Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-04-25
JACKSONVMLE's GRIST
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ii. b. your old, true and tried cores
pondent, continues in charge of the small
poX camp, couple of miles from the CITY
and so very cautious is he that it is i'm
possible to get him to write a line to any
one, as, he says, a note might be instru.
mental IN conveying the lOathesOme dis
ease. lie occasionally ventures line tC
his family, which is land on the front gate
read at distance through a magnifying
glass, and then the slip of paper is con.
Veyed to the fire by means of pair OF
long tongs. OF course, this is all in ac-
cordance with special orders,
Many inquiries have been made as to
why DIR. BabcOck went into this pest
house and encou ntered such risk, when
he had never had the disease. During the
little brush with Uncle Sans bows i'm
/ Virginia this same disease broke ont
among the Confederate troops. and. of
| course, the unfortunates had to be cared
for, and this same CIV. II. B." was one of
the 1rst physicians to enter the hospital
and care for the suffering and for five
months did he stick to it, and ESCAPED un.
harmed, and there is no more risk now
| As soon as he returned to the city two
weeks ago and learned that no one was in
| charge of the pest house, he offered his SER
| wees to the city, and in a few hours after
! wards was among the sick negroes doing
| all he could for them. He does not leave
| them at any time nor have any communi
| cation with any one, except it be one of
the city physicians. He has thus far es-
capped The dreaded disease, and heaven
/ grant he may be spared, and soon be rni
ted again to his family and the MORNING
| News,
The scare hassubside d in the city. and
but little attention is given to smaIl-p0y
Dy the average citizen, all feeling secure
since such rigid measures have been
adopted and enforced by the city authori-
ties and the Board OfIIealth. There have
I been forty-hye cases in all, of which three
were white and fOrty-two colored; of these
tWenty-three have died. No new case de-
Veloped i'll the city for nearly week. and
the probability now is that there will be
no more eases i'll the city. Several cases
nave occurred among negroes living from
two to five miles from the city, and even
these are closely guarded. Some of them
nave been made to believe it is little
more than Spanish Measles as they
first called it.
The effect upon business has been de-
pressing Ill some quarters. 1t forced six
OF the large hotels to close a month ear
lier than they intended. Two of the pro-
prletors say it was not the fear of the dis
thelr early closing, but the uneasiness of
having their house exposed to it bv some
OF the careless cOlOred help, who are more
or less ON the 90 after dark. Said one
manager: "ShOuld one case even be re-
ported on my premises it would be wears
before the hotel would be literally pat
ronized again, and might have to close
Tor want OF custom, or throw away all
my furniture bedding, etc. So, rather
than q I oil 4l,n
season."
The alarm up the river has been intense
much greater than at any time in the
cIty-and great deal more so than the
circumstances warrant. Hundreds of
visitors have gone home via Palatka.
Gainesville and Callahan. Every route
possible except by Jacksonville was
taken. For a week it was regular stam-
pede for home by the Northern visitors.
All imagined it was smallpox and death
on every breeze, and the only escape was
to rush North.
The loss to Jacksonville can safely be
estimated at 900, to Palatka $4,000. TO
~. Augustine $4,000, Sanford $4,000, Tai
lahassee s., 900, Fernandina s., 900. Green
Cove and Magnolia $4,000, and to the
steamer lines $4,000. Every hotel and
boarding house in East and South Florida
has felt the scare at a fearful cost. In
fact, il has effected everything more or
less, but even with all this loss all should
be thankful that it is no worse, and the
end GlraWeth nigh.
The dull summer this year will be a long
one, from the fact that it has commenced
about two months earlier than usual, and
1t has always been considered lengthy
commencing at the latter part of June
An attorney remarked yesterday PrOvi-
dence could only keep some heads above
the financial pillows until next winter, as
1t was out OF the reach of a LAWYER to
bridge over the dull season for them. and
who can if a lawyer cannot?
The number of visitors registered at the
various hotels in the city the past season
amounts to nearly fifty thousand. This
is evidence of the fame Florida has ac-
qulred IN few years as a winter resort.
ear by year the number coming to the
state for the winter increases. 1t should
be borne in mind that thousands mass
through jacksonville without stopping.
while many go to different sections of the
State without coming to this city at all.
some intelligent men estimate that over
one hundred thousand people visited
Florida during the past winter.
quite hustle occurred here last Friday
by the reported combination made be-
tween the WaycrOss Railroad and the
merchants of Savannah to deliver freights
from savannah to points up the St. Johns
river at less price than the same class
OF frelghtS could be delivered bv Jackson
Vile merchants. The DeBarv line of
steamers refuse to enter into the affair.
and the Post line of steamers were called
INTO requisitiOn. This charge naturally
created considerable stir among the rail
road and steamboat men. 1t is believed
that rates will soon be so adjusted as TO
satisfy all concerned.
New railroads are being built as fast as
men can be sent forward to work upon
them. The International Road, General
Gordon says, is surely to be built, and inst
as fast as men and money can do it, The
Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Rail-
road managers are also hard at work.
These two roads run parallel for a long
distance, and in some places are less than
mile of each other. The first lOcOmo-
tive for the Green Cove Springs and Mel
rose Road arrived Il few days Since 1t is
to be used in constructing this new line.
The Jacksonville and st. Augustine Road
will be completed in June, so say the
managers. All these roads are employ
Ing all the help they can get: especially is
this the case with the two first named.
Their agents are very active in engaging
laborers.
Local option is causing the liquor deal
ers much uneasiness throughout the State.
but more especially in this city. The law
IS very eXacting, and some dealers are
continue their business under its require
ments and save themselves from loss.
. One declared on Bay street Saturday that
this local option was death to the Demo
cratic party in Florida. Said he: eve
are determined to defeat the party that
fathers such law OF course the Demo-
Gratis are in power in the State, and they
are censured by the dealers for allowing
such law to pass. These men forget.
however, that a number of Republicans
also voted for it. The probability is that
all the traffic in liquor will be buried be-
fore the Democratic men get sick,
The scarcity of beef cattle is becoming
a matter Of serious concern to some of the
butchers of this city. One reports his in
ability to buy enough to keep up with the
demand. His employees have recently re.
turned and reported it impossible to pur-
chase from the owners of stock, as thev
preferred to hold their cattle for shipment
to Cuba this summer, alleging that they
could receive better price. Thousands
Of cattle are sent annually from Florida
and Southern Georgia to Cuba.
A number of the working men in the
city are becoming restless at the advanc-
ing in price of provisions, building ma
terial, etc, and the small pay received in
proportion for their labor Some think
strike Of the cigar makers and men of
other trades will be made unless an ad-
vance in wages is soon arranged. Others
think there is no probability of a strike
this summer.
Only two deaths in the city the past
week.
Kirke Munroe, the canoeist and author.
arrived here from the Gulf of Mexico
Saturday. He came via the Homosassa
and Ocklawaha rivers, padding the entire