Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-11-15
A WORD OF WARNING.
ANXIOUS roe FROST

at Calls for Medical
Aid are Decreasing ssnd Ns4rses
are Leaving--GeOrgia's Quarsaus
Zine.
NEW ORLEANS. Nov. l0.--A dispatch
from Jacksonville, dated yesterday, saya;
The weather has been very disagreesbls
AL day aipy, cold and chilly, and TO-
night It is raining vesy heavily. III
pgospecis are good for cooler wehthss,
ana anxious hearts pYRy earnestly that
the long desired frost will soon be here.
Tho folioNing nurses left to-day for
Camp Perry, on the way 10 their different
honaeg: Mrs. AnnIs Horton, Miss Mary
Moore, Mrs. A. l.. King, Mrs. j. Gilehsist
and Mr. E. Hperry OF Mobile, Ala Mrs.
i. FL. Reid of Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. a.
~. Neil OF New Orleans, and Mrs MeIn-
tyre of New York. Dr.. IaBkyonsef
Texas, also left for his home. Calls Tor
medical aid are decreasing daily, and 1t 10
now thought that the home phyBieians
can control the fever The medical
bureau will be closed next week, and
four volunteer doctors will then return
home.
Mr.. Porter said today that Surgeon
general Hamilton was doing bis utmost TO
help Jacksonville, but that he wssppwer
less to force any community TO receive
Jefugees. The surgeon 4 neral had anta
that he did not see how the local boards
Of heath of Atlanta or Of any of the boz
der towns on the line of route can objer'
to the psssing Of trains, provided the CO
bearing the refugees are locked and
on through to their destination withnr
stopping. This question has been brought
up because scores Of people are vsis5
nxious 10 get away for q brief rest be
fore the winters business opens up.
cities ia Georgia still refuse to allaw
| locked cars to 20 their limits and Sur.
geon general Hamilton has been asked -
interfere.
Among the bad places in the city's sub
urbs are Burch's brick-yard and Peters,
works. Both OF these places have shown
great yellow fever mortality, and again
to-day both placeRnumber victims. One
OF those who died there was an Italian
woman named ParcherA Ledere. The
soap works too had deGth to-day
Lucius MINI, oolored child.
A census lately taken by the Howard
Association in Fernandina shows popu-
lation remaining in that city Of 2,726, OF
which 527 are whites and the rest col
ored. The whites are said to be COM
posed mostly of adult males. Work has
been begun ut the sub.tropicai exposition
and in all probability by the time the
yellow fever4leaves as free 10 invite our
twisting citizsnsp home again, all will be
we'll and everything in fne shape.
URGENT NEED OF FOOD,
New YoRK, Nov. 10.--The following
telegram was received to-day from r. 8.
Schuyler, secretary Of the Howard Asso-
citation
FERNANDrvA, FLA. Nov. 9.-W. B. O.
Durtte, Secretary Ferndndina Committee,
1871 Broad,pay, Neto York-New cases re-
ported eieht. No deaths. Still more cases
developed In the county. Ga behalf OF the
executive committee earnestly urge COM
mittee to their best exertlons to procure
| provisions for cur people.
With the utmost economy In the distribute
ton OF cur supplies, we see urgent want
| before us. The weather Is very warm with
| sultry rains and tho Indications not favor
able. tSignedl r. s. SCHUYLER
Secretary Howard Association,
AT GAINESVILLE.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.--The Maripa
Hospital bureau is informed that there
was one new case aud one death in Gaines
vile, Fla, yesterday.