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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-01-13
FLORlDIANA.

.'he city OF Jacksonville must pay
$4,000 for personal injuries to Kate
Smith by reason of defective street.
The largest shipment of sponge
ever made from Tarpon Springs was
on Thursday last, which weighed 49,
S97 pounds.
r. F. Rigdon, the strawberry king
Of Putnam county, brought a lot of
fine strawberries TO market Saturday
morning. The berries were disposed
of readily at 81 per quart.
A bill has been filed in the circuit
court at Gainesville by Archelle Lau
rent of Paris, France, to foreclose
mortgage against the Florida Phos-
phate company for $25,OO0.
Leesburg's citizens are going to Or
ganize an association to ornament
and improve the streets, yards and
sidewalks of that town. A long step
in the right Jacksonville
Metropolis.
The ApaIachicola Times says that
before the winter is over one of the
coast will be erected on Sand Island
a stupendous edifce of wood and
iron, capable of accommodating sew
eral hundred guests.
A state convention of county su-
perintendents will be held in Florida
this winter. superintendent Sheats
thinks that Live Oak is the place, and
March 9th to 18th inclusive the time
for said meeting
A Miakka farmer brought into
town last week the fruit from his one
grapefruit tree. There were $50 OF
them and they brought him $685.
His only misfortune was that he
hadn't a thousand trees.
Gen. w. P. Hazen is reaping good
profits from his grove in Hillsborough
county. He has sold 1900 boxes OF
oranges at from 1925 to $2.75 per box
ait the grove, and grape fruit at 10
cents each, and from one tree got $50
grape fruit.
The Florida Central and Peninsular
Railroad company has issued tobac-
co circular for 1897, written by it's
immigration agent, Prof. HI. Curtis,
who gives detailed instructions as to
how to plant, grow and ibarn-curc
Cuba and Sumatra tobacco in Florida.
Mr.. w. M. Brown sent a cluster oil
oranges ON Wednesday to a friend of
his in ST. Augustine that was a sight
TO behold. The cluster was cut from
his orange grove in LAGRANGE. 1t
contained nineteen fully matured and
bright golden oranges, all compact on
one stem and so closely set that they
touched each other, and the cluster
tipped the beam at fifteen pounds.
This was the prettiest sight seen in
this part of the state as far as fruit is
concerned since the great freeze.-Ti
tusville Star.
The famous Confederate soldier,
known throughout the Army of Vir-
ginia as Gordon's Bull, is a resident
of Pasco county, and he is now pop
ular Baptist preacher 1t is the pur-
pose of his comrades to have him go
down to Tampa Monday to meet his
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-03
HANGING A GUERRILLA.

Ae Accepted His Fate Without Word
 or a Tear.
 \ shot had been fired at ns as we rode along the highway ill column of fours, and a trooper reeled and pitched from his saddle, shot through the heart. Ths shot was fired by guerrilla hidden ia a corntield, and we got the order to throw down the fence and ride through the field He was captured at the far end of 1t, just as he was about to gain the woods. He was man 50 years old, grim and grizzly, and with eyes of dea- anee.
 Waal, what is it?" he quietly ask ed of his captors.
 Do you live about here?''
 In the cabin down thar"
 Got family?e
 "Yea.''
 Want to bid lem goodby?''
 ''I reckon.
 "Come along
 The cabin was reached ill five min utes. 4 gray haired woman and girl of 15-wife and daughter-stood i'll the open door.
 What is it. Jim?" asked the wife as the man stood before her.
 "Gwine to kill me, reckon, '' he re- piled.
 What fur?"
 Eur killin one of them"
 Hul Goodby. Jiml"
 "Goodby. daddyl' from the girl.
 'Goodbyf'
 No handshakes, no tears, no senti- ment, no pleading Ten rods below the house was large shade tree. Two or three halters were knotted together, the rope thrown over limb, a moose slip ped over the mans head, and next mo- ment he was dangling clear of the ground. He had no excuses, made no plea, asked no mercy. He went to his death with the stoicism of an Indian. Wife and daughter stood in the doorway and saw all, but there were no tears, no outburst. As we were ready to ride away the woman came slowly down the spot, looked at the body for half 4 mo- ment and then turned to ask:
 Is Jim dead?'
 ''Yes. answered the captain.
 'fHutn And she walked slowly back to the house and entered it, and shut the door, and we rode on and left the corpse hanging Detroit Free Press
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STREET RAILWAY DEVICES.
Among Them scheme to Keep CoS~
 ductors Honest.

ductors Honest.
 It is many years since Mark Twain's lines iminortalizng the enforced punching of variuusly oolorea slips by street railway conductors to prevent their holding up the company" ran riot through the land, and the buff trip slips, the pink trip slips" and the blue trip slips have long been aban- loned by most street railways in favor of the clock faced indicator. This is a fairly good device, but still 1t may be worked by clever man not unwilling to divert few nickels to his own pocket. In Toronto the company has scheme which, so far as any one knows, has never yet been oircumyented by conductor. Indeed, 1t is difficult to see how it could be got around without the conniyance of passenger. By this plan the conductor does not touch money or tickets at all When collecting, he car ries around specially made receptacle into which the passenger must put his own ticket or cent piece. The con- duotor who violates the company s rules by taking the fare from the passenger and putting it into the fare holder Is liable to discharge At the end of each collection the receptacle is hung upon special hook and must there remain un til more passengers board the car
 The cars of the trolley line betw cen Minneapolis and St Paul are fitted with admirable appliances to prevent aeei- dents to passengers careless ill stepping 1 on and of. At the rear end of each car are folding gates which are under the ] control of tie motorman, who does not l open them until the car has reached a l full stop and closes them before it starts again Controlled by the stme lever as that which opens and closes the 1 gates are folding steps, which let down when the gates open and close up when ] they shut.
 The managers of this same line have carried the street car advertising notion l to greater length than the managers of most other trolley lines in the United l States. h addition to the ordinary space ] for advertisements over the windows, ! the backs of the seats are provided with panels for the display of advertising matter. This does not, however, seem l to attract the advertisers of the twin cities very much, for the panels are very
 rarely utilized except for amusement announcements .-Exehange.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-03
Must Have Been Very Rod

h this day of slang and slipshod English it is quite refreshing to find one home in which our mother tongue is ap. preciated and sins against it's purity duly resented.
 That there is ut least one such was made evident ill quarrel which took place ill literary household between the two youngest inmates-a quarrel. like most childish differences, soon over. but fierce while it lasted
 When his wrath had reached it's height, the small son of the house. quiyering with anger. sought for Ian. gnage 10 denounee his sister who had been the aggressol.
 You bad, he burst forth, stamping stubby shoe; you bad, you bad Words failed him. Then with a flash of truly literary inspiration he conclud, ed, You bad grammar. your'.~Youth 8 Companion.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-03
pn NIanrier HeroIne..

When Mrs Frances Hodgson Burnett was first presented to Du Maurier. whc was, in point of fact. rather m under sized man, she exclaimed;
 '.Oh, am 50 glad that you are not six feet tal1l''
 But why" asked Du Maurier
 Because for these many months, '' replied Mrs. Burnett, who is consider ably below medium height, yon have simply denied us the right to live You have made us feel that woman who is not six feet tall has not the right to exist '
 'Oh, that is only trick of minel' laughed Du Maurier. '.I have started again and again to make my heroine a little woman, but before 1 know it she has somehow grown way beyond my own recognition. "-American Queen.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-03
Good nranners bod oulek wit.

The little viaeount is receiving few friends il his bachelor quarters Among them is Boifeau.
 The latter, having allowed his cigar to go out. throws 1t without ceremony on the carpet. In order to give him g lesson in good manners the little wis. count stoops to pick it up, but Boireau, feigning to misunderstood his intention, interposes:
 "Oh, leave the butt, my dear fellow. Take fresh cigar.
 And he hands him the box. Paris Figaro.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-03
Shirt Signs.

In Brooklyn the other day., said 5 resident of Manhattan borough, e'I saw in the window of furnishing goods store this sign: Shirt Constructor There is furnishing goods store in New York that displays, among other signs, one marked Shirter There used to be another furnishing goods store in this city with sign reading, as re- member it. Shirt Builder, but Shirt Constructor is new as far IS know J New York Sun.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-03
He Had Failed.

My friend, solamnly remarked the man in black, you don't know how hard it is to lose your wife
 Hardse he echoed. My dear sir, ii is simply impossible. Chicago Times. Herald.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-03

A fancy dress ball is given once a year by lie lady artists, sculptors, sing CTS and actresses of Berlin. No males are permitted at this ball, and abous one-third of the attendants go in mascu- line costume.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-03

Pedro, a carrier pigeon owned by Peter Tollons, of South Bend, made the flight from New Orleans to South Bend, distance of LOGO miles, in hirty-eight hours. This beats the worlds record.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-03

Only nine out of the one hundred delegates appointed from the ten Southern States to attend the Cot ton Growers Association to be held at Galveston arrived.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-03
Spangled Trimmings.

The fancy for beaded and spangled decoration continues, and these trim mings can be very easily made and al little expense by adding tho beads or spangles or both to gimp. velvet bands, ribbon, lace. net, etc These, i'll nearly every color of the rainbow, can be bought by the ounce or package at very trihing cost. and the work of sewing them on is nothing.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-03

The yield of wheat in France, owing to the careful cultivation of the soil and the large quantity of guano and other fertilizers employed is r bushels per acre
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-03

At Jersey City confeetioner of ferea plate of ice cream to the boy who would hold his arm in the freezer the longest. Willie Lock wood won the prize by holding his arm in the freezer four minutes. His arm was frozen. He was car ried to the hospital and the arm had to be amputated.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-03

Governor Jones has issued pro clamation offering reward Of $500 for the arrest of Pete Ingram, of Conway. who murdered John 1 floss, at that place.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-03
NEWS BRIEFS.

The mint at San Francisco has been opened for the purpose of coin ing $500, 900 Of Klondike gold.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-03

It is not believed that a literary iift impairs vitality Mrs Oliphant is : rarely bright woman at G8, Miss Brad, don still a prolific novelist ill her six. tieth year and Onida as capable as ever of writing startling romances, although she confesses that she is 56 years old.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-03

tI1V1c xn the way man combs his hair. .
 ssWell, l think that often there is more character shown in the way he dpesn't comb it. ',--Detroit Free Presa
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-03

It was formerly the custom among English cloth dealers to add tho breadth Of the thumb to the yard measure.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-03

A hornets nest usually contains iron 300 to 400 perfect males and females and an indefinite number of workers.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-03

Commencing sunday. July K, and continuing until further notice The St. l.. I N. < S Ky will on Sundays sell tickets to Little Rock and return at one fare. $1 23 for round trip. Tickets good for return not Inter than day following date of sale.
 H. B. Mizel.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-03

of eur soda after you ve once tasted it. Does not smatter Of ''ffagoring extracts and ordinary water made to sparkle with marble dust, but tells you at the first iip-touch that the flavor is the honest flavor of honest fruit and that The snap and yigor and tonic qualities is the saap and yigaf of honest carbonie acid gas.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-03
THE BLUFF FAILED.
BUT IT BROUGHT ABOUT THE DESIRED
 RESULT AT LAST.

The College Society Chapter That Was In Bad Repute i Medal That Contained an Inscription Poker and Bottled Re freshments
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-04
In Utah County.

Provo, Jan. 3.-Judge Hatch held court
yesterday and wound up the business
and all that remains for him to do now
is sign a few orders which will be done
tomorrow morning. At noon JUDGE
Dusenberr. Will go upon the bench. me
following business was disposed OF by
Judge Hatch yesterday:
Bartholomew j. Race. the man from
Goshen who attempted suicide, was be
fore Judge Hatch ana examined DIS 10
his sanity. He was adjudsed sane and
discharged.
Marriage licenses have been granted 10
John +. Carter of Provo and Maggie
Bethers of Heber; Edward Gottfredson
OF Liguar1 and Emma Buckley OF
Springviile; Joseph Finch and Alice
Davis of Goshen; Nelson Hallett ana
Phoeba A. Cole of Provo
Judge w NJ. McCarty of Sewer county
stopped off in Provo for day on MS
way home from Salt Lake.
State Senator-elect Joseph v ROBIN
son of Fillmore stopped off in Provo yes
terday on his way to the capital
Elder David Stevens counselor OF the
Willard stake4 presidency, Is IN froVo 1oF
a few days to-restablish his sons IN school.
Tolfis James drew a full house laSt
evening in ''Spartacus. the Gladiator
County Recorder F. Thomas VIII ap-
point as his assistants Alex. Robertson
and Mrs. i. A. Wilson.
Ali of the newly-elected county oncldIs
wsH assume their duties at L O'Clock M
tomorrow. .1
MISS Rose Moore who has done excel
lent service for the past two years In the
recorders office. will go to work in the
abstract office of Havercamp q CO.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-04
AssFssMENT NoT1CE NO. a

THE TETRO MINING COMPANY OF
Tintic.-LOcation of principal place of
business, Salt Lake City, state of Utah;
location of mine and works. Tintic mining
district. Juab county. state of Utah.
Notice is hereby given that at a meet
ing OF the board of directors of said COM
pany. held on the 31st day of December,
1886, assessment No. 1, of one cent dc)
per share was levied on the capital stock
of the corporation, payable Immediately
to the secretary, at the office of the COM
pany, 100 Main street Salt Lake City,
state of Utah.
Any stock upon which this assessment
shall remain unpaid on Saturday Jan. 50,
1897. will be delinquent and advertised for
sale at public auction, and unless pay
ment is made before. will be sold on Sat
urday. Feb. 70. 1897, to pay the delinquent
assessment, together with the costs of
advertising and expense of sale.
BY order of the board of directors.
WILLIAM r. WALLACE,
Secretary.
Salt Lake City Utah. Dec 81, 1886.
First publication, Jan. /, 1891.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-04
{ AGDEN BUREAU.
business and EDITORIAL once SIS
Utah Loan & Trust Building.
Telephone 29S.
Ogden. January 4.
Maggie Mercer.

Little Maggie Mercer seems quite
pleased to get back to ogden. evil
IDENTIFY not having enjoyed her long
and continues flight With her mother.
The sheriff travelled in all about r.
900 miles in his pursuit of Mrs. Mercer,
and Deputy Sullivan likewise did some
hard and effective work. Wright says
he regretted being obliged to depart
so hastily for one account only If
he could have remained in Victoria
the man Eldredge could have been sent
to prison for a term. Evidence could
have been secured that would have
conclusively shown how he accepted
$50 from Mrs. Mercer to conceal the
lady and accepted a share of $50 TO
disclose her whereabouts to Mercer
and the sheriff.
The Canadian police, hotel-keepers
and others in a position to do so
showed the Americans every consider
alton when the facts of their mission
became known.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-04

These turrets do not project down
through the deck. as do those in the
MiantonOmah, but the lower part, or
barbette is secured to the deck, form
ing water-tight wall around the base
Of the turret TO q height of five and
one-half feet above the deck.
The upper part of the tuTret contain
ing the gun is made 20 reVolve above
the barbette just referred to. and has
inclined sides, which make it appear
something like gigantic rivet head.
Both the upper and the lower parts of
the turret are we'll protected by heavy
plates of steel armor the latter being
IA inches thick, while the inclined sides
of the upper part present but 8 small
target and are very difficult of pene-
tratiOn by the shot of an enemy.
FORTY FIVE-TON GUNS.
The turret guns weigh 40 tons each
and can throw q steel S50-pound shell
a distance of Is miles. \ 500-pOund
charge of powder is required TO fire
each bah.
The. huh itself is protected by an
armor belt five feet seven inches deep,
"A inches in thickness, TO a point be-
low the water line, from which it
tapers to six inches at the armor shelf.
This belt extends 150 feet along the
middle part of the ship. protecting en-
SlltSF Dbll-ES, Ii1d-ctZlIlGS anu Siltil-
rooms Immediately forward and aft
of this belt the armor is reduced in
thickness to ten inches for a distance
of 20 feet, and is further reduced to a
thickness of six inches at the ends of
the ship.
The armOr is strongly supported by q
wood backing and a system of rigid
frames and girders. The main deck
is covered by steel plating two inches
thick. The ship viii carry $50 tons of
coal in her protected bunkers.
Monitors are not usually sought after
by naval officers, as they are such
complete fighting machines that the
comfort Of the crew is Of the negative
kind. The officers of the Puritan are
proud of her. however for they appre-
ciate her prodigious capacity for deal
ing destruction. These officers are:
Captain John r. Bartlett. Lieutenant
Commander J. r. Selfridge. Lieuten-
ants Knight, Cook and Whittlesey, En-
sign G NJ. Stone Chief Engineer
George Cowie and Paymaster r. Fra
zier. The crew viii number 195 men.
Owing to the immense weight of the
guns carried by the Puritan it is
thought that she will roll terribly in
rough sea. As her decks are only a
few feet above the surface of the wa
ter, the waves viii sweep clear over
her. but for all that her officers say
that her equal does not exist the world
over.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-04
After MANY DAYS.

Report has it that another pleasant
incident in a story that began two
and a half years ago transpired Christ
mas day. The retiring deputy sheriff
Dan Sullivan, is in the story and so
is John A. Boyle. Some Ogden people
will remember that one summer day in
1894 Mr.. Boyle'S daughter while coast
ing wheel down Twenty fourth
street, lost control of the bicycle and
was coming at a terrific rate down
the hill making straight for the Utah
Loan & Trust corner. Sullivan hap
pened to be there and seeing the girls
peril interposed and made grab for
the girl. Wheel, man and girl were
jumbled in a heap on the stone steps
Sullivan being considerably bruised.
the girl badly scared and the wheel
not damaged. Sullivan slipped away
for some arnica and for more than two
years Boyle supposed that some one
else had saved the girl. \ week or
so ago he found out the truth by ac-
cident and Christmas day a handsome
lounge was taken to Dams residence
with a note of explanation from Mr..
Boyle. The above account may not be
exactly correct, but the writer states
it on information and belief, and so
alleges the fact to be.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-04
AN AUSTRIAN EDITOR.
He Thinks It Strange Americans
DON'T Know America.

He Thinks 1t Strange Americans
DON'T Know America.
Washington Post: Il have been con-
tinualIy surprised each day more than
the other since I arrived in this great
country" said julius Seligmann, pub
Usher and editor of the Carlsbad Her
old, Carlsbad, Austria, a the Raleigh
hotel. 1T is such a great country. L
reached New York two months ago,
and have been to Chicago, st. Louis,
Denver, San Francisco and Los An
geles since then. and each place had
its surprise for me; but, do you know,
what has seemed the most astonishing
10 me is that so few people seem to
know your country. About 1900 Amer
leans each year visit Carlsbad, and
when / would meet them and ask them
about Niagara Falls or the great
Rocky mountains and the wonderful
lakes. scarcely one could say he had
seen them at all. l suppose it is per-
haps due to the fact that the coun-
try is so large.
America 1 like Washington the most.
The great federal buildings remind me
of Rome and the beautiful streets of
Vienna 1t seems to be perfect resi-
Dental city II is the most beautiful
| have seen. ! came to this country
purely for pleasure, but naturally nave
taken an interest in the newspapers.
/ admire very much the snap and en-
terprise of the greater newspapers, and
have noticed that while they supply
the news of the world, it is not done
in a heavy, fatiguing manner common
to many European journals.
There is an impression in Europe
that travelling in this country is very
difficult, but I have found it just the
reverse. 1t is less fatiguing than in
Europe and requires less attention. 1
shall sail for Carlsbad Dec. 30. after
having had the best and most instruct
i've vacation I have ever had. I was
very deeply interested and much i'm
pressed by the election, and am still
wondering how it could have been so
quiet and orderly after the intense ex-
element preceding it. 1 fully expected
to see soldiers and trouble
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-04
SUMMONS.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
Third Judicial district of the state OF
Utah county of Salt Lake NJ. z. NogeI
1Iainfiff VS. T Stoddard and Anna Stod-
9a1d attendants Summons-The state OF
Utah sends greeting to 7. Stoddard and
Anna StoddaTd, defendants: You are
hereby required TO appear in an action
brought against you by the above named
niainfiff in the district court of the Third
TndiciaI district of the state of Utah. and
to answer the complaint filed therein
within ten days exclusive of the day OF
servica) after the service on you OF this
s,1mmons-if served within this county;
or jf served out of this county, but in
This district, within twenty days; other
wise within forty days-or Judgment by
default will be taken against you, ac-
co-diner 10 the prayer OF said complaint
Tba said action is brought to have judg-
naent against defendants, upon maturity
Of promissory note hereinafter described.
~ snTn of $4,000 with interest from De-
tobar 81 1896, at the legal rate, and for
coSts of suit; alleged to be due upon said
IN-oT,,issory note, made, executed and
aellNetST7u 1895. for $4,000 due one month.
tbrsa DAVIS after date, ana being wholly
unnsid. this action being brought for the
nnrnose of attaching the property of said
RfandaDts and holding same until ma
tIrStv of said Indebtedness. And you are
tare6v notified that if you fail to appear
and answer the said complaint as above
raOnired the said platntlm VIII take Judg-
I9ent against you for the sum OF $1,000
With interest as above and costs of suit
Witness the honorable judges.
and the seal of the district court
of the Third Judicial district, in
fcearO and for the state of Utah, this
2lst day of November. In the year
of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-six.
C. E STANTON. Clerk
Rv H. SPRAGUE, Deputy Clerk
Moyle. Zane & Cosdgan. Attorneys for
Plaintiff.