The Forrest City times., 1888-10-06

Notes-
 JACKSONVILLE, FLA, Sept. 30.-The
 c. A. R. boys of Jacksonville are greeting to-day wellknown and
 and much admired lady who has
 come from her home in Bluflton, Mich, where she is postmistress. She is Mrs. K l.. White, an old army nurse. Her mission is to nurse the sick among the c. A. K. men here, for which purpose she has obtained a sixty days leave of absence from the Postmaster General She is a leading member of the Woman's Relief Corps No. s. which operates in connection with Phil Kearney Post No. :, G. A. R., of Muskegon. On her way down to Florida she stopped over eight days at Chattanooga to get partially accli- mated. She was entertained royalty there by the members of Mission Ridge Post. Her experience as a nurse is a long one, and she hopes to accomplish much good here. She is a guest of the St. Johns House at present. Mrs. Thomas Hoytt of Charleston, one of the first nurses to arrive and report for duty, and who was taken sick with yellow fever last week, was discharged yesterday, and is now at the medical bureau ready for duty. This lady has done splendid work since coming here.
 A member of the Poard of Health is authority for the statement that "the back bone of the epidemic is broken" Everybody is certainly hoping that l.r r.. ha haps, more numerous than usual. Exactly 100 patients are reported discharged by the medical bureau. Mir. W. H. Treadwell of the Bank of Jack sonville was also discharged by Dr. Pacetti. Mir. Charles Burroughs is con valescing and J. R. Hendricks, cashier at Marvin X Co. s shoe store, is out again after a wrestle with the fever. Arthur F. Perry, secretary of the Citi- zens' Gas and Electric Light Company, has had very severe attack of yellow l fever.
 Joe Helen, formerly of the firm of Helen & Acosta, proprietOrs of the West End saloon. died of imprudence, to call it by a mild name. He had been sick with yellow fever. but was already conya esceDt, when he in- dulged too freely in eating and drink ing, it is said, in consequence of which his fever returned and he died very suddenly. A wife and child survive him, both being absent at the North.
 GOOD sAMARITANs.
 Kind hearts still beat to good pur-
 poses for Florida. Frank R. Osborne,
 manager of the Southern Express, has
 received two barrels of very fine ap-
 pies from Mir. w. o. IIougart. presi-
 dent of the Grand Rapids and Indiana
 Railroad Company. warm personal
 friend of MT. Osborne's. Mir. HOugart
 offers to send provisions, medicines or
 anything needed. MT. Osborne was
 busy good deal of the day sending
 the apples to convalescent fever pa-
 tients.
 The following letter accompan el
 the contribution of the New York l. fe
 Insurance Company.
 NEW YORK INSURANCE COMPANY, MACON,
 GA, Sept. 25.-J. J. Daniel, President Citi-
 gems Relief Association: DEAR SRI am
 authorized to state that the New York Life
 Insurance Company has appropriated 2,5oO
 for the relief of the yellow fever sufferers,
 and it gives me great pleasure to enclose
 herein a check for q ,5t0 to your order, to
 be applied to the aid of those in your city.
 The balance is retained for future contin- gencies, as they may develop, either in Jacksonville or elsewhere In conferring this check the trustees of the company beg that I should express the deep sympathy felt by them for the afflicted and distressed in your city and State, and also the hope that kind Providence will soon remove the cause of suffering and restore to all the blessing of good health Yours truly, k. Fl. PLANT, General Agent ALL SURROUNDED. The cordon around Jacksonville is now complete, and the chairman of the committee on sanitary guard, Mir. c. w. Stansell, has just issued a set of rules and regulations governing that body. The cordon now is from point north one mile of Wilson X Hunting s mill, westward and southward around the city to a point one-quarter mile south of Riverside on the St. Johns River, and from there along the north bank of the St. Johns River to the point of beginning. This cordon is divided into four grand divisions and | each grand division, except the river division, into twelve e luai parts, to be
 marked by a yellow flag, each flag to l be d sentry post. Specific instructions | have been given the chief, the captain and four lieutenants and the twelve
 roundsmen, so that their dut.es can in no event be misunderstood.
 General order No. l, issued yesterday, | among other instructions contains the | following:
 Allow no one to pass through the | line without lawful pass except the
 members of the relief committee with
 badge, physicians and members of this l committee
 Already some conflicts have arisen | between travellers and the guards and | .r.na1 hand n forced their way through the cordon. The guard has been increased so that | this cannot occur again. Passes will be l issued .o residents Of Duval County on l application to any member of the relief | commi tee or to the headquarters Of
 the sanitary guard. Nothing but com
 m ssary supplies can be carried through
 the lines by the bearers of these passes.
 REPORTS FROM OTHER POINTS. Gainesville reports one new case this
 morning. Mai. N. R. Gruelle, who vol
 unte.red to take charge of the fumi-
 pat ng of all infected places, and who
 ha} been attending to his duty, was
 taken sick last night and was reported
 this morning as having all the
 symptoms of yellow fever. The con-
 vaiescents are all doing well. Maj.
 Gruelle is well-known railroad man l and engineer.
 Two cases of the prevalent fever
 developed in Sanderson today, Mrs. r. Pons, Jr., and child. The cases
 originated by some of the family visit
 ing Me Clenny. Twenty-four persons
 remain in town. No other eases antici- | pated.
 A dispatch from McClenny an l nouneed that Dr. Gill had gone to 1 Sanderson to investigate the yellow l fever there, taking with him two nurses
 and necessary supplies of medicines,
 stores, etc. He will report to the Board l of Health to-day.
 From MeClenny today two new 1 cases of fever are reported, one colored
 and one white, also one death. w. H.