Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-06-09
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
APOPK AS SALUBRIOUS SITE,
STATISTICS AND HISTORY.

only One Lawyer in the TOWn-Bustness
Firms-A Live NewEpaper-Rev. Willis
M. Embellishments Situation aud
Healing Properties of Clay Springs-A
New Town Laid Out-FiOrida the Pet
of BOndhOlders and Mintonaires-
Lake Maitland.
Parting with his friend the horse doc
tor at Tavares, the writer boarded a
freight cab ON the Tavares, Orlando and
Atlantic railroad, and moved down in
southeasterly direction to Apopka, dis
tant Is miles. AS a sovereign remedy for
dyspepsia commend us to the healthy
jolting OF freight tram. 1t will increase
the peristaltic action wonderfully and
dispose OF your dinner or BREAKFAST
quicker than all the 'pepsin" in the uni
verse.
Like most OF the embryo cities which
may be counted by the score in Florida,
Apopka has received a lively impetus
from the completion of the Tavares, Or
lando and Atlantic railway. The road
passes west Of the business portion of the
town nearly half mile, but the mer-
chants, alive to their true interests, have
bridged the intervening space with neat
their stores TO the vicinity Of the depot,
which is inside OF the corporate limits.
Indeed, several have done SO already and
others Will follow their example.
A sALUBRIoUs SITE.
Apopka is situated in the midst of a
rolling aud dry pine region, entirely free
from swamps and morasses, and three
miles distant respectively from the large
lake whose name it bears and CLAY
Springs" There is nothing to generate
malaria, and the people enjoy entire eX-
emptiOn from chills and fevers. 1t Will
become quite a railroad centre when the
''Fiorida Midland railway" is completed
with its important connections. This
highway will pass through the northern
portion of the town. Apopka was incor-
porated on Sept. IA, 1882, with % voters.
Now the population numbers $50
souls. AS an evidence of the
healthy growth of the place it may
be stated that within a twelyemonth 225
building lots have been sold, ninety of
which have had houses erected upon them,
or are in process of improvement.
The town contains irst-class mixed
school under the management of Prof. j.
Nj. Stuart, A. NJ, a graduate of Emory
College, four religious organizations with
two neat houses of worship CONF leted, one
wagon factory, a.saw and planning mill,
three physicians, and, wonderful to relate
put one lawyer. How much this has to do
with the general peace and harmony
which peTvades the entire community the
reader must decide for himself. Among
the
BUSINESS FIRMS
and readers of your paper, the following
are entitled to mention:
General Merchaudise-J. D. Dorsett.
Dry GOOdG-William law and
Lowell.
Drugs-G. K. Allen, j. G. Bradshaw a
Georgian), and q. l.. Jones h Co. Mr..
Jones is also the popular Postmaster,
Staple and Family Groceries,. j.
Combs, j. f. Moves and g. F. Harrison.
Hay, Grain, Feed Store and Livery
Stable-Austin Il Eldridge.
Stoves, Tinware and House Furnishing
Goods-W. L. Cannon.
Hardware and Building Materials-E.
r. Prince.
Livery and Sale stable-Wa &
| Willis.
Fruits and Groceries-C. Hoffman.
Saw and Planning Mill-LockhaTt &
Brother.
Dairy Farm-A. J. Lowell.
Master Builder-G. G. Bacon.
Hon. j. J. Combs is Mayor of the CITY.
and among the dealers in real estate are
Lockhart q McCall'and F. Fl. Davis.
Mrs. p. Morgan runstbe Apopka House
Ito the entire satisfaction of her many
kguests.
LIVE NEWSPAPER.
The Apopka City News-Budget is
owned and conducted by John c. ard
George +. BrysOn, assisted by Walter S.
Russell. The original journal, the South
Florida Citizen, was founded by that vet
eran of the press, Rev. Willis NJ. Russell,
an old friend and contemporary of the
writer eight years ago. 1t is still gazetted
as part of the establishment OF the News
Budget. The above named young men
are working very hard for this section
and deserve to Ibe patrOnized.
Mr.. Russell, so long and favorabiy
known in Georgia journalism, as an un.
sWerving Democrat, fOrcibe writer and
blameless Christian, has put off the edi-
torlal harness and purchased pleasant
farm near Apopka, where, in tranquil re-
tirement, he enjoys that Otium cum digni-
tate so richly earned by well-spent and
vjrtuous life. May he live to see bun
-dred years, and "his shadow never grow
less.''
CLAY SPRINGS.
This healing fount and it's romantic
surroundings form one Of the chief attrac-
tiOns of ApOpka. Your correspondent.
thanks TO the courtesy Of MIR. Mccall, the
junior partner of the clever real estate
firm of Lockhart& Mccall, was permitted
TO visit this wonderful natural curiosity.
In an easy-gOing buggy drawn by a fleet
steed, we drove through the elevated and
picturesque intervening country. now in
so much demand for orange groves and
vegetable farms,- and soon reached the
spring. 1t lies at thefoOt Of steep hill
lthickly. covered with wild orange trees.
magnolias, live oaks and mXuriant vines
forming a very Arcadian scene OF lowell
mess. Here, bursting up be-
meath the cliffs, boiling like a
witch's caldron and moving around
/ in swift eddies, the water suddenly ap-
'pears 10 view, smelling 'lOudlyv ofsul-
phur, and Immediately fOrms a swift and
copiOus sCream, navigable for steamers OF
considerable burden, which empties into
Wekiva river and flows onward, until
mingiing with the ST. Johns 70 is finally
+ lost il the trackless ocean. The water
closely resembles that of SCREEN Cove
Springs" losing its odOr after several
hours exposure to the atmosphere,
but acting almost as specific
in rheumatism and various disorders
of the liver and stomach.
Aware OF the sanatlye properties OF the
spring, and with that progressive spirit so
remarkable in Florida. the owner OF the
adjacent lands, MIR. }. j. ID. Smith, has
LAID OUT "a CITY"
erected commodious hotel and skating