Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-09-09

Mr. N Dewar, who assisted Col Mae
0abe in the ComuisSAry department I'M
til stricken down, three days ago, died
this morning. The Citizens Relief Com
mittee buried him.
Mrs Butler P Anderson died at Her.
naudo, Saturday, of the fever, contracted
at Grenada while nursing her msrtyred
husband. Thus the good and noble are
passing away. J..
Jesse W Page, Louis s Frierson, ] ".
Heath, Charles Howard and Jake Kohl
berg, we're yesterday elected active mem.
bers Of the Howard Association, and
placed on duty. ~, ~ fsa s,rp- Z.
The police have been instructed by
acting chief Of police Arata, to arrest
all nurses found drunk, or away from
their patients. They are to be confined
in the station house and will not be re.
leased except by order Of President
Langstaf, of the Howard Association.
Eighteen deaths and four new cases
we're reported at Grenada Saturday. A
telegram from there says Few escape
who take it. Grenada is no longer q
city-itis a morgue." Asa8 q
Nearly all the drug stores 10 the city
have been closed, to the great ineonven.
fence Of doctors and others. Shonld
this continue force will be used. il neces.
sary, to open and keep open those that
are closed. lin de5Ne 30 gH
There we're GIG deaths in the city last
week, of which 591 were from yellow fe-
YER, and 10 from other causes. OF the
yellow fever deaths 1896 we're whites, 1872
cOlored and 10 unknown. 90
Little Willie Shepherd is alone in the
the world, her father having died yester.
day. Her mother passed away more
than q week ago. She is cared for
with the love OF a father by Mr. E Whit
more, Of the LEDGER.
Captain ] Harvey Mathes, editor Of
the LEDGER, was stricken down with the
fever Saturday night, and is at bis resi-.
dence on Cynthia street. The LEDGER
has received several heavy blows since
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the epidemic began, but this is the heav.
lest of all. The captain is in good hands
and will pull through all right.
Mr. Tracy ~teleGraphed from Cincinnati,
to MeSsrs Fisher and Prestige that
the concert for the relief OF Memphis
Melted over $1,000, but MemphiAns
forced into general fund against my
solemn protest. Now they see their
error and confess it. Particulars by
mail"
Another Howard has fallen. AFC
Cook died last night. Another martyr
in the cause Of suffering humanity has
been added to the list Of our heroes Of
1878. A noble spirit has winged it's
fight to heaven, and a vacancy has been
made that will be hard to GIL.
The following physicians have arrived
and been assigned to duty, viz: TW
Menees, Of Nashville, Tenn; Jno B
Hicks, Of Murfreesboro, Tenn; Jas E
McGrew, of Terre HSute, Ind; S o
Young, of Houston, Texas; W A Tryon,
of Houston, Texas; J G Orr, OF Cincin.
natl, O.
The health officer announces that he
will arrest all physicians who do not re-
port to the secretary Of the board OF
health their new cases, as required by
law. What good is to be accomplished
by this order IL hard to be seen. The
doctors are having as much as they can
do to attend to the new cases, without
being compelled to report them for the.
qualification Of a few we'll people,
Here is one instance Of many appeals
made to the Towards, I'VE are in q
destitute situation; no doctor for two or
three days; one child lying dead in the
house for fifteen hours, myself sick in
bed. Ny mother, 60 years old, broke
down. None to give US q drink or any.
thiAg to eat. Send any kind of nurse, If
only a boy. DR. Nuttall has ordered a
nurse for FIVE days, still ii did not come.
All my family are dewn but two. For
Code nake help us, Ed MCKINLEY, \
At Lamb Place, on Meriwether ave.
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Out OF 20 members composing the X
OF Fl relief COMMITTEES. we are now re.
duced to a working force Of 3 members,
and want more help. II there are any
k of Il left in the city we trust they will
come to our aid.
JB ALDRICH,
Vice President K Of Fl Relief.
CAMP FATHER MATHEW.
t. the Editor Of the LedEsr,J
Having a little leisure to-day l thought
would give you a few notsu relative to
our camp, which has been in existence
new nearly three weeks, We have now
in camp an persons, Of all pAllOAalities.
OF that number not more than 10 or
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