{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3261", "width": "2209", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "tes\\nBaok-\\nCOPYRIGHT DEPOSIT", "height": "3131", "width": "2052", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3131", "width": "2052", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3131", "width": "2052", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "DUVALCOUNTY\\nFLORIDA.\\nShowing its Statistics, Resources, Lands,\\nProducts, Climate and\\nPopulation.\\nWITH A CORRECT MAR\\nPUBLISHED BY\\nThe County Commissioners.", "height": "3131", "width": "2052", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "LAND OFFICE\\n(LICENSED)\\nOF-\\nELLWOOD H, BUGKMAN,\\nJacksonville, Florida.\\nBlAI EST ATE\\nBOUGHT SOLD.\\nParties wishing to invest in\\nFLORIDA LANDS\\nWlil do well to call at\\n17 1-2 West Bay Street.", "height": "3131", "width": "2052", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "T 1^. V\\nFLORIDA.\\nShowing its Statistics, Resources, Lands,\\nProducts, Climate and\\nPopulation.\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-Jxj^vy\\nWITH A CORRECT MAR\\nPUBLISHED BY\\nThe County Commissioners.\\nJACKSONVILLE, FLA.:\\nPrinted at the Times-Union Printing-House.\\n1885.", "height": "3131", "width": "2052", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "DUVAL COUNTY.\\nDuval County, so called after the second territorial Governor oi\\nFlorida, is situated in the northeastern portion of the State, and is the\\nsecond of the Atlantic tier of counties. It is bounded on the north\\nby Nassau County, on the east by the Atlantic, a distance of thirty-\\nfive miles on the south by Clay and St. Johns counties, and on the\\nwest by Baker County. Its area is 900 square miles, or 576,000\\nacres.\\nIt has nearly quadrupled its population within the last twenty years,\\nwhich numbered in 1850, 5,074, and in 1880, 19,431, the last figures\\nbeing probably too small by 10,000. The latet census presents the fol-\\nlowing statistics of this county Acres of school land unsold, 4,841\\nchildren of school age, 5,443 white 2,293, colored 3,150 school attend-\\nance 2,403 acres of improved land, 18,787 horses and mules 864,\\ncattle 1,887, sheep 347, swine 2,410.\\nAssessed value of property, $4,673,981. The assessment of 1884\\nfixed the amount of taxable property at 6,166,550, showing a most\\ngratifying increase.\\nThe State taxes of 1883 reached $31,747 and those of the county,\\n$61,249.40, upon a basis of fifty per cent, of their market value.\\nAccording to race, there were 8,580 whites and 10,850 negroes.\\nThe St, Johns Eiver passes directly through this county and empties\\ninto the Atlantic near the northeastern corner. The traffic on this\\nriver is shown in the following memorial to Congress, prepared by a\\ncommittee of citizens\\nYour memorialists, a committee appointed on behalf of the people\\nof Florida, respectfully ask your consideration of the following facts,\\nshowing the necessity for the continuance of the improvement of the\\nentrance to the St. Johns River.\\nThe values of vessels and cargoes arriving at and departing from\\nthe port of Jacksonville in 1882, amounted to $38,270,000. Upon\\nthis amount the increased insurance over that of neighboring ports\\ncaused by the risks of commerce crossing the Bar was three-fourths per\\ncent, or $287,025. The increased freight charges averaged 50 cents\\nper ton or $175,000. The loss by delays at the Bar, caused by its con-\\ndition, amounted to 960 days or $36,600, and the losses on the Bar to\\n$18,500, making an annual burden on the commerce of Jacksonville,\\nwhich the completion of the improvement of the Bar would save, of\\n$514,125.\\nThe steamboat tonnage, inland and local, upon the St. Johns river,\\nnow actively and prosperously engaged in its freight and passage traf-\\nfic, consists of 74 steamboats of 8,168 tons (registered) representing a\\nvalue of $2,042,000. This is a greater steamboat tonnage than there\\nwas, by the last census reports,. of ocean and inland in any State south\\nof Maryland on the Atlantic coast, with the exception of Georgia, and", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "[2]\\nmore, m appears by same reports, than was then in service for purely\\nlocal inland traffic upon any river on the Atlantic coast south of the\\nHudson. It represents an employed tonnage by trips both ways of\\nover 35,000 tons weekly, and is an increase since 1880 of 128 per cent.\\nThe freights brought to Jacksonville from Atlantic Coast States by\\nrailroads for consumption and distribution during 1882, amounted to\\n53,305 tons of an estimated value of $6,663,100, an increase of 84 per\\ncent, over 1880. The outward bound freights from the same city\\nbrought down the St. Johns river and by railroad through this State\\nfor shipment to coast line States amounted to 42,000 tons or $5,081,415\\nvalue The number of passengers brought into Florida by railroad\\nfrom coast line States during the same year was 27,735, and carried\\noutward to similar points 23,184, an increase over 1880 of 258 per\\ncent., none of which freight or travel crossed the St. Johns Bar.\\nIn the present condition of the St. Johns Bar there can be no for-\\neign commerce over it. With over 55,000,000 feet of sawed lumber\\nleaving during the year the shipments are restricted to coastwise ports\\nwhile cotton and other products must leave by rail lines to seek ship-\\nments abroad from ports in other States.\\nIn the counties bordering the St. Johns river, viz Duval, St. Johns,\\nClay, Putnam, Volusia, Marion and Orange, the assessed value of prop-\\nerty has increased 89 per cent, and the acreage under cultivation 35\\nper cent, since 1880. In the same counties the population has in-\\ncreased over 22 per cent, during the last two years.\\nThe railroad lines tributary to the St. Johns river, lying within the\\nState of Florida, have 865 miles in operation, and 122 miles under\\nconstruction. They have increased 185 per cent, since 1880.\\nThe U. S. Land Office in Gainesville shows the following sales at\\nprivate entry (excluding commuted homestead and other entries,) 1880,\\n6,448.32 acres; 1881,37,278.28 acres; 1882,140,163.45; 1883, 230,-\\n658.05 acres.\\nYour memorialists would direct your attention to the fact that the\\nSt. Johns river is one of the longest and widest upon the Atlantic\\ncoast in the United States. For 115 miles from its entrance, the width\\nis from one to seven miles. It is navigable for large steamers 230\\nmiles, and for a smaller class 435 miles has 450 miles water tributa-\\nries, navigable for steamboats, and 865 miles of railroad feeders al-\\nready in operation.\\nThe improvement by the jetties already begun, as the report of Gen.\\nGilimore, the engineer in charge shows, is an assured success. The\\nneed of a harbor of refuge and a naval depot in the St. Johns river,\\nhas been recognized and the improvement deemed one of national as\\nwell as local importance.\\nFor these reasons your memorialists pray that a liberal appropria-\\ntion be recommended for the immediate continuance and completion,\\nof the improvements already begun.", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "TABLE OF STATISTICS,\\nST. JOHNS BAR COMMERCE.\\nEstimated values of vessels and car-\\ngoes arriving and departing\\nUpon this amount the increased insur-\\nance over that of neighboring ports\\ncaused by the risks of this Bar was\\npercent., or\\nThe increased freight charges, from\\nsame cause, 50 cents per ton, or\\nThe loss by delays, caused by bad con-\\ndition of Bar, 960 days\\nThe loss of vessels on the Bar\\nThe yearly loss to commerce by not\\nhaving a good harbor of refuge in this\\nriver, estimated by the Underwriters\\nAgent, is\\nAnnual burden on the commerce of\\nJacksonville, which the completion\\nof the Improvement of the Bar would\\nsave\\nFeet of sawed lumber shipped\\nST\\n1880.\\n1881.\\n$33,696,101\\n138,176,459\\n252,720\\n286,223\\n161,696\\n174,622\\nno rep rt\\n20,000\\nno rep rt\\n434,416\\n44,719,255\\n460,945\\n58,837,451\\n1882.\\n838,270,000\\n287,025\\n175,000\\n33,600\\n18,500\\n514,125\\n68,041,548\\nJOHBTS RIVER COMMERCE.*\\n1883.\\nno rep rt\\n45,510.498\\n$100,009\\nNo. steamboats engaged, pas. freight!\\nTonnage\\nEstimated value\\nTRIBUTARY TO ST. JOHSTS RIVER COMMERCE.t\\nFrom coast States to Jacksonville for\\nconsumption and distribution\u00e2\u0080\u0094 tons 28,972 36,005 53.305 no rep rt\\nTo coast States from J^acksonville 13,958 17,662 23,676\\nDo. do. do., crates fruits and vegetables 217,685 215,617 316,800\\nDo. do. do., bales cotton 26,946 37,440 27,477\\nFrom do. to do., No. of passengers 7,744 14,214 27,735\\nTo do. from do., 6,488 11,455 23,184\\nEstimated value inward freights no rep rt no rep rt $6,663,100\\noutward 5,081,415\\n74\\n8,168\\n|$2,042,000\\nMISCEEEAJTEOrS.\\nThe assessed value of property in the\\ncounties of Duval, St. Johns, Clay,\\nPutnam, Volltsia,Marion and Orange,\\nwhich border on the river, has in-\\ncreased since 1880\\nAcreage under cultivation in same\\ncounties has increased since 1880\\nPopulation in same counties has in-\\ncreased since 1881\\nNumber miles railroads in operation,\\ntributary to St. Johns River commerce\\nNumber acres land sold at U. S. Land\\nOffice at Gainesville, excluding com-\\nmuted homesteads and other entries\\n6,448.32\\n37,278.28\\n446\\n140,163.45\\n865\\n320,658.05\\nSQperct.\\n35perct.\\n22perct.\\nThis is a greater steamboat tonnage than there was by the last census report, of\\nOcean and Inland, in any Atlantic State south of Maryland except Georgiajand\\nmore than is engaged in pui-ely inland local traffic upon any river south of the Hud-\\nson. It represents an increase since 1880 of 128 per cent., and by trips both ways a\\nweekly tonnage employed of over 35,000 tons.\\nt The St. Johns River for 115 miles is from one to seven miles in width, is nagigable\\nfor large steamers 230 miles and for a smaller class 335 miles, has 460 miles of navigable\\nwater and 865 miles railroad tributaries, with 122 miles under construction, being an\\nincrease of 185 per cent, since 1880.", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "[4]\\nSuch figures as the above should give emphasis to the necessity for\\nthe immediate and permanent improvement of the mouth of the river.\\nThe prospects are good for continued appropriations of money to carry\\non the work already commenced, and which may produce favorable\\nresults. The county is traversed by bold creeks, which would be con-\\nsidered rivers elsewhere, down which are floated rafts of logs for the\\nvarious saw-mills. These streams afford excellent sites for building\\npurposes, and many of the most eligible locations are now occupied by\\nhandsome residences. The entire county may be said to be well\\nwatered.\\nMarl, muck and phosphatic deposits are abundant and composted\\nwith other articles furnish cheap and abundant fertilizers. Along the\\nsalt creeks and marshes toward the mouth of the river are found large\\nbeds of oyster and other shells, which are easily converted into lime^\\nand, combined with other ingredients, make good fertilizers.\\nThe usual grades of land are found in this county, susceptible of\\nraising remunerative and varied crops. Many semi-tropical fruits are\\nprofitably raised, and the oranges of Duval rank high in the markets.\\nFigs, peaches, pears and strawberries handsomely repay the cost of\\ncultivation. Market gardening is largely pursued and employs much\\nlabor and capital. The home demand for such products is large, and\\nthe transportation facilities allow a ready outlet for the surplus in\\nmany directions. Corn, cotton, sugar-cane, sweet potatoes and peas\\nconstitute the principal field crops. Previous to the war there were\\nseveral large plantations in this county, and a considerable amount of\\nsea-island cotton was produced. Very little attention is now given to\\nthe cultivation of this valuable staple, the agricultural community\\nfinding more profit in raising other products.\\nState and Government lands are yet to be purchased at the usual\\nprices, and much of this land is of excellent quality, which will well\\nrepay the labor of cultivation. The several lines of railroads, with\\nthe river and numerous creeks afford easy access to all portions of the\\ncounty and prompt and cheap transportation for its products. In this\\nrespect Duval county enjoys great advantages. Producers of fruit and\\nvegetables can always dispose of these articles in Jacksonville, or, if\\nthey prefer, can send them direct by a dozen routes to Northern\\nmarkets.\\nIn the matter of selecting a market, they also possess unusual facil-\\nities. Shippers in Jacksonville are in continual receipt of advices\\nfrom points elsewhere, and are able to indicate readily the best mar-\\nkets for the time being. This enables them to get their produce gath-\\nered and forwarded in large or small quantities, and to send it off in\\nthe best and freshest condition. The proximity to market and con-\\nvenience of transportation saves^ the carriage and handling required\\nby shipments from more distant localities. These advantages are so\\nobvious and important that they must be appreciated at once.", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "[5]\\nSeveral bodies of hammock land exist, showing all the characteris-\\ntics of that quality of soil. Pine lands constitute the greater portion\\nof the area of this county and show the usual varieties. Black jack\\nridges are frequent and are valued as healthy locations for residences.\\nIt is unfortunate that no geological survey of the State has ever\\nbeen made, to show the relation and constitution of the underlying as\\nwell as the superficial strata of the soil of this county. As far as is\\nknown, the light sandy soil is from two to one hundred feet above tide\\nwater, showing clay of medium purity within six feet of the surface,\\nwhich frequently crops out on the surface on slopes, underlying which\\nis a stratum of disintegrated shell rock at the depth of thirty or forty\\nfeet below the surface, then blue clay. This rock is of tertiary forma-\\ntion. On the coast the alluvial soil is intermixed with disintegrated\\nsea-shells in various stages of decomposition. The clay at the surface\\nhas been found to make excellent bricks, which are largely used all\\nover the county and distributed into the interior of the State. Rough\\npottery has also been attempted on a small scale. No metallic ores\\nhave as yet been discovered. Calcareous marl abounds in several lo-\\ncalities, and the general soil is amply supplied with that important\\nconstituent, lime.\\nMany of the swamp and overflowed lands are readily susceptible of\\ndrainage, and when thus reclaimed will be found very valuable for\\nsugar-cane and vegetables. Rice can be largely, easily and profitably\\nraised, and this crop is entitled to more attention than it has received.\\nIt is a very certain crop in this county, and if generally cultivated\\nwould induce the construction of mills to prepare the grain for mar-\\nket. From twenty-five to forty bushels of this valuable cereal can be\\nraised to the acre. The forage from the plant is very nutritious and\\nfurnishes excellent material for paper and food for cattle.\\nArrow-root, cassava, Irish and sweet potatoes, tanyahs, cucumbers*\\negg-plants, okra, tomatoes, cushaws, melons, radishes, peas, parsnips,\\npeppers, etc., grow very well, and large quantities are exported to\\nmarkets outside of the State. The advantages for truck raising are\\ngreat. The land is easily cultivated, home manures are abundant, and\\nforeign fertilizers can be easily obtained, and both the climate and ac-\\ncessibility to markets will always render this industry attractive.\\nThese products can be put on the markets several weeks in advance of\\nthose raised in Georgia and South Carolina, and in this respect Florida\\ncan have no competition. Vegetables can he shipped from this county\\nwith the morning dew upon their leaves, and reach their destination\\nunimpaired and fresh.\\nAround the city of Jacksonville for several miles the country is\\ndotted by small farms that show the good efiects of intensive farming\\nand high cultivation. Excellent wild lands for such purposes can be\\nhad from private owners at prices varying from five to fifty dollars per\\nacre, according to locality the larger price being paid for river fronts\\nand suburban lots.", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "[6]\\nIn the way of climate, Duval County appeals with confidence to the\\nthrongs of visitors who annually seek a winter residence therein.\\nTheir testimonials are the best, as they are the result of experience*\\nThe fact that they return from season to season, with a constant acces-\\nsion to their number, indicates their appreciation. The visitors, who\\nare types of the intelligence, refinement and wealth of their several\\nStates, gratefully testify to the mildness and salubrity of the winter\\nclimate. The former well-known Treasurer of the United States,\\nGen. F. E. Spinner, a resident of Jacksonville, a close and accurate\\nobserver, whose remarkable signature has ornamented thousands of\\nmillions of dollars of the National Currency, writes as follows\\nJacksonville. Fla., March 31, 1880.\\nHon. Seth French, Commissioner, etc.\\nDear Sir As requested by you, I have the honor to make the fol-\\nlowing statement in regard to the temperature on the bluff, in the vil-\\nlage of Brooklyn, a suburb of the city of Jacksonville, Duval County,\\nFlorida, f s ascertained by me, with the aid of a registering thermom-\\neter, for the year commencing with April 1, 1879, and closing with\\nMarch 31, 1880. The year is thus constituted, because it is the only\\nconsecutive time in which I have remained in Florida a whole year\\nround.\\nNow I desire to say, right here, that I was more comfortable, in re-\\ngard to excessive heat, than in any summer spent in Washington, D.C.,\\nor at my home in Mohawk, in New York. The truth is, it is hotter in\\nthe long days of July and August, in Quebec, in Lower Canada, than\\nit is here. Then, too, we have breezes either from the Gulf of Mexico\\non the west or from the Atlantic Ocean on the east. These, with the\\ntrade winds, have a cooling influence upon the atmosphere.\\nIf the following tables show a less degree of heat than the statements\\nof the Signal Corps, it will be due to the fact that their thermometer\\nis located in the central part of Jacksonville, where it must be more\\nor less afi ected by reflections from the streets and houses, while mine\\nis placed in the country where no such causes can influence it.\\nVery respectfully, yours, F. E. SPINNER.\\nmonthly statement of temperature for the year, as above.\\nMean maximum for April 73.53 i\\nminimum 68.00\\naverage 65.76\\nmaximum for May 78.00\\nminimum 66.00\\nr average 72.00\\nmaximum for June 82.30\\nminimum 70.70 j\\naverage 76.50\\nmaximum for July 87.90\\nminimum 74.60\\naverage 81.2.5\\nmaximum for Aug 84.20\\nminimum 74.40\\naverage 79.30\\nmaximum forSept 78.90\\nminimum 69.80\\naverage 74.35\\nMean maximum for Oct 7ii.ijO\\nminimum 68.00\\naverage ,...72.00\\nmaximum for Nov 71.60\\nminimum 55.00\\naverage 63.30\\nmaximum for Dec 71.00\\nminimum 54.00\\naverage 62.50\\nmaxiraium for Jan. 1880 69.10\\nminimum 54.60\\naverage 61.85\\nmaximum for Feb 67.00\\nminimura 53.00\\naverage 60.00\\nmaximum for M ch 74.00\\nrainimum 60.30\\naverage 67.15", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "[7]\\nSTATEMENT OP TEMPERATUBE BY SEASONS.\\nSpeing. Mean maximum 75.18\\nminimumi 61.60\\naverage 68.30\\nSummer. Mean maximum 84.80\\nminimum 73.27\\naverage 79.00\\nAtrTTTMN. Mean maximum. 75.\\nminimum 64. \u00c2\u00a70\\naverage 69.ff0\\nWiNTBB. Mean maximum 69. OP\\nminimum S-t.90\\naverage 61.45\\nSTATEMENT OF TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR.\\nMean maximum, 76.10; mean minimum, 63.20; mean average for 366 days, 69.65,\\nHighest temperature, July 11th, 99\u00c2\u00b0. The mercury reached 90\u00c2\u00b0 but eleven times, aud\\nfell below 40\u00c2\u00b0 but seven times during the year. Lowest temperature, Nov. 21st, 33\u00c2\u00b0.\\nSun-strokes do not occur in this climate. Pleasant breezes, laden\\nwith moisture from the Atlantic or Gulf, temper the sun s rays and\\nrender the hottest days in summer endurable. At night one can be\\nsure of a refreshing sleep, and toward morning it is not uncommon,\\neven during the dog-days, to require bed clothing.\\nThe general health of the community is very satisfactory. The\\nprincipal diseases, bilious and intermittent fevers, are readily con-\\ntrolled, and very frequently do not require medical assistance. It is\\nonly necessary to observe the ordinary laws of hygiene to be assured\\nof average good health. Much of the mortality in the county occurs\\namong the invalids who sojourn here during the winter and spring.\\nMany come too late, and reach us after the maladies with which they\\nare afflicted have destroyed their vitality. Within the last thitty\\nyears there have been two epidemics of yellow-fever in Jacksonville,\\nboth confined to the city, and not extending to the rural districts.\\nThe sanitary interests of the county are directed by a Board of\\nHealth, composed of intelligent gentlemen, who exercise close scrutiny\\nover the public health. Nowhere in the State or elsewj.ere can there\\nbe found a more learned, skillful and experienced medical faculty\\nthan that of Duval County.\\nPOST-OFFICES IN THIS COUNTY.\\nBaldwin, Mandarin, Register,\\nBeauclerc, Maxville, St. Nicholas,\\nFort George, Mayport, Tisonia,\\nFulton, New Berlin, Ruby.\\nJacksonville, Oklahoma,\\nRAILROA D -FA CILITIES.\\nThere are seven railroads now traversing different portions of this\\ncounty and affording transportation for freight and passengers.\\n1st. The Florida Railway and Navigation, extending from Jackson-\\nville to the Chattahoochee River, and connecting at that point with\\nthe Central and Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad, giving a direct\\nroute to Pensacola and New Orleans.", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "[8]\\n2d. The Waycross Railroad, an extension of the Savannah, Florida\\nand Western system, from Jacksonville to Waycross, Ga., connecting\\nat that point with the Savannah, Florida and Western Railroad, run-\\nning east to Savannah and west to Albany, Ga.\\n3d. The Fernandina and Jacksonville Railroad, from Jacksonville\\nto Hart s Road, in Nassau County, where it connects with the Florida\\nTransit and Peninsular Railroad.\\n4th. The Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Halifax River Railroad,\\nfrom Jacksonville to St. Augustine.\\n5th. The Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railroad. This road\\nis now completed to Palatka and is being extended southward.\\n6th. The Florida Transit and Peninsular Railroad, passing through\\nthe western portion of the county, from Fernandina to Cedar Keys,\\nOcala and Leesburg.\\n7th. The Jacksonville and Atlantic Railroad, from the St. Johns\\nRiver, opposite Jacksonville, eastward to the Atlantic Ocean, a dis-\\ntan 5e of sixteen miles, at which point is projected a watering-place en\\none of the finest sea beaches in the world.\\nThe cheapness of lands and the abundance and ease of obtaining\\nfertilizers will always render the growth of the orange in this county\\npopular and profitable. The eastern portion of Duval, as it is divided\\nby the St. Johns River, has been considered, in ccnsequence of its wa-\\nter protection, best adapted to the orange culture. Many flourishing\\nand productive groves line the banks of our great river and beautify\\nthe interior of the county. One can rarely encounter a rural residence\\nwhich is not environed by a cluster of these attractive trees. Purchasers\\nobtain oranges in crates from the producers, or buy the crop as it hangs,\\ngathering and packing it themselves. The usual price, according to\\nquality, is from twelve to twenty dollars per thousand.\\nSy the census of 1880, there were in this county 10,131 bearing\\ntrees, producing 3,000,000 oranges, valued at $45,000, thus making\\nDuval the sixth county in the State for the production of this fruit,\\nand exceeded only by Hillsborough, Marion, Orange, Putnam and Vo-\\nlusia counties.\\nDr. G. W. Davis, a citizen of this county and an authority on the\\nsubject, contributes the following article upon the varieties of oranges\\nmost suitable to this locality\\nVARIETIES OF_THE ORANGE.\\nIn growing the orange, it is as well to plant varieties which have\\nbeen tested and known to be prolific and desirable, as to plant seed-\\nlings, which possibly may not prove satisfactory when they come into\\nbearing. For the past eight or ten years much attention has been\\ngiven by amateurs and professional fruit growers to selecting the va-\\nrieties which promise the best, and the result has been^that we are", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "[9]\\nnow enabled to select varieties which give a wide range in the time of\\nripening, and almost every quality desirable. We propose to give a\\nshort description of a few well known varieties, which we believe will\\nmeet the requirements of all orange growers, and be satisfactory to\\nnearly all concerned. We shall begin with the one we believe to be\\nthe best, embracing all the desirable qualities, and continue the list,\\npointing out the different features as they vary in comparison.\\nMAGNUM BONUM.\\nLarge to very large skin moderately thin, tough, smooth and glossy\\npulp fine, tender, melting, juicy, sweet and vinous. The mem-\\nbranes inclosing the juice cells are remarkably thin, and leave but lit-\\ntle residue on eating the orange. Ripens in January and is prime\\nfirst of February. The best.\\nHOMOSASSA.\\nMedium size skin very thin, smooth, tough and glossy pulp very\\nfine, remarkably juicy, sweet and delicious. Ripens in December and\\nis prime in January an early and prolific bearer.\\nHIGGINS.\\nSimilar to Homosassa, but ripens later.\\nNONPAREIL.\\nAbove medium; bright color, skin mod^erately thin, pulp tender and\\nmelting, juice sub-acid and vinous. Ripens last of January and Feb-\\nruary; an early bearer.\\nOLD VINI.\\nAbove medium in size, oval in shape, skin rather thick and rough,\\npulp somewhat coarse, juice sweet and remarkable for a sprightly aro-\\nmatic flavor. This is the standard for flavor, and bears the same rela-\\ntion to the orange that the Seckle pear does to all other pears. Ripens\\nin January and is prime in February.\\nNAVEL.\\nSize very large skin rough, thick and tough conical in shape\\nblossom end presents the appearance of the human navel, hence its\\nname; and this appearance is nothing more nor less than a small\\norange, inclosed and nearly surrounded by the pulp of the mother\\norange. Pulp very fine, melting, tender, juicy, sweet and good flavor.\\nRipens in February, and is valuable on account of its late ripening,\\nkeeping and carrying qualities. A very early bearer. Many believe\\nit to be a shy bearer, but as the tree grows to maturity, we believe it\\nwill prove to be among the best. This variety will always be popular\\nin consequence of its superior qualities when mature, and from the\\nfact that none other can be substituted for it it carries its own un-\\nchangeable trade mark. Tree a fair grower, nearly thornless, and\\nfruit nearly seedless.", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "[10]\\nTAKDIFF.\\nSize large, or above medium skin rather rough and moderately\\nthick and tough, pulp fine, tender, melting, juice sweet and good flavor,\\nllipens in March and April, and prime in May and June. A good\\nordinary orange, but valuable on account of late ripening and carry-\\ning qualities.\\nDUMMITT.\\nLarge, bright, handsome shape skin very thin and tender pulp\\nfine, melting, juicy, very sweet and vinous. One of the best, but in\\nconsequence of its thin, tender skin, it requires great care in handling\\nto prevent bruising. A poor shipper. Ripens in January, and when\\nin its prime one of the most delicious oranges known.\\nMEDITERRANEAN SWEET.\\nThis variety is of medium or large size oval in shape, medium thin\\nskin, pulp a little coarse, juicy, and very sweet. Ripens in Februar}\\nTree a fair grower, but branches are inclined to droop and become\\ndwarfish. Branches entirely thornless and fruit nearly seedless an\\nearly and prolific bearer \u00e2\u0080\u0094will bear the second year after budding on\\nfive year old stock. Valuable for its early prolific bearing, thornless\\nbranches, late ripening and carrying qualities.\\nBEACH S NO. 1 EGG.\\nMedium size; oval, skin medium, pulp rather coarse, juicy, sweet\\nand delicious. Ripens first of November and prime in December.\\nValuable for its early ripening, sweetness and keeping and carrying\\nqualities. Probably the best early ripening good orange.\\nPHILLIPS BITTER SWEET.\\nMedium to large size; thin skin, pulp tender, juicy, slightly sub-\\nacid, bitter and aromatic. Ripens from April to June. A good sum-\\nmer fruit. Tree is doubtless a hybrid of the sweet and wild orange,\\nand the branches are free from thorns.\\nMANDARIN\u00e2\u0080\u0094 TANGERINE\u00e2\u0080\u0094 KID-GLOVE.\\nOranges classed under this heading undoubtedly belong to a dis-\\ntinct species of the citrus family, as they have very few if any char-\\nacteristics of the common oranges. Small to medium size, flattened at\\nthe blossom end or shaped like a tomato skin rather smooth, ribbed,\\nand when the fruit is mature it parts readily from the pulp. Pulp\\nrather coarse, sections separate readily without breaking the mem-\\nbrane juicy, sweet, aromatic and delicious. Ripens in December and\\nprime in January. There are numerous varieties of this fine fruit,\\nfrom the very small to large skin usually bright or orange, with small\\ndark speckles, and the odor on breaking the skin is strong, pungent\\nand disagreeable. Dancy s Tangerine differs from the ordinary fruit\\nonly in color of the rind, which is of a deep crimson. Tree usually\\nvery thorny, leaves small, willow shaped, and branches slender and\\ndark hue.", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "[Ill\\nSATSUMA.\\nThis is a late importation from Japan. Fruit much larger than the\\nforegoing, but of same species and many of the characteristics. Tree\\na slow grower, branches drooping, thorn less and fruit seedless early\\nand prolific bearer; bears second year after budding on four or five\\nyear old sour stock. Tree very hardy, leaves large and leathery, and\\nwill stand a low degree of temperature without injury. On account of\\nits hardiness, disposition to dwarf, fine quality of fruit, early ripening\\nDecember this should become a popular variety and be largely\\nplanted.\\nThere are many other varieties of the orange which are doubtless\\nequal, in many respects, to some we have mentioned above, but these\\nwe know to be all that is claimed for them, and a person owning a\\ngrove planted with a due proportion of the varieties here described,\\nneed look no farther for quality of fruit. Here we have varieties ri-\\npening from October to April, which ought to satisfy the taste and\\nmind of all lovers and growers of the golden fruit.\\nIt is contended by some, that to location, soil and cultivation, is due\\nthe superiority of one variety of fruit over another. This is undoubt-\\nedly true to a certain extent, that the same varieties, by different treat-\\nment, may be modified in qualities, but that a Hombsassa, a Higgins,-\\na Dummitt, or a Navel, by the most adverse culture, can lose entirely\\nits characteristic identity, we do not believe.\\nDr. C. J. Kenworthy, of Jacksonville, has been very successful in\\nthe cultivation of the dwarf orange, and it is delightful and instructive\\nto notice the mini? ture trees in his garden bending beneath the weight\\nof their delicious golden globes.\\nORANGE CULTURE.\\nWherever the soil is suitable, this county is adapted to the cultiva-\\ntion of this favorite fruit. It cannot and will not be denied that this\\nindustry is subject to occasional vicissitudes, similar to those of the\\nlate winter, which affected to a greater or less degree the groves in\\nalmost every portion of the peninsula. But such winters as that of\\n1883-84 rarely occur. The trees which lost their leaves by the frosts\\nof last winter are again loaded with fruit, and compare favorably with\\nthose produced elsewhere. The county is dotted with groves of differ-\\nent ages and the acreage devoted to this fruit is constantly and rapidly\\nincreasing. It is claimed that the oranges of this section bear trans-\\nportation better than those from other portions of the State. Certain\\nit is that they are eagerly sought after by dealers and bring remunera-\\ntive prices.", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "[12] -C\\nFIS HER IES.\\nThe St. Johns River and tributaries and our Atlantic coast teem\\nwith numerous varieties of choice food fishes. Considerable labor and\\ncapital are invested in this industry, and large numbers of the finny-\\ntribes are shipped to less favored localities. Many Northern fisher-\\nmen come out in the fall and winter to engage in this pursuit, and the\\nproducts of their labors are packed in ice and forwarded to New York,\\nBoston, Philadelphia, etc. White shad begin to run here in Decem-\\nber, and it is in contemplation by the United States Fish Commissioner\\nto establish a hatching-ground for this valuable variety at some point\\non the St. Johns. Mullet, black-bass, channel-bass, sheephead, salt-\\nwater trout, black-fish, perch, bream, red snapper, grouper, and numer-\\nous other varieties furnish abundance of cheap and nutritious food for\\nthe masses and endless amusement to the sportsman. Oysters are found\\nin large quantities and of excellent quality at the Bar and in the\\ncreeks near the mouth of the St. Johns.\\nGAME.\\nThere are still to be found deer, wild turkeys and bears, in the way\\nof large animals. Quail and wild duck are numerous in the fall and\\nwinter.\\nCOUNT Y SC HOOLS.\\nIn the system of Common Schools as provided by the State of Flor-\\nida, each county comprises a school district. The officers are a County\\nSuperintendent, a Board of Public Instruction, and Trustees of par-\\nticular schools. They are supported by a general tax of one mill as a\\nState tax, and a county tax of not less than two and one-half mills nor\\nmore than four mills, and the interest on the funds accruing from the\\nsale of the School lands.\\nIn Duval County there are now in operation sixty-one schools,\\namong which are several graded Grammar schools and one High\\nschool. In these there are collected together several hundred pupils,\\nwith a corps of efficient teachers employed in each. Most of these are\\nin the city of Jacksonville and its suburbs yet there are one or two\\nequally good and efficient in the rural districts.\\nThere are in daily average attendance upon the schools of the\\ncounty 1075 white pupils and 1326 colored pupils. The curriculum\\nof the Grammar schools is of such a character as to fit the pupils at\\nleast for the ordinary demands of life, while the High school fits them\\nfor business life.\\nThe schools are fully open to all the citizens of the county. Those", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "[13]\\nin the city proper are operated eight months, those of the suburbs six\\nmonths, and those of the country schools five months each. All the\\nschools are opened on the first Monday in October of each year.\\nThe teachers are required to pass a searching examination, and un-\\nless satisfactory evidence is given of their educational qualifications\\nthey are not employed. They are also required to give ample evi-\\ndence of their moral character. As a result, the educational oppor-\\ntunities and privileges of this county are to be favorably compared\\nwith most communities in the South, if not in the whole country.\\nEleven new schools have been opened during the present year.\\nJACKSONVILLE.\\nIt is quite safe to say that the vast majority of all of those who visit\\nFlorida for health, pleasure, or business, do not leave the State with-\\nout spending more or less time in its metropolis. It is the gateway of\\nthe State, and the great distributing point for the tens of thousands of\\nstrangers who annually seek its shores. Here they rest for a few days\\nafter their arrival, and here they linger for a time, before taking their\\ndeparture, loth to leave its varied attractions. It is a busy, active, stir-\\nring city, full of life and bustle, containing all the promises of progress\\nand prosperity, showing aV the indications of future greatness. It\\nkeeps full pace with all the improvements that add to the comfort of\\nhumanity, and in these respects is not a whit behind communities of\\nfar greater age and denser population.\\nIn her telegraph and telephone arrangements, her extensive and far-\\nreaching railroad and steamboat connections, her complete and perfect\\nsystems of water-works, sewerage, public schools, churches, etc., she is\\non a par with the noblest city of the age.\\nIn hotel and boarding-house accommodations, she stands confessedly\\nwithout a superior and with but few rivals. The St. James, Windsor,\\nEverett, Carleton and Duval houses, are known throughout the States\\nfor the comforts and luxuries they extend to the pleasure-seekers\\nand invalids. These are supplemented by a host of other excellent\\nminor hotels and boarding-houses, adapted to the wants and purses of\\nall visitors. Large numbers make Jacksonville their headquarters for\\nthe season, making frequent excursions up the river and into the inte-\\nrior, but always returning with a sense of satisfaction and content-\\nment.\\nSociety is cosmopolitan here to a marked degree, and is derived from\\nall quarters of this and foreign countries. Perhaps there is no South-\\nern city, with the single exception of New Orleans, that presents this\\nfeature in a greater degree than Jacksonville, and it is greatly owing to\\nthis fact that it possesses such attractions for strangers. Churches of all", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "[14]\\nthe various denominations, and the various shades of religious senti-\\nment, open their doors for the benefit of the devoutly disposed.\\nAs a place of sojourn for the tourist, the wealthy, and the fashion-\\nable classes, it is fast taking rank with Saratoga, Newport and Long\\nBranch. With these elements, it is becoming a necessity to pass a\\nportion of each winter in Jacksonville. Here they meet the same\\nassociates that they found during the summer at the most noted North-\\nern resorts and there has simply been a change of climate and scenery.\\nFrom the first of December to the middle of April, the city is crowded\\nto overflowing with guests from every State in the Union, and from\\nthe leading foreign countries. Here they find all the conditions requi-\\nsite for au existence of ease, luxury and pleasure, and can set at defiance\\nthe bleak hills and icy breezes of their homes in the higher latitudes.\\nIt is a great relief to these people to be able to take out-door exercise\\nin midwinter, unencumbered by furs and heavy clothing, and to have\\ntheir eyes and ears greeted by green shrubbery, beautiful flowers, and\\nthe notes of birds, at a season when their homes near the granite hills\\nof New England, the great Northern Lakes, and the open prairies of\\nthe West, are cheerless and uninviting.\\nEvery pleasant day they can be seen by hundreds, lounging upon\\nthe broad piazzas of the hotels, indulging in the luxury of a sun bath,\\nsauntering through Bay street and inspecting the myriads of odd and\\nrare things in the curiosity stores, or taking the air in the elegant car-\\nriages for which the city is famous. At night the parlors present a\\ngay appearance. Each hotel has its band of musicians and hops are\\nfrequent. The handsomely dressed guests, attired in diamonds and\\ncostly fabrics, indulge in the mazy dance, or betake themselves to a\\nsocial game of cards.\\nThere are daily excursions to St. Augustine, Palatka, Fernandina,\\nMayport, Green Cove, and other favorite resorts, allowing an abund-\\nance of time to inspect these localities. Herein consists another of the\\nattractions of this city. Its proximity to the points above mentioned\\npermits frequent visits, that consume little time, and cost but a trifle.\\nThe broad and noble St. Johns aflfords pastime for those fond of sail-\\ning or rowing. Safe and staunch boats are to be had in abundance, and\\nfurnish diversion to those fond of such amusements. Steam ferry-\\nboats ply regularly to the opposite side of the river, where good roads,\\nhandsome residences and thriving orange groves await inspection,\\nJacksonville, so named in honor of President Andrew Jackson, is\\nsituated on the west bank of the St. Johns, about twenty-five miles\\nfrom its mouth.\\nThe city is laid out at right angles, and the streets are wide and\\nbeautiful. The majestic oaks, with their far-reaching limbs draped\\nwith festoons of Spanish moss, impress strangers most favorably. The\\nprivate residences are usually of a light and airy style of architecture,\\nwith numerous verandahs covered by vines and trailing plants.\\nMuch attention is given to shrubbery and many handsome flower gar-", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "[15]\\ndens are to be encountered. The orange-tree is seen everywhere, and\\nin almost every yard are to be found from one to a dozen of these fa-\\nvorite trees, furnishing not only their delightful fruit, but a grateful\\nshade.\\nThe St. James is the only park in the city. It is surrounded by fine\\noaks, and contains several varieties of tropical plants.\\nBay street, the business thoroughfare of the city, contains many im-\\nposing buildings that would do credit to communities of far greater\\npretensions. In the amount of business transacted by its merchants,\\nand the general air of activity and stir that is presented, it is surpassed\\nby but few in the South. This city is the base of supplies for a large\\nportion of the State, and the facilities of the merchants are such that\\nthey are able to compete successfully with any other points.\\nThere is every reason to believe that an appropriation will soon be\\nmade by the General Government for the erection of a public build-\\ning for the accommodation of the offices located in the city. Jack-\\nsonville is the site of the United States Court for the Northern Dis-\\ntrict of Florida, and here are situated the ofiices of the Judge, Mar-\\nshal, and Clerk of that tribunal. The Collector of Internal Revenue\\nfor the State also has his headquarters in this city.\\nJacksonville also contains the largest and most important post-office\\nin the State, and is the distributing point for the bulk of the mails\\nreaching Florida. The postmaster reports that his office returned to\\nthe government a net revenue of $23,000 during the last year.\\nThe Free Masons have Lodges, Chapters and Encampments. The\\nOdd Fellows are also in a flourishing condition. The Knights of\\nHonor, Foresters, and Sons of Temperance are largely represented.\\nSt. Luke s Hospital, an institution sustained by private charity, afibrds\\nrelief to destitute invalids.\\nThe Library Association owns a handsome suite of rooms, where\\ncan be found the latest papers and magazines, and a collection of\\nbooks.\\nThree daily papers, enterprising and well-conducted, enjoy a large\\ncirculation in the city and throughout the interior. There are several\\njournals that issue a weekly edition.\\nThe public schools are handsome and convenient buildings, employ-\\ning an excellent corps of teachers and attended by large numbers of\\nchildren. The facilities for obtaining a solid education are equally\\nopen to both races.\\nThe city is illuminated by gas, and the electric light has recently\\nbeen introduced.\\nTwo clubs, the Yacht and the Jacksonville, have been formed for\\nsocial enjoyment and intercourse, and contribute largely to the pleas-\\nure of their members and visitors.\\nThere are three uniformed military companies, the Jacksonville\\nLight Infantry, Metropolitan Light Infantry, and Light Artillery,\\nand two companies of colored infantry.", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "[16]\\nLines of splendid steamers leave daily for Palatka, Sanford and all\\nintermediate points on the St. Johns river, and also to Mayport and\\nFort George Island, at the mouth of the same river. There are also\\ntwo semi-weekly steamers direct to Charleston, S. C, touching at Savan-\\nnah. These facilities give the citizens of this county advantages pos-\\nsessed by no other portion of the State, and should serve as a great in-\\nducement to all seeking a hoil^e in iDuval.\\nHeavy freight is brought very cheaply from Northern ports by the\\ncoasting vessels constantly seeking the saw-mills for cargoes of lum-\\nber.\\nLines of street cars traverse the principal portions of the city, and\\nreach out to the suburbs. East Jacksonville, La Villa. Brooklyn, Spring-\\nfield, Oakland and Riverside, are largely peopled by persons who do\\nbusiness in the city proper, but who have their residences in the thriv-\\ning environs.\\nThe cheapness of building lots, and the fact that the residents of\\nthese places evade the payment of city taxes, have induced many to\\nmake their homes in the suburbs. East Jacksonville contains many\\nlarge saw-mills, employing numerous laborers and furnishing immense\\nquantities of lumber for home consumption and export. It is growing\\nrapidly, and the road leading out to the grounds of the Jockey Club\\nAssociation, two miles distant from Jacksonville, is lined with hand-\\nsome residences.\\nBi ooklyn and Riverside are beautifully situated on a bold bluft\\noverlooking the St. Johns river for a considerable distance. Here are\\nto be found most desirable sites for building purposes, many of which\\nare already occupied by costly and imposing structures,\\nA large portion of Springfield has been laid off in lots, and the\\nsounds of the hammer and saw are heard in every direction. The car-\\npenters are also busy in Lavilla and Oakland, and the value of real\\nestate is constantly on the increase in these thriving settlements. All\\ncontain churches and schools, and boast of an orderly and progressive\\npopulation.", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "P\\np\\nQ\\n1\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\np^\\no\\n02\\nO\\nh^\\n1\\n1\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1\\nQ\\n1 1\\nH\\nO\\n-4\\nW\\nH\\nrT(\\nO\\n02\\nw\\n1\\nfi\\nk4\\no\\no\\n1 1\\no\\nJ\\nPh\\no\\nM\\no\\nO\\nM\\no\\nO\\no\\nw\\nW\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-3\\nH\\nH\\nW\\nS\\nS\\nO\\nKg\\nuvaj/n\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2niM\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2x-BH\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2H BaK\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2niH\\nXBH\\nJ i-^ lO 00 Ci THCOt* 00\\nCO oo CO (N Tt^ Th\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^t^(^:!\\nO IC iO oTo CO CO l CO ic\\nW lo t- o cq M as ui lo\\n4 cDiccoi cor^j^r--t^i\\nl t^cocot^cocot^l ir i-^c o\\noo cs ^i-; looojoo i^os\\nCOCOCOC01 CDlr~t~o6l^f-.K\\nCDMrfHi\u00e2\u0080\u0094 IO5CT)i-l00 .q(MC0lO\\nt-^00\u00c2\u00a300-*0cb-*050\\nLOCDCDI J;~CX3O000t-r-COCO\\n050 0C-T*OOCSO-^ as\u00c2\u00ab00\\nc-iTt^ ^irjioaocot COutjTfico\\nI O01 QO0OCTCia5roCaO0t^\\nCDCOCOi^t 0000QCl I COlO\\ncqoot^co-^to^HCiiCi-^cooc\\nCOCC^LOLOCOt^COCOlCCOC*\\nOOOiOOlOOilC-^CO^HCOOCO\\ni^t^oooooocia^OiOiooQOi\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2n-BOH\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0niH\\nt^OilOtMOOlOt^lf^Oit^COTtH\\nC-1 t^ oi J lO C-l CO I CD lO\\niOLOu:)coi coooocr^t^cocD\\nCO-l 05t-MCOOO 3;-*(M\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nCOCOTOOTCOCOf~t~COlOCOT)H\\nu-Bai^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2uiK\\nx^pi\\nCCCOCOl t Q00000t COCClO\\nLOCOCO NOOOiOOtMCOOiOi\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^-^^locot-i^co-siici\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I\\nt^^HcOf\u00e2\u0080\u0094 iLoor^co- -m TJOo\\nt*Q0G00i0iO030iCi0000l\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ifBeH\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2nipi\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2x^H\\niClOCOCOl-^t-OOOOt-t-COCO\\n5io-*a50(N\u00c2\u00abioQO-H(MTfico\\nC0-\u00c2\u00ab1MCOCOCOCOCDIOMCO\\nOOSCOOO-^CO-^COOCOMOS\\nO0i ooooa2ai002050oooi-\\n2 s s a\\ns\u00c2\u00a74dj isgsaa", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "QC\\nPQ\\nCt)\\nO\\n35\\nCO\\nQ\\nGO\\nti\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0s\\nC-\\nOb\\no\\n1\\nrq\\nSp\\no\\nB\\nC\\ns\\nh-\\ns\\nrn\\n9 s\\nt\\n00\\nOo\\n2 a\\nbC i^; 03 h+4. to io CO :0 Ql G5\\nH- I CO CD en h\u00e2\u0080\u0094 CD hi* \u00c2\u00bb4*OCD^^\\ntsS OS M tP p _-4 _tC to jtv to I- XI\\nov M g- CO LO i\u00e2\u0080\u0094 i :o LC t 3\\nli. 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CO\\n00 H- 10 CD en :o\\n00 en 00\\nRainfall\\ncocooenostoeoo-if^i- o I Clear Days\\nI r S^gS^tSS^^tSS I Fair Da ys.\\nI Cl dyPays\\nI No.r y.d ys\\no V OP OS i OS en e n OS 05 00\\n_ i-j to I- h- I\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nOCO~ltiOSOOO II\u00e2\u0080\u0094bSt-\\nOO\\nHe\\nM\\nH\\nM\\nO\\nO\\nr\\no\\nQ\\nI I\\no\\no\\no", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "VILLA ALEXANDEIA.", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "[20j\\nVILLA ALEXANDRIA.\\nLandscape Gardening, as an art, has thus far received no large\\nshare of attention in Florida; but, scattered here and there, through-\\nout the State, may be found a few places in which taste, culture and\\nabundant means have developed the natural beauties of the country\\nand produced the most pleasing results.\\nThe Mitchell Place, or Villa Alexandria, which is situated on a\\nbeautiful curve of the St. Johns River, about two miles south of Jack-\\nsonville, is justly considered one of the most attractive and delightful\\ncountry residences in this Land of Flowers, and during the winter\\nseason, when our country is full of health-and-pleasu re-seekers, it is\\nthe Mecca of many pilgrims.\\nOur engraving shows the front or river entrance to the grounds,\\nwith the Villa seen through an arched opening in the trees. The\\nfirst glimpse of Alexandria, as the visitor lands at the boat-house,\\nis very attractive-and charming indeed, quite unique, as a beautiful,\\nlialf-revealed rural picture and this prepossessing impression is in-\\ncreased rather than lessened by a closer inspection of the Villa, the\\ngrounds, the orange groves and general surroundings.\\nPassing from the boat-landing toward the entrance, the clear, white\\nbeach of shining shells first attracts attention. Then the far-reaching\\nhedge of Cherokee Roses, rolling its heavy masses of greenery like\\na huge emerald wave along the shelly shore reaching out its long,\\nslender, swaying wands in all directions, or climbing, vine-like, into\\nthe tops of tlje tall cypress and pine trees this lovely, evergreen,\\nthorny border and barrier attractive and repellant is charming at\\nall times, but especially when covered with the myriads of large,\\nsliowy, white blossoms, which literally envelope it for a few weeks in\\nearly spring, it forms a conibination of the utile cum dulce to be long\\nand admiringly remembered.\\nUpon entering the massive iron gates, (swung from tall brick pillars\\ncrowned with vases of tropical plants), cool, shady and alluring walks\\nbranch ofi in difierent directions, and one especially, the Up-River\\nRoad, leads southward along the curving shore, under the shadows of\\nhuge, towering trees, heavily draped and festooned with that most\\ngraceful of Florida plants, the gray, Spanish Moss, (Tilaoidsia\\nusneoides), afibrding at every step a new view of the broad, silvery\\nriver the heavily wooded, high banks the dense jungles of cane-\\nbrake, bamboo-brier, smilax, palmetto, etc., along the water s edge\\nand, in many places, strikingly reminding the visitor of the sylvan\\ngothic arches and weird moss drapery in the long, converging aisles of\\nBouaventure that loveliest gateway to the Land of the Here-\\nafter.\\nOn returning from the southern boundary or terminus of the grounds,\\nby the River Road or Upper Path, (which skirts a long, wood\\nfringed blufi the extensive, beautifully kept and flourishing orange\\ngroves, and the great variety of rare and lovely flowering plants^ vines.", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "[21]\\ntrees and shrubs palms, cape jasmines, magnolias, azaleas, camellias,\\nroses, acacias, etc., will be found worthy of particular examination and\\nattention. The Great Live Oak then looms into view, and dwarfs\\nby comparison all the neighboring tenants of the wood. This truly\\nmagnificent specimen of Quercus sempervirens is known as the Coun-\\ncil Oak, and tradition avers that, in long-past times, the Indians were\\nwont to assemble neath the shade of its wide-spreading branches, and\\nhold their councils of war and peace plan hostile forays or friendly\\nhunting parties and decide all questions of moment and importance.\\nHowe er this may be, we know not but certainly the antique legend\\nand tradition throws a poetical glamour around this grand oW forest\\nmonarch, which adds to its interest and charm.\\nThe tout ensemble and general tone of Alexandria is reposeful,\\nquiet and refined. All the natural beauties of the place have been\\ncarefully preserved, and the improvements and embellishments have\\nalways been directed by that fine taste, judgment and skill which are\\nthe natural results of intuitive artistic perception aided and developed\\nby large culture and varied and extensive observation and travel.\\nVilla Alexandria is the favorite winter residence of Mrs. Alex-\\nander Mitchell, of Milwaukee and to this lady of the manor\\nmay justly be ascribed the credit and honor of creating or evolving\\nfrom very crude materials this delightful and most attractive Florida\\nhome a beautiful example of what taste, perseverance and means\\nmay accomplish in our favored climate in a few short years.\\nOKLAHOMA.\\nOn the opposite side of the river from the city is the terminus of\\nthe Jacksonville and Atlantic, and the Jacksonville and St. Augustine\\nrailroads. Two steam ferry boats ply between this point and Jack-\\nsonville.\\nOklahoma is growing rapidly, and will soon be one of the important\\nsuburbs of Jacksonville. Land for a marine railway has just been\\npurchased. The groves and gardens of this settlement are very at-\\ntractive and much visited by strangers.\\nMANDARIN.\\nThis is one of the oldest settlements in the county, twelve miles south\\nof Jacksonville, and contains the most flourishing orange groves in\\nDuval. It is noted as being the winter residence of the famous author-\\ness, Mrs. Harriett Beecher Stowe. The lands around Mandarin are of\\nexcellent quality, and the general appearance of the place indicates the\\nintelligence and progressive character of its population.\\nTisonia is a growing place on the Waycross connection. There are\\nseveral saw-mills in the vicinity, and a considerable business is done\\nin lumber.", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "[22]\\nPANAMA PARK.\\nPanama Park is a beautiful tract of undulating country, situated\\nabout three and a half miles north of the present limits of the city of\\nJacksonville, partly in the form of a peninsula, having its shores on\\nthe north and east constantly bathed by the tides of Trout Creek and\\nSt. Johns River both of which noble streams are in full view of this\\ndelightful suburb and contribute to its attractiveness and salubrity.\\nThe view to the northest embraces a grand expanse of water stretch-\\ning away almost to St. Johns bar, whence the roar of the surf may\\noften be distinctly heard, and the ocean breeze comes without inter-\\nruption. A few years ago this tract was a wilderness now it is a\\nlovely village with church, school, railroad depot, steamboat landings,\\nstore and telephone, and possesses advantages rarely equaled in any\\nother place for a comfortable and healthy residence throughout the\\nyear, where the privileges of country and city can be combined.\\nCHASEVILLE, ARLINGTON, AND ST. NICHOLAS.\\nThe above settlements are desirably located on the river, within\\neasy access of the city, and contain many handsome residences and\\norange groves. Arlington boasts an excellent hotel lands in the neigh-\\nborhood of these places are good, and are adapted to the cultivation of\\nfruits and vegetables.\\nDesirable lands can be had around Moncrief, Gravely Hill, Beau-\\nclerc s Bluff, Camp Mooney, Broward s Neck, Geigers, and the new\\ntowns of Edgewood, Bayard and Maxville.\\nThese lands are productive, easily cultivated, and can be purchased\\nat prices far below those paid for inferior lands higher up the river.\\nAn inspection of the orange groves in and around all the points above\\nmentioned, will satisfy any inquirer that this fruit can be as profitably\\nand safely raised in Duval as in most of the up-river counties, where\\nthe ease and convenience of transportation are far inferior to similar\\nfacilities enjoyed in this section.\\nMAYPORT AND PILOT TOWN.\\nThese places lie near the mouth of the St. Johns, about twenty-five\\nmiles from Jacksonville, and attract many visitors, especially during\\nthe summer. The fishing and bathing facilities are fine, and the ac-\\ncommodations are excellent.\\nBALDWIN.\\nThis settlement is situated about twenty miles west of Jacksonville,\\non the intersection of the two main trunk lines of the Florida Navi-\\ngation and Railway Company. It contains several stores, churches\\nand schools. Good lands can be obtained in the vicinity at reason-\\nable prices.", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "[23]\\nNEW BERLIN.\\nThis is a thriving settlement on the river, a few miles north of Jack-\\nsonville, and extensive fisheries are here successfully conducted.\\nEASTERN PORTION OF DUVAL COUNTY.\\nNotwithstanding the superior advantages ot Duval County in rela-\\ntion to markets and commercial facilities, in no portion of East Flor-\\nida have the lands been less appreciated or attracted less attention\\nfrcm capitalists or emigrants seeking homes.\\nWhile other districts have been proclaiming in every possible form\\ntheir pecuMar advantages and vaunting their claims to exclusive at-\\ntractions while syndicates and individual capitalists Lave been\\ninvesting in enormous tracts of wild territory farther south, and the\\npress of j\u00c2\u00a3cksonville and interested agents here have been setting forth\\nin glowing pictures imaginary advantages of more southern localities,\\nDuval County has been suffered to lie comparatively dormant and\\nonly received attention from the more cool and calculating immigrant\\nwhose experience tas taught him that the real value of lan ^s for occu-\\npation or for speculative purposes is more in proportion to the advan-\\ntages and facilities for marketing its products than in the specific\\namount of their products.\\nTo use a modern coinage to express inflated progress, no boom\\nfor this region has been attempted to secure popular favor, though in\\nsoil, climate, and all the elements of advantageous and profitable occu-\\npation, the lands of Duval are the equal of the most booming dis-\\ntricts farther Scuth, where lands command double and quadruple the\\nprice, and where the expense of making homes and reaching markets\\nare fourfold more than here.\\nWith full knowledge and appreciation of the beautiful semi-\\ntropical southern region, drained by the grand river St. Johns and\\nits tributaries, and the country dotted all over with beautiful lakes\\nand springs, and intersected everywhere by tortuous streams finding\\ntheir outlets in the harbors of the Gulf rejoicing in all that tends to\\nthe rapid development of the more southern counties where the wave\\nof civilization is converting the wilderness into a garden, and without\\ndetracting from any of these, we still say that no portion of Florida,\\nand we believe no portion of any other State, offers inducements fcr\\nthe investment of capital and industry superior to this county of Du-\\nval, and more especially that portion lying east of the St. Johns\\nriver, extending to the Atlantic coast.\\nThis section, by reason of its exemption from the severe frosts which\\nattach to more western localities on account of the sheltering waters of\\nthe St. John s, is eminently fitted for orange culture and produces a\\nfruit which is not excelled. It possesses every variety of soil common\\nto East Florida, and abounds in shell deposits, marl, clay suitable for", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "[24]\\nbrick, and a great variety of timber, including the spreading live oak,\\ncabbage palm, cedar, cypress, pine, magnolia, etc. It is intersected by\\nstreams which, at no distant day, will be utilized for inland navigation\\nfrom the mouth of the St, Johns to Indian Kiver. It is traversed by\\nthe Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Halifax Railroad, now in full\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0operation, and the Atlantic Railroad, now nearly completed from\\nJacksonville east to the ocean.\\nj These railroad companies have acquired fifty or sixty thousand acres\\n-of the State swamp lands, which can be had for settlement at low\\nprices; while there is United States land, which can be secured by\\nhomestead entry or purchase. Many large tracts of the old Spanish\\ngrants are awaiting purchasers and occupants.\\nt- The same class of lands that are now commanding speculative\\nprices for fruit culture and vegetable products for JSTorthern markets in\\nthe more southern districts, can here be purchased at first prices, and\\nfor purposes of occupation and cultivation, are more eligible for imme-\\ndiate profit, in easy reach of Jacksonville and St. Augustine, with\\nfacilities for daily communication by rail and river with the great\\ncities of the North.\\nThe severest winter experienced for years has just passed, and the\\ncitrus culture of this region has stood the test of the frost with the\\nthermometer at 22\u00c2\u00b0 above zero, and the fact is fully demonstrated that\\norange groves may be as permanently relied on here as in any part of\\nthe State farther south, and by reason of their contiguity to the home\\nmarket, are much more profitable while the peach, pear grape and\\nfig, are more successfully cultivated here than in the more tropical\\nsections.\\nFor market gardening, no locality can offer greater inducements.\\nThe cultivation of the more perishable products, as figs, strawberries\\nand flowers, may be pursued with the greatest advantage.\\nThe influence of the commercial emporium of East Florida, with\\nits rapid development, will command for all the available lands of the\\ncounty speedy occupation and largely increased value. To the immi-\\ngrant seeking a home, to the capitalist seeking profitable investment,\\nto the manufacturer, the artisan, the mechanic, the laborer, the agri-\\nculturist, the florist, the horticulturist, the invalid and the pleasure-\\nseeker, we commend the county of Duval, on the lower St. Johns.\\nWOOrS OF DUVAL COUNTY.\\nThe forests of Duval County are very similar to those of other por-\\ntions of the peninsula north of the Caloosahatchie. South of the Ca-\\nloosahatchie the forests are essentially like those of the West Indies,\\nwhile west of the Suwanee River they are very similar to those of the\\nCarolinas and Virginia. Between these two very dissimilar portions\\nof the State lies the great orange region, composing about twenty coun-\\nties, which, as to natural forest growth, vary but little from each others", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "[25]\\nexcept as to the ratio of oak to pine timber and the comparative com-\\nmercial value of the latter. Nearly the whole of Duval County is\\ncovered with the yellow pine, a tree of greater importance to Florida\\nthan all others combined, furnishing material for building, for fuel,\\nand for a large valuable export trade. As this county is traversed by\\nnumerous railroads and navigable streams, the timber in all portions\\nof it is easily reached, and it has long been the source of an extensive\\ntrade in lumber, located principally at Jacksonville. At present\\nthere is but little prime merchantable timber remaining, yet our for-\\nests may still be drawn upon heavily for common building materials,\\nfuel, rosin and turpentine. In low lands there is much of the Cuban\\npitch pine, which is excellent for framing timber, of slash pine (a va-\\nriety of yellow pine with coarse grain and bark), and there is a little\\nof the loblolly and pond pines, which are worthless. On pine lands of\\npoor quality we find an undergrowth of small oaks, the turkey oak,\\npost oak, and forked leaf black-jack the latter is most abundant and\\nfurnishes excellent fuel.\\nAll forests in which pine does not predominate in Florida are called\\nhammocks. In Duval County they do not cover large areas, as in\\nsome other counties, but are restricted to the borders of water courses.\\nThe hammocks are forests of a sub-tropical character, consisting mainly\\nof evergreen trees intermixed with shrubs and dwarf palmettoes, in-\\nterlaced with vines and draped with long moss, (Tillandsia.) The\\ntrees most characteristic of the hammocks are the live oak and mag-\\nnolia, two magnificent trees, unrivaled by any others growing east of\\nthe Rocky Mountains. As fine specimens of both may be found in\\nDuval County as in any other part of the State. The live oak is no\\nlonger destroyed for ship timber, but is carefully preserved as the\\ngrandest of all shade trees. Next to these two trees, in abundance and\\nsize, rank the water oak and the red bay. The former is, properly\\nspeaking, the short-leaved willow-oak it is of more rapid growth than\\nthe live oak its foliage is handsomer, it bears transplanting well,\\nand for these reasons it is used for shade more than other tree. The\\nstreets of Jacksonville are bordered with it, with occasionally a true\\nwater oak, which may be distinguished by its broad, wedge-shaped\\nleaves. In door-yards and cemeteries a favorite tree is the evergreen\\ncherry, commonly but improperly called mock orange or wild olive.\\nIt is sometimes found wild in the hammocks, but of small size. (Its\\nbark, leaves and seeds are impregnated with hydrocyanic acid. This\\ntree and the vine called yellow jessamine, are poisonous if eaten. But\\nthey may be handled with impunity, like all other plants growing in\\nthe county, except the poison ivy, which occurs in low hammocks, A\\nfew herbs produce a nettling sensation, but this is only momentary.) The\\nred bay referred to above is sometimes called Florida Mahogany, on\\naccount of the beautiful color of its wood. The wood of the magnolia\\nis also very handsome. The pig-nut hickory abounds, and the red\\nhickory and red oak are occasionally met with. Of the smaller trees", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "[26]\\nof the dry hammocks the most noticeable are the American holly and\\nthe American olive, which have very beautiful foliage.\\nOld fields, which were cultivated by the Spaniards and Indians, and\\nafterward abandoned, have a characteristic tree growth, consisting of\\nlive oaks and loblolly pines, intermixed with wild plums and cherries,\\nthe persimmon, chinquepin and prickly ash. The latter has a curious\\nwarty bark, which has been much used as a substitute for quinine.\\nIn wooded swamps and on river shores the variety rf trees is quite\\ndifferent and less distinctively Southern. Here we find such Northern\\ntrees as the red maple, sweet gum, sour gum, red cedar, wax myrtle,\\nelm, green ash and white ash. The Southern trees characteristic of\\nthe swamps are the tan or bull bay, (a beautiful tree in the Camellia\\nfamily, with bark very rich in tannin), the white or swamp bay, (a\\nspecies of magnolia here attaining a large size), the swamp ash, swamp\\nhickory, water oak, tupelo, the pines, mentioned before, and the bald\\ncypress. The wood of the latter is valuable for many purposes. Cy-\\npress of more slender growth abounds in the shallow ponds so fre-\\nquently met with in the flat pine woods.\\nIn the eastern part of Duval County, near the ocean, are some very\\nfine hammocks, in the lower portions of which grow the pencil cedar,\\nand the palmetto, the latter in great abundance. Here also are found\\nnatural groves of the sour orange, growing with oaks, bays, and other\\nindigenous trees, the golden fruit ripening in the deepest shades of the\\nprimeval forest. This proves that Duval County is naturally adapted\\nto the culture of the orange, the cultivated sweet variety being no less\\nhardy than the sour.,\\nA. H. CURTISS.\\nFORT GEORGE ISLAND.\\nFort George Island is situated at the mouth of the St. Johns River,\\ntwenty-two miles from Jacksonville, and is the southernmost of those\\nfamous Sea Islands that extend from Virginia to the St. Johns River,\\nLanding from the steamers at the Pilot Town wharf, two miles above\\nthe bar, after a drive of a short distance through the little town, the\\nisland proper is entered over a splendid shell road. This road, two\\nand a half miles in length, called Edgewood Avenue, is cut through\\nthe natural forests of live oak, cedar, magnolia, palmetto, bay and\\nother semi-tropical trees, and winding, as it does, along the edge of the\\nhighland, with many graceful curves, shaded from the sun in the hot\\nbright days, protected by the heavy fringe of evergreens from all cold\\nwinds, and made entirely of oyster shells, is hard, smooth and practi-\\ncally level, and makes a drive unequaled in the State. It is but a\\nportion of the system of excellent roads, having a total length of\\ntwenty-seven miles, that penetrate the island in every direction. Al-\\nmost at the entrance of the island, on the left of the Avenue, is the old\\nruined Ghost house, built of that admixture of shell lime and sand\\ncalled tabby, crumbling into decay, overgrown by huge cedars and", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "[27]\\nclinging moss, a truly romantic spot. On either side of this old ruin,\\nand for two miles along the Avenue, are immense mounds of oyster\\nshells, ranging in height from ten to fifty feet, with here and there a\\nsepulchre mound, completely covered by the luxuriant forest growth.\\nAs the Avenue skims the eastern side of the island, through the belt\\nof trees and shrubs fringing the edge, the ocean is occasionally seen,\\ncontrasting its ever-moving surface with the quiet, solemn woods, on\\nthe west side. On the one side the restless breakers, with their silvered\\nfoam on the other, the dark unbroken repose of the forest. Fronting\\non the Arenue are the residences and young plantations of several\\nNorthern gentlemen who have settled here within the last few years,\\nattracted by the long established healthfulness of the island and its\\nbeauties, as well as by the fertility of the soil.\\nFurther along Edgewood Avenue and two and a half miles from\\nthe Pilot Town landing, is Fort George Hotel, one of the best built\\nand most comfortable hotels in the State, handsomely furnished, with all\\nnecessary appointments. To the west of the Fort George Hotel rises a\\nridge, the highest point of land on the coast, according to the United\\nStates Coast Survey, between the highlands of New Jersey and the\\nEio Grande, being ninety-five feet above the water. It is covered\\nwith live oak and other evergreen trees from the foot to the crown,\\nand surmounted by an observatory, from which an unobstructed view,\\nboth inland and seaward, rewards the visitor for the trouble of climb-\\ning up and around the winding paths cut in the hill slopes. A good\\ncarriage road also leads to the top. At the end of the ridge, in the\\nmidst of the beautiful Magnolia Park, is Point Isabel, from which\\nanother exquisite view is had of the ocean and a cluster of little lakelets\\nat the foot of the hill.\\nAt the extreme north end of the island, fronting on Fort George\\nInlet, is the old Plantation House, built over a hundred years ago on\\nthe site of a much older house, and approached from the east through\\na long avenue of aged moss-draped cedars and from the south through\\nthe wonderful Avenue of Palmettos.\\nThe whole western portion of the island is of the same character,\\nwith the same soil; is clear of woods and is ready for the plow, while\\nthe central and eastern part is covered with a dense growth of trees.\\nSeveral large orange groves have been planted on the western and\\nnorthern portions of the island within the last few years, and several\\nare now in bearing. All of these groves are as thrifty and promising\\nas groves in any portion of the State. The old fruit trees now on\\nthe island prove that many kinds of fruit raised in Florida do as well\\nhere as at points further south.\\nSurrounded, as the island is, by salt tidal water, without any stag-\\nnant pools, malaria is unknown, and the extreme healthfulness of the\\nplace is noted. Those who have already become residents, chiefly\\nfrom the North, chose the island after experimenting elsewhere, and\\nenjoy uninterrupted good health.", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "[28J\\nPABLO BEACH\u00e2\u0080\u0094 JACKSONVILLE AND ATLANTIC\\nKAILROAD.\\nThe beach, from extreme high to extreme low water mark, is from\\ntwo hundred to five hundred yards in width, affording a smooth, per-\\nfectly hard, straight and unbroken drive of twenty-five miles, or from\\nMayport to St. Augustine. At the extreme high-water mark is a row\\nof high sand-dunes, which it is proposed by the company to level\\nthe sand taken therefrom to be used in filling up such low places or\\ndepressions as may be found in the rear of the town site. The bluff\\nat this point after the sand-dunes are cut down will be eight feet above\\nthe extreme high water mark, thus giving sufficient elevation to per-\\nmit of a most thorough system of drainage, which will at once be made\\nby the company.\\nThe town plot has already been surveyed and mapped. The streets\\nand av6nues are wide and are to run due north and south and east\\nand west. C n the bluff, above high-water mark and immediately be-\\ntween the front row of lots and the beach where the sand-dunes now\\nstand, is to be a boulevard, 250 feet wide, running along the entire\\ntown front, which is to be improved as the company sees fit, but will,\\nin all probability, be planted out in St. Augustine or some other green\\ngrass and shade trees, and on the beach, in front of the centre of each\\nblock, will be erected ornamental bathing-houses, each house to con-\\ntain three apartments.\\nThe bathing here is excellent, the average temperature of the water\\nbeing seventy-eight degrees the year through and never so low in win-\\nter even as to be uncomfortable. For this reason the company expect\\nto make this a popular winter as well as summer resort, and persons\\ncan bathe at any season of the year with impunity. Another great\\nadvantage is that while the surf is always high there is a perfect free-\\ndom from the under current or tow, which renders precautionary life-\\nlines, boats, etc., such as are required at all the Northern resorts, un-\\nnecessary, and bathers can go out several hundred yards from the land\\nwith perfect safety.\\nAs an extra precaution against the possibility of the bluff being\\ndamaged during heavy storms, a breakwater will be constructed at the\\nextreme high water by driving rows of piling, which will project six\\nor eight feet above high-water mark.\\nThe general passenger station will be located at the corner of Duval\\navenue and First street, and the entire block immediately on the south\\nof this is reserved for hotel purposes, and upon that on the north will\\nbe erected a large ornamental, covered pavilion, for the accommoda-\\ntion of excursionists. In the centre of the pavilion will be the arte-\\nsian well, which has already been sunk to a depth of three hundred\\nand sixty feet, from which there is a constant flow of pure water, the\\ntemperature of which is about sixty-five degrees. Times-Union.", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "[29]\\nA TROPICAL REGION.\\nThat portion of Duval County lying south and east of the St. Johns\\nKiver yields large crops of oranges every year, no matter how cold\\nthe weather may be, and the reason is obvious. On the west and south\\nis St. Johns River, miles in width. This stream rises in South Florida,\\nand is fed by warm water springs. It has a uniform temperature, winter\\nand summer of 74\u00c2\u00b0. When the thermometer goes below 32\u00c2\u00b0 there is\\na dense fog formed by the waters of this river which envelopes the\\nsurrounding lands. Our coldest winds come, from the northwest. In\\npassing over this vast area of warm water the chill is taken off and\\nthe fog above alluded to is blown toward the Atlantic coast, fifteen\\nmiles away. The Gulf Stream flows along the Atlantic coast in a\\nnortherly direction, and the temperature of this stream is 78\u00c2\u00b0. An\\neasterly wind sometimes brings up a fog from it, which is blown toward\\nSt. Johns River, Therefore the peninsular portion of Duval County\\nis in cold weather frequently visited by fogs formed of salt and medi-\\ncated waters, which protect oranges from the cold weather of less\\nfavored regions, and fill the atmosphere with healthful and anti-septic\\nqualities. If these fogs arose from miasmatic swamps they would carry\\ndisease and death with them but as they are from the Gulf Stream\\nand the St. John River, passing through miles of healthful pines, they\\nbring healing on their wings. As a result of this, the section alluded\\nt3 is the healthiest in the county, and that it is beneficial to the\\nOrange and other tropical fruits, the hundreds of orange groves in this\\nsection of the county is the best proof. Here the trees are not hurt by\\nthe cold, and the yield of oranges per acre, year after year, cannot be\\nbeat by the most favored region of South Florida. There are here all\\nthe conditions which make the Indian River orange of such rich flavor\\nand of such luxuriant growth.\\nApiculture could be made a paying business and the bees could\\ngather honey and pollen almost every month of the year. Mr. U. S.\\nHart, of Volusia County, says on this subject\\nThe average natural increase and honey production is from one to\\nthree and 150 pounds of honey.* I have never seen or known of a\\ndiseased colony of bees in the State. The enemies are toads, dragon-\\nflies, ants, moths and birds. Some of the leading pollen and honey-\\nproducing trees are the maple, willow, sweet gum, bays, orange, myr-\\ntle, oak, basswood, hickory, youpon, mock-olive, saw-palmetto and cab-\\nbage palmetto.\\nThey produce honey in abundance of the finest quality, and we think\\nit safe to say never fail to produce a good crop. We also have honey-\\nproducing vines and plants too numerous to mention.\\nBananas, guavas, lemons, Japan persimmons and plums, pears, pec-\\nans, pomegranates and jute, grow well in this county, but are not\\ncultivated to any extent.", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "[30]\\nOf late some attention has been given to the saw-palmetto, which is\\nvery abundant, as affording material for the manufacture of paper-\\npulp. Specimens of paper from this plant have been exhibited that\\npossess great tenacity and toughness and were admirably suited for\\nbank notes, bonds and records. Of the same article are also made hats,\\nfans, brushes, cordage, fiber for stuffing mattresses, cushions, etc. Ex-\\nperiment will doubtless discover other uses for this plant, once re-\\ngarded as an incumbrance.\\nFuel is cheap and abundant and heavy clothing seldom required.\\nComfortable buildings can be erected at a moderate expense, and so\\nrapid is the growth of vegetation that shrubbery and flowers will soon\\nrender the home pleasant and attractive.\\n^A^HEN AND WHAT TO PLANT.\\nBelow is given briefly what may generally be safely adopted for this\\ncounty\\nIn January plant Irish potatoes, peas, beets, turnips, cabbage, and\\nall hardy or semi-hardy vegetables make hot-beds for pushing the\\nmore tender plants, such as melons, tomatoes, okra, egg-plants, etc.\\nset out fruit and other trees, and shrubbery.\\nFebruary Keep planting for a succession, same as in January, plant\\nvines of all kinds, shrubbery and fruit trees of all kinds, especially of the\\ncitrus family, snap beans, corn bed sweet potatoes for draws and slips.\\nOats may also be still sown, as they are in previous months.\\n]^arch Corn, oats, and planting of February may be continued\\ntransplant tomatoes, egg-plants, melons, beans, and vines of all kinds\\nmulberries and blackberries are now ripening.\\nJ^pril Plant as in March, except Irish potatoes, kohl rabi, turnips\\ncontinue to transplant tomatoes, okra, egg-plants sow millet, corn,\\ncow peas, for fodder plant the butter bean, lady peas dig Irish pota-\\ntoes. Onions, beets, and usual early vegetables should be plenty for\\ntable. .11 1\\njj^ciy Plant sweet potatoes tor draws m beds contmue planting\\ncorn for table snap beans, peas and cucumbers ought to be well for-\\nward for use; continue planting okra, egg-plants, pepper, and butter\\nbeans.\\nJune The heavy plantmg oi sweet potatoes and cow peas is now m\\nord^r Irish potatoes, tomatoes, and a great variety of table vegeta-\\nbles are now ready, as also plums, early peaches and grapes.\\njif^ly Sweet potatoes and cow peas are safe to plant, the rainy sea-\\nson being favorable grapes, peaches and figs are in full season. Or-\\nange trees may be set out if the season is wet.\\nJ^-gust Finish up planting sweet potatoes and cow peas; sow cab-\\nbage, cauliflower, turnips for fall planting plant kohl rabi and ruta-\\nbagas transplant orange trees and bud last of month plant a few\\nIrish potatoes and beans.", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "[31]\\nSeptember Now is the time to commence for the true winter gar-\\nden, the garden which is commenced in the JSTorth in April and May.\\nPlant the whole range of vegetables except sweet potatoes set out as-\\nparagus, onion sets and strawberry plants.\\nOctober Plant same as last month put in garden peas set out\\ncabbage plants, dig sweet potatoes, sow oats, rye, etc.\\nNovember A good month for garden continue to plant and trans-\\nplant, same as for October sow oats, barley and rye for winter pas-\\nturage or crops dig sweet potatoes house or bank them make su-\\ngar and syrup.\\nDecember Clear up generally fence, ditch, manure, and sow and\\nplant hardy vegetables plant, set out orange trees, fruit trees and\\nshrubbery keep a sharp look-out for an occasional frost a slight\\nprotection will prevent injury.\\nIt will be seen from the above that there is no month in the year but\\nwhat fresh and growing vegetables can be had for sale and domestic use.\\nThis latter is a large item in the expense of living. The soil is so easily\\nworked, so easily cultivated, that most of garden work can be per-\\nformed by even delicate ladies and young children of both sexes. In-\\ndeed, most Florida gardens are so made no frozen clods to break, or\\nrocks to remove. A garden once put in condition, properly managed,\\nwill produce abundantly and constantly. The rapid growth assures\\nlarge and tender vegetables, early and luscious fruit. A single season\\nwill aft ord strawberries from the setting out, ripe iigs from two-year\\nold cuttings, grapes the second year, peaches the second and third\\nyears, oranges from the bud in three to five years. At a little cost, a\\nlittle care, one can literally sit under his own vine and fig-tree, and\\nenjoy fresh plucked fruit the whole year.\\nClass of Immigrants Wanted.\\nWe want population from every State in the Union and from every\\ncountry in Europe we want the thrifty and industrious to join us in\\noccupying and building up the vacant places in our favored State,\\nthat they may secure pleasant homes for themselves and their families\\nwe want them to identify themselves with our present population, and\\nenjoy all the rights and privileges of the native born, which the\\nlaws of the State now fully guarantee to them. We have State and\\nUnited States lands, which can be had for a mere nominal price. We\\nneed population. We will give immigrants a hearty welcome, and\\nextend to them full and equal protection we have no prejudices to\\novercome, for we are already cosmopolitan we want immigrants of\\nkindred races, that we may be a homogeneous people; we are all im-\\nmigrants or their descendants we give immigration credit for all we\\nare or hope to become. We do not wish to be misunderstood on this\\npoint; we do not want immigrants for subordinate positions, but, on", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "[32]\\nthe contrary, invite them to locate, and become the owners of their\\nhomes in fee simple forever we want them to become citizens, and\\nhave with us equal political privileges and responsibilities in all the\\nobligations imposed upon citizens under a Republican government we\\nwant persons skilled in a great variety of mechanical and agricultural\\npursuits in fact, in all of the industries of life, for we have a State\\npossessed of the requisite conditions for successful cultivation and de-\\nvelopment. We want, especially, persons skilled in gardening and\\nfruit growing, in the cultivation of tobacco, sugar, etc. we want grape\\nand orange growers, together with the whole list of semi-tropical fruits\\nwe want manufacturers of lumber and naval stores we want, espe-\\ncially, capital to develop our unbounded resources we want immigrants\\nthat will bring along with them sufficient means and energy to enter\\nupon business for themselves, to buy our cheap lands, become perma-\\nnent residents, practical fruit growers and successful agriculturists, or\\nwho will follow some mechanical or manufacturing occupation we\\nwant settlers who are willing to rely on their own exertions and means\\nto make themselves beautiful homes. To such we say, Come, and if\\nyou have good staying qualities, your reward is sure.", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "ADVERTISENENTS.\\n83\\nBARRS, HUNTER STOCKTON,\\nDEALERS IN\\nFlorida Real Estate,*\\nNo. 49 WEST BAY STREET, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA,\\nHave for sale on easy terms\\nORANGE GROVES, VEGETABLE FARMS\\nAND WINTER HOMES,\\nWITH\\nFINE LAKE AND RIVER FRONTS,\\niiiiiisiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigiiigiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiEiiigiiiiiiiiHiiiiigiii\\nM CHOICE ORANGE LANDS 3E\\niggiigggrnggigggiiggiigggiigyngnmiiiggggngn^^\\nLarge or Small ^Tracts, located injall parts of the State. Business\\nand Residence Lots in\\ni; wniiiuvv,\\nand other rapidly-growing towns of South Florida. City and Sub-\\nurban Property a Specialty. Send for Descriptive Price-List.\\n4\u00c2\u00ae=PUKE GKOTJND BONE-=\u00c2\u00aea\\nJ.RTYGERT CO S\\nORASTGE-TREE\\nFERTILIZERS.\\nj6\u00c2\u00ae=-GIVE it a TEIAL.-=\u00c2\u00a9ft\\nA. W. BARRS CO.,\\nSTATE AGEBTTS,\\nJACKSONYILLE, FLl.\\nMURIATE OF POTASH AND SULPHATE OF POTASH.\\n10 to 20 per cent, glieaper, aijd (Juarauteed as good as the Best, Seijd for Pamphlet\\nOFFICE: 49 WEST BAY STREET.", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "34\\nADVERTISEMENTS.\\nEIODVCES\\ns^\\nEDGE^A^OOD\\nJJ*XjOI=LII -A..\\nepots\\nEDGEWOOD,\\nAaaitlon to\\nJACKSONVILLE, FLA.\\nSCALE OF MILES\\nyi%% IKIKI?\\nRand Avery Suii^ly Co., Bnnr^Bj^osiou*\\nEDGEWOOD\\nis the Loveliest Location in the State. High,\\nHealthy and Delightful. Churches, Schools\\nand Stores will soon be Established. Splendid\\nShipping Facilities for Vegetables, Small Fruits\\nand Oranges. A powerful, energetic company\\nto Make Improvements. Avoid Isolation and\\ncome to EDGEWOOD, where your Family will\\nnever be Homesick or Discontented. Lands at\\nReasonable Prices and Payments made to suit.\\nTALBOTT CO., Agents,\\n39 TVEST BAY STREET,\\nRoom 15, Palmetto Block.", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "ADVERTISEMENTS. 35\\nG.+F.^DREW^ ^CO,\\nJACKSONVILLE, FLA.,\\nWHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN\\nlAliWAll, SlOflS,\\n-AND-\\nFARMING IMPLEMENTS,\\nI SPECIALTIES. I\\nMILL v^^ STEAMBOAT SUPPLIES,\\nWADSWORTH, MARTINEZ LONGMAN S\\nPURE PREPARED PAINTS,\\nBUCKTHORN BARBED WIRE,\\nDIXIE AND AVERT PliOWS,\\nTH09IAS SMOOTHING HARROWS,\\nRIX SPRING-TOOTH HARROWS,\\nGrand Times and Sontbern Gem COOK STOVES\\nA FIRST CLASS\\nPLUMBING, GAS AND STEAM-FITTING AND TIN-SHOP\\nCONNECTED WITH OUR STORE.\\nWe make a specialty of fillingr orders complete and prompt. If tbe\\ngpoods are to be bad in tbe city.", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "36\\nAD V ERTISEMENTS.\\nASHMEAD BROS.,\\n77 YTEST BAY STREET,\\nffiU\\nOOISlLLll!\\nPRINTERS, BINDER S, AND DEALERS IN FANGY ARTIGLES.\\nLIST OF BOOKS ON FLORIDA.\\nPRICE.\\nCamping and Cruising in Florida 1 50\\nChapin s Hand-Book of St. Augustine.\\n(Illustrated.) By Elias Mason, M. A.\\nPaper 25\\nPractical Orange Culture. By Ar-\\nthur Manville. (Latest work out.\\n(12mo.) Paper, 75c.; Cloth 1 00\\nGuide to Jacksonville 25\\nAshmead s Sectional Map of Florida.\\nNew. Only 25\\nColton s Map of Florida 75\\nColton s Map of Florida. Sectional.\\n(The best 1 25\\nNew and Accurate Map of St. Johns\\nRiver 25\\nMcOlellan s New Digest of Laws of\\nFlorida. 8vo. sheep. Postage extra 7 00\\nIndex to the Decisions of the Su-\\npreme Court of Florida 3 00\\nFlorida\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Past and Present, together\\nwith Notes from vSunland, on the\\nManatee River. Gulf Coast of South\\nFlorida. Its Climate, Soil and Pro-\\nductions. By S. C-Upham. Paper... 50\\nA Picnic in Florida and Glimpses of\\nthe Orange Land. By Mrs. S. L.\\nReed. Paper 20\\nmailed on receipt of price.\\nMap of Volusia Co. (Rogers mounted $9 00\\nMap of Volusia County (Rogers 6 00\\nDA (Ii^ Book Form.)\\nSent by mail, postage free, on, receipt of price.\\nSouvenir of Jacksonville (large size) ...$0 50 I Stereoscopic Views, (per dozen) $1 50\\nSouvenir of St. Augustine (large size)... 50 Heliotype Views, (per dozen) 150\\nFLORIDA ILLUSTRATED.\\n10.000 copies of M hich have just been issued by us, consisting of twenty imperial size\\nColored Views in a handsome cloth case, illustrating the different sections of the State of\\nFlorida.\\nThis is the handsomest work of the kind ever published in Flor da. Price by mail, post-\\nage free, 50c. Every one interested in Florida should have a copy.\\nLAW BLANKS.\\nWarranty Deeds, per dozen $0 50 1 Mortgages, per dozen $0 50\\nQuit-Claim Deeds, per dozen 50 Notarial Seal Presses, made to order 5 00\\nWe publish a full line of Law Blanks for Lawvers, Justices of the Peace, Circuit\\nCourts, etc. Price-list mailed on application. RUBBER STAMPS are manufactured\\nright in our estabhshment, in the best mannei and at short notice.\\nI RICE.\\nFlorida: For Tourists, Invalids and\\nSettlers, (Harbour.) Profusely il-\\nlustra ed $1 50\\nFlorida: Its Scenery, Climate and\\nHistory. (Lsnier.) 1 50\\nGuide to East Florida. (Edwards,)\\npaper 10\\nFairbanks History op Florida 2 50\\nDavis Orange Culture (new edition)\\nenlarged and improved 50\\nMoore s Orange Culture, (new edition)\\nenlarged and improved 1 00\\nOrange Insects\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Illustrated. Ashmead 1 00\\nHistory op St. Augustine. Dewhurst 1 25\\nOrange Culture in California, by A.\\nT.Gary. (Cloth.) 125\\nGuide to St. Augustine and Florida\\nBloomfleld 50\\nTourist and Invalid s Reference Book\\nOF Winter Travel. For 1882 and\\n1883. With Maps 50\\nFlorida Breezes. By Mrs. Ellen Call\\nLong. 12mo 100\\nHarcourt s Florida Fruits, and How\\nTO Raise Them. Paper, 75c.; Cloth, 1 00\\nMa-^ville s Practical Orange Cult-\\nure. 12mo. Paper, 75c. Cloth 1 00\\nFlorida Annual 50\\nAny of the above books\\nMap of Hillsborough County (large) $4 00 I\\nMap of Hillsborough County (small) 3 00\\nVIEWS OF FLORE", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "ADVERTISEMENTS. 37\\nSavaDnah, Florida Western\\n111 GEMMfm WifOiOSS SlOBf UIE\\nTO\\n^FLORIDA^-\\nTHIS IS THE LINE SELECTED BY THE U. S. GOVERNMENT TO\\nCARRY THE FAST MAIL\\nTO\\nFLORIDA and NEV^ ORLEANS.\\nF^ I V IE3\\nEXPRESS PASSENGER TRAINS\\nTHE MOST ELEGANT SERVICE OF PULLMAN,\\nBUFFET AND SLEEPING OARS, PARLOR OARS\\nAND THROUGH-FARE COACHES.\\n_\\nOwing to the superb physical condiiton, fast scheudles are made\\nwith unsurpassed regularity.\\nFreight service performed by the\\nFLORIDA DISPATCH LINE,\\norganized specially for the purpose of moving the peculiar products\\nof Florida with certainty, speed and dispatch.\\nSee that Tickets to Florida read via Savannah, Florida and\\nWestern Railway and Bills of Lading are via Florida Dispatch.\\nJAS. L. TAYLOR,\\nGen l Freight and Passenger Agent, SAVANNAH, GA", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "38\\nADVERTISEMENTS.\\nFLORIDA.\\n-THE-\\nFLORIDA LAND AND IMPROVEMENT GO., 4,000,000 AGRES.\\nMiddle and South Florida Lands for sale at $1.25 per acre, in blocks of 80 acrts or more.\\nPrices within six miles of Railroads, $2.50 per acre.\\nMiill\u00c2\u00a9 mi iilf 0@iil Oasil mi Okigglsli\u00c2\u00a9 l^aii Osmfiijj\\n1,500,000 ^Al-OI^ES\\nIN COUNTIES OF BREVARD, POLK, MANATEE, DADE AND MONROE.\\nFor sale in lots of 40 to 10,000 acres Prices from $1.25 to $10.00 per acre.\\nKISSIMIVIEE LAND CO., 200,000 ACRES CHOICE SELECTED LAND,\\nIN COUNTIES OF ORANGE, BREVARD. SUMTER, POLE, HILLSBOROUGH,\\nMANATEE AND MONROE, At from $2.50 to $10.00 per acre. Also in\\nKISSIMMEE \u00e2\u0082\u00acITT.\\nBusiness Lots $200 to $500\\nFive-acre Lots 300 to 50a\\nDISSTON CITY LAND COMPANY,\\nOwns the town of DISSTON, comprising 10,000 acres laid off in five and ten-acre lots at\\nPoint Pinellas, at the entrance to Tampa Bay.\\nDISSTON CITY\\nIs one of the most tropical locations on the coast of Florida, and specially attractive, both\\nfor residence and fruit and vegetable growing.\\nPrices of Lots $10.00 to $25.00 per acre.\\nLAKE BUTLER VILLA COMPANY, 45,000 ACRES\\nChoicest selected land in Northwestern Hillsborough and Southwestern Hernando.\\nPrices from $5.0Oto$20.00per acre\\nAlso, Town Lots in TARPON SPRINGS, on the Gulf Coast, twenty-flve miles from\\nTampa, specially desirable both for winter and summer residence.\\nFLORIDA INVESTMENT COMPANY, 20,000 ACRES\\nOf the richest lands in the State for Sugar Cane, Fruit, Vegetables, Corn, Hay,\\nand all other products.\\nThese lands are inexhaustible, and are situated in the counties of Orange and Brevard, on\\nand around Lake Tohopekaliga, near Kissimmbk City. Several tugar plantations are now\\nbeing established on them.\\nPrices from $5.00 to $25.00 per acre.\\nROSALIE LAND COMPANY\\nOwns the town of ROSALIE, comprising 3,000 acres laid off in five-acre Lots on the beau-\\ntiful Lake Rosalie, in Polk County, twenty-flve miles south of Kissimmee.\\nPrices of lots from $.50 to $200each5\\nSan Pablo and Diego Beach Land Co., 20,000 Acres of Choice Lands,\\nComprising the projected Town Sites of San Pablo, Diego Beach, and St. I eonard s-by-\\nthe-Sea.\\nSAN PABLO is on the Jacksonville and Atlantic Railroad, thirteen miles from Jackson-\\nville, and within three miles of the new seaside resort, PABLO BEACH.\\nPrices of Town Lots from $50 to $100 each.\\nFive and Ten-acre Lots $10 to $20 per acre.\\n^P^For purchase or information about the foregoing properties, address\\nW. T. FORBES, Land Commissioner,\\nComer Pine and Forsyth Streets, Jacksonville, Florida.", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "ADVERTISEME^^TTS. 39\\nligliiifUlij f imp li li|Wiil\\nBEG. 1884\\nNOV/ IN OPERATION\\nBETWEEN\\nORANGE PARK, GREEN COVE SPRINGS AND MAGNOLIA,\\nAND FORMING\\nA DIRECT ROUTE\\nTO\\nST. AUGUSTINE\\nt AND TC\\nGAINESVILLE, OCALA, LEESBURG, AND ALL\\n[POINTS ON THE\\nFLORIDA SOUTHERNIRAILWAY\\nBroad Guage, Steel Rails, Equipment Unsurpassed.\\nfMlIS Mllfl 411 1.14?1 4fiJW4f010ie imflil\\nThe EXTENSION of this line to SANFORD and DAYTON A (on\\nthe Atlantic coast,) will be completed by June, 1885,\\nCrescent City, Seville, Tolnsla, Astor, Der.and, Springs Oardeii\\nand Orang e City,\\nThe DAYTONA branch leaving the main line at SEVILLE. The\\ncompletion of these EXTENSIONS will shorten the time between\\nJACKSONVILLE and SANFORD to 4= X-S IXOIXrS,\\nand between Jacksonville and Daytona to ^3 IX^^TJ-I^S-\\nTICKET OFFICES in Jacksonville, Cor. Bay and Hogan Streets,\\nand at Waycross Station.\\nOENERAI. OFFICES, 7 ASTOR BEOCK.\\n1. 1, 10MI, i. W. ilimiT,\\nSupt. and G. F. P. A. General Manager", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "40\\nA DVERTISEMENTS.\\nMackey s Florida Curiosity Bazar\\nALLIGATOR TEETH, BOARS TUSKS, SEA-BEAN JEWELRY,\\nHUMAN HAIR GOODS,\\nLADIES SWITCHES, BANGS, FRONT PIECES, ETC.,\\n45 West Bay Street, JACKS\u00c2\u00a9^V1I.L,E, FI^A.\\nGEO. L. McCONIHE,\\n(Successor to Benedict McConihe.)\\nDEALER IN\\nPAINTS, OILS,\\nBUILDING MATERIAL,\\nHARDWARE,\\nCutlery, Stoves, Tin-\\nwar^, Agricultural Im-\\nplements, Carpenters\\nTools, Iron, Steel,\\nRope, Belting, Harness,\\ni, ^.JSaddles, ~ii~^\\nBridles, etc., etc.\\nSole Agent for Florida\\nFOR\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nOrange ^ig^taiag\\nPowdeir,\\n@%l7anizei font Poiat\\nSteel Bafftt Peace Wiire,\\nialvanized Barbed Steel\\ntwisted Bib oa\\nWire,\\nSpriag f ootb Caltivatofs\\ncaie SsltiTators,\\noirs OWN\\ngrange grove Gmltiratoir.\\nBay Street, Jacksonville, Fla.\\nSend_for cuts and prices.", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "ADVERTISEMENTS.\\n41\\nFLORIDA SAYINGS BANK\\n-AND-\\nReal Estate Exchange,\\nJACKSONVILLE, FLA.,\\nHAS FOR SALE\\nCHOICE LOTS, ORANGE GROVES,\\nALLOWS INTEREST ON DEPOSITS, COLLECTS RENTS AND\\nINTEREST, NEGOTIATES LOANS, ETC.\\nJ. C. \u00c2\u00abREEL,EY, Pres t. HESTRY S. EEY, Treas.\\nFort George Island\\nIS OFFERED\\nFOR SALE\\nIN LOTS TO SUIT PURCHASERS.\\nJ. C. GREELEY, Jacksonville.\\nCHAS. HOLMES, Fort George.", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "42\\nADVERTISEMENTS.\\n_^iTHE ST. J AMES,3t\u00c2\u00a3^\\n(Winter Resort.) JACKSON VIL,I.E, FL,A.,\\nf\\nBegan its Seventeenth Season on December 1st.\\nThis large and favorite Hotel is more spacious and elegant than ever. It has been\\nenlarged, remodeled and refurnished. The Dining Hall and Dravsdng Rooms are new and\\nvast. The House is supplied with every modern convenience, including elevator, hot and\\ncold baths, rooms en suite, with gas, electric lights and steam heat. The St. James is the\\nFifth Avenue Hotel of Florida, where everybody goes to meet everybody else. A\\nsielect Orchestra has been secured for the season. Address by mail or telegraph,\\nJ. K. CAMPBELiIi, Proprietor.\\nE. M RANDALL, Late Chief Justice. J. T. WALKER. G. U. WALKER. S. E. FOSTER.\\nRANDALL, WALKERS FOSTER,\\nAttorneys and Counselors,\\nCOR. BAY AND OCEAN STS.,\\nFIBST NATIONAL BANK BUII^DINa, JACKSONVILLE, FLA.\\nCONTRACTOR AND BUILDER,\\nWill furnish plans and specifications for buildings\\nof all descriptions.\\nJSCKSONYILLE. FLORIDS,", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "ADVERTISEMENTS. 43\\nBOOTS J^ItTID SHIOES.\\nTHE ONLY ENTIRELY NEW STOCK OF\\nBOOTS, SHOES and SLIPPERS\\nAll grades, from the Cheapest to the Finest. Burt s Shoes a specialty.\\nPrompt and careful attention given to mail orders.\\nCHAS. MARVIN CO.,\\n21 West Bay and 24 Pine Streets.\\nW. B. BiRNETT, Pres t. W. D. Bark ett, Cashier. B. H. Barnett, Vice Pres t.\\nBANK OF JACKSONVILLE,\\nJACKSONVIIiI.E, FliA.\\nGeneral Banking Business Transacted.\\nCORRESPONDENTS:\\nMerchants Nat. Bank, Savannah, Ga. United States Nat. Bank, New York.\\nSavannah Bank Trust Oo., Nat. Bank of Commerce,\\nST. JOHNS HOTEL.\\n(AN OLD AND EXCELLENT HOUSE,)\\nConvenient to all business points in the city. Open through-\\nout the year. Rates, $2 per day.*\\nFLEMING DANIEL\\nATTORNEYS RT t IKW,\\nOffice, S. W. Eor. Market i Forsyth Sts.,\\ncr^^ciKisoisr vii-ii-.E, :fi-..a..", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "44 ADVERTISEMENTS.\\nE. HlOZ^iCIIsrS c CO.,\\nDEALERS IN\\nGroceries and Provisions,\\nGIGARS AND TOBAGGO, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.\\nConsignments of Country Produce Solicited,\\nNo. 50 West Bay St., JACKSONVILLE, FLA.\\nWATGH-MAKER, JEWELER, AND OPTICIAN.\\nRepairing Watches a Specialty,\\nFLORIDA CURIOSITIES.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2No. 79 West Bay Street, JACKSONVILLE, FLA.\\nOpposite Astoe Building.\\nJ S. BEXjXj,\\nREAL ESTATE AND NOTARY.\\nChoice land and improved places in the suburbs\\nof Jacksonville.\\nCottages and Building Lots at Panama Park and Moncrief Park.\\ni3yLi=E,0 VE:M:E3srTS 3sa:ji.iDE.\\nOffice in Reed fs Block, Bay St., Jacksonville, Fla.\\nvj. E. T. BO v;;^iDE!isr,\\n11 liVest Bay Street, Jacksonville, Fla.\\nAt the above Establishment will be Found a Full\\nAssortment of\\nSTAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS,\\nFancy Articles, Boots and Shoes, Carpets, Matting, c.\\nLow prices, attentive clerks, and honest dealing, are the characteristics\\nof this Establishment.", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "ADVERTISEMENTS. 45\\nEUROPEAN PLAN,\\nNo. 18 East Bay Street, Jacksonville, Florida.\\nTwo DooBS West of Post-Office. Street Cars from Depots, and Steamers stop\\nAT THE Door.\\nRooms 50 cents per day and upward. Rooms for Two, 75 cents\\nand upwards, according to size and location.\\nFirst-Class Restaurant Attached where Regular IVieals are served.\\nBreakfast, 30c. Dinner, 35c. Supper, 30c.\\nliCSrCH COUNTER, SiTew Yorfe: Prices. F. BETTEXIKTI, Prop.\\nR. N. Ellis. A. E. McCLtTEB.\\nELLIS McCLURE,\\n^l^CJHTECTg ^ND CIYm EN6INEE]^3.\\nFlaas, ipeiSgatissS aai Isliaatis im iilMiigs of all ktois..\\nWater Supply, Drainage, Sewerage, Bridges, Roofs, c\\nRoom ?fo. IS Palmetto Block, Bay St.,\\nP.O. Box 784. cr^^oicsoisrvix.Xj3], ifxjJL.\\nAugustus W. Cockrell. Augustus Wm. Cockrell, Jr.\\nA. W. Cockrell Son,\\nATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS,\\nRooms 3, 4 and 5, Mohawk Block, opposite Carleton House,\\nS. ^V. Cor. Bay Market Sts.,\\nJacksonville, Florida.\\nTOGNI S BILLIARD SALOON.\\nSEVEN NEW TABLES,\\nA First-Class Bar, with Choice Liquors,\\nWines and Cigars,\\nUnder Metropolitan Opera House, opposite Post-Offlce.\\nBay Street, Jacksonville, Fla.", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "46 ADVERTISEMENTS.\\nDON T READ THIS.\\nAmong the many attractions of our County and City is the well filled and\\ntastily arranged\\nJEWELRY ESTABLISHMENT OF LOUIS I. STEVENS,\\n39 WEST BAY STREET,\\nwhere can be found at all times a fine line of Watches, Clocks, Jewelry,\\nSilverware, Spectacles, and Florida Curiosities prominent among the latter\\nis a superb display of Stuffed Birds and other Taxidermy work.\\nWatches anl Jewelry Bepairedl Ity ExperieaiceA WoElcmen.\\n29 West Bay St., JACKSONVILLE, FLA.\\nREMEMBER THE SIGN OF THE GOLDEN ALLIGATOR.\\nDREW, HAZELTBNE LIVINGSTON,\\nOWNERS AND AGENTS OF\\nJACKSONVILLE MARINE RAILWAY,\\nAND DEALERS IN\\nLIME, PLASTER, HAIR, GEMENT, HAY, BRIGK AND IGE,\\nLaura Street Wharf, JACKSONVILLE, FLA.\\nMUMBY, STOCKTON KNIGHT,\\nIMPORTERS, \u00e2\u0096\u00a0WHOLESALE AND RETAIL\\nOlOOIllT, 01114, iMSe Mi iilflllWMl, If 0.,\\nGENERAL KEROSENE FIXTURES,\\nHolmes, Booth Hayden s A-1 Silver-Plated Spoons, Forks, Etc.,\\nHeadquarters for House-Furnishing Goods. Sole Agents for the MONITOR Oil Store\\nand the LITTLE JOKER Oil Can. .^-GLASS LAMP WICKS.-\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00bb\\n13 WEST BAY ST REET, JAEKSONVILIE, FLA.\\nTHE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF FLORIDA,\\n\u00e2\u0082\u00acor. Bay and Ocean Sts., JacksonTllle, Fla.,\\nWill sell exchange on all the commercial centers of the world and to\\nespecially facilitate\\nTOURISTS TO CUBA,\\nit will continue to sell its POPULAR OPTIONAL DRAFT, payable in\\nHavana in Spanish Gold, or in New York City in current funds.", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "ADVERTISEMENTS. 47\\nJohn Clark. J. E. Clark. W. R. Cox.\\nJOHN CLARK, SON CO.,\\nFORWARDING AND\\nCommission Merohants,\\nAND DEALERS IN\\nGroceries, Provisions, Hay, Grain, Liquors, Cigars, etc.\\nAgents for Dupont s Gunpowder and White s Patent Money-Drawers.\\nAlso, Agents for G. H. Mumm Co. s Champagne.\\n28 30 East Bay St., JACKSONVILLE, FLA.\\n01c\u00c2\u00a9 @f Gmnij mi Bipty lilted Stttei Sif?iy@f\\nAND DEALERSlIN REAL ESTATE,\\nRoom Xo. 3 Holmes Building, Bay St., Jacksonville, Fla.\\nGovernment and State Lands Selected. City Property\\nand Draughting a Specialty.\\nTOWNSHIP MAPS FURNISHED AT ONE DOLLAR EACH.\\n^irri^pSin c^^^ofclte? J^ GKSONVILLE, FLA.\\nS. B. HUBBARD CO., JACKSONVILLE, FLA.\\nHEADQUARTERS FOB\\nDOORS, SASH AND BLINDS.\\nEstimates given and Contracts taken for Builders Supplies, Steam and\\nGas Fitting, Plumbing, Etc.\\nState Agents for Glidden Brinkerhoff s Patents Steel Wire Fencing,\\nTHE CELEBRATED DEERE PLOWS,\\nPlanet Jr. Cultivators, Hazzard s Powder, Howe s Scales, Saddlery, Harness, Stoves,\\nRanges and Heaters, Iron, Steel, Nails, Paints and Oils, Rope, and every thing\\npertaining to Hardware and House furnishing. The trade supplied\\nwith the best Goods at fair prices.\\nG-EO. I^. IFOSTEIE^ c CO.,\\nJACKSONVILLE, FLA.\\nDealers in Grain and Hay,\\nLISTER BROS. FERTILIZER,\\niFiiaiE] jLisrx) XjIifie insrsTJiajLiTCiE .a^g-ts..\\nAgents for Ray s Line New York Packets.", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "ADVERTISEMENTS,\\n1 Q 7 3\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ESTABliISHED 1 8 7 3\\nPHAETONS, BUGGIES, SPRING AND FARM WAGONS,\\nHARIITESS, SADDIiES, WHIPS, \u00c2\u00abfcc.\\nState Agent Columbus Buggy Co., Columbus, Ohio.\\nState Agent Cortland Wagon Company.\\nState Agent Studebaker Mf g Co. Farm and Lumber Wagons.\\nLargest Stock in the State. Prices defy competition.\\nM. A. DZIALYNSKI,\\n92 Bay Street, JACKSONVILLE, FLA.\\nEnlarged and Newly Furnished Throughout,\\nNew Additions, giving tliree times tlie capacity of 1883,\\nGas, Electric Bells, Hot and Cold Water Baths,\\nForsytli, bet. Clay and Bridge Streets,\\nTliree Blocks from the Waycross and Florida Railway Navigation Company s\\nDepots and Up-River Steamboat Landings.\\nEBie lest AceefflmofiaMotts foe tie Price in tte State. Bates, $i to $S per flay,\\nG. TV. SMITH, Proprietor,\\nH. ROBINSON CO.,\\nAND DEALERS IN\\nFANCY GOODS, PAINTS, OILS, ETC.,\\nJACKSOXVIEEE FEA.\\nWe are General Agents for POWELL S CONCENTRATED CHEMICAL\\nFERTILIZERS; W. R. WARNER CO S FLUID EXTRACTS, and\\nPILLS; C. F. REYNOLDS CELEBRATED MIXED PAINTS; DIA-\\nMOND DYES, and headquarters for WHALE OIL SOAP\\nJOKES Sl BCVUEU,\\nDEALERS IN ALL DESCRIPTIONS OP\\nDOMESTIG AND FOREIGN GROCERIES,\\nCT.A-OiKZSOlsr VIIl.I-.IE, :B JLsOT^XJDj^.\\nSEND FOR OUR PRICE-CURRENT.", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "ADVERTISEMENTS.\\n49\\nRIVER FRONTS AT\\nHOL.I^YWOOD\\nFOR SALE.\\nA few beautiful and attractive River\\nFronts on the St Johns, a short distance\\nsouth of this city. Land admirably\\nadapted to the Orange and all other fruits\\nof this region. For maps, descriptions,\\netc., address, I REDMOND,\\nBox 257, Jacksonville, Fla.\\nMRS. C. FREELAND,\\nHAS REMOVED TO HER NEW\\nBUILDING\\nCOR. STATE LAURA STS,\\nJacksonville, Fla.\\nThe location is one of the best in the city,\\naway from the river, clear of all damp-\\nness and well drained. Rooms face south\\nand are Wfll ventilated. Hot and cold\\nwater baths. Open fire places. Take\\nStreet Oars at Depot and out Pine to\\nState Street.\\n58 West Bat St.,\\nJA\u00e2\u0082\u00acKS\u00c2\u00a9]VVII.I.E, FEOKIDA.\\nTHE CHEAPEST HOUSE IN THIS\\nCITY FOR\\nD^Y 600D3, ]S[03FI6Ng,\\nBoots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Trunks,\\nValises, Etc.\\nSole Agent for the Celebrated KIBTG\\nSHIRT. Also Commission Merchant\\nand only buj-er of Cotton in this city.\\nSuits made to order at the lowest prices\\nand on short notice.\\nJ. S. BEACH S\\nFLORIDA\\nGANE MANUFAeXORY\\nAND\\nCURIOSITY STORE,\\nThe Trade Supplied with Orange, Pal-\\nmetto, Cocoanut, Royal Palm\\nand other canes.\\nLive Alligators from 10 inches to 12 feet\\nlong shipped to all parts of the United\\nSlates. Special attention given to orders\\nby mail.\\nFOR THE CELEBRATED\\nGUILD, CHURCH CO.\\n-McPIANOS3{\u00c2\u00a3^\\nTONE-\\nUNSURPASSED FOR\\nFIHriSH\\nDURABII.ITY-\\nMERRYDAY PAINE,\\n-DEALERS IN\\nJACKSONVI LLE, FLA.\\nWALL PAPER.\\nWe wish to call your attention to our\\nNEW STORE AND STOCK.\\nWe have enlarged our shelf room,\\nand added\\n15,000 Bolts New Paper and\\nDecorations.\\nAnd as fast as NEW STYLES are print-\\ned they will be shipped to us.\\nVERILL PARRISH.\\nKOHN, FURCIIGOTT RENIDICT.\\nDRY GOODS,\\nCLOTHI^BG, c.\\nWHOLESALE AND RETAIL,\\nCor. Bay and Pine Sts.,\\nJACKSONVIL.I.E, FLORIDA.\\nWe claim to be the largest establishment\\nin our line. Large facilities enable us\\nto compete with the largest houses North.\\nli^\u00c2\u00b0\u00c2\u00b0Fair and just dealings have secured\\nus the good will and patronage of the peo-\\nple in this State.\\nG. P. J. C. COOPER,\\nRooms 4 and 5,\\nBostwick s Rlocb,\\nCorner Pine and Bay Streets,\\nJACKSONTIIiliE, FI.A.", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "50\\nADVERTISEMENTS.\\niJSn it\\nAursj-\\nEngines, Saw-naills, Pumps, and Machinery in general, repaired at siiort\\nnotice. Agent for Ames Portable and Stationery Engines.\\n(successor to J. I. GRIFFIN CO.)\\nCorner Bay amd JLanra Streets,\\nJACKSOai-VH,l,E, F1,A.,\\nWHOLESALE AND RETAIL\\n-^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2DRuaaisT-i^-\\nA fvll line of Imported and Domestic\\nPerfumery, Toilet Articles, c.\\n1^- Special attention will be given the\\nOrder Department, and Druggists and\\nDealers generally are invited to send for\\nquotations and compare prices.\\nm, FAIRLIE,\\n(WILLIAM FAIRLIE, Associate.)\\nTHE OLD RELIABLE\\nEAST JACKSO^rVIJLIiE\\nDRUe STORE,\\nCorner East Bay and Brough Sts.,\\nJACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA.\\nPRESCRIPTIONS A SPECIALTY,\\nPurest materials and lowest prices. Also\\ndealers in Painters Supplies, Fancy\\nGoods, Stationery, Garden eeds.\\nLamp Oil 150 Test, Lamps\\nand Sundries.\\n1^ Letter Orders promptly attended to.\\nP. O. Box 769.\\nT. A. McDONELL,\\nJACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA.", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "ADVERTISEMENTS. 51\\nTwo Millions\\nof acres of Farming, Orange,\\nTimber and Grazing Lands,\\nsituated in 29 counties, and\\ncomprising the lands bought\\nby Sir Edward J. Reed, from\\nthe State of Florida in 1881,\\nare now offered at graded\\nprices. These lands were se-\\nlected by Hon. Hugh A. Cor-\\nley, late Commissioner of the\\nState Land Office, and Mn\\nM. A. WilHams, late agent for\\nsale of State lands, which fact\\nis a guaranty of their high\\nquality. The purchase known\\nas the Reed Purchase was only\\nopened for sale this year, and\\nthe lands have not been culled\\nor picked over. No part has\\nbeen reserved in any manner,\\nand the whole is open for sale.\\nSpecial prices on large tracts.\\nTimber lands, virgin forests in\\nbodies of 50,000 acres and up-\\nwards. Lands sold for cash,\\nor on lonof time.\\nThe Florida Land and Mortgage Co.\\n(LIMITED) JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA.", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "52 ADVERTISEMENTS,\\nTHE KEY LINE\\nUNLOCKS THE COMBINATION\\n:OF;\\nTRHVELflNTO+FLORIDS!\\nThe Entire System being relaid\\nwith New and Heavy Steel Rails!\\n-m^\\nCEBTTRAI. DIVISIO?r, (F. T. P. R. R.) 155 Miles\\nWESTERN DIVISrOSr, (F. C. \u00c2\u00abfe W, R. R.) 209 Miles\\nSOUTHERN DIVISION, (Tropical Fla, R. R.) 105 Miles\\nJACKSONVIEEE BRANCH, (F. J. R. R.) 23 Miles\\nliEESBIJRG BRANCH, (Leesburgr Ind. River R. R. 22 Miles\\nST. MARKS BRANCH 21 Miles\\nMONTICEEIiO BRANCH 4 Miles\\nTotal 538 Miles\\nYour BEST ROUTE to the Garden^, Groves, Winter Homes and Resorts of\\nFlorida. Connections from the North, East, West and Soutliwest, and\\nfrom points on the Gulf of Mexioo, by sea and rail. Double-daily\\nFassena;er Service. Elegant Parlor Cars on Day Trains, and\\nMaa;nificent Sleeping Cars on all Night Trains.\\nTHE SHORT LINE to Fernandina, (the Newport of the South,) Waldo, Gaines-\\nville, Cedar Key, Tampa, Punta Rassa, Manatee. Key West, Havana, Nassau,\\nWest Indies, Hawthorne, Orange Lake, (Citra,) Silver Spring, Ocala, Lake\\nView, Wildwood, Leesburg, Tavares, Fort Dade, Sumterville, Brooks-\\nville, Lakes Ocklawaha and Panasoffkee, the Withlacoochee, c.\\nBy reason of our recent traffic arrangement with the DeBary-Baya Merchants Line of\\nsteamers, passengers are offered an elegant through connection, by water, at\\nSavannah and Jacksonville, for the St. Johns River Country and all Inte-\\nrior Points. 4\u00c2\u00ae= THROUGH TICKETS on sale at all Coupon Ticket\\nOffices throi^hout the United States and Canada, and at Leve\\nAlden s Tourist Offices, as cheap as by any boute.=\u00c2\u00a9h\\n4\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00bb BE CERTAIN that your tickets bead either via Fernandina, Callahan,\\nBaldwin, Live Oak or River Junction, and the F. R. N.\\n2). E. MAXWELL, Gen. Supt, A. 0. Ma cD ONELL, G.R T.A.\\nFernandina, Fla. Fernandina, Fla.\\nWALTER G. COLEMAN, Gen. Trav. Pass. Agt,\\nJacksonville, Fla.", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "ADVERTISEMENTS.\\n53\\nCUT RATES\\nRAII ROAI AXI\\nSTEAMSHIP TICKETS\\nBOUGHT, SOEI\\nABri EXCHANGED AT\\n27 WEST BAY STREET,\\n(Huau s Cigar Store,)\\nJacksonville. Florida.\\nMulford, McKenzie Co.\\nMembers American Ticket\\nBrokers Association.\\nFLORIDA\\nTHE STATE THAT\\nIS ON A BOOM\\nFor reliable information about this\\nLAND OF FLOWERS,\\nsubscribe to the\\n-IFLORiOA WEEKLY TIMES:-\\nJaclisoiiville, Fla.\\noisrij $1.00 -A. X E.^E,,\\nWith a Colored map of Florida free\\nto all yearly subscribers.\\nl!\u00c2\u00ae Specimen copies free.\\nJ. L. MARVIN.\\nJ. N. C STOCKTON.\\nAMBLER, MARVIN STOCKTON,\\nBANKERS,3!e^\\ncrj^G:K:so3^A7-xii.Xj:E, ZF L.i^.\\nOldest Established Bank in East Florida.\\nBranch House, Bank, of Tampa, Tampa, Fla.\\nTransact a general BanJung Business. Deposits received. Discounts\\nmade and Exchange bought and sold on most favorable terms.\\nCollections made and proceeds promptly remitted.\\nCorrespondents:\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Importers Traders National Bank, New York National Park\\nBank, New York. Resident correspondents of Brown Bros. Co., Drexel, Morgan\\nCo., Jas. G. King s Sons, Kountz Bros., New York, and other prominent Bankers\\nissuing letters of credit.", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "54 ADVERTISEMENTS.\\nUNITED STATES FAST MAIL STEAMERS\\nPALATKA km ALL LANDINGS ON UPPER ST. JOHNS RIVER,\\nTAMPA, MAWATEE KIVEB, KEY WEST, HAVANA\\nAWB NEW ORI^EASrS.\\nPEOPLES LINE STEAMERS.\\nSteamers H. B. PLANT, of the People s Line, and CITY OF JA.CK-\\nSONVILLE, of the De Bary-Baya Merchants Line, will run as follows\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nleaving the De Barv-Baya Line wharf, at foot of Laura street:\\nLeave Savannah, Florida and Western Railway wharf, Jackson-\\nville, daily, on arrival of Fast Mail Train 12:30 p. m.\\nLeave Jacksonville 2:30 p. m.\\nLeave Palatka 8:00 p. m,\\nTjPBiVG A-Stor -L^ ^t) HI*\\nArrive Sanfnrd, South Florida Railroad wharf. 7:30 a. m.\\nArrive Sanford City wharf. 8:30 a.m.\\nArrive Enterprise 9:00 a. ro.\\nLeave Enterprise 9:30 a. m.\\nRETURNING,\\nLeave Sanford, City wharf 2:45 pm.\\nLeave Sanford, South Florida Railroad wharf, on arrival of train,\\n(except on Sundays, when steamers will leave at 11 a. m.).... 3:30 p. m.\\nLeave DeLand 6:00 p. m.\\nLeave Astor 7:50 p. m.\\nLeave Palatka 12:20 a. m.\\nArrive at Jacksonville 5.-50 a. m.\\nConnecting at Palatka M ith Florida Southern Railway; at Astor with\\nSt. Johns and Lake Eustis Railwav; at Sanford with steamers for Indian\\nRiver, and with trains of the South Florida Railroad foriTampa, connecting\\nat this point on alternate days with steamers for points on the Manatee\\nRiver, and with the steamships HUTCHINSON and MORGAN, for Key\\nWest and Havana, every SATURDAY on arrival of South Florida Railroad\\ntrain, arriving at Kev West SUNDAYS and Havana on MONDAYS.\\nReturning, steamships leave Havana WEDNESDAYS, Key West\\nTHURSDAYS, arriving at Tampa FRIDAYS, and New Orleans on SUN-\\nDAYS.\\nTo connect with ste;imer leaving Tampa Friday morning, passengers\\nfor New Orleans must be in Tampa Thursday night.\\nSteamers CHATTAHOOCHEE and JENNIE LANE, of the People s\\nLine, and EVERGLADE, of the De Bary-Baya Merchant s Line, leave\\nJacksonville daily (Saturday excepted), from People s Line wharf, at 6 p. m.\\nReturninir, leave Sanford daily (Mondays excepted) at 9 a. m.\\nRacing by the Boats of this Company is strictly prohibited.\\nFor further particulars inquire of\\nR. H. WHITNER, Chief Clerk,\\nOffice, Waycross Steamboat Wharf, Jacksonville, Fla.\\nW. M. DAVIDSON, General Traffic Agent,\\nAstor Building, Jacksonville, Fla.\\nC. D. OWENS, Traffic Manager, Savannah, Ga.\\nH. S. HAINES, General Manager, Savannah, Ga.\\nV", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": ":^m^m\\nnuiibUi\\nII, sit I UBANKb,\\nO.Wr tUBAKKS.\\nL.MOSLS HAROLD.\\nr.CHA? SilTON.\\nc,e..m.arre;oon[io\\nh, cha? bh0war11.\\nI, JOS.ALVAHtS.\\nK.JOS.HCRCALl\\nI RAIN u BAILtY\\nHo. ISAAC HtNDRICK, Ft, J.HOCAN.\\nIn.E.BETHUNE. Ct. G.HARTLEY,\\nM COTTON BOWLES. Ko. ELLANOR HOCAN. H6. F.HARTLEY.\\nN. ISAAC CAIITER. Lo. r.COODWIN I^, C.I.FCLARKE.\\n0, IILIRSofJ.CARTEK, M..Z.KINCSLEY.\\nr.J.WATSON. No. J.M.HANSON.\\nIJ, JOS.LOURSfY. Oo.F.BACLEY.\\nK\u00c2\u00bb, J.HALL.\\nLh C.MINi;HEN.\\nMt.F.COCIFACIO.\\n.1. D.FE RNANllf/,P..W.HOLLINCSWORTH, N JyO.CLARKE.\\nU,J.CHniSTORHER.Qo,R.W,WHITMORE. 0^. LEWIS MATTAIR\\nJOHN UROWN. R\u00c2\u00ab. DORCAS BLACK. Pt ACNEAUSECUI.\\nW^ BERRIE. So.DAVIO SCURVY. Qt.J.PCARETT\\n-A Xx.O.OEWEES. T..P.PLUMMER\\n,S. PICKETT", "height": "3010", "width": "3565", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "FLORIDA REAL ESTATE.\\nW. wrs. WALKER\\n64 WEST BAY STREET,\\nJacksonville, Florida,\\nHave for sale, on the most favorable terms,\\nEVERY VARIETY FLORIDA LANDS\\nIN NEARLY EVERY PART OF THE STATE.\\nImproved Lands Consisting of every class of Orange Groves\\nvarying in price from $1,000 to $75,000.\\nCity Property.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Fine Hotel Property, with Furniture com-\\nplete Vacant Lots for residences, splendid Business Lots on Bay St.\\nSuburban Lots\u00e2\u0080\u0094 On the northeast of the city. Lots contain-\\ning from three to twelve acres some beautiful ones fronting on the\\nSt. Johns River.\\nRiverside\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Between 800 and 1, )00 Lots in the beautifully ele-\\nvated town of Riverside. These lots constitute, without a doubt, the\\nhandsomest and most desirable suburbs in the State. They are an\\naverage of 25 to 30 feet above Bay street, and in point of healthftil-\\nness are unsurpassed, perhaps, by any spot of earth in the United States.\\nUnimproved Lands.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 We have also large bodies of heavily\\ntimbered and good Farming Lands, at prices ranging from 50 cents\\nto $10 per acre,\\n_ In addition, we say to Florida Land Buyers, that we can suit you\\nin anything you may want. We have more lands and a greater va-\\nriety to select from, and being the oldest and largest real estate\\naeaie-^S, the advantage of seeing us, and what we have for sale,.Must\\nbe plam lo every one seeking investment for speculation or for homes\\ni-^ Flowery Land, where there are advantages unsurpassed in the\\nUnited States.\\nMany of the Orange Groves we have for sale are on the market\\nbecause the owners have largely overtraded, and are compelled\\nto unload at least a part of their burdens. We can, therefore, offer\\ngreater inducements to Land or Orange Grove Buyers than can\\nbe found in the State.\\nSend for our Catalogues, read and see what we have for sale, then\\ncome and see us and judge for yourselves.", "height": "3131", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "duvalcountyflori00duva_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "GEO. B. GRIFFIN, Notary Public.\\nWALTER B. CLARKSON.\\nGRIFFIN CLARKSON,\\nAivAiv Ju\\nSTATE LOANS,\\n1^0. 1 7 West Forsyth St., 0pp. Bank of Jacksonville,\\nJACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA.\\nCity Property, Suburban Lots, Orange Groves, Vegetable\\nFarms, Timber Tracts, Wild Lands.\\nREAL ESTATE BOUGHT AND SOLD.\\nSPECIALTIES\\nWINDSOR, ALACHUA COUNTY, FLORIDA.\\nIn this thriving young town on Newnan Lake, we otler for sale, on easy terms of pay-\\nment, very flue lots, ranging in size from four to twenty acres, at from $10 to $50 per acre.\\nSeveral fine houses already built; ethers now building. Windsor is settling up rapidly with\\nan educated, enterprising class of people. indsor is three miles trom Gruelle, on Flor-\\nida Southern Railroad, four miles from ampville, on Florida Railway Navigation\\nCompany s line. Lands particularly well adapted to orange culture and vegetable raising,\\nas well as general fanning. No healthier spot in Florida. Beautiful lake fronts facing on\\nLake Newnan, which is about eight miles long and from two to four miles wide Extra\\nattraction to settlers: You can buy land already cleared, ready for the plow, facing on wide\\navenues already laid out, at prices ordinarily asked for wild lands. Visit Windsor before\\nbuying.\\nDREW S ADDITION TO TAMPA\\nLies close in to the business portion of the city and immediately contiguous to the resident\\nportion, convenient to post-office, churches, stores, etc. We offer for sale choice lots at\\nreasonable prices and on favorable terms in Drew s addition to Tampa, which presents\\nunequaled facilities for resident lots, as well as opportunities for speculation.\\nSPRINGFIELD, CAMPBELL S ADDITION, BURBRIDCE S ADDITION.\\nAre three suburbs to Jacksonville, the chief city of Florida, now growing rapidly. We offer\\nfor sale fifteen hundred building lots in these suburbs. Those who have seen the rapid in-\\ncrease in value of suburban property elsewhere^ need not be reminded of the favorable op-\\nportunities now offered by Jacksonville s unprecedented growth. Homes for all on easy\\nterms of payment.\\nORANGE LAND IN HERNANDO COUNTY.\\nNear the thriving settlement of Oriole, along the Charlotte Harbor Railroad, which is\\nnow building, we offer for sale two thousand acres choice, selected, high, rolling, pine land,\\nat prices ranging from to $25 per acre. Healthy locations, good neighborhood, early\\ntransportation facilities; railroad passes right through some of these lands. Ten-acre lots\\nfor $100 each.\\nThe Times-Union Printing House. 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