Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-12

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I. II. Smith, Secretary Howard Association;
Send fifteen more nurses as loon as
as many females as you al
,et. SMITH & ANDERSON.
The association had no difficulty in
procuring fifteen or twenty nurses, both
white and eolored, who we're sent South
at 2:l5 this afternoon, The preference
given the associations nurses who
served in 1873 and are known to be re.
liable and intelligent.
D%IsIYFECTASTs SENT TO GRENADA.
Chief Atby received the following tele.
grams from Grenada yesterday:
P. R. ATHY-Ssnd copperas, il pos
sible, by the special train bringing
nurses, if not by the first train.
J.. L. MILTON, Mayor.
P. r. ATaY-Please send by express
to-day one barrel Of crude carbolic acid
and one barrel Of copperas.
j. l.. MILTON, Mayor.
Chief Athy at ones shipped a barrel
of copperas and seventeen dozen bottles
Of carbolic acid to Grenada. Colonel
Burke also shipped lime and carbolic
acid. and more will be sent. Tho differ
ent benevolent associations will doubt.
less assist in securing disinfectanis to
send to the distressed members Of their
organizations in Grenada. The people
are of course seized with panic, but as
all towns are b~loekaded they hardly
know where to 20.
BOARD y HEALTH MEETING.
The Mempbi, board Of health met at
10 o'clock this morning.
A communication from DR.. A. A..
Laurence, quarantine physician at Presi-
dents Island, stating that he had ex.
amined the steamer John B. Maude and
found no yellow fever or sickness on
board was received. The man Duffy,
put off at Refugee by the steamer John
Scudder, died.
REQUIsITIoN FOL NURSES.
The secretary read the following tele-
grams:
GRENADA. MISS August IL, 1878.
DR.. D. D. Saunders. Health Officer.
Can you send us twenty experienced
yellaW fever nurses2
R. S. RIYGGoLD, VI. D,
Health Officer of Grenada.
TELEGRAM FROM DR.. BROWN.
GRENADA, Miss, August Il, 1873.
DR.. D. D. Saunders. President Memphis BoarC
ofHealth.
Yellow fever here and no mistake
Sixty cases and FIVE beats to-day.
r + Brown, NJ. D.,
Sec'y Memphis Board of Health.
PHYSICIANS wAETED AT GRENADA.
GRENADA. MISS, August II.
President Board of Health, Memphis. Tenn.
Send US one expert yellow fever doc
tor. We will be responsible for pay
We refer to Schoolield, Hauauer & Co
PEOPLES & BRANNUM.
DIR, BROWN AT GRENADA.
GREN. DA. MISS. August II.
DR.. D. D. Saunders:
We will not let DR.. Brown return to
day. Send me two reliable nurses. TIVE
Of my own family have the fever. Tel
deaths from fever here in the past TWEEN
ty.four hours. W. W. HALL. MD.
H FEVER AT GRENADA EPIDEMIC.
GRENADA. MISS, August II.
DR.. D. D. Saunders;
Eight or ten deaths within the pas
t~Wen,y.four hours here. Help such a
} yellow fever needs is required.
| j. L.. MILTON, Mayor.
COMPLAINT AGAINST II ANCHOR LINE
The following communication wa
! read:
MoUYD CRY. BEE., August IL. 1873.
, To the Board Of Health, Memphis. Tenn:
: GENTLEMES-We have thought it bu
. justice to inform you Of the dodge mad
use Of near this place to-day by tn
steamers Maude and Colorado to evad
the quarantine at Memphis. AS til
: Colorado was passing down about l
: o'clock this morning, she was met an
sigualled by the Maude, %whereupon sh
{ rounded to aud received the Maude'
[. passengers for Memphis.
Yours respectfully,
CHARLES WINSTON,
Engineer steamer John 0verton.
NY MI
Chief of Police Athy was notified t
inform Captain AID Storm of this fac
and that the officers of the steamer
3 Colorado and John B Maude would b
= arrested for this violation Of the quaraI
b tine laws.
d MISSISSIPPI n TENNESSEE RAILRoA
o E~sTsPPED.
g DR.. Erskine offered the following resC
s luton:
d Resolved, That the secretary of Ii
board Of health of this city, being tel
graphed from Grenada the undoubte
, existence OF yellew fever in that tow
this board urges the mayor to enjoin Ii
Mississippi and Tennessee railroad frol
o running its trains to Memphis until fu
Their notice.
- Colonel Burke, the superintendent
the Mississippi railroad, said that I
4 freight was being received at New O
# leans oil Grenada for this city.
q. DR.. Saunders thought our safety vi
% to devise means by WHICH to cut on
!. selves of, but in 80 doing to have {
eye as much as possible to the comic
Of other people, The board should 4
permit passengers personal bagga
ID communication with Grenada or its
entity.
!, DR.. Saunders informed the board Ii
e, yesterday he telegraphed DR.. Brown