The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-13
THE FORMING NEWS,
ESTABLISHED 1880. INCORPORATED 1888.
J. II. ESTILL, President.
FEVER'S FREAKISH PACE.
FOUR DEATHS AND SO NEW CASES
ITS DAYS WORK.

JACKSONVILLE, FLA, OCT. l2-Pres-
ident Neal Mitchells official bulletin for the
twenty-four hours ending tonight at 6
o'clock is as follows:
New cases. Observation-Disclosures. 66
Deaths. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Total number of cases to date. ,495
Total number of deaths to date. ............ 306
DEATHS OF THE DAY.
Those who died to-day are:
Mrs. LoYs S. CHADWICK.
JESSIE JENKINS (colored).
j. B. ALLEN, collector for the Drew
Hardware Company.
E. w. HUGER (coIored).
NEW CASES.
To days new cases among the whites are
J. M. MATTHEWS.
HARRIS FREEMAN.
DR.. R. B. BURRoUGHs.
Mrs ALICE WAFFNER.
GUSTAV MUELLER
Mrs AUGUSTA Moss.
Mrs GEORGIA GARCIA.
WILLIE INGRAM.
FRESIE OLIVER.
JESSIE CARTER
Mr.. OLIVER.
DORA BROWN.
Mrs. A. E. BRowARD.
HUGH MCDoUGAL.
ROBERT ORD.
LULA BARBER.
F. D. BARBER.
LoTTIE BEARD.
JAMES B. WILLIS.
Nineteen whites and a negroes make up
to-day's total
MUCH SADNESS.
There is much sadness in this city, which
is only known to those who visit the differ
ent houses. Emaciated and hollow-eyed
people are to be found in many Of them,
and this is not all. Vacant chairs to be fill ed
no more by certain loved ones are there. In
many instances the father was taken, the
only support upon which large and help
less families had to bear. The good mother,
surrounded by loving children, is miss
ing from her accustomed seat. The
brother in the prime of life and the hope
of parents, is not there. The sweet and
angelic form of the rosy-cheeked and happy
sister is to be seen no more. The bsping
voice of the little prattler is stilled. Many
family circles have been rent asunder by
the plague The hearthstone will not be
surrounded by all the loving faces this win
ter that were there last. There is but one
hope left the heartbroken, and that is the
happy reunion Of the loved ones in that
land that is fairer than day. and in a house
''not made with hands,"
SICKNESS IN SOUTH JACKSONVILLE.
There are rumors that great deal of
sickness exists at present in South jackson
vile, and that the people are not giving
publicity to the fact. J. G. Greely was
seen at the medical bureau this afterncou,
and he stated that he was then seeking an
int ns. H.,
establishment of a hospital over there.
For" said Mr.. Greely, ''if the fever as-
sumes an epidemical form, it will
be very difficult fir patients TO
have prompt attention from physicians
who will have to cross the river.
/ think, therefore, that some steps should
be taken about this matter, and
feel assured that DIR. Porter will give
me his cordial cooperation" 1t is to
be hoped that the reports regarding South
Jacksonville are exaggerated. 1t seems
hard indeed, now that the endsis almost in
sight, that hitherto providentialy pro-
tected territory should now be afflicted
with this dreaded disease, which seems to
be dying out in Jacksonville proper, for
lack of material. 1t is said that this even
ing that one child died there of black vomit
and that many more were sick.
PERIODICAL LULLs.
Don't be deceived by these periodical
luls in the epidemic" said a physician
to-day, and imagine it is nearing the end,
for experience has taught differently in all
other epidemics. 1t is like a fire, only
smouldering until the breeze strikes it and
rekindles the embers into a living, devas-
tating flame.
Some patients seem to recover their
wonted vigor and strength in short time
after the ravages of the fever, while others
p1o yI1yf fba+ tlat hor lvr
weeks after being up whether they
will get well, or suffer a relapse.
Many of those who were attacked
with fever a month ago have fully
recovered. I. T. Stockton will shortly be at
his post again.
Another free commissary will be closed
next week
little hope Of an end of the scourge until it
does come
RAPIDLY RECOVERING.
Miss Ellen Simpson and Robbie Simpson
are rapidly recovering from the fever
Allie Drysdale is up again after severe
"restle with the fever.
The members of the family of F. h. Os-
borne at Riverside are now in good health.
DR.. r. b. Burroughs is still quite i'll, but
Is out of danger.
A gentleman who came from Fernan-
iio SO-udy lSPOlbo ehO paw a.
bad plight. They haye a bad
crowd Of negroes there and as there is
no work for them their evil propensities
gain the upper hand. They insist on havs
ing the best food and on being abundantly
fed. There is no force to restrain them,
and it is feared that trouble may arise. The
NEWS correspondent is Informed by the
same gentleman that he regards the board
OF health as a body Of honest men, and
that they tried to do their full duty at all
times Not being medical men, the NEWS
correspondents informant said, they relied
on the local physicians to report when yell
low fever was i'll the city.
BLAMEs THE DOCTORS.
The local doctors, however, seemed afraid
OF announcing such thing as yellow fever.
and though several of them had ''sus-
piciousn cases, that in such times as these
should be reported at once, yet, it is said,
the members of the board OF health were
ieit In ignorance Of them. When, however,