The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-14

of this city, the answer is good beds and
warm bed clothing, as the fumigating officer
has laid hands on many of the necessarieS
of life.
ELEVEN WEEKS OF SUFFERING.
1t is eleven weeks since the yellow fever
first appeared in the city, and it is still
causing suffering and death No one can
tell when the sad end will be reached, nor
tell the final result The people can only
hope that the worst is over and that merci- |
full God will save the community from fur
ther loss and hasten that deliverance so
earnestly prayed for.
Services will be held in st. Andrews |
church, in East jacksonville, tomorrow at
II o'clock The services in this church |
have been kept up through the epidemic, |
with the exception of three Sundays, when |
the rector was ILL.,
IF some men would devote more time to |
supporting their families, and less time |
around the street supporting their candi- |
dates, their political choice would not suf
fer much, and their families would fare de- |
cidedly BETTER" said committee man this |
noon.
AN EYESoRE REMOVED.
This morning the Bay street eyesore, IA
miliarly known as Harry Mason's barroom,
adjoining the Astor block, caught fire and
was speedily reduced to ashes. The fire de-
partment actlrg under orders, gave their
attention to protecting the surrounding
buildings.
The prediction is made that hard frost
will reach Jacksonville about Oct. 20, or
about the full of the present moon.
1t is said that the colored nurse who had
charge of the late Mrs. Mary Remister, went
to sleep on duty, and at one time pulled the
bed clothes off the sick woman to make her
self comfortable. That is what the neigh
bors state, and an investigation is to be
made by the medical bureau to learn
whether there is any truth in these charges,
and if true, punishment will be meted out
to the nurse.
Hotel Togni is being thoroughly fumi-
gated and fixed up for the coming winters
business.
BILL FOR REIMBURSEMENT.
The widow of Paul c. Freder of East |
Jacksonville presented her bill yesterday |
for the destruction of property by the |
fumigating of the corpse after the death of |
her husband She made it out for $40, |
which seems reasonable as everyt ing in |
the house was new. They had only been |
married three months. Among the articles |
destroyed was a valuable shawl brought |
from Germany. Her bill was cut down to |
$21.
Absentees are writing here daily to know
if they cannot come back to the city. Their |
tickets are about expiring, and they say /
they cannot get any reliable information as |
to their extension. The depot agents or |
conductors at the various points are unin- |
formed themselves as to whether or not an |
extension will be granted. Some Of those |
holding round trip tickets are unable to |
pay their fare back home and may be |
forced back here next week. IL Is to be |
hoped that arrangements will be made to |
keep them away until the danger is passed. |
1t is reported THAI DIR. Van Hood was |
able to be ON the streets day.
Yellow fever has at last found its way |
into Green Cove Springs.
SOUTH JACKsONvILLE'S MAYoRALTY.
In recognition of DR.. Donihoo's services
in South Jacksonville there is some talk of |
Offering him the mayoralty of the place.
The John Jamerson reported on Oct IL as
having yellow fever was not John d. Jamer- |
sou at the Southern express office.
Commissioner j. c. Greedy has interested |
himself in the establishment of q |
hospital in South Jacksonville, and |
referring to his interview with Surgeon |
Porter stated that the latter promised to |
supply all the necessities of such a hospital, |
provided the county would furnish the |
standing furniture.
II must come home 1t is too cold here. |
l can't stand it; am freezing" is what a |
wife in Massachusetts wrote her husband |
here day or two ago. His reply was:
"You must not come home yet. 1t is too |
warm here. People are burning up here
with fever"
DIED JUST BEFORE MARRIAGE.
J. B. Allen, the young man who yielded |
up his life to the scourge yesterday in |
Springfield, intended upon the recovery of |
his health to wed fair daughter of that |
suburb. Poor fellow, the cherished hope of
his life was never realized.
DR.. e. NJ. Nolan at the outbreak of the |
epidemic was requested by the Pablo people |
to make his headquarters there, and |
although he felt it his duty to remain in
jacksonville and help his brother ply |
sicians, still such pressure was brought to |
bear on him that he yielded. DR.. Nolan |
has been of valuable assistance to the people |
at Pablo, and his skilfful and intelligent |
treatment of all kinds of diseases is well |
known. The doctor, however, occasionally |
comes up here, and his services are fire. |
quently in demand.
RECOVERING AFTER A CLOSE CALL.
Mrs. NJ. D. Roche of East Jacksonville, |
who has been quite i'll with yellow fever, is |
convalescent. Her husband died of the |
fever, leaving her alone, and before being |
found after being attacked, she suffered |
much pain. She was sent to st. Luke's |
hospital, and as soon as able will join her |
son and his family, who fed to Hawkins
vile, Ga.
People Of this city remember well that |
previous to the epidemic the town was
much excited and interested over the |
gambling trial of Tobe Wooten and Capt |
Samuel Houston in the criminal court, be-
fore Judge Jones, and the indorss-
ment Of Judge Jones' decision in
the cases, that the law was not |
unconstitutional The defendants, how
ever, through their attorneys, Hartridge & |
Young, appealed to the supreme court, and |
it has Just been lea ned that in Wooten's |
case the sentence of the court was affirmed, |
viz, three months imprisonment in the |
county Jail, while the decision in Houston's |
case was reversed and new trial ordered. |
Wooten is at present in Georgia He is un- |
der heavy bond, and will have to return |
as soon as the epidemic is over and serve |
out his Imprisonment.
The only alarming feature is the sudden |
appearance of fever in South Jacksonville, |
across the river. There are ten yellow |
fever patients at present there. and many |
cases Of malarial fever. The facilities for |
taking care of them are not, of course, 80 |
good as in the city proper.
A SERIOUS QUESTION.
A serious question comes up for solution |
In the matter of payment for private |
property destroyed in the process Of general |
disinfection when that shall begin. AS un- |
derstood at present, the government will not |
raw for the property destroyed, whore the
owner is able TO stand the loss. or course, |