The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-09
FLORIDA on THE WING.
A Newsy Letter ON VariOus Subjects
of Interest in the state.

A Newsy Letter ON various Subjects
of Interest in the state.
Sanford. Fla. July S-supt John Ar
mold of the South Florida Telegraph, a
part of the Plant system, has moved his
headquarters to Gainesville and taken his
family there from Longwood. where he
also did a large orange packing business
before the freeze. He is brother of w
e. Arnold of the Ocean Steamship Com
pany.
Col. d. H. Elliott of the Plant system
is in the city, experimenting the boxing
up of some splendid exhibits for the At
lanta exposition. His whole heart is in
the work. and President Plant having
given him the utmost freedom in the mat
ter of a comprehensive. varied and credi-
table display. he is sparing no expense or
trouble to eclipse any former display that
he has superintendent.
The people of Florida as a general thing
heartily Endorsed the stand taken by the
Morning News in regard to the objection
able features of the Chicago worlds fair
Midway, and they as heartily second your
protest against the proposed sham bull
fights in the Atlanta exposition Mid
way. At the very best, without this dis
gusting feature the Midway will be bad
enough in all respects. Director Frank
Rice wanted to call it the "Hullabuloo.'
This would have been the proper name,
with the pronunciation as II written
'Hell-here-below," which is in one sense
the real character of such places. 1t IS
not midway" for it goes the whole
length of the catalogue of vice.
1t is possible that IN some other section
of roN - I.
been a mysterious fatal disease among
horses, but the Morning News correspon-
dent has seen nothing mysterious in the
death of horses during the recent hot
spell. Hard driving and improper atten-
| ton caused quite number of deaths, and
post norton examination showed this
to be the real cause. In some eases a lack
! of salt had caused the horses to eat large
quantities of sand and in other cases, after
hard driving. horses were allowed TO over
feed on green grass. The intense heat re-
ferred to seems to have been disregarded
to great extent by many owners of live
stock. and for this reason there were
many sudden deaths of horses. But l can
learn of no epidemic not even OF blind
staggers, that has prevailed in this county
of late
1t is wonderful what changes can be
made in the tide of travel by an energetic,
far-seeing man like Col. b. w. Wrenn of
the Plant system, aided by such wide
awake assistants as H.. c. McFadden
and F. M. jolly. Only last summer the
tide of seaside travel was almost entire
ly 10 the coast, while this year every
body seems to be headed to the West
Coast. bound to Port Tampa Inn or
Picnic Island. Col Wrenn has made this
the most popular excursion seaside resort
in the state, and thereby given the vari-
Gus lines of the plant system a lively
summer passenger traffic. Some of the
excursions to Picnic Island have come
from Montgomery, Ala, a fact which
shows its far-off drawing capacity. The
West Coast is certainly ION top" this
season in the matter Of business.
Editor NJ. NJ. Lewey, from Pensacola,
who has charge of getting ZIP the Florida
exhibit for the colored peoples building at
the Atlanta exposition, has recently can
vassed this county. and done some ex-
cellent work in putting the movement on a
good footing. He has selected a fine corps
of assistants, and there is every prospect
that Orange county win do her share in
showing the progress of the race in this
state. The negro city of Eatonville will be
expected TO do something very. handsome
as showing how the race can prosper when
left to itself in the matter of local self
government. Sam NJ Mosely, who has
been appointed commissioner, is one Of the
weathiest, most respected and successful
colored men in the state, and from his own
resources could make large and varied
exhibit .-te itq