Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-17
meantime l am willing and DESTROYS to
work with you if you wish it.
Very truly yours,


Very truly yours,
Z. I. EASILY, MD.
The beard returned thanks to DR.. Eas'
ley for the offer of his services, which
will be accepted II necessary. At pres
ent the physicians of Memphis are sufi-
cient to attend the sick.
The following resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That DR.. A. A.. Laurence be
ordered from the quarantine and placed
on duty in charge OF the INDECENT sick in
the infected district.
1t was understood that the Howard
Association would be asked to send a
nurse to the the quarantine to take care
of Mr.. M~assenburg, now sick there with
yellow fever.
The quarantine station on Presidents
Island will be at once discontinued and
the freight brought to the city.
MORE GOOD s~AMARIrAEs.
Mr.. B. Boiling, one Of our wellknown
cotton men, was in Moscow last night,
and states that the best citizens hold
their houses open to the refugees from
Memphis. No quarantine exists on pa
per or in the hearts Of the people. Give
Moscow the benefit and credit Of a wor
thy and generous action.
NO QUARANTINE OR FEVER AT HOLLY
SPRINGS.
To the Editor of the Public Ledger;
Holly Springs is not ~quarantined and
there is no fever here. The hotels and
many private residences are already
filled with refugees, aud capacity for &C.
commodating strangers Is exhausted. |
give this information for the benefit Of
those who have not heretofore secured
quarters aud may desire to come.
HOLLAND.
GENERAL NOTES.
The following note explains itself:
To the Editor Of the Ledger.
l have just returned from Raleigh.
There is not a single case of yellow fever
or any other disease at Raleigh. Please
state this for the benefit of the public.
E. MARSHALL.
Justice Winters aud family have taken
up quarters at Raleigh. His many
friends deeply sympathizs with him in
the loss Of his infant child Emmett, who
died With w~hooping cough.
In response to inquiries, we state that
corpses are not disinfected before burial.
Persons who live on the streets leading
to the cemeteries will have to be careful
in guarding against infection from
corpses On route to the graveyard.
The C~hickasaw Guards have removed
their headquarters to Bailey Springs,
Alabama. The Chickasaws have pitched
their tents there and are having q good
time.
The Bluff City Grays have pitched
their tents at the Shelby Couaty Fail
Grounds, four miles from the city, on the
Charleston railroad. 1t is probable thai
the Bluff City Grays will guard the citi
zens' camp. Captain Cameron and the
Grays will do their duty if they accep'
the invitation.
One thousand government tents !oi
the poor will be received this afternoon
information to this effect having beel
: received by General R F Patterson.
General Patterson has removed thI
United States internal revenue office Il
Bartlett.
THE DEATH LIST.
The following deaths are reports
, within the twentY.fou hours.
Henry Decker, 81 Alabama street.
r Frank L~avagna, 55i Jefferson.
is Csuns, l25 Alabama street.
Moses Bloom, S8 Washington street.
Ida Schalscha, l44 Washington stree
Mrs Zanoni, 6 Jefferson street.
Mike Malowney, Bass avenue, corne
Of Dunlap street.
NEW CASES REPORTED.
There is much ~irregularity and wat
Of p~romptness in reporting new case
. Below We give the names OF all cases II
j ported by physicians to the board
health to-day. The cases reported b
= DR.. Armstrong are two and three day
old, and do not properly belong to th
list Of to-day. The reported cases are q
follows:
3 Beulah Tatum, aged eight years. N,
9 l25 Alabama street, by DR.. Armstrong
Mrs Robert Peoples, l39 Madiso
street, BY DR. R F Brown. This cal
was brought from Jefferson street Q,
tended.
Louise Anderson, aged %, l474 Poi
lar street, by DR. Ess.
K Charley Scbleimer, aged 8 years, n
l. Is Alabama street, by DR.. EsS.
Henry Schleimer, aged 43 years, \
Is Alabama street, by DR. EsS.
+ Augusta Lang, aged II years, No
Exchange street, by DR. Ess.
J G Carnes, aged 80. 1856 Alabau
ic street, by DR. Armstrong.
I'd Peter Tighe. aged &c, Poplar street,
n. Dr. Armstrong.
Mrs James Clarke, aged A, on Bay
ed GAyoso, between Poplar and WashiI
Id ton streets, by DR. Willett
IT. James Clarke, aged Al, on Bayou Ga
be oso, between Washington aud POpl
mt streets, BY DR. Willett.
of Joseph Strehl, age 20, corner of b
a. aud Hupperts avenue, by DR.. Willett
Louisa Latch, age 4, 80 Robinson,
DR.. Willett.
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