The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-10-10
yo,1ov.Fever Paragraphs.

The following paragraphs rom Tue Aoa'
lanchc are u sample of what the hiemphls
papers are now filled with, and give some
idea of the rayages of the yelloW-ieYcr III
that city:
Our friends of the Ledger have been COM
nelIcd nv the depletion Of their working
force to issue only half.sheet.
Chief Athy has on one or two OCCASIONS
been called upon to send some OF the prison.
ers in the caaboose to wash and prepare
yellow-fever victims for the grave, as no one
was left of the dead persons friends 10 40
this. In consideration of the work done Inc
Chief has released from durance vie those
performing the services.
The police received orders yesterday from
the Mayor to receive all applications for bu-
rails from those desiring them; and blank
orders for graves, ready to be filled out, VIII
he found at the Administered station-house.
Despite bis garlicky preventive, Detective
Brown met Bronze John yesterday.
Joseph Risky, engineer of No. l Fire De-
n,rtment. died Yesterday at his residence, on
i'm and Robinson streets. It is stated by
some of his friends that his death was almost
undoubtedly caused By his want OF reliance
on medical skill, he having stated day OF
two before he was taken down that ne de-
sired no doctor at all to wait on him II the
yellow.fcvcr seized him. He will be buried
today by the Firemen's Relief Association.
Squire Athv Yesterday fined Dave Ingram
fpegro) $50, and sent him to Jail, tor mis-
e-able offence for which the villain should
have been penltentiaried for life. Dave was
a Howard nurse, and while waiting upon
Mrs, -, who has since died, took liberties
with the helpless woman, and which she
was conscious OF, but could not prevent.
A great number of complaints are made
to the police headquarters daily that corpses
are not buried fast enough. As it is the
business of the county to inter the paupers
and those unable to be buried by their
friends, the intlicton on the city authorities
is uuwurranted. Sunday not justice OF
the peace was to be found in the city, ana
Mayor johnson, in addition to his other ar
duous duties, was compelled to spend half
the day making out orders for internen Is
uuon the undertakers who have the contracts
for such burials.
Our Judges, some of our municipal 9TH
cials, besides others in Official position, are
absent; that is some ran away from the
ycilow-leyer, and Others, who were absent
when it appeared, but are overdue, have re-
NAMED away.
Three mi>trcsscs of n1aisons de jolc have
succumbcd to the prevailing disease, and
the inmates have levanted to iroSller pas
lures.
Information was elected last night that the
Howard Society have near $50 sufferers to
care tor, aud the indications are that the
number is inc reaslUg.
The announcement of the death of Rev.
+. Il. Bowman, pastor of the First Pre>by-
terrain church, will be read with universal
regret. With the first appearance OF the
velIow-fevcr he begun the work of nursing
the sick aud administering the consultations
of religion to the dying, and continued VIII
out inlermission until he was hln>Cii
stricken with the disease Il few days age. lie
died yesterday, and will be buried to-day.
The Aralanche OF the It'll instant has SIN
columns of local mat er, and nearly every
line relates to the yellow-fcycr.