Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-11
JACKSONVILLE GOSSIP.

How the Fourth was Celebrated-Small-
POX About Stamped Out-Dissatisfac-
tiOn About the Pineapple CrOp-New
HOteIs-PrOspective Building AssOcia-
tiOns, etc.
JACKSONVILLE, July - Yesterday
afternoon this city was visited by heavy
thunder and rain storm. Previous to this
not drop of rain had fallen for week,
and the heat and dust were almost un-
bearable. Since the gracious rain yester-
day quite a change has taken place and
the weather is now pleasant. With the
gentle sea breeze here during the heated
term our mechanics and labOrers are
enabled to keep steadily at work. They
are exposed to the hot sun, but sunstrokes,
so common now at the North, are I'M
heard of here. The cases reported here
once or twice during the past ten years
have always proved to be cases of rum
stroke, and not sunstrOke.
The Fourth was quiet day in this city,
owing, perhaps, in a great measure to the
disease prevailing here up to week or
two ago. Early in the day a salute was
fired by the First Florida Artillery. Sew
eral excursion trains and boats made
trips to various points. The greatest dis
appointment, perhaps, was to the cOlored
people, who have for years been accus-
toned to visit their friends and relatives
between jacksonville and Mariana on
the Fourth by means of an excursion
train, which failed to go this year.
The game of base ball between the
Florida Herald Club, of this city, and the
OglethOrpes, of Savannah, was the affair
of the day, and drew large crowd of
spectators to the grounds on the south
shore of the river, opposite the city. The
heat and twenty-five cents admission fee
seemed to be no barrier to either old or
young, male or female, s6great was their
desire to witness the contest. The game
was the best played here for years. There
was none of that Wrangling and disputing
so common on such occasions. Although
the visitors were defeated, yet they proved
themselves good players. Balls, parties
and magnificent displays of fireworks
closed the anniversary.
The Board of Health at meeting
Thursday decided not to remove certain
restrictions adopted some weeks ago,
during the prevalence of smallpox, until
the possibility of return of the disease
was entirely removed. Therefore balls
and excursions will be prohibited for the
present, and persons not having approved
vaccination certificates are to be arrested
and brought before the proper officer and
the board have prohibited all hog pens
within one hundred feet of any sleeping
apartment anywhere III the county. All
domestic animals are to be buried within
ten hours after death, four feet beneath
the surface, aud at least one hundred
yards from any spring, branch, creek or
well.
There is probably no danger in a free
indulgence in festive gatherings, but no
one should object to these restrictions,
They are the more judicious now from the
fact that already vessels are in quaran-
tine at Pensacola with cases OF yellow
fever on board
Notwithstanding these rules handbills
and advertisements for excursions yester-
day were numerous, and many took ad-
vantage of the opportunities offered to get
restrictions only apply to large crowds on
excursions and to a class who have no
regard for health or cleanliness.
Our city is SAID to be in a tirst-rate san
itary condition. Since the sensational
shaking up in May, the authorities have
done some good sanitary work. The re-
suit is a clean city to-day. The mast
month was the healthiest since 1878. The
colOred people think it hardship to have
to sleep so far from their pig pens. know
ing, as they do, the inclination Of some
people for fresh pork after dark.
An old orange grower in the city from
Putnam county, the past week, states
that the pros pect is fine for good oranges.
but does not believe that the crop will be
as large as first anticipated. The bloom
seems to have been injured, he says, by