Telegram-herald., 1888-08-28

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D. ). Randolph. q SsnterS. Flsrlax. i il
tie cisy a. his hoaas. having arrives lAss
saturday evening Mt Randolph l. ne
proprietor Of one of the iesd AZ hotels =
south Florida Ia . sewn O. S00O inhsbi-
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To TElKskAN. II EzALD reporter. Nj
Randolph said sanford is fhs gate city 10
southsrn Florids. very plesssaty sitasteS
on Lake N0aro<. al the bead Of nsyigsgioa
on the ST Johns River. The SANFORD HeUss
Is very nicely located en she Lake front. kss
100 rooms With az srtssisn well Of sulphur
water ia the yard, handsomsly furnished
and all in good repair. We are little over
one hundred miles from Jacks0nvills ana
have net had q sanEis case Of yellow fever
in Sanford as vet. The frat appearance Of
yellow fever in Jack sonyiils assumed an
epidemic form. and was 50 pronounced by
the Board of Health, which caused q panic
and stampede 10 the North OF ali classes.
very lsw remaining who eouid get swag.
business is almost st . stsnosilu
in all that part OF the State.
aud doubt IL improving much, If any,
until frost comes. The lever was in'ro-
duced al jacksonville from Plant Cay
which place has not been free from The in
fection since last Fall. II has not ragged
openly in Plant City. but has been there in
a hidden and smouidering f0gm not thor
oug ghly stamped out as il wss IN Tampa
tbroagh the enforcement Of sanitary regu
lations. had two attacks Of bilious fever
and came North by the advice of my
physician 10 avoid the third. also 10 avoid
the pOssib bility of tnssls with yellow Jack.
Yes. had hard time getting through.
IL 10 indeed q dirticult and trying task 10
journey from any part Of the infected re-
gions OF Florida 10 any part OF the North
Just now. There Is the block sde 10 be seen
in starting in the way Of inspection by
health officers, certificates OF health by the
health officials and the reluctant aud over
worked railroad employees. and the un-
usually great discomfsrts TO be endured
throughout the journey. Once fairly
started, however one is bound TO keep on
going, for the people st stations along
the line will allow NJ one 10 get oil. 1T
every way station deterained appearing
men. with guns and bsyonets, aud ugly
looking pistols, are stationed 10 see that no
one from the infested regions leaves the
trains. Twelve of us left Sandford on same
train via Augusta. Ca, st Savannah juno
ton We were corallsd by health officers and
not allowed to 20 TO Savannah; were put in
car and guarded by three officers armed
with large revoivers and billies, and were
looked upon and called suspects. / have
no fault 10 find with the heath officers
They simply did as ordered by their su-
perior officers. haa quart bottle OF Old
Rye. They looked into that several times,
trying TO find some suspects, | presume.
but when the bottom was reschsd they re-
faA hat fhnro m N ~
could go on the evening train. We were
treated very badly by the railroad COM
pany. They promised TO send an engine and
car for as at p. In. When the time
came they sent word thet they could not
do it, but ct o clock they sent for US and
wanted US to 60 back TO Jessup and buy
new tickets via Atlanta and Mason, when
we all had tickets via Augusta. We re-
fused and then one OF the employees called
US . set of ID fools, and il it had not
been for the officers We would have soon
mace = suspect or something else of him. so
We all returned to our car ss prisoners and
curled up on the floor (haviug donated the
seats and cushions to the ladies' and tried
to get q little sleep. We had 10 forage
| around among the negro cabins for grub on
our own account. In the morning We se-
cured some coffee and fried Spring chicken,
and the railroad sent team for US and we
gusta, which we reached with out any seri-
Gus hindrance.
came via Ashville and Knoxville, com
| ing over the mountains in East Tennessee.
At midnight as our train was running at
| the rate of forty miles per hour we ran
| into a tree which lay across the track
wrecking the engine and eight cars. There
were $50 passeng gers. and strange to say not
/ q bone was broken. The car / was in was
al. n
| a single window, door or seat was left In
position in it, nothing but the roof and the
| floor remained The accident occurred in
deep rock cut and the car was dashed
| from side to side against the rocks. saw
passengers faint away half an hour after
| il happened just BY viewing the wreck and
| seeing what We passed through. We stayed
around the wreck till N orning. The com
psny sent ualn and took
Us all very fine breakfast.
very rapidly. IL is filing up very fast
| with North ern men who are locating lands
and building homes and living there the
wear around | did not suffer with the
heat: it is very warm at times in the sun.
but there is always a nice breeze which
keeps one comfortable. / like Southern
| Florida the best. | think Orange county
| the garden county of the State. There is .
very fns crop of oranges this year and
there was . good crop Of early vegetables,
which the farmers realized big prices for by
shipping North early. Crops in Georgia
looked fine. plenty OF rain and everything
| growing nicely.
The outlook for crop. in South Ostolina
| il very poor Been very dry. In North
| Carolina they are having very fine crops.
Yes, i expect to return to Florida in the
| Fall and keep the Ssndford House. l thin K
| with the present sanitary precautions ia all
| the towns in the state they will stamp the
fever out Ia the next thirty days. Sanitary
| rules have been the watch word all over the
state for several months past, consequently y
| the towns are all IN good sanitary condi-
| ton. | went to Florias for my health, and
| have received great benefits from the
| lovely climate. and expect to lecsts there
| permanently. Yes, they sometimes have
| yellow fever there. and here
in the North yea have scar
| let sad typhoid s1d diphiheria.
| would ~ sosn chance myself with our
| Sandford physicians with yellov fever as
| here with any Of The above diseases.
| Yes was sick q fsv days with bilious
| fever but Dr. King Wylie. very eminent
| and skiliful pbysicisn. gave me everv At
| tention possible aud soon brought me cut
| oil right.
We get plenty Of 70. al through Florida
Every town Of 100 people will hsve an
| ice factory. price ranging rom - 10 20 cent