Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-10-06

YELLOW FEVER
80 Deaths Since 9 o'clock Last
Evening-SO Of Yellow
Fever.
The DesOlation Of North Memphis
Undertakers 0verworked
and 0gerrun.
The PestiIence that stalIxeth
Abroad nc MONDAY.
NoRruARy.

aud their offices are necessarily in
state Of considerable confusion, Mr.
George Holstis sick this morning. Wher
our solitary reporter presented himsel
this morning to copy the mortuary re
port he found it impossible to get at thu
books for more than few minutes at 1
time. We have to omit names and Civ,
only the numbers Of deaths since oul
last report up to noon Saturday. From
noon TO 6 p. m, deaths from yellow fever
l6; other cause $, 9-total. u. From I
pm, Saturday, to 6 pm, Sunday
deaths from yellow fever, 40; other
causes, 2i-total, -.
Total deaths reported on undertakers
books from pm, Sunday, to noon to
day, 80; at least thirty we're from vel
low fever.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Only one Of the Misses Gates is dead,
The two in Brownsville we're doing we'll
q
when heard from.
Joseph Hiskey, the engineer of Dan
bury Engine No. /, is dead.
Mr.. Vim. Worsham, of the German
National Bank, is improving rapidly.
Mr.. John E. Randle, of the firm Of
Randle 4 Heath, was taken down with
the fever last night, as also the mother
of Mrs. J. j. Suter. Both are receiving
every attention, and are doing well.
Nr. o. C. Woodward and wife are.both
on the sick list today. Their little
daughter SAllie is. We are panied to
learn, considered very i'll.
Capt. VIM. r. Hendrix is also report
ed very sick this morning.
/. o. OF.
New cases, J. E. Randle and o.
Daley. Mr.. DOdson's wife died this
morning; J. NJ. Frank and son yester-
day. All the patients are doing well,
with the exception of Mrs. Uhl. The
Secretary of the Relief Committee re-
ceived kilograms from Louisville, Little
Rock and Paducah, informing him that
money had been forwarded from each Of
the above places. S. C. Knight, a
brother Odd Fellow, sent $40 from Nash
vile.
Prof. C. P. Winkler is suffering from a
severe attack of break-bone fever. He
is at the house of DR.. n. P. Bond, his
brother in Law, where he vent to make
sure of good nursing and attention.
MASONIC RELIEF BOARD.
All the patients under care Of the
Masonic Relief board, twenty in number,
are doing well, with the exception OF
Mrs. Uhl, who Rs reported very low. This
lady is receiving attention from both
Masons and Odd Fellows
We are pleased to learn that Mrs. A.
j. Wheeler has entirely recovered from
a severe attack of the fever; also Mr..
Eugene Leidy, who is rapidly conya-
lescing.
THE HOWARDs.
Contributions continue to flow in at
the Towards headquarters. The list is
too long for Us with such limited facili-
ties to-day. Several active members Of
the citizens committee have been elected
members by the Howards; Mayor John
son and Major Busby, honorary members.
acquisitions for relief come in thick
and fast. The available force is hard
at work.
INCIDENTS.
Four paupers lay dead Saturday at
noon al "a Front street-two in one
room and two in the next. The under
taker was notified, and as soon as posi-
bic sent around for their remains.
A mother expeetsnt was stricken
down With the fell disease. She re-
ceiyed the best Of attention from her
friends, and had Dr. Blackburn as her
attending physician. The fever was too
much for her system Ia the throes Of
her wild delirium, dead infant. only
two weeks short Of its time, came into
the world. it was as yellow as an or.
ange from the diaease Of its mother. She,
too. turned the sane death shade, and
died without knowing the tate Of her in
FAINT.
The entire Mack family was buried
yesterday from their residence on Main
street, near Jackson.
The scenes Of disolation. suffering
and dispair in North Memphis beggar
description. No pen or pencil Is Ade
quate to the task. Whole families are
swept away. Not q dozen well men
could be found in a day. The Angel o
Death has called at every door
Grief and gloomy suspense reign
supreme. The pauper dead
lay unburied at noon to-day; the dyinI
are often deserted, and the living nov'
about solemuly like ghosts Of those al
ready departed. How long. o Lord
how long,
AID AT HONE.
Editor Memphis Ledger;
| inclose $, which you will pleas
hand to the Howard Association, or ap
propriate in SEINE other way t. the u.s.
Of the suffering poor in Memphis.
wish il we're more. LADY.
October 6. 1873.