, 1873-10-07
THE SOUTHERN ScOURGE.

II kA0AuD Hn4t 10 tho |k%F. OF HAG1ARAAhee
Thirty-acven Deaths There Ycster-
dny~~Ycilow Eovor nInIscn Its Ap-
rcnrnfaco in Cnlvcrt, Toxas--xostor-
dnyss 1ntcrmcnt List in Shreveport.
Special Dispa&ch to Thc Chicago Tribune.
MEMpu1a, Teun., Oct. 6.-Mr. Il. T. South
mayl, in charge Of tho nur6oB Bont from New
Orleans to this city, addressed tho Oitlzona' Ex-
ooutiyo Committee at tho Peabody Hotel on
Sunday night. 1Io urged upon tho citizens
Of Memphis tho eyHtom OF troatment
Of yellow foyer as adopted in New
Orleans, and that tho hBceBafuas Of
tho iioif demanded moro thorough organize-
ton. His remarks woro responded to by Mayor
Johnson and q number Of ottzens attaching
themselves to tho Howard Association. ::
4 great change has taken place In tho Toath-
or, tho thermometer falling about 20 degroos
ainco yesterday ut dark, which ia regarded as ia
vorable to tho early abatement Of tho disoaso.
At callod meeting Of
7un CITY couNon.
this afternoon. permanent Board o. Health
WA organized by Tho appointment Of Dr.. J. H.
Erskino as President Mr. 8. ". O'Bannon as
inspector and Dr.. A. J. Freeman as Secretary.
THE NUMBER OF DEATHS
In tho infected district yesterday was 80 great
that tho undertakors wero unable to bury tho
bodies, and to-day in two or three instances
whole families we're, oa11ied to the burying-
ground at one load, Scenes In that part Of the
cd AFRO go demoralizod. that they can hc Of no
assistance to tho sick, but beem chained to tho
locality. and make no effort to get away.
The City Council to-day suspended the city or.
dlnanco reatricting and relieving from tax, till
that those confined to thoir homes by sickness
or attending on tho sick may be supplied with
marketing at their doors.
Tho total number OF deaths hero
BtNuE BErr. II
iB 740, Of which 418 were due to yellow fever,
and confined to tho First Ward. The number Of
deaths to-dny was 81; from yellow fovor, 07 un-
known, 8; other CAUSES, 0.
ITO tho Associated Press.l
MEMPHIS, OCT. 6..The County Court to-day
mesns & ho aV5 Oily ' oounc tSS Il Mayor I
son nominated the following gentfemon as
THE BOARD OF HEALTH:
DR.. John d. E1skine, Prosident; Col. L. ".
O'Bannon, Inspector; DR.. r. ]. Freeman, eocre-
by tho Council. Tho new Board ontors upon its
dutios to-day.
THE pEATn-nEronr
for to-day gives q total Of btty-four, thirty
soycn being from yollow-fovor.
REV. MI. BOWMAN,
pastor Of the First Presbyterian Church, died oi
yellow fever to-day. All the Gorman aociotics
organized
RELIEF SOCIETY
tonight, and appeal to Germans and Gormar
societies eyorywlore for money for the sick alt
destitute. soud funds to I. H. Finney, Prosi
dont
TIE ENTIRE INFECTED D1sTnIor
iB divided into sub-diBtrlcts, aud talon charge o
by tho Howard Association and Citizons' Com
ulittoo. Many more nurBeB went on duty to-
night, and every SICK person will bo ATTENDED
to by tomorrow. Weather oloar and cold, ant
light froat Is expected.
THE DISEASE At CALVERT, TExAB.
NEW ORLEANS. Oct. Ca Picayune epcoia
from Houston says tho Commltteo Of tho Gal
weston aud Houston physicianB havo just re
turned from Calvert, md report the fover thor
genuine yellow fover. Forty-two oasos aro re
| ported in all.
Tho Shreveport interments to-day wero Frot
Geo. Grey, white, no age; Mary Eiorman. white
12,; Leopold Nice, no age; John ;MnndY, Jr, 4
Wurman, 40; Charles Hugh Wall, q; L,1ly Vim
son, &; james Vinson, 45; Moritz Loyy, 10
Konig (Ohinauan), q Sandy Droo1s (B!ack)
IS; Mack Washington, 4; Charlotte Bradford
| 15; Spencer Molette months.