The Wilmington mercury — Wilmington, Del., 1798-10-09 00:00:00, page 1

The Wilmington Mercury .
Printed Occafionally and Delivered Gratis —to the Patrons of The Delaware Gazette—By Smyth*
THIRD DAY (TUES.) EVENING, TENTH MO.
(OCT.) g, .798.
[ Collcclcd for■ the Wilmington Mercury .]
ggr* Notwithfhm ling the fa
HEALTH-OFFICE.
vorable afpeCl of the prevailing
difeafe being nc irlv exterminated
Wilmington, \0'h Mo. (OU.) 9.
—yet it behoves thole inh ibitants
D E A T H S,
who m ty have renoved, and
For the laß 'Twenty-Four Hours,
whofe dwellings remain (hut,
ending 6 o'Clock this Evening:
to caufe them not only to be ef
fectually fumigate 1, but white
William Wilfon,
wafhed and aired, previous to
•-, a Chill, at Brandywine,
their return,
Captain Ebenezer Jones —in the
It is uncertain to
decide what effect the prefent
country,
Mary Chambers —a Child,
changeable weather may produce
—Hopes are entertained of a con
Rebecca Moore —a Child,
tinuance of the temperate, for a
George Miller.
few weeks; in which cafe, no
hazard can reluit, by a return of
Borough Hofpital Report.
our friends & neighbours.—This
From 8 to 9 Va of 10 th Mo. (Ocl.)
would indeed be pleating, and
Admitted,
o
is devoutly wilhed
Died,
But—
o
whillt in the fervor of our hopes,
Difcharged, cured,
o
Remaining in Hofpital,
we contemplate a return of our
4
former blelfings, let not the opu
TOTAL DEATHS,
lent—the benevolent forget the
From %th Mo. (Aug.) 7. to 10 th
numerous families who are de
Mo. (Ocl.) 9— inclufive.
prived of their heads—the many
Adults,
orphans who are totally depend
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Children,
ant on their charity—and who,
were it not for the unremitting
Tot.
201
attention^ of the Board of Health,
would have languished and died
DONATIONS received this Day.
The approach of
in want !
N O NTT
an inclement feafon, will meet
many poor families unprepared.I
but the lame benevolence that
Publi/hed by Order of the Board,
upheld the franger, and provid
THOMAS MENDENHALL,
ed for the orphan, will lurely
Prefident »
extend its influence to the fup
JAMES LEA, jun. Secretary.
port of the unfortunate.