The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-11
THE YELLOW FEVER.
Meeting Of the Southern Relief Com.
mittee.
Entertainments and Contributions from
ALI Quarters.

ing addluonal contributions: from otrO-
bridge & Co., $50; and from their employees
$3.50; receipts of the ball game by the en-
ployes of Post & Co., $31 so; from the East
Pearl-street Sunday school, $3S S5; from the
citizens of Cambridge, $176 25; from the
citizens of Pomeroy $13S 35; from the
Church of Atonement Sunday-school, 81 40;
from Taylor-street NJ. E. Sunday ay-school,
Newport, $14 "a; from the NJ. E. Church,
Waverly, o., $13 IL; from the employees of
Alter, Farwood & Co., $58 35; from the
Sixth Presbyterian Church Sabbathschool,
$40; from the firm of McIlvain q Spiegel
and employees, $62; from l. V. Hoag Jr.,
$25.
RELIEF COMMITTEE.
At the meeting of the Relief Committee
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Simpkinson made
the following report:
Amount OF cash received up to Septem-
Amount appropriated up to September
loth 87o4 10
Balance OH hand. ..................-.".Sl3,107 107 70
Major s. V. Reid, Chairman of the Com
mittee on Entertainments, reported receipts
as follows:
September 3d. Lookout House (balance),
$167 IS; September 5th, Davenport Club,
$405 SO; September 5th, Mrs. Kate Sanborn,
$43; September 7th. Boys and Girls Con-
cert at No. 292 Walnut street, $5 TO-; Henry
Kessler's employees, $25 06; Mt. Washington
Mission School, So As; Court Harrison, So;
Independent Order of Foresters, $11 Pleas
ure Seekers Dancing Association, $35; Frei-
berg&Workum' semployes s.; sales of sol kegs
of nails, $106 so; Chester Park Races, 1903 81 ;
l. e Not l.
$l5 Total, 81, 162 92.
The Committee on Applications recon-
mended the issue of warrants as follows:
TO pay deficiencies on previous orders
and supplies, $44 60: to Memphis, per order
of A. d. Langstaff 100 patent cots, 100 mat
tresses, 100 pillows, 200 sheets, for the Pea
body 1ntirmary; so cots, so mattresses so
pillows and 100 sheets to the Court-street
Infrmary; to st. Peters Orphan Asylum,
so blankets; to ST. Marys Hospital for sup,
plies for sick, 800; to Canton Miss, $3.50;
to Y. M. G. A., New Orleans, $500; to Mem
pills. 25 clinical thermometers $52 so
A letter was received from |. V. Hurley,
denating number of medicated cloaks,
and also letter from Col Van Voast, of
Kansas, donating $1O0. Mr.. James Glenn
reported the receipt of % barrels of crack
ers, valued at $IS II, from the village of
Avondale. Also 5 barrels of crackers from
M. & S. Timmons, bakers, Portsmouth.
Also, from the ladies of Glendale, through
Miss M. Louise Gallagher, a large box of
nice clothing and promise of more. Also,
from the ladies of Grace Protestant Church,
Avondale, some clothing for st. Mary s
Cathedral, Memphis Also from the ladies
of College Hill, one box of clothing.
Y. NJ. c. A.
Collections received yesterday: Mears
Chapel NJ. E, Sunday school, 81 05; York
street M. E. Church, 81; Bowling Green,
Ohio Presbyterian Church and Sunday
school, $33 so; Trenton, Ohio, Presbyterian
Sunday 81; Gospel Mission Sunday
school In. e. cor. Eighth and Plum Streets
$12; total $55 35.
THE KNIGHTS OF HONOR
held meeting at the Mayors office last
night, when the following donations to the
Relief Fund were reported:
Honor $40; Alpha, $40; Concordia, No,
No. 23S, $50; Pioneer Lodge, SIS. Total,
$l04.
PHIL. TIEMAN
gives the entire receipts of his house to-day,
both bar and tables, to the aid Of the yell
low lever SullefeTS.
THE SHAKESPEARE CLUB
are making arrangements for an entertain
ment to be given at Robinson's s Opera-house,
September 1Sth the entire proceeds to be
donated to the yellow fever sufferers in the
South.
THE GOLDEN CROWN
will give q moonlight excursion tonight,
the proceeds of which go to the yellow fever
sufferers. The boat leaves the foot of Syca-
more street at 8 p. M. Good music will be
furnished.
MISS REBECCA JONES,
of West Longworth street. has completed
an elegant pin-cushion, which she will rattle
off at her residence next Sunday evening
the proceeds to be sent to the sufferers in
the South.
THR RAILROADS
are receiving no freight for Memphis except
medical stores, supplies and collins for the
Howard Association or the Citizens Relief
Committee. All freight consigned from
the South to parties i'll this city will be in
spected by the Health Officer, and the ship
per is obliged to make an affidavit before a
Magistrate that the goods have not passed
through any of the yellow fever districts
since the Goth of July.
DAY OF PRAYER.
Mayor Moore, in proclamation, calls on
the people to observe Friday as day OF
prayer to God to remove the plague.
THE PHOENIX CLUB
last evening began the rehearsal of Flotow' s
opera of "Stradella," which they propose
giving as a public performance at Pixies
Opera house for the benefit of the fever suf-
ferers. The chorus, which is quite an i'm
portant feature of this opera, numbers fifty
we'll trained voices. The cast is made up
of the following well known singers: Mrs
Flora Mueller, as "Leonora;" Mr.. Joseph
Gideon, as "Stradella;" Mr. J. Thorner, as
"Barbarino;" Mr.. G. R. Fries, as NAL
volio;" Mr.. VIM. Muller, Us "Bassi." The
Cincinnati Orchestra will furnish the Or
chestral music. The whole will be under
the direction of Prof. Nembach.
RAFFLED.
Ritzler & Art donated a copper boiler yes
terday, which was raffled off for $25, B.
Liebenberg being the winner The money
was handed to Mayor Moore.
BASEBALL.
The baseball game which was to take
place at the Ball Park this afternoon be-
tween the firemen and policemen for the