Daily Republican., 1888-09-07
SAD Msw, rHon JACKSONVILLE.
Pathetic Incidents Of the yellow Fever
EpIdomle-FOrty-sixN New Oasss-Ro-
spending 10 tho Appeal for AID.

Pathetic Incidents Of the YehOw Fever
EpIdomIo-FOrty-si1 Nsw Oasss-Re-
spending 10 tho Appeal for AID.
JACKSON WILLIE, Sept 6-The off,
oiAl bulletin for tho twenty four hours
ending at 9 D. m. TO dey shows: New
oAsep, 46; deaths, 10; total number Of
cases 10 date, 484; total number OF
deaths TO date, 81 The dead are:
CHARLES A. Peterson, Jr, infant; b.
2 snderB, found dead in bed this morn
ing; Arthur King, P A. Lnrimer, Miss
Costello OAsteilAp, MisB Nellie Herriok
and PAlllnA WOlffey.
While the ink was yet drying on the
appeal that Jacksonville issued yester.
day, ThomAsville, Ga nobly responded
by sending 500 by telegraph, and sinca
then many donations have coma in.
The work of depopulAtiDg the city is
being pushsd rapidly. A force Of nearly
100 canvAssers IL employed
Some Of the sorrowiul features OF the
epldemio's ravAges are now beginning
10 be noticed. Day before yesterday
Mrs. BtoTck died, and yesterday her
husband died. The two orphans, Julia
and George, strangers In . strange land
almost, for their parents are French,
and, II 10 said, have no relatives on thiG
siie OF the water, were taken Ill in the
afternoon. When taken 10 the Sand
Hills, Little George, though burning
mp with fever, called DIR. SolAoa Mitch.
ell close TO him, and placing some $500
In his hands in money and jewelry
asked him to keep It for them. TbI
Doctors eyes moistsned IS he assured
the little fellow that h0 and his siste
| h. oaNaA UhRN htE
parents died, the boy, sitting his grief
displayed . manly spirit by gathering
up what ValuAblea remained for hi
little sister The late Mr. Ssorok waa
tAxidermist In the employ OF MI
MSckey.
10 many another house has one love
one gone to sleep while In the surround
iuR rooms lay all the others OF tn
family prostrAted aud unable even I
say one last fou1 farewell to the dyip
one. Al lO3 maggie street are fan u
OF hve, all s!cA with the fever, wilt
faint hopes for two Of them. MT
amby died yesterday In Riversid'
, DR.. Webster certified that she dted
typho mAlAriAl fever. DR.. Echemendi
was sent to investigate the case and }
reported that sha died of yellow feve
[ DR.. Fernandez 10 reported TO be restin
' easily. DR.. Btollenwreok is much 0s'
4 ter 10 day and was aOle 10 do duty
: st. Luke's Hospital paIt Of tho day.
DR. BolAca Mitchell aAys there will
ten vacancies at the Sand HILLS Hosp
o tai to day and TO morIoW. The follow
n log patients were discharged yesLerda
h from this hospital: Miss Annie Robl
4 SOD, Mrs, Bessie knight Hni Mr.. Arth'
W. smith. The following patients we
p diaebar.ccd by DIR. Miller, Of East Jao
!. sonville, yealerdayi MIS- oTphaEE9!
q apd child, Mrs. Reed, Judge Long, WI
a and child, and william Aird.
Over S39C0 was received to-day fro
the appeal sent ont SettaTdsy.
The most important business tran
ao,. ,d this noon ~ the association met
ing q, 80 the passing OF resolution
9 aoeont The offer of the Louisiana Sta
: RoaTd a, Health TO send compete
velIow feve, nurses. Surgeon Gsner
2 Hamilton then oAme up for diseuEsid
7 !, It VAS ansiiy des. tsd thai the comm
= I. tee should take stst7s to cotleot ia'
= = bearing upon the offioiA. opaouct OF
= suTgeor General, with We" OF y
! ferrlnR charges, and resoluS, on 70 W
effect WAS passed.
LONELY DEATHs OF REFUGEES.
eT. AUGUSTINE, Sept GA lett
n has bsen reoeiVed IN this city dtsolosiI
n terribls state of affairs IN the town
Q Bayar = small ssttlemsnt on the lii
a OF the Jacksonville and St. Augustil
d Railroad. about twenty miles north
y here. Vim OrtguF, the son OF farm
d living nj Sampson, hy9 miles fro
IL Rayard hal oesAEion 90 visit the latt
II place. Ga nearing tho eettl msnt
q was attracted Ry strong stencil EN-
It mating from the vicinity of hon
supposed to be vacant, Through oul
osity he proceeded to inve, tigate. {
reaching the house q ghasbly speetac
e met his eyes. Stretched upon coui
l. WAS she body of = woman, and in .
eff same room were the bodies of II
le children. They hEd evidently De
ID dead everhi days.
S The boy ou realizing the horror
le the soene fi6d, aud mounting his hor
1t rode back to his home and told |
A. startling story. As bt. Au2ustine
strietlS quAranilnsd against bayA
and that vicinity the news did ,
r. reach here until several Gays after
occurrence. The country people
horror stricken; and even II fl we
known that anyone WAS occupying
house 1t is UNLIKELY that any one
Y them could have been induced TO
"a near It II he knew there was oase
0. yellow fever, II is supposed that
unfortupRtss were rsfugaes fiom Jac
"a sonyiile and were stricken with
% disease after leaving town.
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