The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-02-08
FLORIDA NOTES.

FLORIDA NOTES.
PENSACOLA, Jan. %, 1SS9.-We are
at "home" again, tif we may call Pen
sacola suchl, after a few days of ram.
bling, In q reportorial capacity, upon
yellow Jacks" domains, which
places US in possession of numerous
facts regarding the yellow fever cpl
demic which has prevailed there dur.
ing the summer and furnishes US with
quite an amount of information con-
corning one of the most attractive cit
les, we would think, in the world.
trees Of every description, flowers of ev-
cry variety, lawns arranged in the
most artistic forms, around elegant,
modern residences, but the main fea.
ture Of Jacksonville is her shell roads,
composed exclusively of sea shells of
various description, and as one walks
or rides over this novel construction
they may think, with degree of self
ishness, of how the funds were pro.
cured to build such thoroughfares, for
it was donated by Congress, although
not for that purpose, but through the
efforts of the calamity liars" and the
Jacksonville press, a donation was
made of 500, 900, by Congress, for the
"benefit of the yellow fever sufferers
at Jacksonville, Fla.," and the city
finding the amount in excess of that
required for calamity purposes, /" used
it for the above named paving pur-
poses. Jacksonville is located on the
st. Johns river, 1863 miles directly east
of Pensacola, and IL miles west Of the
Atlantic coast, but is considered q
coast town on account of the extreme
width of the river up to that point.
There are many things of note on the
line of the Pensacola & Atlantic r. r.
between Pensacola and Jacksonville
of which We might speak but space in
your columns forbids, however permit
US to speak in brief. of DeFuniack
Springs, a small. though somewhat
famous, pleasure resort, located so
miles east of Pensacola on the P. & A.
r. r. and as We were informed of
half hours stop off at this point for
dinner, we lost no time in finding the
table where an elegant meal such as
Florida hotels can boast of during the
winter season, was served. US and after
finishing the same and finding that
an indefinite delay had been caused
from some reason or other in our pro-
gress east, we proceeded to make some
notes of our surroundings, first we Wis.,
tied the elegant "Hotel Chatauqua
and were surprised to find such an ex.
tensive building and such elegantly
furnished rooms as this hotel afford ed,
but was informed by Manager Dutton,
formerly of Topeka, Kansas, that the
hotel was there for no idle purpose rs
it did a big business from the time it
opened until 1t closed, and upon our
further investigation we were fully
convinced of the possibility. That
spring. The quantity and quality of
the water is quite wonder. 1t would
be hard for any number of visitors to
use it all up, for it is IS feet deep by
actual measurement, always cold, clear
pure and with tonic and curative pro.
prieties of no mean order, set up there
three hundred feet above the sea level,
isn't it curious thing? Around and
back Of it, stretching their tall heads
upward everywhere, are the pines,
and the air is full of that delicious
riney smell, which is said to be SO
health giving, and which is certainly
enjoyable and delightful, at least to a
Kansan.
A comparison of some of the Pensa-
cola prices with prices at home, and
we quit. Fresh fish are from two to
five cents per pound, eggs Is cents per
dozen, oysters S5 cents per 100, butter
SSt cents per pound, milk Is cents per
quart; Armour & Dold furnish the city
exclusively with fresh meats, the same
costing Is cents straight per pound,
pork or beef; house rent is some high.
er than at lola, or in fact any Kansas
town, dry goods and groceries rank, in
prices, along with the home market,
with some few exceptions; railway
fare Oh the short lines ia the State, is
five to seven cents per mile, and one
will invariably be compelled to pay it
unless advantage is taken of an excur-
sion when the rate il some what re-
duced. Very truly,
3. w. J.
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