Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-08-16
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

Even Athens, Alabama, has quarantined
against Memphis.
Beware of exposing yourself unnecessa-
fily to the night air.
Employers should open their stores late
and close them early as health measure.
The Commercial hotel, corner Front and
Jefferson streets, is closed for month or two.
Lime, carbolic acid, copperas, ETC., and
all other disinfectants are in great demand.
Six members of the police have handed
in their badges and have left the city tempo
rarlly.
Quite a number of our leading business
houses intend closing up for the yellow-fever
season
The board of health continues to make
square tight against the fever IN the infected
districts.
-Gaston's restaurant and hotel closed last
evening for a month or two, until the yellow
fever ceases.
The hack drivers are full of business car
rying people to the railway depots to escape
from the plague.
Twenty shares of the Phoenix insurance
company of Memphis sold yesterday at fifty
cents on the dollar
The weather continues Gne-warm days
and cool nights. Certainly not unhealthy
weather by any means.
-Quarles H. Crawford, white, was arrested
by the police yesterday, on the charge of as
sault with intent to Kill.
DO not neglect to disinfect your prem
lses. 1t will protect not only your neigh
0ors, but your own family.
Numbers Of families are removing from
the infected district, north of Jefferson street,
20 other and more healthy portions of the
city.
IN Rim hv1f IN,
Chelsea, near the Brick church, was badly
beaten last evening by a man named Bud
Brown.
The infected district, north of Jefferson
street, has been drenched with carbolic acid
and other disinfectants by Health Officer
Erskine.
There will be a meeting of citizens held
at the Greenlaw Operahouse at eleven clock
this morning, to consider the yellow-fever
question.
Mr.. W. A. Goodman, of WormeIey &
at 81 Exchange street of yellow-fever yester.
day morning.
The hegira from Memphis, ria the Louis
vile and Charleston railroads, last night, was
greater than ever. 1t was a regular panic
and stampede.
w. E. Smith, superintendent of the
Little Rock railroad, states that until further
notice there will be no train leaving Mem
phis going west.
MANY of the late Murphyites are now in
dulglng freely In gin-drinking-to freely, in
many instances. Tine prevalence of yellow
fever is the cause.
frank HoltoD, white, cut and stabbed
man IN dangerous manner last night in
down town saloon. He was arrested and
locked up by the police.
The public streets are almost deserted
after dark. The newspaper reporter meets
with but few pedestrians between dark and
two o'clock In the morning.
Those who can leave the city had better
do so In time. If you intend leaving there
Is no use IN waiting in order to see what
progress the fever will make.
The city fathers have quarantined quo
rum. Just now it would be impossible to get
up general council meeting at the city hail.
which is IN the infected district.
The city hospital has been taken charge
of by the board of health, and has been
turned into a yellowfever hospital. The
Towards will supply the nurses.
drunkenness continues to prevail among
those who drink deeply of gin and lager to
keep off the fever. Drinking deeply il sup
posed to keep ones courage up.
The United States courts having re-
moved to Bartlett, eleven miles from the city,
bankruptcy blanks can be procured and
sworn to, at present, at No. 20 Madison
street.
All official business of the clerk and
masters Office of the chancery court will, for
the present, be transacted at Wilson d
Boards law office, southwest corner Nam
and Madison.
"A special from Cornth to the APPEAL,
Of date August 18th, says: ''Great excite
ment still prevails here in consequence of the
report that the yellow-tever is spreading rap
idly in Memphis.
The telegraph company request patrons,
and ali parties expecting messages, to call for
them to-day. The messengers all having left
the service of the company, no delivery can
be promised to-day.
1t was stated yesterday that Dr. w. E.
Rogers was taken sick with yellow-fever. We
are pleased to be able to state that the report
was incorrect. He was suffering from ner-
vous prostration, but he has recovered.
The river improvement work near the
mouth of Wolf has been suspended by Major
benyaurd, OF the United States engineer
corps, the employees who were at work having
stampeded, owing to the presence of yellow
fever.
The first bale new cotton from Shelby
county, Tennessee, shipped by VIM. Forrest
x Co., Presidents Island, was received by
Richardson d Co., and will be sold at auc-
ton to-day at twelve o'clock, noon, in front
of the cotton exchange.
There is no necessity in beng frightened
out of your wits. Keep cool and act Judi
cloUsly, whether you stay or leave. There is
no use In being ''rattled" In the face of the
enemy. Screw your courage up to the stick
ing point, and you'll not fail.
There seems to be an intimate connec.
ton existing between the state of the atmos-
phere and the rate of mortality or the preya-
lence Of disease, so that almost invariably a
high death-rate may be predicated of low ba-
rometer, high thermometers and high de-
gree of humidity, when these exist together
"A dispatch to the EUening Ledger, from
Halena Arkansas dafad Au0nsf 15fb saya.