The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-01
THE MESSENGER BOYS.

The fund now beng raised in New York
anu elsewhere for the benefit of the tele-
graph operators of Jacksonville does not
include the messenger BOYS who have stuck
to their post manfully during the preva.
Ience of the epidemic. There are six OF
theSe at present on duty-Charles ).
Greenwood, Charles H. Dingel, j. s.
Campbell, D. Mahoney, F. DeMedicis,
and w. D. Davis. These boys
intend to start out tomorrow morning
with subscription list for themselves as
they find it difficult to maintain themselves
on the pay of cents message. Business
is Frustrated and very few messages are
being received.
An immense amount of extra work has
been piled upon the operators in the trans
mission Of press matter, but the boys derive
no revenue from this branch of the tele-
graph business. The business men of Jack
sonvllle will tomorrow be asked to con-
tribute to this fund.
LOOKING OUT FOR NEXT YEAR.
To prevent the occurrence of yellow fever
IN infected houses during the present season,
and next summer, all infected articles of bed
clothing and wearing apparel worn by the
sick are to be disinfected. To accomplish
the end bed clothing and all infected gar
ments will be stepped in solution
of corrosive sublimate for at least
six hours, and will then be boiled for at least
half an hour and dried. An ample supply
of a solution of corrosive sublimate is kept
on hand at the corner of Forsyth and New
nan streets. Applicants are supplied with
the solution and directions for its use upon
application.
OvERCOATS COMFORTABLE.
For several nights overcoats have proved
comfortable to those who have been weak
ened by the prevailing disease, and tonight
is almost cool enough to make one dream
OF hoar frost and snow storms. For three
or four days past the resident physicians
have found time for some rest, and to-day
even the medical bureau was a rather
quiet place, the calls for doctors
being comparatively few. DR.. G. j. Ken
worthy, the city health officer, said to-day
that the epidemic which seems to have gone
out to the suburbs is rapidly abating, and
there Is much less sickness in the outlying
wards than was the case a week ago.
RESOLUTIONS ON DR.. EDDY's DEATH.
The medical staff of visiting and home
physicians assembled this afternoon at the
headquarters in the BarrS block TO adopt
suitable resolutions on the death of their as
sociate, Dr. L. T. Eddy. After several very
laudatory addresses, the following preamble
and resolutions were adopted:
WHEREAS, 1t has pleased a divine providence
to call from our midst our beloved brother and
IfleDu, Dr. Il. Il. Eddy OF LOUISVILLE; ana
WHEREAS, We admire the grand, noble and
self-sacrificing impulse to which he responded
so cheerfully and quickly and the tireless
charity with which he labored, the absolute
forgetfulness of self in exposing himself con-
stantly to deadly pestilence; aid
WHEREAS, There was no thought of reward
of ever so faint shadow for the christian fight
in which he fell, be it
RESOLVED, That we mourn for our dead hero,
and the stricken of Jacksonville have lost a
faithful and fearless champion and we an hon
be it
RESOLVED, That copy of these resolutions be
sent to his family, to the press of his native city
and the public at large
]. Y. PORTER, NJ. D.,
L. @. CARR, NJ. D.,
F. H. CALDWELL, NJ. D.,
B. F. SHEFTALL, NJ. d
Chairmen of each committee of the visiting
medical staff