Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-13

swamp fever, and not exclusively to gel
low fever"
THE H0wARDs
At q meeting Of the Howard Associa.
lion this morning ex-Mayor John John.
son was elected supervisor Of nurses,
and a committee OF three was appointed
TO iud a building for a hospital. Citi-
Gems having a suitable building are re-
quested to call at the rooms Of the
Howards.
THE FEELING HERE.
Since the announcement Of the case
Of yellow fever in Memphis there has
been a great deal of comment. How.
ever, there is nothing like a panic, and
the people are taking things easy. The
condition Of the city and vigilance of the
board of health will go a great way to
prevent anything like a yellow fever
epidemic.
Dh bhOhN > STATEMENT.
DR., R F. Brown, sec Rotary of the
board Of health, returned at IL o'clock
to-day from Grenada, Miss. He says
that the yellow fever there is perfectly
appalling. IL was not known as yellow
fever until Sunday but since last We'd
nesday there have been over one hun.
dred cases. saw over seventy yester.
day, | slept only about two or three
hours a night, bsing all the time en-
gagged in attending to the sick. l never
saw such a thing ia my life as l witnessed
there. | saw a mother and two children
sick with the fever 10 one bed. The
doctors, four or FIVE, are all sick
or worn out, The fever is all over
the town, being spread in every d.
%rection. l think that there will be
twenty deaths to day, and tomorrow
probably twenty-five, these being those
who took sick Wednesday and Thursday
last.
Is the fever confined to any particular
class2
DR.. Brownie, sir; but it is amonI
the better class Of citizens. Two or tire,
colored persona have died with the fever
The Mississippi and Tennessee railroad
train goes into Grenada, but remain
only = few minutes. Il backs out 6v
miles, and the meu lay over there. The
train frou, New Orleans this morning il
the last train that stopped at Grenada
1t stopped for General Walthsll auC
family to get aboard. No future train
| will be allowed to stop. but run througI
8 at full speed.
Is there great alarm in Grenada?
+. De. R,-There is great CONSERVATION
Every person who is able to leave i
7 going away. | advised the people h
(. leave, but unfortunately seven out o
nine cant get away.
How many inhabitants has Grenada
DR.. B.-They claim $500, but Genera
Walthall tells me that there are not owe
8 1000 or 1900 white citizens of this pop
u%lation.
Have many people lefP
DR.. B.-A good many. They go any
where they can get-to the country on,
elseshere. The sight is one never to b.
= forgotten.
. Do they need nurses and doetors2
DR.. B.-Why, yes, sir, doctors badl.
and nurses too. Fifteen nurses and on
doctor FROM New Orleans are expectel
there to-day. The people have been AM
are still suffering for want Of nurses
d, The people are broken down and craze,
: with excitement.
Question-Is business suspended
DR.. B.-Yes, sir. Colonel Butler Ar
e derson and | vent around Town yester
day aud found every house closed. W
t could not see a store open. heard ye,
t terday that men had gsd, leaving thei
stores With no one to care for them.
never saw such a panic in my life.
Q~aestion-Do the people need money
4 DR.. R.-Yes, sir, very badly. Tn,
people are even walking away. The.
t need disinleotants of every kind. Their.
was a meeting yesterday of citizens an,
$4,000 was subscribed. Colonel Butle
$ Anderson was to hold a meeting and OF
+, g4nizs the people into o relief body.
+: How many deaths we're there Vhe.
. you left2
nr ri did not learn exactly, bu
' from twenty to twenty Eve. There Wer
g eleysn deaths frea Sunday morning t
b Monday morning. There were tire
deaths last night before l left.
Is the disease malignant, as il ia reF
$ resented
e Pr. B.-Yes, sir as bad as it can be
l have seen a great deal Of yellow feyc
in the last thirty years. The people a
through the country are panic.strickeI
and every town is %quarantined again'
Grenada. Every town on the Missi
J sippi aud Tennessee road is quarantine
and trains EFa Est allowed to stop. On
. train stopped at only one place, Bates
vile, between Grenada and here.
Is the disease at Grenade spreading
Dc, R.-Yes, sir, rapidly, aud is d
oyer the town. The people have ha
nothing to disiufect with. They ne,
l. one hundred barrels Of sarbolic aci