Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-06-28
HEALTH OF THE CITY.


contradict and expose false rumors,
than to warn the public against the
risks of exposure in the midst CO viru-
lent epidemics. And since the i'm
preston has been falsely made upon
the surrounding country that Clarks-
vile Is being ravaged by cholera, we
publish to-day, all that we have been
able to learn in reference to the exis-
tenee of that disease, in this place.
As GAINESVILLE has occasionally been
scourged by cholera-as often in fact.
as it it has visited this country-it
seems to be taken for granted that it
cannot escape. when other localities
are suffering from that malady. Dur
ing its former visits, the fact was clear
ly developed that It's victims were
among those who used spring water
the exceptions being those who were
prepared for its attack by gross impru-
dence in eating and drinking. Its ex-
emption this season, so remarkably fit
ted to the production and spread of ep-
idemics, we ascribe to two leading
cause.-the almost universal use of
cistern water and the location of the
town, which is so self-draining, that
the heavy rains which induce sickness
in other localities serve to cleanse the
streets and lots and purify the atmos-
phere. Consequently the health ofour
town was never better at this season,
and is remarkable in view of the unfa-
vorable and unusual character of the
past winter and spring.
Don't understand us as saying that
there is, and has been, no sickness
here There has been an unusual pre-
disposition to bowel affections and the
use of early fruits and vegetables has
developed cases of cholera morbus to
an unusual extent, and have been fatal
in some instances but such have not
been reported to us. AT this time the
tendency is to flux rather than cholera,
though we have heard of no case of
the former that has progressed beyond
the premonitory symptoms. IF there
is cholera here, we don't know it, if
there were, we would not hesitate to say
so.
We give below all the cases we have
any reliable information about having
any symptoms of cholera:
Mr.. Henry Wall, who resided at the
ferry three miles south of the city, left
home last Saturday evening, his bowels
somewhat disordered, he travelled for
sometime through the hot sun, stopped
at Mr.. Charles Merriwether' and drank
freely of ice water, then proceeded to
Mr.. 10. Hatcher's, near Trenton, KY,
and died next day.
10. Martin, cold, who lived near
Steels Station, in this county, was cut
ting wheat last Friday week, and was,
as it is termed, running a race with the
other harvesters, got overheated, eat
lot of plums, was taken sick at 2 o'clock
Saturday morning, and died about 10
o'clock same evening.
Last Tuesday morning three men ar
rived at the passenger depot, upon the
construction train, to get their pay-Mr
Osburn, the fireman, and two negroes.
1t is reported that they INDUCED in
eating oysters and drinking whisky to
excess, which produced coholera-mor-
bus or symptoms of cholera. The
white man, Mr.. Osburn, was sent to
his home at Erin, and has since died.
The negroes under treatment of DR..
Johnston, one is recovering, and the
other died Thursday night.
Another negro man named Patrick
Bell, cook on the work train, was taken
sick at Budd's Greek bridge, and
brought here late Thursday evening,
and died that night.
DIR. Greenfield has a patient, a negro
man, who was brought here on the
train, who was reported to have chole-
"a. DIR G. pronounces the disease a
clearly marked case of congestive fe-
yer, and the prospects, (up to this writ
ing. Thursday were that he would
recover.
AT Palmyra, on the Goth inst, two
deaths occured-Miss Pattie Eldridge,
daughter of DR.. Eldridge, and Mrs.
Alkaline Ramey, relict of the late Alb
solem Ramey, and their disease was
pronounced cholera. Both died in
few hours after being attacked.
Whether these cases were cholera,
we cannot state, as We have no state
ments concerning them from the physi-
clans attending them