Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-09-19
KSan Frencisco, haa contributed $50, 600
to the yellow fever iund. aus

AN over the city the fever IS abating,
SO Say tie visitors and physicians. 8
George Sutton, foreman for Hoist, &
Bro, was stricken with the fever last
night. Tot
Paris, Tenn: Excitement high, and
people leaving. No relief needed ut
present.
.nsTte great and Bsrnsy Hughes
mace his appearance on tie streets this
morning,
George Landrum, son of Rev DR. s.
LlAdran. tooktBe fever last night. He
has . bad case. IN
We learn that General Vaughn is guile
sick at Early Grove, Miss,-is Supposed
to have the fever.
Mr. ] Price, of the Avalanche mail
ing department, Is couvalescent, and will
be out in a day or two.
h BunYF Piece wife aud, broIher, on
Trigg avenue, are reported sick, aud are
in care Of the Masons.
B Cook, architect, Sid Cook and wife
Of Mr. Cook, are copvslescent, and the
Nj ssn' nurses discharged 0idasa T,
Good nursing and yrompt treatment of
DR. Willett have brought the mother aud
son of Mr John W Waynesburg to con-
saleseepesW X TEW%
Dc TVH Force, Volunteer physician
from Hot Springs, vas stricken down
with the fever this morning. He has q
light case.
Acting chief Of police R F Arata re-
ceived $1,000 from Geo W Walling, super
~inlsndsnt Of police os New York city,
for relief Of police force.
Convalescents want to cat cabbage
beefsteak, turnip greens, etc and some
nurses hdmor their whims.. The under
taker soon after calls, Of course.
Mr. John Beattie, OF. the firm
Of Ames. BsatsieA & Co., 90 Union
avenue, has a light case of the fever.
but will be all tight in a few days.
Billy Miller. Of Chelsea, was stricken
down With the fever day before yester'
terday aud died last evening. His
daughter is very low aud net expected
to live.
Mt McGrann foreman Of the Appeal,
visited IS this morning. he has had a
pretty hard shake up" but is, we are
vsry glad to know, all right. His wife Is
considered out of danger.
Rev W Lane, pastor Of tie Methodist
church at Brownsville, died Of the fever
yesterday. There are several Methodist
ministers who Vere 10 Memphis who will
never die of it.
John HUM who-rendersd such valua.
BILE assistance to toe Masonic relief board,
alter o short iussle With the fever, went
out hone. 10 Bnntyn, aRd relapsed, and
is now having a hard fight.
Mr. W q Beatty, at Grand Junction,
sAys: Fl have learned the nurses to ex'
tenporizs bed pans q syringe was pro-
cured, and l row am fully equipped.
With such an armament be is sure to
wipLI0AB ~a8GBLqGJgKJ
At 62 Madison street this morning, the
remains ofa c0lored woman was found,
ssd appearances indicated she had been
dead four or FIVE days. The rails and
cats had nearly devoured the corpse
Sergeant Hayden was prouptly on the
spot and had the premises fumigsted
and the corpse inferred.
Oar old friend " N Hutton, has just
got through With his sixth yellow fever
patient. Eve of his own family aud Nj
Hugh E Conley, of the Telegraph service.
The treatment, ia time, otiDrW r Low
ey, in srrssting the poison Of the isvet
before it iniuseslipelt into the system
together with careful nursing, will cur
the psient 5a
With extreme regret We snnnouc'
that Mr. R r CAtrou. Associated Pres
z Agent here, was stricken down with tn
fever yesterday afternoon. He is il
/. good hands il good nursibg and carefu
attention can bring him through, he vii
soon be With Us agaiu. His1 is not
very bad case He has been a hSrl
worker. aud all the associations, as vel
as the press, are greatly indebted to biz
9 io- many fsVorsq
The f.ver is slowly spreading out 0
the Boulevard scarcely q house but hl
been visited as FAT out as two mile
Some horrible reports came to US
. corpses lying disturbed for two or TIRE
days. 0utin the neighborhood Of 0lyI
'-picl park and Waldran avenue. 4
Waynss5erg was called to see a neg
70 men, at the residsncs1of NC PtarC
who has been lying sick since last +
dAy, sithout any attention, save al ign
" rant girl. .
Tue NISIsTERs AID PHYSICIANS.
To the Editor Of the Ledger;
"A The soldier who deserts in time Of "
Is punished With death and his memo
is ever held as infamous. Ministers al
physicians are eminently soldiers. I
highest dictates Of duty and honor b
fhem stand ~ tbeir colore Ia time OF d