The Wilmington mercury — Wilmington, Del., 1798-10-08 00:00:00, page 1

The Wilmington Mercury .
printed Occafionally and Delivered Gratis —to the Patrons of The Delaware Gazette—-By Smyth.
SECOND DAY {MON.) EVENING, TENTH MO.
(OCT.) 8, 1798.
[Collected for the Wilmington Mercury. ]
Not with flan ling the fa
HEALTH-OFFICE.
vorable .ifpect of the prevailing
difeafe being nearly exterminated
Wilmington, 10 >h Mo. {Oil.) 8,
—yet it behoves thofe inhabitants
D E A T H S,
who may have relieved, and
whofe dwellings remain flint,
For the laß 'Twenty-Four Hours ,
to caufe them not only to he ef
ending 6 u'Clock this Evening:
fectually fumigated, but white
John Brown —at the Hof pilai.
walhed and aired, previous to
It is uncertain to
their return.
Borough HoJl'itdl Report.
decide whit effedt the prelent
changeable weather may pro luce
From 7 to 8 th of 10th Mo. {OU.)
—Hopes are entertained of a con
Admitted,
o
tinuance of the temperate, for a
Died,
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few weeks; in which cafe, no
Difchargcd, cured,
O
hazard can reluit, by a return of
Remaining in Holpital,
4
our friends & neighbours.—This
would indeed be pleaflng, and
TOTAL DEATHS,
is devoutly wifhed
But—
From 8 th Mo. {Aug.) 7. to 10 th
whilfl: in the fervor of our hopes,
Mo. {OA.) 8 —indu five.
we contemplate a return of our
i 8a
• Adults,
former biddings, let not the opu
Children,
lent—the benevolent forget the
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numerous families who are de
Tot.
prived of their heads—the many
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orphans who are totally depend
DONATIONS received this Day.
ant on their charity—and who,
were it not for the unremitting
Benjamin Laing, 6 dollars
attentions of the Board ot Health,
a do.
A Citizen,
would have languilhed and died
James Brown, 1 j bufccl corn
The approach of
in want !
an inclement fcalon, will meet
Fublißjed by Order of the Board ,
many poor families unprepared 1
but the fame benevolence that
THOMAS MENDENHALL,
upheld the flranger, and provid
Prefident j
ed for the orphan, will furely
JAMES LEA, jun. Secretary.
extend its influence to the fup
port of the unrortunate.