The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1885-02-11
FLORIDIANA.
Jacksonville has got electric lights,

Jacksonville has got electric lights.
The DdilU Item is neat little paner
but quite full of news, published at
Ocala by /. w. Harris.
The manner in which some of the CO.
coanut trees grow over our streets is dan
gerous. In stiff breeze the cocoanuts
are liable to TALL, and thereby injure per-
sons passing. Key Hest Democrat.
CAPTAIN n n. Penny, of Banana river
states that while coming through Banana
creek few days ago, he saw several
wild swan near the little hammock
known as Palma Christie. 1t is of very
rare occurrence that the wild swan is
found i'll this section of the State.-Titus-
rifle Star.
The Sentinel, the new paper which is
soon to be issued in Orlando, will prob
ably make its appearance in about two
weeks. The material is mostly here.
and the working force will be setting type
in day or two. Messrs. Greenslit q
Vaughn promise to make the new sheet
lively, they appear to have the energy to
do it.-Orldndo Reporter.
During the space of two weeks in Jan
uary, Mr. L. p. Hughey sold so city lots
in Bass addition to different parties, and
now has only afew more lots left for sale
The reader will know how real estate is
advancing up there when he learns that
Mr.. Robt. Bass refused $4,000 for five
uncleared lots in the hammock, when
four years ago the same land could have
been purchased for, from $3.50 to $1,000
per acre at the highest. -Bitter-S,cee
The negro who was tried by Justice
Cordero, and aquited of the charge of hog
stealing, was very eXuberant over his
acquittal by a white jury, remarking:
de las one OBJ you am gemmanS, eff you
is white jury" He then invited the
court, his attorney and the jury to par
take of something at Schwertin's, but we
are not authorized to state how many ac-
copied the invitation Ocala Banner.
Last year Hamilton Disston deposited
500 with the Wome1's Silk Culture AS
ISOLATION, 232S Chestnut Street, Phila-
delphia, to be distributed in silk worm
eggs among the silk raisers of Florida.
Thus far very little of that amount has
been taken up; the balance still remains
subject to the order of Floridians who
desire to engage in this new and pleas
ant industry. All orders for eggs should
be addressed to the Association as
above
We were shown at Mr. f. Bean 5 pack
ing house yesterday by Mr. S. C.Warner,
a newly invented and the only wrapping
machine in the country. This machine
is quite complicated and about four feet
high, three and half feet long and
eighteen inches wide. 1t was patented
bv Mr.. II. J. Williams, of Utica, n. Y,
after three years hard work, and will be
on exhibition at the State Fair this after
noon. The fruit is fed into the machine
through hopper and, run by hand pow
er, will wrap from thirty-1ive to fifty or
anges per minute. Times Union.
Capt j. II. Fry has growing just in the
rear of his establishment a kind of what
is it?'' in the fruit line. In appearance
it resembles the grape fruit, but it is
much larger, and shaped like pear. 1t
has been given various names, "Pom-
poll, /" "Pompo,'' ETC., but practical fruit
growers call it the ''blood grape fruit, )"
from the fact that it has running through
it veins of blood red color. 1t is said to
resemble the grape fruit in meat and fla
vor, though not quite SO pleasant to the
palate. Mr.. n. p White also has tree
of this fruit in bearing, at his residence
in this city.-Palatkd News. Suppose
you call it shaddock.-ED. FLA. AGRI-
CULTURIsT.