Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-02
Frost Is aLongg g VayOf
Not Expected in Florida Until
 the Last of October.
INCREASE OF FEVER YESTERDAY.

There Were Ninety-nine New Cases and
 Ten Deaths at JacksonvilIe-StilI the
 General Conditions Are Much Improved
 No More Contributions Needed. JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Oct 2-The expected falling off in new cases did not occur The report is: New cases, go, of which 9 are white and "A colorcd There wero 10 deaths: w. N. Baker, teller of the State bank, Mack Tucker, Thomas White, Prumus Gordon (colored), A, ". Gordon (colore;D, Mrs A. Oldtield, Dan Hally (colorcdD, Paul Tridder, D. Ii. Murnahan, Anson Wood. Total cases to date, ,, 125 deaths, :64.
 New cases: Elizabeth Lana, Jennings Hood, William Hoffman, James ,;:;nuing, three children of Nj. D. Kernsa, B F. Shel- don, G. w. Arnold Mrs. $. C. SeArins, May ComplaJohn, Mrs. Hede.reea. H.. ,,au Linn, Mrs. Fitzpatrick, Mrs. Dogarhart. T. Ritter, Mrs. Dr. Fisk, two children ,:, IFS Fisk, Sarah t. Roberts, Sarah SI1,t, Us A J. Woitz, Miss Mary Roach, ;-s.y.. -.i4.aney, Eliza Sherman. one unknown.
 The Citizens asSociatioH ref rcl to the executive committee the Ques. g Il l.. asking the people tnrou bout the c u,.t.I u, u s continue cOntrinutiu2s, l. Is l.. I->,I. tat ths demands for relief wlll s,:a: .,.t x, all off. There has been received up ;.. ate $236, S67, and disbursad S14,4iS L.r,s . !i3,- SS9 on hand The demands cf the .-.;.g mt have steadily grown from slr,%'l 10 :>;.:, ,O00 per week, but some of the incry;t.- $ i.Ylud- ulent, and the detective work :, ti:c:. k Ut.ng done will diminish the drain. As the epidemic begins to slacken the authorities have more time to devote to investigation The efforts to obtain relaxation of quar- antine at Camp Perry, so asto allow conva- lescents to go further on to recupcrate, have not been successful.
 Ansel Wood, who died, was nurse from Cincinnati.
 The mercury fell nearly to the frost line Sunday night The weather last night was cool, but a frost before the last of October would break the record for sixteen years It is thought that the epidemic will gradually de out, despite such fluctuations as shown by yesterdays increase, which is attributed to the naturally bad immediate effects of a change in the weather upon the very sick Col. J. J. Daniel is dying. His case excites much sorrow. Deep regret is felt at the loss of W. N. Baker, highly esteemed citizen
 Gainesville tF'la.l special says no new cases have been reported. The two sick mem- bers of Maj. Grueiles' mily are doing we'll. A Fernandina special to The Times Union says three new cases were reported for Sun day-none yesterday. No deaths have oc- 1 cured since Thursday last A St. Augustine special denies tho state rnent that yellow fever exists there Dengus | has prevailed, but no deaths have taken place, 1 and there is no yellow fever. The city is keeping a cordon at an expense of $500 per 1 day, to keep out yellow fever ! There have been seven cases of yellow fever 1 at Mango, South Florida, since Aug 25, but | no death.
 There have been about twenty cases and dat +ll,o IO.1,, II, 'IN. J. C. Robbins, a teiegrapher, volunteered l to go to Fernaadina, wi: re smallpox is said l to exist as well as fever
 There were nine Casrs at Tampa last week | and one death-Father OSullivan This WAS 1 the fourth death since Aug l.