Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-06-26
SMALLPOX PUT TO FLIGHT
YELLOW FLAGS DISAPPEARING
AT JACKSONVILIE.

Estimable Young Man-Health Officer
Raising the observation-disclosures Cul
ture and Other News-Notes i'm Cit
and State.
JACKSONVILLE, June 25.-A week ag
to-day your correspondent predicted ther
would be no new cases of smallpox i
the city or vicinity for him to report
except it be among the negro suspect
held under surveillance and awaiting de
velopments. In this he has bee
correct. The City Health Officer an,
members of the Health Board assure YOU
correspondent that there is not only n
new cases in the city, but that there ar
now no yellow flags flying as danger sig
nails, either in the city or suburban towns
and further, that the present sanitar,
condition of the city is better than it hal
been at any time this year.
so hopeful are the authorities now tha
they believe by the middle OF July all tn,
suspects can be released, the pes
house closed, and DIR. Ba bcock returned
to the city. This is the most gratitvin.
piece of information vet received since
the appearance of the disease, and Will
grateful hearts we return thanks for tn,
deliyerance from this foul and dangerou,
disease, which has been the chief concerr
of our people since March last. How very
thankful should all be that its ravage.
have been no worse, and that the better
class OF our citizens, with a few eXceD
tions, have been exempt. Not a CoIone
has been attacked by the disease, which
is remarkable from the fact that Jackson
vile, perhaps, has more of them than New
\ Ork city. Thus Will If nj
once be perceived that AT
least one-half of our male population
escaped entirely unharmed The disease
was cOwardly one, for its assaults were
upon those found in the humble ranks OF
Efe and unknown as COlonels or Generals
men of renOWn
Should, after closing of the pest-house
there be any new cases occurring in
the cOunty-and doubtless there will be-
the authorities will set aside one of tbe
houses now used for suspects, and each
case will be confined therein under guard
and attended by the county physician.
why 1t is thought there will be other
cases is from the fact that it has been al
most exclusively confined to the negroes.
and, unfortunately, DuVal county has
many hundreds of them, and it is an i'm.
possibility to ascertain the name and
whereabouts of every one, and whether or
not heretofore exposed. So poverty
stricken are majority of this class that
rather than part with one old sock or
pocket handkerchief, they would prefer the
risk of introducing disease and death into
their families and neighborhOods. Num-
bers of cases have been traced to just such
Ignorance and carelessness as this, which
has not only cost many their lives, but
the county much expense.
Not single white patient is known of
in the county to-day, not even at the pest
house, and less than a dozen negroes are
there under treatment.
A noble young man, Mr.. A. S. Patter-
son, was the last white patient, and on
last Monday he passed away, much to the
regret OF every citizen of Jacksonville.
All that could be was done for him, both
by his attendants at the pest-house and
friends in the city. He had been a resi-
dent of this city nearly two years, and
came here from Alabama. He had no
family, but but by his upright, moral
course, had drawn unto him many friends.
who proved dear to him in this sad afflic--
ton.
The following order was issued by the
Board of Health Wednesday last:
ResoJced, That after this date picnics and
excursions, either by steamboat or railroad,
viii be allowed, provided those participating
in the same be required to exhibit certificates
OF vaccination from physicians, approved by
the Board of Health, and that the Mayor be
requested to station proper officers at all
steamboat wharVes and railroad depOts where
such excursions leave, to see that this rule
has been complied with, and aid the Health
Officer in enforcing it.
ResOLUed. That as the necessity for dailv
bulletins of smallpox no longer exists, no
further bulletins be issued.
NEIL MITCHELL, NJ. D., President.
A. w. KNIGHT, NJ. d., Secretary.
The weather, the past week, has been
quite warm, the thermometer Thursday
and Friday at the United States Signal
office registering from SO to 80 in the
shade. If hot weather is as destructive
TO smallpox as it is claimed by some to
be then it should be as dead as Julius
Caesar in Florida, for it has certainly been
well ''roasted" this week.
Business in the city is improving every
day and our country cousins are coming
to town again, having gotten over their
fright of last month. Most of the towns
of any Importance have either raised or
modified their quarantine restrictions,
and the effect is very perceptible to our
merchants. Every modification of
is hailed with delight by the people gen.
orally. If there is nothing more this sum-
mer to give Jacksonville set back her
business boom will yet be unprecedented
by any former summer since the war.
Many settlers are coming into the
State at this season of the year which is
quite unusual. They generally put off
coming until winter, but IT seems they
are getting too impatient now to wait the
passing of long warm spell. A major
ity of the newcomers and home-seekers
pass through this city and go direct to
South Florida. A private letter from
IIfarsr fIN ,fxvc cfsN
down there are full of them."
fernando county is one of the best in
South Florida. 1t extends sixty miles
along the Gulf of Mexico, and is bounded
on the north and west by the Withlacoo-
chez river, a magnificent stream having
its source far away into Georgia. The
lands in this county are very unlike those
in this the eastern portion of the State.
They are high and rolling, much of
which is hummock, with heavy growth
of hard and useful woods of various sorts.
This quality of land will produce crops
which pay handsomely.
AS an idea how much it costs to get an
orange grove in this county, "a friend sends
your correspondent the following PROPOSE
tiOn made by several gentlemen engaged
in the business:
''We will furnish ten acres of high rolling
pine land, giving warranty deed for 500. or
this acres for grove and 5 acres for future
development, such as building site, grounds
and probable enlargement of grove. I'VE will
clear five acres. enclose with n VIRGINIA roll
fence, and get land ready for orange trees. bv
January, 1884, for $l25. Then at the right sea-
son we will get from good nursery 300 three
year old trees, set them out, and warrant
them to live, or to supply the place of those
failing to take hold, for $50. II this is to be
done in January next, the total grove of 400
trees will be 1915, including land; or $275 for
the grove work proper. Yearly thereafter we
will cultivate and take care of this acre
grove, attending to fences, doing ali needed
work, and seeing that everything receives
proper attention for $125, or a fraction less
than $40 80 per MONTH"
The grove will commence to bear its
fruitin six years, and bring returns to its
owner. Besides this they have a proper
ty which can readily be sold for three
times its original cost.
Other southern counties are also being
rapidly settled up; in fact, it is said it is
getting to be difficult matter to find cheap
lands in some sections where ID was
abundant year ago, and perhaps
this is the reason why people are
coming now to select and buy in
stead of IN the winter season as formerly.
The very favorable prospect of a rail-
road YEA, the certainty ] might say i'm
South Florida, has given that section the
greatest boom it ever enjoyed, The land
ing at Tampa last week of large bodies of
laborers and material to commence work
on the extension of the South Florida Rail-
road to Klssimmee, has produced a most
change in affairs down there,
Gentlemen in the city from that section
last week say they never saw anything
like the enthusiasm existing there since
the Surveyor first commenced running
their lines and the visit of Colonel Haines
and party few weeks ago, The first
IN country always produces
such results among its inhabitants. espe-
cially where they have for so many years
had to depend entirely upon their own re.
sources for transportation.
Meetings to select delegates TO the
Louisville Exposition are being hold in