The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1878-10-03

~ duSudEc call July Illustrate tno Qc-
gree OF restitution, aftiiction and death
visible on all sides. In the street nothing
can be seen save undertakers' carts,
(hearseS being luxury accessible only at
intervals, physicians hurryingi in every di-
reCtOn, Worn out, half sick, and depressed
at the prospect, Vet huTying to relieve
suffering, and nurses moving at a rapid
pace to abe in at the DEATH Such are
the sights and the only sights that relieve
the complete and Incompatible monotony
apparent at all points, Street after street
Is rs empty as the unmade grave; house
after house tenantlesS and deSolate, with
naught but the Scampering OF rats or the
moUrntul howl of an imprisoned dog left
by its owner in the hurry of departure. to
indicate the existence Of life. EVERYTHING
about the city bears the impress of calam-
lty, dissolution, and torgettulness This
IS as true OF Adams. Vance Shelby. and
Poplar streets, where in time of health
The beauty and chivalry of Memphis reign
supreme, as it is of Happy Hollow" and
"Rel1's Half Acre, devoted to criminals.
prostitute. and the Incubation and com
mission OF crime. Robson street has
been completely wiped ont
The air is filled with the stencil arising
from burning and decaying matter from
the diSintecting mediums employed. vain
~ AS some believe, and with the peculiar
odor of the disease itself, which cannot
De llhened TO anything in the arcana OF
Nature, but which can never be forgotten
by those who have inhaled the poison.
The features of the city itself are reflect
ed IN The appearance of its permanent
and transient inhabitants. Styerally and
collectively, though appalled, at the di-
mensions and fatality of the disease they
are the braveSt of the brave.
AT the corners of the streets. in the
0bby OF the hotel, al an occasional saloon
Kept open by the Very necessities III the
disease, knots Of citizens, calloused to
lear BY the experience through which
they are passing, meet when the days
deaths are announced. and wonder if
they are torsahen and left to wrestle with
the grim visitor unaided. They separate
called to the loved ones at home. to the
ares OF the sick elsewhere. to receive a
dying message, or ShrlYe a friend for the
rnmh. The following morning one ol
more OF them is reported dead, and
The question. What's necessary for his
burial is asked almost without cere-
mony and with seeming haste. "NouI
20 next, is addressed to an acquaintance
With teigned popularity. and the prediction
i nearly always verified. Sometimes the
victims 70 the plague die without care
ana are buried only when the stencil aris-
u5 from the decaling body indicates Ii
ncatIon
As write this evening the air is filled
=, So. :
negress. Jenny, who was employed as
cook IN a boarding house at the corner
NJ Third and Madison streets. Her re-
mains are supposed 70 have lain where they
We're found lin Shed a0utting on an al
ley 70 de rear OF The Appeal office -tol
nearly ten days, as that was the last time
She was seen alive. The body, bloated
and eaten 10y rats, presented a hdeously
repulSNe appearance. and the sichening
stencil Is only partially disslpatcd by a
Jump Of camphoT in front of me. Thu
may seem improbable to the readers OF
the Tribune. but il is true, and morc's
the pity. She was taken to the Potter
reld as soon as the burial force could
each her remains and the premises
wherein she died are undergoing the pro
ress OF tumigation.
Slnrt time b3rk fbe hansa n,c,,,,ia1
BY respectable resident OF the northerr
portion OF the city, was noticed as 'Smcli-
tnr.~ Cpon entering fhe bonle the Mix
a11 mother was found nccnnvinr = chai,
fn rhp center If 4be room witb H. mani
,.bild irs Tns f1sranaJ WIFI doo+b ' +ral,
Nh rrn morbar's ninnla dasd ana a. doc,'',,
nosIng The husband ana fathar ~ bis
hack ON the he'd had haan daad Some
-frne Win the yomit rIund n Ma caiIjno
III black masses as II came from, hi,
stomach The son Inv dead an tho tIoor
Tba dust IMAM rha windows HI hoo,
several DAYS .,atharinr Van taa+ IN,
,'fetnra NV NJ Innhfed ranca4 ~,
+rnrh
T,n Hone = man a. wall l,na,r, .. n,
ri+y .r,yernmant hnried lie f.mily IL,
we,L ana fnIInwad then ~ CaII.a,,- '' 80,
u.s,.;ay, In.p-ee llf[t:r-l 81 li.l+l
ii the Irish race ever seen in Nemphjs
lmpulsjye honest, sympathetic fellow
ot Infinite lest, the SURPRISE that he va.
content with the position of turnkey in p,
police station found frequent expression
He Was accustomed ia say tba+ Hben one