The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-05-03

has surely CuduScu HIS OplLlOLS SllhCe.
The ability to aid with so generous an
amount must be a source of great
pleasure to Mr. Flagler, who has for
ever endearerd himself to the entire
community along the east.-Cutler,
Biscayne Bay.
Manatee county should take prom
inent place in the ranks of the sugar
producing sections of the country. We
have thousands of low hammock lands
which can be cheaply drained, and
which are as rich as the Mississippi
bottom lands. And in addition to this
our climate is such that the full ma
turity of the crop could be waited for
before beginning to- manufacture,
thereby securing much that is lost in
more northern and colder regions
Braidentown News.
Col. Chas. L. Fildes has found a bo-
nanZa in Jacksonville. When he left
this city he did not own more than
half the town, but in few weeks his
practice has made him money by the
thousands He is today one of the
wealthiest men in Florida and counts
his wealth by the millions. He has
recently made an investmentwhich rep
resents only partially his vast fortune.
He has taken $1.OOO,OOO worth of stock
in the Rapid Transit Company of New
York. That amount appears opposite
his name in the New York Journal of
Thursday, and he may be induced to
increase it very largely. Frank Pope
subscribed $500, OOO.-Gainesville Sun.
Two Seminole Indians, Tom Tiger
and Billy Ham, have been in town all
this week from their hunting grounds
near the Everglades. They are here
to- appear in the case against man by
The name of Hull, of Orange county,
who is accused Of obtaining goods IN
der false pretense. Hull, it will be re-
membered, was arrested and brought
here some weeks ago, but gave bond
for appearance. The case will come
up for trial today. Tom Tiger is
very large and athletic Seminole, while
Billy Ham is more in the order of the
regular stature of his race. They have
been the center of attraction all this
week with the small boys and quite
a number of the older ones who have
not seen much of this famous race Of
FlOridian abOrigineeS.-Titu Star.
Sheriff Prevatt arrested III. w. LAWS
en- Tuesday in the Doggy Crook settle
ment ON a charge of maliciously injur-
ing a COW, belonging to Mrs. e. A.
Hughey, without malice against the
owner. The injury complained of con-
sisted in shooting the animal. The wit
hesses state that LAWS has an old field
surrounded by a broken down old
fence into which neighbors' cattle
stray, and that he habitually shoots
Shem. LAWS denies the allegations
stoutly. The penalty for the offense is
twelve months imprisonment or fine
of five hundred dollars. Attorney r.
H. Seymour is defending the prisoner,
who gave bond in the sum of one hun
bred dollars with n. P. Bryan and M.
KatZ as sureties. The preliminary
hearing will come before the county
Judge on May 4th.-Kissimmee Ca
Zette.
The truck growers are still shipping
vegetables from Lakeland. The entire
gross receipts realized from the sales
of truck shipped from this section dur
ing the present season will be about
$15O,OOO. During the heavy orange
shipping season before the freeze very
few points in Florida received as much
money from the sales of oranges as
this section has received from vegeta-
BILE and strawberry sales, and one can
readily see that Lakeland is in a splen-
did financial condition. Besides this
we have large turpentine farm near
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