Cod to San Francisco, and from
James River to the Rio Grande
Coming to this peninsular of Florida
the pioneer is first interested in the es-
tablishment of home. Here he finds
not young community, but compara-
lively a young State; finds an old popu-
lation and organized society thinly scat
tered and partially spread over an en-
pire of wilderness. He has lived half life
time in the midst of denser population
has seen greed devour the fruits of toll
the usurer accumulate the earnings of in
dustry, and the sheriff deliver his land
to the monopolist.
What does he find here? Can his
house be made secure so that his wife
and little ones may not be made home
less and roofiess by the creditor who
seeks to absorb those earnings which are
first due and necessary to his family?
For the benefit of the immigrant and
those who may contemplate making a
home in Florida, it is proposed in this
article to show as briefly and as compre'
hensivelv as may be what provisions
have been made in our constitution and
laws for the security of the home Of the
citizen, and for the protection of women
in the right to hold and enjoy property
The homestead article in the Florida
Constition reads:
The Florida agriculturist., 1885-04-22

and that the said Greeley and said
O'Brien severally represent an undi-
vided third interest in the lands, to-wit
4 Spanish grant to one Samuel Miles
for ] 900 acres, and thatno survey there
of has ever been made in accordance
with the mandate of the Supreme Court
of the United States, at the January
term thereof in 1912, and on file in this
cause, and in consideration thereof it is
ordered that the names of j. G. Greeley
and A. O'Brien, aforesaid, be substituted
in the place of the parties they repre-
sent, and that this cause be redocketed.
1t was further ordered that the Surveyor
General of the State of Florida forth
with survey the said Spanish grant to S.
Miles, in accordance with the mandate
of the Supreme Court aforesaid,
and make plat and file map of such
survey. 1t was also specially decreed
that this grant shall be SO surveyed that
the length of said land from east to west
shall be at least three times the width
by the north and south line and embrace
not exceeding 900 acres within the ex-
tension lines.
This land is in Volusia county"
The Florida agriculturist., 1885-04-22
Orange Exhibit at New Orleans.

We notice that our California ex.
changes are growing over the fact that
they have beaten Florida in the citrus
fruit exhibit at New Orleans, and at the
same time our Florida fruit growers are
led to believe chat they have won the
prize. If both parties are satisfied, all
the better, but who has really won? AS
it looks to US, the whole affair has been
farce. No plan OF action was agreed
upon; the judges appointed knew no
more of oranges than a COW knows how
to dance hornpipe; they were chosen
from the extreme northern States, where
if they ever saw an orange tree, it must
have been in greenhouse. The points
used in Florida were altered, so as to
give the advantage to California in many
respects, and their fruit being before
the judges at the time the awards were
made had great advantage over the
Florida fruits, which had been inspected
some weeks prior.
To settle the point, let the two States
get up grand citrus show in the City
of Washington next spring, and chal-
lenge the rest of the world to compete
with them. The people of Washington
would be only too glad to have such an
exhibit there, and would raise the
money to give handsome premiums.
The Florida agriculturist., 1885-04-22
Pitch Lake.

Some of our exchanges have the fol
lowing:
"Out of a lake-like cavity, south of
Port OF Spain, at Trinidad, Venezuela,
$4,000 tons of pitch are annually taken
without seeming to decrease the contents
of the cavity which has an area of about
100 acres, and depth as yet unascer-
tained."
The information about the pitch is all
right, but Trinidad is an island belong
ing to the English, off the coast of South
America, and Port of Spain is the capi-
tai town of Trinidad.
The Florida agriculturist., 1885-04-22
Exoascus Pruni.
PECULIAR FUNGUS FOUND ON PLUM BUDS
IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

The following letter has been handed
us by Mr.. A. Williams, of Fort Meade,
as being of interest to Florida fruit
growers:
HERBARIUM OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Botanic GARDEN,
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, March 80.
/ have received from a friend at Fort
Meade, Fla, specimens of curiously dis
torted flower buds of cultivated plum
trees growing near that place. The nat
ural appearance of the bud is entirely de-
stroyed, and the reformation consists of
a green or whitish hollow sack, roundish
or oblong, and borne on the end of a
flower stem in the same manner in which
the fruit would be borne. A microscopic
examination shows that the trouble is
caused by a fungus, known as EGodscus
Pratni. Its slender threads of mycelium
ralnify through the structure of the bud,
causing it to swell, and then the fruit is
produced on the outer surface.
1t consists of numerous very minute
and delicate sacks which are thickly
scattered about, and each of which con-
tains eight round spores. The diameter
of a spore is less than two ten-thou-
sandths of an inch. When they escape
from the sacks at maturity they will,
therefore, be easily carried in the air and
spread the disease. The only remedy is
to remove and burn the affected buds as
fast as they appear.
The disease is not very common in this
country, but is we'll known in Germany,
where the distorted buds are called ''fool
plums" and "pouch-plums."
The defective curl (eroescus deformdus)
of peach leaves is closely related spe-
cies. Another grows on the leaves of
plum trees in Europe, or on pear leaves,
and several are known on poplars, alders
and birches. The one producing the dis
tortions on leaves and flowers of wild
huckleberries and azaleas, and known as
"honeysuckle apples in New England,
is similar in outward appearance but
quite different in microscopic structure.
A. B. SEYMOUR.
Times Union.
The Florida agriculturist., 1885-04-22
The United States Court.

Anorder has been made "in the case of
j. M. Hanson, against the United States.
A decree for survey, (on motion of II.
Bisbee, Jr on behalf of complainant), !,
was granted, of the land in controversy,
the Government being represented by
f. NJ. Cheney, District Attorney, and
the claimant of the land by H. Bisbee,
Jr. "It appearing to the court by the
petition filed in the cause that J. C.
Greeley is the assignee in bankruptcy of
the estate of Geo. NJ. Hanson, and that
Agatha O'Brien is the administrators of
the estate of Bernardo Segui, deceased,
The Florida agriculturist., 1885-04-22
WEDNESDAY. APRIL %, 1885.
Correspondence.

Communications from all parts of Flor
ida, tending to its building up, and rela-
tive to the agriculture of the State, and
other matters of interest to farmers and
fruit growers, will always be readily in
serted in our columns. We especially in
vite such correspondence.
The Florida agriculturist., 1885-04-22

E&-MOney should be sent by draft. post-
Office money order on DeLand or reg
istered letter, otherwise the publishers will
not be responsible in case of loss.
E0-To insure insertion, all articles or
advertisements for this paper, must be sent
IN by, or before, 10 O'Clock Monday morning
of each week
The Florida agriculturist., 1885-04-22
o CORRESPONDENTS.

Articles relating to any topic within the
scope of this paper are solicited
We cannot promise to return rejected
manuscript.
ton must be accompanied with real name
as a guarantee of good faith. Names will
not be published if objection be made. No
anonymous contributions will be Regarded.
The Florida agriculturist., 1885-04-22
NOTICE.

notes thatyour sub NE.scription has expired
and that you are ex- N pected to remit if
you wish the paper ~ continued, for this
paper is conducted strictly on the cash svs-
tenn.
The Florida agriculturist., 1885-04-22
To Correspondents.

]. De S., Hilburn, n. Y.-We would
not advise the cultivation of the Castor
Bean in any part of the State of New
York. 1t is especially a tropical product
and only gives return of from IS to $12
per acre to the growers in Missouri.
We do not know any one in the State
of New York who breeds silk worms;
if you want eggs write to Miss Kittie
Norris, Spring Garden, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist., 1885-04-22
ADVERTISING RATFS

ADVERTISING RATES.
Rates for advertising furnished on appli
cation by letter or in person.
The Florida agriculturist., 1885-04-22

UDOoMs FOR RENT Furnished rooms at
III Mrs. Ford's pleasant residence, first
door north of the Baptist Church.
3G2 1854 JONATHAN CRISS.
The Florida agriculturist., 1885-04-22

NOR SALE-5O,OOO one year old Seedlings
L. l.. WELLMAN,
1868 362 Spring Garden Center
The Florida agriculturist., 1885-04-22

XXTELL DIGGING.-For we'll digging and
w repairing wells, and fence building, ap-
ply to II. F. SCANLAN, Bermuda Cottage, In
diana avenue. DeLand. Fla. 352-S64
The Florida agriculturist., 1885-04-22

TERMS.
s.e one year, single subscription 50 90
PIX months, single subscription LOO
Single copy 05
The Florida agriculturist., 1885-04-22

YVyO RENT-A furnished or unfurnished
j house for one year or the summer. En-
quire of W. L. Wright on Indiana Avenue.
36O-362
The Florida agriculturist., 1885-04-22

GHEPHERD DOGS.-I have a few fine pups
= for sale. Price, delivered in Fernandina,
ten dollars for males twenty dollars for fe-
males Address, W. A. WHITE.
st. Marys, Ga.
357-362 send P. o. Order on Fernandina.
The Florida agriculturist., 1885-04-22

YTNHE ORANGE GROVE,-A monthly
i journal devoted to South Florida Orange
Culture and cheap homes for the people. 81
a year. sample lOc silver j. c. CROSS,
2Q Liverpool, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist., 1885-04-22
CHEAP COLUMN.

RATES-Twenty words, name and address
one week. 25 cts: three weeks. 80 cts.
The Florida agriculturist., 1885-04-22

NHOICE BUDDED LEMON TREES. and
" CHOICE BUDDED ORANGE TREES in
nursery, good size for grove. Will be sold
cheap. Enquire of MRS. SMART, or S. H.
WEBB, DeLand, Fla. Sol 1868
The Florida agriculturist., 1885-04-22

"ILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.-If you wish
III to purchase an Orange Grove, or good
land in which to plant one in the best part of
Florida, address. with stamp, 1.-THE Tampa
Land Agency, Tampa, Florida" 327
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-27
AN ASYLUM HORROR.
Five Lives Lost by the Burning of tho
Erie County (O.) Infirmary.


SANDUsKY, O., Nov. 21.-The main
building of the Erie County Infrmary was
burned last night, and five of the ninety
eight inmates of the institution persisted in
the flames. The names of the dead are:
Mrs. Newc0mb, of Berlin Heights; Mary
Miller, of Sandusky; May Upp, of San
dusky; Mrs Scheutier, of Sandusky; Mary
Latcha, of Sandusky.
While endeavoring to save the inmates
Superintendent Motry was injured, and now
lies in precariouS condition. The money
loss is estimated between SIS, 600 and $780,
600. The building was insured.
The fire broke out in one of the upper
rooms i'll the northwest wing of the insttu-
ton at about 1880 o'clock, originating, it is
supposed, from defective fiue. The flames
spread with great rapdity, and, as there
were no facilities for the extinguish-
ment of the fire, the whole upper
part of the building was soon mass of
flames. An alarm was sent to this city as
soon as possible, and the firemen responded
promptly. The nearest supply of water
was in a creek about a quarter of a mile
from the institution. A line of hose was
speedily laid and a stream was soon play
ing on the flames.
In the meantime large crowd had gath
cred and worked hard to rescue the inmates
and save the household effects. ALL were
gotten out except the five unfOrtunates
named above who were in the insane de-
partment, which was located in that por-
ton of the building where the fire orig
mated The inmates who were rescued
were placed in the stable and made as COM
Portable as possible. Superintendent Motry
was carried to house near by, where he
lies unconscious. His injuries are internal.
The firemen, finding that they could not
save the main structure, directed their eff
forts toward saving the mems department,
a smaller building Immediately in the rear.
The building escaped without damage, and
after the fire the inmates were removed into
it from the stable.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-27
TEE NEWS.
Compiled from Late Dispatches
FROM WASHINGTON.

A REP DIRT rendered by the Chief of the
Secret Service Division at Washington on
the 18th stated that Al arrests were made
during the last year and S3O5,5S0 in base
money was destroyed. The counterfeiting
of coin, especially Of nickeIs, was said to be
on the increase.
The Chief Post-office Inspectors annual
report, made ON the 18th, shows that during
the past year $50 arrests were made and 203
convicted; 459 offices were robbed, 256 Off
ces and 80 postal cars were burned. The
sum Of SIS, 1852 was recovered from delin-
quent postmasters.
THE population Of New Mexico is estimat-
ed by Governor Ross, in his annual report
submitted on the 18th at 134, 900, an increase
of 5000 in five years.
THROUGHOUT the country the business
failures for the seven days ended on the
Goth were $40, against 233 the previous
week. Of the total 240, % were in Canada.
THE exchanges at twenty-six leading
clearinghouse in the United States during
the week ended on the 21st aggregated ST.
156,967, 1893, against S1,064, 761, 557 the pre-
vious week. As compared with the CORE
spending period of 1884, the increase
amounts to AS per cent.
TIE complexion of the Forty nintn Con-
gress, which meets December 7th next, will
be as follows: Senate-Republicans AZ;
Democrats, "a. House-Democrats, 1888;
Republicans, 40; acknowledgements, 1;
Greenback- Republican, 1.
1T was shown by the annual report OF the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, issued
on the 21st, that the receipts of the bureau
for the last fiscal year were $112, 421, 12l, a
decrease of S9,16S,919 from those of last
year; 6A violations of the law were re-
ported and 234 persons were arrested.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-27
IN the 10Th near the mouth of the Patapsco

on the 10Th near the mouth of the Patapscol
River, IN Maryland.
THE Citizens Relief Committee of Phila-I
delphia was informed by Tom Gehiltree on
the 10th that Galveston would require $500, 4
900 to assist 5000 destitute persons
On the Goth the Attorney General of Kan!
sas said he intended to proceed against the
owners of 100 saloon buildings in Leaven-i
worth, and threatened to close every liquor
shop in the State before stopping to rest
Ex-AAYoR JOHN B. BOWMAN was assassi-;
mated near his residence at East St. Louis,
ILL.,, on the Doth by an unknown man, who.
fired bullet into the back of his victims
head.
PRAIRIE fires were on the 22d devastating
Clay County, in the Panhandle of Texas.
The fire was sweeping swath Of about five
miles wide and was likely to drive about
hundred thousand cattle from the range.
POSTMASTER r. BARFIELD, of Boston, Tex,
and his son William, were murdered the
other night while riding along lonely road
in wagon, and robbed of nearly $1,000,
the proceeds of cotton SALE
SAN FRANCISCO has been chosen by Gen,
eral S. S. Burdette, Commander-in-Ch Chief
G.. A. R., and the National Council as the
place for holding the National encampnent
next year.
IRWIN GRUBB, an alleged murderer, was
taken from Jail by mob at Pineville, No.,
on the night of the 21st and hanged
JOHN CANNON, James J. Smith and j.
Henry Gaul, coal miners, were crushed to
death on the 21st by tree falling upon
their cabin at Franklin, W. T.