The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-13
DOWN IN FLORIDA
gn., Fourth Of July All Over
The State.

"a lLE ~ AAN|tAAA "a AttA VA VI
.. SINCE the war so generally and so
=tiraIly observed as that which
-.... INST celebrated with hearty good
rrrrywhere in Florida there
~. nave been a waking up of the old
spirit of ante bellum days, and
..,.- .r was this year marked fea-
.-.s of r.lrly every celebration. True,
49,. ..are bicycle races, regattas, horse
s. base ball games, excursions, and
..ri.s without end, yet the good old
& stoned" Fourth of July grafton was
n, If. by a large majority.
..rt5rd is always prepared for any
,.r1o of celebration, parade or entertain
r- She has plenty of musical and
& .amarie talent; fine fire department
q ,o4ar Chief PapwOrth; the handsOmest
q form in the south for her Second Bat
F,1 rouet band: crack military
,ros i'm Capt G. d. LETTERS Gate City
4 S.4.s. uniformed division Knights Of
&B-tbia. under handsome and sOldierly
#5nr Geo. H. Fernald; a Camp of Con
n u jarate Veterans, under Col. A. M.
ETgrasbpr and Cen Harnly; Past Grand
4 I'M Veterans. All these can be de-
#ri1i.d on for frolic or a funeral, a pic
f ~. Nv. an entertainment. AS for orators,
The woods are full of them" and this
rsar Sanford, keeping her own silver
.tonouad Judge G. NJ. Nolan to crate at
sEome sent Rev. DR., s. d. Paine, a hero
Hi the Crimean war ana late chaplaln-ln-
5gbief of the Grand Army of the Repub-
.Ii, 8nvu to St. Peters burg to give the
sCnIf coasters a fine dose of English
American Fourth of july eloquence.
Atlanta claims to be the 'Gate City,
nj me south, but Sanford calls herself
tbe "Gate City''of SouthtFlorida at least.
sCha is not only at the head of regular
etsamboat travel, but six railroads center
Iara These are the Jacksonville, Tampa
and Kew West railway from Jacksonville
'Tyitb branches from Titusville and
ITlvares; South Florida Railroad from
.Tampa. with a branche from Oneida; the
'Oranre Belt railroad from St. Petersburg
lon the Gulf. Whenever, therefore, San
ford wants a big crowd for any kind of
federation, she can depend upon six rail
roads and a steamboat line to bring in the
people at reduced rates.
|. Lately rumors have been afiOat that
seventh line of railroad was coming into
Sanford Millionaire Flagler's purchase of
tbe Atlantic and Western Railroad, from
.the st. Johns river to New Smyrna, on
the east coast, was thought to be for the
purpose of extending it from Orange City
Junction to Sanford Then came another
rumor that he had gobbled up the Orange
BELT Railroad and would connect with
it here, thus giving him
direct independent route from
via. St. Augustine, to St.
By building a short extern
sion from that point he could easily get
nd no oil
the OraugeeBelt railroad having the right
of extension in its charter. AS this rail
road is a narrow gauge line, and the re-
cent purchasers have bought new rolling
stock Of that pattern, it is safe to believe
that Mr.. Flagler is mot in it' just at
present Nor does he seem to be in a
hurry to begin an extension from Orange
City Junction to this city
One thing is certain, however, and that
is that Mai. j. II. Durkee, the accom-
p.ised and experienced receiver of the
j. r. Il *. w Railway is putting the
road into the best possible condition Es-
pecial attention is being given to the
numerous bridges on the line. The half
.ol the draw at Buffalo Bluff, carried
away in the wreck of last winter, has
been replaced, and over the st. Johns
river near here an entirely new and i'm
proved draW-bridge is being constructed.
tits Just below the Old bridge, thus
strengthening bad curve, and has
some two hundred feet less trestle in the
two approaches. Then the South Elori-
da division of the S. F. & w railway,
from here to Tampa, is being given a lot
O'uew crOssties and a good deal of excel
lent work. Supt. B. r., Swoope seems to
be getting ready, with Major Durkee, to
give the +. &. & p. railway, with
tussle this winter for Tampa travel
Speaking of Tampa, | met here to-day
Mr. j. w. Osteen, Late of Maitland, an
active young man who was one of the
first to be attracted to Capt. j. w. F'itz-
geml0's booming Port Tampa city en-
twrise. Later on his father-in-law,
Capt n. ii. Fogg, went down there from
AldmOnte Springs, and now they are
both in the swimn, and with big pros
pltts ahead. Osteen has Just been APP
pointed postmaster, and if the Louisiana
Lottery company goes ahead and builds
Us printing Office, docks, etc, at Port
tampa city, as now proposed, he will
Soon have the best paying postoffice in
FLORIDA. Capt Fitzgerald has started in
10 make big success out of this enter
prise and his host Of friends in Savan-
nan viii be glad TO know he is getting
there fast
d is not often that country editor
cams much by absenting himself from
Ills paper to hang around a legislature
even as committee clerk but Col. Thos.
), Appleyard of the Gate City Chronicle,
o. lhls place, seems to have 'strucl1 it
EcA' at Tallahassee during the late SEES
Sion HonOrs had been pouring in upon
Im Alderman of his city, colonel of the
Tolda division of the uniform rank
AAAghts of Honor, then secretary of the
I@ida Press Association, with a dozen
MINOR hOnors. But his big fam
~ Was also increased by the
aIent of Fleming Mitchell Apple
laiu BORN the day Gov Fleming went
o1s ana Gov Mitchell went in, which &C
cunts for his name. Now hOnOrs, how
eyer plenty, won't buy bread for half
Ol4en children, so Col Appleyard made a
s-''easiul strike for d gold mine" as it
TTsIe m charter for the East and South
aoflda Muck Mining and Improvement
Ntdny, of which he is not only large
o%Uytnolder, but secretary as well. This
e.Ilef is one of the most valuable ever
even ID this state, carrying as it does the
sI1 right to mine the muck in the bed of
~1 ~ johns river, paying the state a
s SAau royalty Editor Appleyard will
'l WI nave riches as well as honors.
,H1u4reds of readers in this vicinity
,Ge delighted with your concise well
or lcyeA. and vet comprehensive editorial
w INoL, D. II. Estill's successful manage
r. yty OF the MORNING News during the
E-s, twenty-five years Something might
c1 ,e 3een said of the great service this
nTga0d journal has done for the develop
s~, 1y OF Florida About twenty years
e,o ol 'iat became connected with it, and
w since that time il has hpan an nm