The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-20
FIVE CASES AND A DEATH
FEVER MAKES ANOTHER LITTLE
Squirt AT JACKSONVILLE.

Names of the New Patients and the
Dead Man-Au Doing Well at the
Sand Hills Hospital Except One
Railroad Employees in Camp.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, Aug. 1880 P.
M-Jacksonvllle's official bulletin for the
past twenty-four hours, ending at 6 o'clock
this evening, is as follows:
New cases, 5; deaths, /; under treatm ent, %;
total number of cases to date, 3S; total deaths to
date, 6. NEAL MITCHELL NJ d.
President Duval county Board of Health.
The new cases reported tonight are E.
W Hill and q 3-year-old sou in East Jack
sonville; Mrs. P. Shumway, of Pine street;
William H. Crawford, steward of the
United States marine hospital, in South
Jacksonville, and Horace Matthews (col-
ored). This is the first colored case known
so far. The negroes are greatly worried
over it.
To-days death is that of William Adams,
who is said to have been from Atlanta.
Adams, it is said, lived alone in little
house ..in the eastern suburbs, and when
found said he had been on a spree from Sat
urday till Tuesday 1t is thought that he
was taken with fever Wednesday morning
and remained in his house without aid or
attention till Friday afternoon.
A PLEASANT SUNDAY.
1t was very pleasant to-day, but quite
warm in the forenoon. The city was ex-
tremely quiet and but few persons were seen
on the streets.
Very few persons went to Pablo Beach,
as it was inferred that quarantine was in
force there, whereas such was the case only
at Burnside and Mayport.
The announcement of the new cases
caused no excitement.
Supt. Dillon is up and well, and will
leave for Atlanta soon to recuperate.
DR.. Solace Mitchell reports all doing well
at the Sand Hills hospital, except J. F.
Minton, who was taken sick yesterday. He
lived near the Grand Union hotel. His
family is in Macon. 1t is feared that he
will die tonight
Miss Robinson, who is at the hospital, is
better.
RAILROAD MEN IN LUCK.
Orders have been received to close the
office until further notice.
Mr.. Parkhill will take charge of the ticket
office at the depot, and his assistant (Mr
TurnbulD will 60 off on his annual vaca-
ton. All the employees of the company
now go out on a special train every after
noon to the camp at Dinsmore, where they
have every home comfort, free of charge
Their meals of excellsnt food and well pre-
pared-as good and comfortable as could
be had in town-are furnished at the nomi-
nal charge of Is cents, which re-
duces theirexpensesto aminimum.
PHYSICIANS HAVE FIGHT.
A day or two ago couple Of physicians
in this city dropped upon new method of
diagnosing a case of yellow fever. They
met upon the road while driving in opposite
directions and got into controversy in re-
gard to the existence of q case of yellow
fever in a certain portion of this city. One
Of them offered to bet $50
that there was not case
in the disputed section, and was immedi-
ately taken up. The dispute continued,
whereupon one of them picked up his whip
and struck at the other. The other acted
on the defensive. Their whips became
lduBlel UD0lT uCTSeS LTl5uteneu dIlu uI-
manageable, and they set off in opposite
directions, the result being that nobody got
hurt, but the point in dispute still remains
to be settled.
FUMIGATING THE MAILS.
The fumigating car was tested and some
of the outgoing mail fumigated tonight at
the junction in LaVilla. Tomorrow morn
ing, however, active fumigation of
the outgoing mails for Florida will begin,
and if it is found practicable mails bound
northward will soon be fumigated here also.
The gun squad is resting tonight They
have worked hard during the past week
and are tired out Over 800 rounds, or
1900 pounds of powder, were fired, and the
theory received good test. Firing will be
resumed tomorrow.
st. Augustine trains will be resumed in
the morning.
Guards and yellow flags have been placed
at all houses where cases have occurred,
and no one is allowed to go in or out with
out an order from physician.
All the new cases of to-day are traceable
to two known "foci" of infection, showing
That the disease is not epidemic.