The New York herald., 1878-10-23
Memphis HoWards Sending
Their Nurses Home.
FAVORABLE FOR BUSINESS.
Removing the Quarantine Restrictions
Along the Mississippi.
[DY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.

Total..... ....................... ............. 522
Most of inc cases reported Dy the Howards iOur
or nve days old. before reported Up to date The
Towards have treated IL 426 patients Tho majority
oil tho cusss, I understand, are tor tho Fourth
district fow hnvo appeared III tho
Frst district, at the foot OF Henderson street, where
OF the city dumping grounds situated, whore the
iouisst odors have been Rising all this summon
While tho i.vor hus Lcen ravaging tho clean and ap-
parently healthy portions oi city has all nlong
sIudiously avoided this plague spot; at very
last mOment, wnen Tho pcstiencs Is at the close OF
It's career, II makes Its advent here aud gives
day tho rst that has yet come from this spot,
whore l.s atmosphere has been filled with poison Tor
months. IL has been generally crodi.ed TINS year
lha. cleanliness oilers no exemption from yOlIow
lover; the above u would that NTH does.
Quo iact Gun certainly be esiaDlishoG-thst the
clsansst driest PORTIONS Of the city have suffered
MYSTERIES OF THE YEvxR
In simple truth the lever seems 10 DO 0led with
mysteries have heard OF number OF nursos VINO
Lave been attacksd III the past Two aays the
very worst forms vi the fever. These nurses un.
d.rstand, huve all had the previous epid M
les when leaves uouDt tDaI thsy tod.
Then tnero IL tho tendency to the vomi,o: TINS n
very noticeable. Is occurs mostly among children,
aud many ot those casos have recovered Win adults
u Is nearly always fatal iho Inauguration doubt
increases The mortality here; the LITTLE oncs know
rug nulniug U tue disease, have Lhls
vi symptoms ana are therefore not likoiy 10
II.
b. ard Of ono case, who drcadfuiy terri
ned y, tho thought OF the symptom thut 40 was
constantly trying 70 SEQ II ho had u; whom 1t
hc oicu almost Instantly.
DEATH AMONG THE RxpREssxEx
Yesterday noticed the fearful mortality that has
visited The teioy yraph operators. To-day am even
more startled by tho deatu ralS among The sxpress-
men. Mr.. Thomas ii. Wescoxl agent OF the S ,uIhcra
kxpress here tells mo that IN lf clvd dis
Ircls south, excluding the recns country there
have been seventy cases among Insir employees aud
ior.y..wo deaths tnis year. giving tho eariui d.aln
~ The m bPn A Y
of omplvy 6s-supcrtntondcnts, messengers nnu
clerks, snowng tnat while Injection may played
It's parl here couid have Doen responsible Tor u
tue cases. lu VlcksburR every man connected with
lhs company dioa; ~ Memphis all bat one; IN Now
OF force O eight cisfks. all ot have been Sick
there uas been no deaths Only y sipglo death has
occurred In tho whole force hcr, ami This u
ssnXer.
learn that one oi tho youag physicians OF tho
BumnopuSht Assoc has Uean sluuulariy Ortu.
nate ia Tho treatment o his cases TINS summer He
has bad up date LIT cases, and recorded MS hrsl
death to-day. Our sDseDteos, l NOTICE. ssili return
most OF shenl. however, from the seasuore Que
gentleman yesterday sent word that 10 would pr,ug
nome ,ns dead bouy OF u daughter. Wien .hs noars.
came down lspOt 10 anotnsr little ono
found dead lying IN the fatncs's arms.
Tho pumbor Of deaths Tor tho past twcnty.tour
hours Is A. decrease Of two since yesterday. Nine
tcon cuildreu unaer twslve Years OF age. Total
deaIs hero 70 dASes 40 Ihc following Tho list-
Olto pas.hko, Horace II. Hunt,
John koicy, ..'ts't mary II. Smidt,
Emma Aichaeiss bencuito Arm,
Clara MichAsis, ..s. Henry Fold,
Pauline Garday, Annie Kcchencr.
Mrs. BazncgaruHy. Thcrcsa BcrneE
MRS Lochefi, GooTgiaua Richardson,
Emile Cutie, .'..ss..tt- Aivina Jusna Lamb bert,
Margaret Scnuizsiea Daniel NJ. Johnson,
Lizzie RickerIy, George stLenoL
Charles Bisc, Saran emilh,
Joscpn Dumenges Mary Doyle,
Aoor, Borges, Thomas Mctardell,
Josephine h. Kern Aicnael Wcidner,
Fanny Conry, Carl Il Turncy,
Joan LatorIe, Henry W. furney,
George h. Groatna Archie Philip.
Tnt odorc Keen, Charles A. B1rvan,
Eugene Casanoor, Joseph mint,
ID. s. Alexander, Miss Ccicaline Louis