Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-10
JACKSONVILLE NOT FULL.
A SMALLER NUMBER OF STRAN.
GERS THAN USUAL.

"A Portion of the Winter Ponulatfo,,
observation-disclosures of the Average
EOurfst-Fhe Florida State Fafr-Com-
ing Municipal Contest I'm nJacksonviIIe-
The Young Democrats.
JACKSONVILLE, Feb. s.-Jacksonviua is iust
now fronting the significant fact that her no.
tells and her thoroughfares show smaller
number OF strangers than ever before at this
point IN her brilliant winter season,
1t is difficult to account for this. IL was n
supposltlon as reasonable as it was general
that the lnhospitable wave Of cold that sWept
the country almost continually up to Christ
mas day would send down the tourists in
tro0plng numbers from the frozen North and
make this the best and most prosperous sea-
son the State had ever known. Even the last
placid winter, unusually and universally
ntIu; nau hileu an our caravansaries with in
ValldS and travellers. This hopeful view in
splred our people to redoubled preparation for
larger accommodation and more efaborate en-
tertalnment OF the expected crowd. Florida,
In 1act, had squared herself' to do the hou-
ors to visiting list of fifty thousand people,
1t Is now evident that these great expee
tatlons" are not to be realized in fun, ana
there is much openly expressed disapDoint
ment on the peninsula in cOnseauence There
IS a rather lamentahle decrease of names on
the hotel registers, and not so much in the
number OF names registered as In the number
remaining after registration. The Everett
Iof instance, has had larger list OF arrivals
10 date than any Florida hotel has ever had
before ana yet It has now several vacant
rooms. The big st. James has about SEVENTH
nve or hundred people less than it had last
year. The elegant Windsor is not half full
The Duval and the Carleton both
have reason to regret the paucity of travel
Similar reports from hotels up the river and
in the interior render it impossible to urge
that the popularity Of the up-river country Is
growing at the expense of the metroDois
The significant fact is patent that the State
either has, or seems to have, lost a poy,tion Of
its winter population. There are. however,
several sS reasons that tend to put . more hope
ful aspect on this unwhOlesome truth:
First. Many investments made wears ago in
the state nave developed into maturity
Groves and homes planted by people who
came to Florida in the flush of her popularity
between "'12" and '''75S have now rescbs6
their perfection, and their owners, who have
hitherto watched their progress year after
year from Florida hotels and boarding hOuses
have now settled quietly in these their private
residences, hlbernating with score or more
OF friends, amid home comforts, to the detri-
ment OF the hotels possibly, but decidedly to
the benefit of the State at large
Second. 1t is held by MANY that the mild
ness OF the last winter left fewer wrecks Of
health behind it in the North, and benefited
weak lungs by the thousands ali over the
country. Unquestonaby there is u notable
lack of invalIds among the travellers who
nave come to Florida this season, and the alb
sence of this class would certainly decimate
our yearly list of arrivals.
Ihlrd. Others claim that the last was not a
prosperous business year at the North. and
lhat many habltual health and pleasure seek
ers nave been compelled to stay at home To
mend their lesseneu fortunes
These views, with the evident increase in
the NUMBER OF resorts and the scope of accom-
m0datlons to divide up and scatter those who
do come, make up the sum of the expl1na
tions with which we console ourselves into
the belief that the tourist strangeI-ipt ends no
dlsrespect to U.S. and no decline in aT.nraciafior
OF our uneqQaled climate.
On tue Qther hand it may be said in serious
warning that unless Jacksonville stirs herself
70 put on greater attractions and to equip her
t;,o VIII po.eer means OF entertainment, the
IIhe may come IN the near future when "a
much more direct reason may be found whv
the tide OF travel docs not throb more strongly
towards Elorlda's METROPOLIS
There are few queerer specimens of eccentric
humanity than the average tourist Like an
people with superabundance of leisure they
are terribly spoiled. 1t is even more amusing
tnan aggraVatIng to see how thew cOnstitute
themselves the constant and hypercritieaI
commentators on Florida weather. which.
they nave long since concluded, is manufac-
1s o. ior tnelr especial edication ana delight.
III IL Is warm and bright they smile comDla-
cently ety ana approylngly for day or more and
theh grow tired of it and dilate upon
nEod Iss ehervaatlng ag effects in unDleas-
cold, and it does at wide intervals here. thew
make haste to grow queruiOus and threaten.
amid aggravated shiyers, TO go home. Ii il
ralns-as it sometimes does even i'm the heat
regulated sections of cOuntry-thev taunt yoo
with sarcastic lnterrogatOries as TO the where
abouts of the ''Sunny South" and coal IN
savage reneetlons On the 'best climate In the
world" But year after year the tourist
comes, ''cnsses the climate" goes home in a
tantrum and inevitably and regularly finds
ms, ms revenge oy coming back again. And yet,
and we would like TO keep him sfiII-lonor
enough to extract some profit from his qui2
etude. ~
me Florida State Fair opens only one day
later than n
Inns confict viii in all probability make the
Florida representation at Savannah very
m.feagre' .Ifa4 Still, we are going to send our
mower anu our chlYalry" over in the shape of
twenty gallant representatives of the Jack
sonvllle Light Infantry
captain w. B. Young and Lieutenants AL
pert owens and RydOn Call will leave on
Sunday night with the following members Of
the Jacksonville Light Infantry: w, j. Len
gle, George Acosta, E. II. Buchanan.
=. 6Ashmead, G; L. and J. II. Bisbee, j.
iel, b. Pope, j. S. Tyler, NJ. +. Whitebnrst 7
e. i. Bowden, w, Mccall, II. c. Ayrd. CIV.
Burbrldgei T. w. Dautzler, w. Mel. Dancy
Others OF the company viii probably decide
TO go when the time comes, and we shall
probably swell the list to more neighborIy
proportions.
Mr.. NJ, G. Hetneken and bride.of Savannah.
are spending their honeymoon at the Everett
Hotel in this city.
s Inc following Savannah people have regis
ENtA Sitg inc present week.
Mr., and Mrs. III. A. Cailan at the Carleton:
Geo. Schley, John II. Griffin, Jas. L. Tavlor,
and +. A. We'll at the Everett We hope 10
number them by the hundred at our State
fair after Tuesday of next week,
The splciest municipal contest jacksonville
mas known for decade is almost upon MS.
Alderman Dancy, the youngest member of the
XIity tIy Council and dashing representative Of
the Younger Democracy, is a strong Candidate
for the Mayoralty. p. L. McMurrAy also of the
council, and strong with a certain element of
the city, is also in the field. M. A. Dzialynski
the invincible Hebrew, who has twice held the
relns OF our city government, has not vet de-
clared whether he will contest for the prize or
not. AZ any rate spirited and vigorous tri-
angular light may be set down for April.
In base ball circles the coming event ia the
great match between the Orange Base RaU
Club OF Orange county. the present Champions
OF the State, and the Mystics, of jacksonville.
eX-ehampions. The game is to be Dlayed
during the first week in March at the Sanford
talr, and the stakes win run up into the
thousands, There are one or two profession
ais in each club.
IS there not one or more among Savannab's
gallant knights who will put lance in rest for
the honor OF tho Forest City in our grand tour
nament on Wednesday? The j. l.. /, bows
VIII tFy 10 capture one on Monday
Success to the SQa0Oi a 81