The Penn's Grove record., 1888-12-08

having OcCUfeu Ill IdHlpd, ioiiu"s ""'
| caused by yellow fever. Mr.. Elkin'on
was unwell when he left Penn's Grove
| on November 18th with his daughter
Lola to spend the winter in II warmer
climate and at the same time superin-
tend a sturgeon fishing plant in Tampa
Bay, He was taken ill last Sunday
| week, November 25th, and OF Monday
| a doctor and nurse were called in. AS
he did not at all appear to be serious
word was not written home because
they did not want to give his friends at
home any uneasiness of mind, and, be-
cause no word of his being sick lad
been received, his friends did not
think lie died of yellow fever until a
letter was received on Wednesday stat
ing such. When the doctor came to
visit him Oh the following Thursday he
saw his case was very bad and at once
another doctor was called in for consula-
ton but he 1901 died and vas buried
on the next day Friday.
Charles l.. Washington, Of Tampa,
| who was in partnership with Mr.. Elkin-
| ton in the fishing business, and in whose
house he died, arrived in Penn's Grove
Thursday evening, and since putting
the above in type he has informed us
4 that Mr.. Elkinton did not died of yell
low fever but of chronic diarrhPa,
| from which he had been a sufferer for
long while. While the doctors were
not positive of the cause the nurse and
| especially the undertaken who had bur-
| led NAM yellow fever victims were
| positive he did not die of yellow fever.
| He had very little if any fever and no
black vomit. Mr.. ElkintOu did not go
to Tampa through Jacksonville where
the fever is, and when the train went
through where the fever had been the
| car windows were put down and every
| ~precaution made. Mr.. Washington in
formed us there has been but three or
four cases of yellow fever in Tampa.
this wear and none for two Or three
weeks previous to Mr.. Elkinton's arri-
val there.
Miss Lola will stay a while in Flori-
| da before she comes home. 1t is uncer-
tam whether William Brown and Will
| liam Halter, who went from Penn's
| Grove to command Mr.. Elkint0n's fish
/ ;,r Anot mill rapnaip tl,ara In fish nr
come home.
Jos. r. Elkinton was the son Of
| Charles Elkinton, and was born Au-
| gust sth, 1889, making him 40 years
old last August. He was beyond the
ordinary in intellectual abilities. TAX
ing an active part in politics he exerted
considerable home influence III the
party of his faith-the Republican. He
was a veteran of the war, heing a
member of the oath, N. j.. Regiment.
In January 1883 President Arthur APP
| pointed him to the position of Special
| Pension Examiner for the district of
Delaware, which position he held until
the summer OF 1886. Since which time
he has engaged in the sturgeon fishing
business. This is his third winter he
y ent to Florida to develop that indus
try there.
Last winter the Legislature appoint
ed him to he II of the State Fish Com
missioners, for which position he was
the most amply qualified and fitted.
HI reorgauized that heretofore dormant
board, and gave life to what had here
t0fore been a useless sinecIre and sue
ceeded in the short time he lie d the
position in drafting a code of laws
which were concurred in by the Fish
Commissions of the States of Pennsy-
lvania and Delaware, for the mutual
protection and preservation Of our food
fish supply.
Mr.. Elkinton was a candidate before
the Republican county Convention OF
1887 for the nomination nf State Sena
tor, and received several votes more
than those of his own township. He
was a member of Acton Post.G. a. R.,
a member of the order of Knights of
Pythias, and had his life insured for
$4,000 in the order of Heptasophs.