The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-25
FLORIDA.


Three cars Of oranges are being shipped
from Micanopy daily.
| Next Monday Tuesday and Wednesday
| st. Augustine will be alive with fire laddies
aud their friends attending the annual state
tournament.
The president Of the First National Bank
| at St. Augustine teted reoently that his in
stitution received from :, 900 to 4 QUO silver
dollars every month, and during few years
past had received nearly 5OOOOO.
At Hastings station, near Palatka, there
Is bot house. There were 500 cucumber
vines. some OF which are In bearing and are
expected to yield thirty cucumbers TO the
vine-of the long English variety-and
! these sell readily at 80 cents each.
Capt aud Mrs. P. Sodahurg and Joe Hall
| encountered den of rattIesnakes a few days
ago at Apalaehicola and exterminated the
entire lot There were forty snakes in the
lot, the largest measuring seven feet, and
the smallest about eighteen inches.
AT Palatka a huge hawk, hav ing captured
little chicken somewhere in the neighbor-
hood Monday In flyi e over the city with
his prize became frightened and dropped it
in front of Duaue's meat market. The
chicken was not hurt much and has taken
up its quarters in the market.
A well-to-do farmer from the Etoniah
| creek country on Monday brought to
Palatka three hogs that averaged $50 pounds
each. He realized S27 for the three. He
! saws be can raise them at cost Of less than
81 per head, and In sufficient numbers to
make him an income of $500 OF $500 year.
They are the original razor back stock.
The board Of directors of the South Flor
ida Fair Association have secured a tract
of eighty acres lying southwest OF Orlando,
being part of the Holden tract, about ~
miles distant from town. The association
has taken a lease on the land, with the
privilege Of purchasing. force of men
| will be put 20 work at once clearing the
| land, and mile track will be Immediately
| laid out and surveyed. The directors have
already secured $500 or 800 worth Of lumber
for fencing, etc. The whole tract Will be
inclosed with fence eight feet high.
Senator Charles Delano of Volusia county
arrived in Jacksonville, Tuesday, from New
York. He has been absent from Florida
nearly two months, and during that time
has Travelled much through the north and
west. The senator had several objects In
making the visit that he did, and comes
back thoroughly satisfied with the result of
his mission. His primary object In going
north was to lay the scheme Of his proposed
railroad to Key West before a number of
capitalists. This enterprise the details Of
which were made public at the time Of his
departure last June. attracted much at
bcuilOu hh ONcT lilo COuuLGY. SSuAL
Delano succeeded in interesting a number
OF noneyed men OF the east, and all
looked at it very favorably. Engineers OF
international reputation were consulted as
TO its feasibility and all agreed with him
that the project was not only possible but
practicable, and the interested capitalists
are inv estigAting the matter aud ere many
months have rolled around 1t lie thought that
start toward building will be made. The
second object of this trip north was in the
interest OF the fruit growers Of Florida. He
went TO inaugurate some method of dis
tributing the crop OF oranges throughout the
country instead of Cutting the markets in
few OF the great commercial centers. He is
firm believer in the plan Of selling the crop
at home, and this was the policy of the
Florida Fruit Growers Union, of which
Senator Delano ives the president. He dis
covered that the gluts so frequent in the
great eastern markets were exactly what
the commission merchants like TO see.
Under these circu stances they are
enabled to purchase the fruit
at very low prices, and thus 1t is
that the grower suffers. II on the contrary,
the many interior markets would send a
purchaser to the groves a good price could
be realized, and it would be a certainty. By
this means the fruit would become we'll dis
| trlouted, and all gluts and low prices would
be avoided. The demand, he says, is always
lar greater than the supply could possibly
| be. While away be visited places where
real Florida oranges had never been seen.
imported oranges packed In Florida boxes
we're substituted, but of course were much
inferior to those from this state. Even
where Florida and California oranges we're
brought into comparison the Floridas were
always preferred AS a result { his en-
beavers IN this direction nu nber of buyers
have promised TO visit Florida this season,
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