The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-18
WIND AND RAIN IN FLORIDA.
The Prospects of Brighter skies and
Better Times Improving.

Winter Park, Fla, Feb. 16.-The oldest
inhabitant and the veteran tourist who
has been coming TO Florida for thirty
years or more. can now discuss the wea-
Their without the least jar or disagree
ment, as both are certain that such a
winter was never before seen in this state.
Not satisfied with a second hard freeze
and blizzard, we have just passed through
a terrible rainstorm. with tho wind from
the coast blowing about fifty miles an hour
at times Snow has not visited us, but
to-day snow clouds and a chilling wind
warn us that it may put In an appearance
at any moment. II was late yesterday
before the furious rain and wind storm
abateds yet quite number of people from
here went over TO Maitland to paw their
respects to the venerable and beloved
Bishop Henry Z. Whipple Of Minnesota
at his delightful winter home opposite
the Church OF the Good Shepherd. They
report q most enjoyable visit, and met
many distinguished guests from Altamcnte
Springs Formosa Maitland and Wood
bridge, among the number Mise Rose Eliz-
abeth Cleveland, the Presidents sister
Hearty congratulations were given the
bishop on having reached his 73d birth
day, with fair prospects of reaching four
score years of usefulness and honor The
ladies' of the Church Of the Good Shepherd
served dainty refreshments and assisted
the bishops household in making The
event one long to be remembered.
The guests al the Seminole hotel are re-
joicing over the coming here in few
days of Mrs. Gen. G, 5. Grant, now at the
Tampa Bay hotel, and a reception will
probably be rendered her by L. : Grant
Post OF Orlando, and George ii. Thomas,
/
stay here, This honor was paid the dis
tinguished lady in Atlanta. Ga. and at
St Augustine and Tampa, in all of which
the eN-cOnfederate soldiers Participated
and were most cordially greeted by Mrs
Grant. Manager Hathaway Of the Semi
mole Is preparing to make her stay here
delightful without regard to the weather
The Morning News editorials on Florida
meet with "A hearty response here where
there is so much to show how the state
has Outlived previous disasters and moved
ahead to grander achievements. Hon D.
S. Arnold, a distinguished citizen of Brook
Ign, n. Y, is one of the Oldest winter Visi-
tors to Florida, and has seen her in all her
varied conditions as she has developed
First he used TO spend his winters at the
st. James hotel, in Jacksonville, then he
followed the advancing tide that opened
up South Florida and became a guest Of
the Sanford house. A few years later the
Park bloomed out as a great winter re-
sort. Ever since that opened he has been
regular winter visitor, and he expects to
keep it up the balance of his life. As one
swallow does not make a spring. so one
bad winter like the present does destroy
a genial climate that has served him, and
thousands of others like him, for more
than twenty years.
The bonding of Orange county for max
ing clay roads has been abandoned for
the present, owing, in part to a failure to
unite all sections of the country in a
definite plan of action. There seemed to be
much haste in the preliminary steps and
the tax payers feel that before they move
in the matter of voting bonds, the whole
scheme should be clearly defined for their
guidance. just now our people do not feel
like taking any new risks. II any portion
of the orange trees come out of the freeze
all right and the future opens up more
hopefully, than it a present unfolds
bonds may be issued, and a system Of good
clay roads established all over the county.