The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-05-24
FLoRIDIANA.

ley Clark. "A light sentence of So and
costs, amounting to $13, or ten days in
Jail, was imposed, and the prisoner is
now at work ON the county roads,
Kssimmee Gazette.
Barney Bass, who was indicted at
the Last term of court for stealing a
cow belonging to the d. @. Hull stock,
and has been Lying out in the woods"
came into town ON Saturday and sur
rendered to Sheriff Prevatt. He gave
bond in the sum of $500, his sure tiles
being E. L. D. Overstreet and Morgan
Bass.-Kissimmee Gazette.
Ocala has been visited by two dis
aStrOuS fires. First the barn of DR..
Frederick, on Fort King avenue, was
burned, together with it's contents. The
doctors fine horse was very severely
burned and has since died Before
this fire was fairly extinguished an
other alarm was sounded. This time
it was the Arlington Hotel, one of the
oldest buildings in the city. The build
ing was entirely consumed, the in
mates barely escaping with their lives.
Both fires are thought to be of incen-
diary origin. 1t was only by extraor-
binary eXertion ON the part Of the fire
men that the Tea Pot grocery, adjoin-
ing the hotel, was saved. The hotel
was insured for $4,000.
a telegram from Waycross, Ca,
says that Judge Joseph TiIlman, the
we'll known developer of Southern re-
sources, passed through that city on
his way to Florida. 1T is rumored that
he is to- make a personal inspection of
hn Mi0noo off no HoY Z
gladeS of FLORIDA. 1T is whispered
that he has been engaged by a large
syndicate, which desires a full and
complete investigation in regard to the
Everglades of that section of Florida
The Florida Drainage Company was
organized some time ago, it will be re-
membered, being capitalized at 3d.
100000, with the privilege of increas>
ing to 100000 having as it's object
the drainage of the Everglades It is
said that this is thoroughly practicable
and that it can and will be dome. This
enterprise has ample backing, and no
man lis more competent to do the work
to which he has been assigned than is
Judge Joseph Tillman. -Titusville Ad
vOcate.
wv. j. Bryan, SON of Railroad Com
missioner Bryan, namesake of the IL
lIlstriOus Boy Orator, graduate of the
Osceola high school, and a youth with
a brilliant future before him, has been
elected to represent the Washington
and Lee University, of Lexington, Va.
in the Southern Oratorical contest to
be held at Charlottesville ON May 18th
for the $500 medal. OscOla backs him
to a finish Klssimmee Valley Ca
Zette.
Mr. James E. IngrahAm, who has
for several years been superintendent
of the Florida East Coast Railways
land department., has been appointed
third vice-president of the railway
company. His headquarters will still
remain in ST. Augustine. Mr.. Ingra-
hams powers will include control of
all the landed interests of the Florida
East Coast Railway Company and all
Industrial enterprises. This promotion
is the direct recognition of his Valua7
BILE services.
Peter and Alfred Keen have KILLED
three large bear about their camp, near
Pixies Peak, twelve miles below mere.
The largest ONE weighed about $50
pounds. They had been making sad
havoc among the hogs Whereabouts.
J. H. Burke, the young white man
who Wais arrested in this city a few
weeks ago by Constable j. W. Thames
ON a warrant from Ocala, has returned
to Jacksonville. He was acquitted at
the preliminary trial in that city. lie
was charged with obtaining goods un-