Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-10-09

coming to the front to take their places.
Esquire and Recorder Quigley has adj
journed the county quarterly court until the twenty
| eighth instant when It IS hoped the abatement OF
| the plague Will admit of a session of court
Colonel w. S. Pickett, of the Howard
medical Office and his genial and o6llgng assistant
| the APPEAL reporter for kind rememberance.
| Charley Piaggio. of the Adams street
fire company, lost a charming boy, aged thirteen
| the residence OF his parents, 2i6 Beale street.
| People In the country are very shy when
| a Memphlan appears and asks for drink of water.
nearly all the wells in the country have gone dry.
| DIR. Eustace r. Semmes, son of Major
B. j. semmes; is still in critical condition from
relapse OF yelowfever, but his attending physician
and relatives have yet every hope of his recovery
| We received yesterday the first number
| OF the Marine Journal, neatly printed and ably
edited Sheet just started at Cincinnati devoted to the
interests and welfare OF steamboatmen everywhere.
Around the supply depots rows take
place daily but the police are active and on, on the
Castle Athy, on Adams street, where they find time
| to cool off.
A kind lady friend sent the compositors
o'clock the boys did Justice to it. and we assure the
nice things.
Father Iucelli. of ST. Joseph's (Catholicl
is receiving the best medical attention from that
learned and accomplished physician, DR.. Heating, of
| New York City.
Capt. Jack Doyle was cut on Main street
with his trainer yesterday afternoon. 1t was his
first appearance In public since he went down b..
meath the plague wave He is on the safe side OF
The river Lethe.
Mrs. J. C. jacob, sister of Mr.. julie
Pollock is dangerously i'll with the fever at her resi-
Charleston railroad Mrs. Chapelle is also quite sick
| in the same residence.
Our best physicians are now of the opin-
ion that no relief from the fever plague may be
reasonably expected until after black frost, when
leo appears In the cutters and when the thermome-
| ter Indicates thrty-tWo degrees.
Those who have remained here and have
escaped the fever thus far, are almost as much eX
empt from an attack as is convalescent. They
UNNECESSARILY expose themselves to danger
Captain Joe Speers, our genial friend,
returned from Lagrange last night and reports his
Jse ee sitting b up beroG Ge IF fg
she having visited almost every case OF fever In that
james Doyle, we'll known in the city as
died of the fever Sunday. He was from County
Kerry, Ireland. He leaves wife and one child who
are comfortably provided for by Jimmys industry
and economy.
Judge James A Anderson, who resides
near Gill Station, on the Charleston railroad. has
is able TO take little fresh air. Mr.. George Ander
son, his brother naw is able to sit up in bed and
take a little soup.
Mr.. f. II. Fowler, who has been in the
employ Of the Towards at ColieTville, returned to
the city yesterday. Superintendent Byrd. in charge
compIlmentaTy Of the services Mr. Fowler rendered
while on duty there
When the great plague is over, and the
viii be moistened at the absence of loved and
genial form. George Cook, the noble and generous
George, will be among the missing. He fell victim
to the scourge at six O'Clock yesterday.
The following additional list of deaths at
Lagrange was furnished by Captain Joe Speers who
Miss Matte White. Jimmy Robinson, Mrs Thomas
WEBB Mrs. Hammond, Arthur Yancey, Ernest NJ
Nance, Cornelius Dumont VIM Maxwell, colored, |
Mr.. ROsni
Mr.. Mattox, the general utility man IL |
the service of the Mississippi and Tennessee rail
way Is not only attending to his regular duties in
t tSf an6 vo He mas sea aad TS spells
pull at it If he could find time |
Master Peter Eugels, sprigbtly httle
gentleman OF twelve summers, is one Of the vau- |
able auxaues of the Howard clerical force. He is |
one OF the remarkable cases who recovered at the
Market street nfirmary. Peter has enlisted all the
towards as dTends and every one who comes to
The following dispatch was received |
from Decatur AlaPama b. the Howard yesterday
ards of that place: ''Can you send us good physi-
an and three good nurses by first train. Our medi
cal director was taken down last night Others
out About forty Sick many of them yeloT-fever
-That strawberry blonde constable, Mike |
GarVin, wishes his friends to know that he has not
been victim to ''yeow-jack,'' Jack Walsh, or any |
the deatblst yesterday is all right, but the age is
Slightly of, as he has no remembrance of the num-
Der of years since he was youth of twentysix
mers.
Mrs. Bertorelli returns thanks TO DR.. |
MCanley for his kind attention AMI invaluable med
zeal services, through which she has recovered from
Frustrated by the disease late at night the doctor
responded Immediately to the summons. and thus |
gave the prompt attention which Is so necessary in
yellOw-fever.
We Learn that DIR. Saunders stopped |
at Florence Alabama, his way TO Memphis,
others of that place. to several suspicious cases
of fever He pronounced four OF the cases mild vel
and many more viii leave b1 S f Ise hey nav le h
spared an epidemic visitation.
The Marine Journal (Cincinnati), Oeto-
Der I'd: Captain John j. Rape has been one
among the noble and most active workers in behalf
OF the yellow fever suerels having contributed lib
orally from MS private MEANS as well as soliciting
OF Captain R. W. wise, of the Jas W. Gait and a
host OF others Interested in steamboat af1airs.'
DR.. J. G. st. Clair, Of Walden, Mississip-
mantown OF yeIlow-feyer, contracted while in the
discharge of his duty. His jeWelry and personal |
yesterday, who resides at Walden. Mississippi. Dr.
81; Clair fell Ike soldier believing that an cpl
demic Is the battlefield OF the true physician.
The new rules lnaugurated for the dis
tibuton of supplies by the commlssarv of the Citi
zens, re lief committee works badly The old system
telligent way of doing such business 1t is an easy
matter 10 establish what is a ration for iay This
is the military system and the best ever adopted:
avoids all confusion and saves an immense amount
of valuable time
"A man named Baer and his wife came |
here from New Orleans, both entering the Howard
service as nurses. Both sent to the same
family. Several days ago he made report at the
Towards that the female nurse assisting him was
continually drunk and worthless as nurse asking
that she be discharged. She was discharged, he
continuing In the service 1t was subsequently dis
covered that she was his wife.
q |
Elmwood yesterday, the pall-bearers we're Jeptha
Fowikes, Albert Mitchell, Ed Beasley, II. P. Wood
0ek ana aa % MT Ed Beasey read the
the remains OF his fallen friend. OF the pail bear
ers, Messrs: FowlkeS and Beasley have never had
and aid the sick and bury the dead.
The chanticleer, the early .village-cock,
that thrice saluted the morn ere Richard and Rich.
The suburban and Bayou Gayoso ROSTERS have gone
down WITH the yeo%eTer ana have passed
formed into soup for the convaleseent. The day |
ing Of the cock mailing the daWning OF another day
Of sorrow and apprehension.
DIR. D. D. Saunders, president OF the
vii enter at once upon his oieai and professio ad
duties. He has been absent some two weeks per |
fever We trust that the true-hearted brave doctor
8 not returning too soon to the field of his arduous
[ulness among US, an honor, as he Is, to the COM
munity and profession to which he belongs.
"A letter was received and opened by |
Esquire Quigley yesterday pOstmarked Berlin |
Prussia" and addressed as follows: 4" TO his lord
ship, the first magistrate Of the city of Memphis in
Memphis city, south Amenca.r Ii contained in |
formation that remedy, of course infallIble for
Telowfever, could be purchased in quantities to
suit patients at certain city in this country We de-
cline the advertisement, except at the usual rates
Saturday next, the twelfth instant. will
De the anniversary of the discovery Of America by
Chris topher Columbus, day always duly celebrated
Dy the Italian residents of this city This year there
will be no public celebration; death has held too
high carnival in midst, and especially among
)ur Italian felow-citizens A few conValescents .
nay get together, break bottle of champagne and
rink to the memory of Columbus and the other !
absent dead
"A family named Wadran consisting of I
man, wife and five children were discovered by 1
5ectiOnBoSs Charles Silvers, of the Mississippi and
tennessee railway yesterday, living in open cot