The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-11-06
Petroleum Centre, Oct. %, 1873.
YELLOW j JACk.
Matte SteyesGn. the Heroine .-
A Touching Incident.


Memphis Letter to New York Herald.
Acts OF heroism aud CHARITY are many and
glorious. Memphis bas promised to erect an
all white shaft to the memory OF u young
girl who WIS yesterday laid in her grave al
EImwood, and the name is Matte Stevrson
will be more deeply craven in the hearts o.
the citizens Of the "stricken city" than
can be on the marble column which viii
mark her resting place. This little girl oil
Bloomington, Ill, aged about eighteen,
was enjoying a summer vacation with rela-
tives 10 New Euga1d, when, heating of the
death dealing pestilence here, she resolved
to come aud do what she could tor the sick
and dying. Fearing that friends aud rela
lives wonld stay her if they kaew her Iuten-
tion, sbe gave no intims.ion of her purpose
till she presented herself 10 the Howards as
nurse. doctor applied for an sttend/
ant to wal! on a dying woman, who was in
the last stage vi the fever, and was suffering
to lin, and though greatly surprlstd al
seeing this seeming cbiid, her words We're
such that he could uot refuse her aid. Sne
went to the bedside OF the d, ing, and The
to know what to do by inspiration The
destroyer, however bad 100 nearly accum-
plished his wo.k. That night, with 10 ole
near bu. this votuneer purse, the motLer
h.r b,,h ID
list of mortality. Reporting the tac's at tie
headquarters OF the Huwards, she went to
tha Lehner House io await iuslruchuus -
Before she bad tim, 10 r-st SIZE WAS calei
upon again. THIS time there wero au old
.man and woman SICK AZ NJ. 49, MAIN
street. That morning tuey u,i t,A.n Ia
charge four orphans whose parents hal
died IN tho Gex. house. Two vi tneae
children were now down with TIC lever,
aud Miss Matte Was asked II sue would go
10 tbem.
II wlll." she said, and 10 o short time he
conductor showed her the sick c1Iidren -
One OF the HowarIi was placed to assist
her. The sick were kindly nuIsed, and IN
few days they, with The other two orr
phans, were placed in comfortable homes.
After this duty was performed our hero/
inc from Illinois was sent TO u house on
Concord street, where u man by the name
OF Sullivan was down with the prevailing
malady, and four others were threatened.-
,, Here sue gave assduous attention until Mr.
Sullivan died. Prostiated by overwork,
sue became ofllictsd by the coutagion, and
WAS carried TO the Walthali Iuiirmary, now
patient herself. AS uncomplalnlug iu
ALL ciion rs she WAS unaincSing 10 the per-
iormance of seii-.mposed duties, sne became
pet OF the doctors aud nurses, who beI
slowed upon her every attention, and used
every effort 10 save her lie; but all Was 10
VAN. Her pure spirit has assembled, and
her cousecrated body lies in the grave at
E,mwood. | VIII quote u tew passages from
| her obituary IN ths Appeal, when Will
give some idea of the esteem 10 which she
is held ty the citizens of Memphis:
"Pres,s, mi.isters nurses sisters OF
charity aud physicians have passed away
tlom their appointed posts; but Matte
Stevenson, name hereafter TO be craven
on every heart in Memphis, became dearest
OF ali; aud iiIst, because she lis up the
chasm o. war, aud has washed away with
the tears OF sublime !aith aud S ieady CHARITY
al traces OF its existence. Buried and fol-,
lowed 10 the silent tomb by the larsest COO
sort of citizens that has assembled In Mem,
phis in months, but buried her memoIy
never shall be 50 long as Que of the men
women and children 1873 shall live to
lisp her name Honors 10 snch a one nre
beyond our powers to pay. We may raise
| and will raise, white shalt to cummpmor'
ate her herolsm; but in our breasts, from
bor I,,t nj I,