The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-08-14


and simply for the purpose OF dIschArsins his
duty as 8 citizen hAs indeed dincnH ana
thAnkless task.
The criticisms OF the Leon county Board Of
Health. by some Of oar citizens fof 'beir recent
sctiou in quarantining against Jacksonville leads
me 10 rre>eu, 10 the pubic through Yon' c'.1hns
statement, of wha; has been done ny 'ae D,-ld'
and the difficulties with which they nave oeen
confronted DO no, propose 10 notice TIE icie
vay,o.Ings Of fcv reckless persons, VINO. "hl'e
death i distant pTaie OF their contempt 10Y nun
but whose eve balls would start and 'ee'h cas'
Ter If they found his lcy fingers uga'eoios ao'a'
their bass;fll throats Nor DO 1 propose 10
argue whether il was best tor Leon county 20
on2ran;ine AN ounce OF pTrven,ion i worm
a r.ound Of cure Is provero the iiI'a 81 %h'ch
eyervoue's experience has established mere
are some who honestly MAINTAIN lha' veto"
foyer would not spread If introduced here ne
4xn--iqu,-e Of other inland towns o: higher lati
tu,ies. aui oil this place IN the yeaF H. does no'
.pstAiD this position. There are Others who hold,
with more rea>on. taal IL Will not spread here
Il rot infysi4c>i. and believe there Is large
majority o this way OF ihinNinE- ne humane
- ;ea az 0reuinc wide your arms ioF the Ecccp'
ion a. The Cauni form Of pestilence has, among
thinking people given WY /" the more pEacu
cal ana truly benevolent, though seemingly
Gallons methods NJ science-qnarAnilue AMI $50
la,iou As body upon whom i FeQesed the
pablo health as iaT As in their power lies, TIE
d,iv o; he BoaFd plain Tn-y rec 'gnked
and accepted H.
Tn afternoon the news was received That ihc
existence o. yellow fever IL JacaSnnviiie hai
h4en officially announced, the Board mel and
a-cisref ogara1.iue An officer was appointed
and sen; out the next morning 10 CaAlreS STA
ton 20 meet the Incoming trains. large c''i-
or,.i excursion had gone from Tallahassee 10
jacksonville the week before; and the first train
. that arrived after the announcement OF the lever
brought more tim 4 hundred Of the frightened
.,c3-.ioni..s !,.ca a. We'll a. few ot our white
6 ,sz@ns who hal been ~ = Ado and Jacksonville
Tac eer informed The passengers that iho>c
WHO were uoI provided with certificates could
M; cn;er ne COMFY, under the order ol ihr
3 ard. AM .nsi hey would have 10 Eei ~ the
main a: CAairr> Station. The coiot,d p@op.e
All ~ OF AMI ao arrange n having ''c nste
far their detention. they >cateft"i Themselves
',roltapnf the COUNTY. many ~ 'hrM nrlaE
{ .9n.ry iol& The White p~p.t wap ii noi
have c.,;ifctf.s wrni lhgal,a - Z i}.cv las
at'ipr t.sS ban Yery >crcFriy criticised hll We
ihf.k vtil-ilv -. when tie i.c's az considered
The = ~ r grating quarantine ! very general
An IN ietinji". !elylng All tn 81 tA.ts (" * pro
vif,-' az the regulations "i IN AID 81 Heath
Til. 'ari n ms CAS- We HnpErp'Ie i"f ,lc:i
an eir.r-encv Tnev had never formulated and
> ~, any rules " regulations. They aai ani
! !, Mari their treasury wiln which . stab
h~h 2 Quarantine station. The measures hastily
taken 10 prevent muffin le Of people. fleeing
from / panic stricken city, rom pouring !aio
GUY town. and perhaps >l'fea hns conttsi7n
among oar people. We're nrces,arl ' crude md
r}rerta..i ana conl4 not, in the 4tuIe 81 Things,
accomplish all that the exactiug NAV have
exnec,t,l on the Board OF Hralth desire:
There may have been some hardship IL
n ,.,inr lbe-p Y,-oDle of Al Ch4ir-s S,a ION AMI
ncb action NAV seem ~ hay. ben barren 81
,..,d r4sn}is inasuucl A. they wr. 1D' i-l 4i2..I
IN ona-en,ina VIZ, many were ih.ls IRE.
vented from entering the town. AMI alton -
a certain extent S4s practically accom-, ,hei
40 ne il ns,;c.- done the white people VINO
49,, 20 q ,ioc, Nil only say ma. M, in,4lll.
,.'a, c;,:1ta "a !. not wjIiinr'to 1n3ar,o H..
fe,,ion II ten lay. with comfortable ssIrrnnnI-
.-s IA reIicy. liz r.low ciiiZ-us OF any possible
iarge- ~, III. corlinr i worthy Of no consider
aim a, ihei, hands
p, sila ron, n his The fart ! m. ii-n,,ei
III, the r-ornr, action of the Board in DECLARING
[-,ara,,;ne ,,.hich yxas Numerically eonon,cal
,i,o,,,h .he ,ssori,ied p-c.s nrevrn.ai luo.
a-eas ~ Iact.onville's citizens from s4ekio, =
niecs NJ rt,,.,e here
Tie dav AFTER this action il was discovered
~. ,ha -ac,ip, nd hai M l.,a1 evi..enca
.rrnof .he rnarnhar. hin, d;sn1alifeI nv ras.1n
NJ hol};n5 o.her ofi,cs new Rosrd US
b. tho {. var,o- ,nt 4Fctad
- n-.,.9;-.ion =, O'clock on the 1a,b
;ns,en. The frs, husioes. hror,h, h4f,re tho
~. Poi 80 he Teones, from S7,narin.enden,
oil for morn .p.-r 2 4
ofrires ~ his Mace The action Of the new
Po,rl !, granting his nermission i the mos,
fr,i,r,l ard IN a certain eytent in.t c,u.e of
criticism A. this time however, Inc fever had
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