Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-07-09
BOARD OF HEALTH.

The following fatal cases Of cholera, oc-
curing in this city from the 22d of June
to 3 o'clock, P. M.thia day, have been re.
ported to the Secretary:
June 81 A son of Mr.. Geo. B. Smith.
Z" % Mr.. George B. Smith.
&c" Mrs. Catharine Smith, wife of G..
B. Smith. .l-
Mrs. Kinney. z.~E-
g" Mr.. VIM. Saunders.
"a Mrs. Clark, wife offs. Clark.
&c" Mary Young.
26 Mrs. May.
s' " Mrs. Domigan.
ss % Mr.. John E Thomson.
'' 80 A boy, o grandson Of Mrs. Kin
ney.
{" q Two convicts in the Ohio Peni
Tertiary.
The following physicians have reported
this day, up to 2 o'clock P. NJ. being all
the cases in their practice: since the com
mencement of the epidemic:
DR. J. B.. .Thomson-6 cases, no deaths.
DR.. S. Nj. Smith, cases. one death
Mary Young.
= DIR. VIM. Tfeyitt--sss-eases IN tho Onie
Penitentiary-two deaths; the others in q
fair way Of recovery.
D Gilman-l2 Cases from the 26th of
May-l DEATH Ohio Statesman.
CHoLERA.-There we're eight or nine
deaths by cholera al Louisville, on Tues.
day; and seven on Wednesday. ,...
At Evansville, Ia, eight deaths Of chol-
era occurred on Monday last.
The epidemic is on the increase at Mad
ison, H., and has also extended back into
the country. 1t is also stated to be pre-
vailng to an alarming extent in Lexing-
ton, Scott, CO., la about fourteen miles
west Of Madison.
The Madison Courier of the 9th inst,
in speaking of the Cholera at AWrora, says:
This scourge has not abated in its se-
verify at Aurora. There have been al.
ready over sixty deaths-more than one
out of every twenty-five of the population,
even counting the full number of inhabit-
ants before the scourge visited that town.
This makes the pro rata fatality much
greater that given above. The disease
continues without abatement in the ire.
quency of its attacks, and is increasing in
malgnancy.
The Board of Health of Memphis re-
ported fourteen deaths of cholera on the
2lst inst.
At Paducah on the 22d, 16 cases had
occurred for the week ending that day.
At Maysville several new cases have
lately occurred. .-. ..-..
The Frankfort KY, Commonwealth
says that place is entirely free Of the
scourge. Lexington is suffering some from
In Covington opposite this city the
cholera is raging at fearful rate.
The Memphis (Tenn.) Eagle Of the
10th says:
sW learn fromon of the officers OF
the Alex. Scott, that the epidemic has
been singularly fatal on the river planta-
tions below that point. Eight,-fve ne
! groes had died on DR.. Duncan's place near
Vicksburg. Miss, and gentleman a. a
wood yard Just above Dr. DIS place re-.
ported that he had lost nineteen members
of his own force. A singular melancholy
state ofthings prevail to some extent up.
on all the plantations between the mouth
of the Arkansas river and New Orleans.
At Vsvay, Ia., where there were no ca
ses of cholera in 1882, no cases have oc
Cured during the present visitation of the
scourge. The same is the case with Laau
rercs6urgh.
We yesterday heard of several cases tina
had occurred this week near the mouth O
"Tloelue Mile," on the Ohio, IN Anderson
township in this county Eng.
CHOLERA. From Wednesday evenin,
at dark, when our last report closed, up II
the same hour yesterday, there were min
deaths from cholera in this city.
Mr., ENsINGER, living on St. Clai
street, near the corner of ID Wsdnesda
night
A German and his wife, whose name
we could not procure, residing beyon
Madriver, in Suburb of the city calle
.sTexas''-Thursday morning.
Mrs DoBBlNs, at the Hospital-Weo
sssday night about IL O'CLOCK. He
child next morning.
| Mrs. MORRISON, wife Of Thomas Morr