Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-07-19

the cholera made its appearance
June "A, col. woman died of choleri
" % John Osburn $ 6
% Mrs. Dowdy " A"
" q Willie Graham {" 6
g % Mrs. Buque - not cholera
30 I. Fentress of
July2 il ockhart q
2 Z. A. Gilman g IS 6
2 Amah Jones (coD.
Tucker Brown died on the 26th o
June, he had been citizen of Eril
but had moved into the country sew
eral days before the appearance o
cholera in Erin, and he died fvemile.
from Erin in the country. 1 am cred
IDLY informed that Mrs. Buquo die
not die of cholera. Mr.. John Osburr
was attacked with cholera at Clarks-
vile, was sent to his home in Erin and
died the same day. Thomas Fentres:
(colored) who died ON the Both of June
had gone to GAINESVILLE on Saturday
the 18th. Remained over at Clarks-
vile until Monday morning the Both
came to Erin sick and died the same
day. There have been nine deaths in
the place since the first attack of chol-
era, eight of whom died of cholera
Thirty two families left Erin soon af.
ter the cholera came in, which nc
doubt was a wise conclusion under the
prevailing excitement. But still we
had more than thirty families remain
ing to care for the sick and dying, ac-
cording to some of the newspaper re-
ports the population of Erin has been
reduced to about fifty persons. The
report Is not correct. We do not claim
that we ever had many inhabitants in
Erin, but we do claim a greater popu-
lation than has been reported previous
to the visitation of cholera to our little
Railroad Town. Its inhabitants num-
bered between four and FIVE hundred
persons, and after thirty-two families,
(besides good many others) had left
Erin, We still had remaining more than
two hundred persons.
| notice report in the Union and
American of the 10th inst, signed
"Roamer," stating that all but three
families and a few business men had
left Erin. | have no doubt but
"Roamer" heard such news but he
had roamed into the wrong place and
got wrong report. We only desire
that the facts in the case may be made
known to our neighbors and country
men.
As to the Doctors having fed the
place, is rather a good joke, but per-
haps the following explanation will ex-
cuse them. DIR. Proudley had sold out
his entire stock of drugs and medi-
cines, and had made arrangements to
move to Iowa, and even had day set
to leave for his new home in Iowa.
The Doctor might have stayed with
US a few days more had it not been
for the prevailing excitement.
Young DIR. Lewis also left the place
under very embarrassing circumstan-
ces. He had been sick sometime be-
fore the breaking out of cholera, but
had recovered partly from his sickness,
had returned to Erin and resumed his
practice the same day that cholera
made its appearance. He was again
taken sick or relapsed and went to his
fathers where he could get med
ical treatment, and is now just
getting up out of a case of flux. [. do
not think that Doctors Proudley and
Lewis left the place because they were
at the approach of cholera.
We were.not left without medical aid
Drs. j. w. Brigham and j. W. Lewis
i've in our immediate section of coun-
Try. They are both physicians of more
han twenty years practice in this sec
ion, and | must say in vindieation of
heir merited reputation as physicians
hat they have acted faithfully eff
,iently and zealously in lavishiDg their
services on the sick and
distressed people of Erin. 1t has been
en- days since we had a case of chol-
.ra, and we hope its visits may never
:ome again. Nearly all the bushes
houses in our little Railroad Town are
opened again. Business is beginning |
o resume its usual cheerfulness to
ONE extent. Several families have
eturned to their homes in Erin while |
'thers are preparing to return.