Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-03
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CHOLERA NOTES.
Reports from JOnesbOrO-COntinu
MsligDancy and Fatality Of the
Pestilence.

Reports from JOnesbOro-COntinu
Malignancy and Fatality Of the
Pestilence.
From the Knoxville Press and Herald, Aug. /.
Our information from the epidemic at
Jonesboro continues gloomy. There seems
to be no cessation in its ravsges aud as will
be seen, further on, the number or deaths
indicates q fearful rate Of mortality in the
present depopulsted state of the town.
Rev. P. D. Cowan, who came to this city
from there, on W sdnesday night, urged
upon those of our citizens whom he met,
the necessity for for aid both in help to
take care of the sick aud in money to pro-
vide food for the living and the burial OF
the dead. Offers of money were made, and
a prescription clerk, Gus. Knsbe, son Of our
well known fellow-eitizsn, volunteered his
services. Young Knabe went up on the
noon train.
A letter was also received from Gen. A.
E. Jackson, addressed to Mayor Rule, cali
ing for aid and we are informed that Mr..
Chas. DAVIS, at the Knoxville bank, will re-
ceive and forward any amounts that may be
handed to him by any ofour citizens.
Conductor Smith, who was taken sick
while on bis train, on Wednesday, went on
to Bristol to his home and was reported last
evening to be doing well.
At Rogersville junction, yesterday after
noon, a man named Thomas Evans lay on
the platform, suffering from violent attack
of the disease, with no one to care for him.
lie is ssid to live three miles from the juno
ton and to have lost daughter last week
from the cholera.
By the noon train yesterday, we learn
that two negroes died at Jonesboro, on
Wednesday night.
Bvthe II O'Clock train, last night, we
learned that three other deaths had oc-
Cured during the day-Hattie Reese and
Minnie Floyd, whites, and Fanny Jobe, a
colored woman. while there had been seven
new cases. Three of the sick were not ex-
pected to live through the night. The
death of Minnie Floyd leaves only one OF
the family alva there, and her death was
looked for at any moment.
UD to O'Clock P. NJ, yesterday, there
have been eighteen desths since the disease
first appeared In Jonesboro. Ten whites
and eight colored.
o From the Knoxville Chronicle, Aug. l.
DIR. Campbell writes from Jonesboro at
81 p. NJ. July 81: The ''prevailing" has
had fearful mortality here, in this almost
depopulated town, and assumes malig-
nancy not known in Greeneville. There
! has been three deaths to-day and seven new
cases. There are fourteen in all f, most OF
whom will recover. 1t is not true, that
most of the clses have died, bat upon the
contrary, early treatment in the initial
stage and careful watching, will recover.
From tie conductor on the western
| bound train we learned that conductor b.
| R. Smith, who was taken with the cholera
Wedne sdsy night, before reaching Jones
boro was much better yesterday morning
| when the train left Bristol.
Two or three persons, it is said, were
taken down With cholera al Messy Creek
during Wednesday night, but up to the
present writing there are no deaths to re-
port in that quarter.
| Another death from cholera occurred at
Midway during Wednesday night, and flVe
new cases developed themselves during the
same nigh, and since our last report. This
makes five deaths from cholera in that
small village this week, namely one on
Monday, three on Tuesday and one on
Wed -esday, while some seven or eight per
sons are now down with the disease in {
very violent form. This is, comparatively
a heavier mortality than is reported from
Jonesboro', as MidEsy is but very small
| village.