Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-07-16
FRIGHTFUL FATALITY
Resulting from the Present Unprece-
denied Heated Term-St. Louis Pre-
sents a Startling Death Rec
Ord-FataIity at Other
Points.

| Of. LUIS, July l0.-lhe intense heat OF
| the past week still continues-in fact, in
creases one or two degrees daily, and has be-
come really friQhtful. The number of pros
| tratlons to-day will reach one hundred and
| fifty, between forty and Fifty of which have
been fatll. The extra force provided at the
city dispensary, noted last night, have been
hard at work all day, and the skill and en-
ergy of all have been taxei to the utmost. A
large number of cases to-day have been of
persons overcome in their own homes or
places of business, and include people of all
classes OF society, embracing men, women
and children. There are no signs of abate
mennt St tbs d he9t felt BY all classes of people
for the result.
Terrible Deaah=Etate in st. Louis sun
day.
ST.. LOUIS, July 14.-Another scorching
day and another terrible death tate. Fully
City cases of sunstroke have occurred to-day,
and about twenty deaths, including a num-
Der OF the cases of yesterday and Friday.
notwithstanding the intense heat, thousands
visited the beer-gardens and other places in
and around the city to-day, and the usual
amount of drinking was INDUCED In. In view OF
this fact, and in anticipation of an increased
number of excited or weakened systems to-
morrow, resulting from the c3rousals to-day,
the health officers have added several more
cots to those already in use at the city dis
pensary and have also increased the medical
force TO- to morrow s labors. Horses are also
beginning to succumo to the heat, and con-
siderable number Of them, especially those
attached to the street-cars, are dropping
down in the streets, and either dying or be-
coming disabled.
One Fatal SuDstrOke at Chicago.
CHICAGO, July 15.-The heat has been
more telling to-day than at any time this
year. The thermometer has reached ninety
one degrees, and three cases of sunstroke are
reported, one being fatal. The Washington
ice company lost horse, and one of their
| drivers was overcome by heat. Anton Grei,
| Polish laborer, died from the effects OF sun
| stroke and an unknown man was Frustrated
by heat.
Disastrous Floods i'm Iowa.
DUBUQUE, July 15.-Another rain last
| night flooded things generally, sweeping
away two bridges on the Illinois Central that
| had been nearly completed since Thursday s
storm, and one that had been finished. One
creek raised FIVE feet in two hours. The
weather is still very hot, the thermometer
reaching ninety-two. There were two cases
| of sunstroke to-day, but neither of them
fatal
Three Fatal Cases at Little Rock since
Saturday.
LITTLE Rock, July 15.-The thermometer
| day indicated ninety-two degrees. There
| were several cases of sunstroke yesterday.
Alex Warwick, representing A. 4. Stewart
| & Co., of New York, fell dead from heat
| Saturday evening. Two other fatal cases re-
| ported since that time.
Five Fatal Cases Of sunstrOke in
| Quincy, Hi.
| QUINCY, July Is Since yesterday morn
! ing there have been seven cases OF sunstroke
| in this city, Eve of which proved fatal The
victims were Harvey Liefhelon, Andy Thomp-
| son. Joseph Gilbert, John Eagan and a man
named Fleming. Gilbert and Fleming were
attacked to-day and died in few hours.
One Fatal Case at Nashville.
NASHVILLE, July 15.-Colonel Lucien
| Temple died here suddenly of sunstroke this
| afternoon.
Fourteen Cases, and Only One Fatal, In
| 81. Joseph.
ST. JOSEPH, July 15.-The heat yesterday
and to-day was intense. There were four
| teen cases OF sunstroke, only one thus far re-
sulung fatally.
| Three Deaths in Omaha.
OMAHA, July l5.-Three deaths occurred
| mere In the past forty-eight hours, the effect
| OF the extreme heat.
| At Wheeling, w. Va.
WHEELING, w. VA, July l5.-There wa:
one fatal case of sunstroke here yesterday.
The Removal OF a Utah Chief-Justice
Urged.
SALT LAKE, July ia petition to the
|
| Chlef-J Justice Mitchell Schaefer Is published
here, signed by most of the lawyers In the
city. The petition allegei ignorance or
disregard of the law and precedent ever
of his own previous rulings, and that the
clerk of the court, his brother-in-law, and hi,
son are managing the clerks Office in such
manner as to bring tine court into contempt
| Washington Notes.
| WASHINGTON, July 15.-George w. Fish
| of Michigan, was to-day commissioned by
| the President as consul at Tuuis.
Subscriptions to the four Fer cent. loan, ont
million one hundred and sixty mine Thousand
| three hundred dollars.
About sixty female employees in the patent
office were discharged to-day because of tn,
reduction in appropriations.
WHEN the disorders of babyhood attach
Your baby, use at once DIR. Bulls baby syruy
and notice its rapid and beneficial effect
| Twenty-Five cents per bottle.