The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-09-12
YELLOW EEVER NOTES.


Nashville Has had several cases
refugees.
Seven Sisters Of CHARITY have died
in Memphis.
There were II new cases in Browns
vile yesterday.
Rev. c. g. Parsons died IN stefn-
phis last Saturday.
Rev. D. Il, S. Roseborough, of the
Bartlett circuit, is dead.
Mrs Butler P. Andersen died at
fernando, Miss, last Saturday.
We understand that the wife of the
Eating stsnd keeper at Erin died with
fever Sunday night.
New York has donated s165, 600 to
the fever sufferers, and proposes TO
make it half million.
Grand Junction had new edses and
! death Yesterday; 8 deaths up 20 date,
3 refugees and 2 citizens.
Fred Brennan, of the Memphis Ap-
pen! and Herbert Landrutn. of the
Avalanche, have recovered.
Memphis doesn't want any more
jinacclimated physicians or nurses.
They add fuel to the flames.
Mr. Miller, of Martin, who was re-
ported to have yellow fever, was in
town yesterday. He is well.
Armstead, the heroic express agent
at Grenada, is sick with the prevail
ing. We hope he will recover.
The Howards at Memphis have
over eleven hundred nurses employed,
at a daily expense of over $4,000.
Up to this time Memphis has had
1860 deaths from fever. There were
113 deaths yesterday, making a total
of 1873.
Mr. Perkins, who left here a few
days since to take charge of the ex-
press Office at Holly Springs, is down
with the fever.
A. j. Wheeler, past grand Master
Of MasOns in this stite and editor of
The Masonic Jewel, died in Memphis,
Saturday. He was a noble worker.
Ten employees of the Southern Ex>
press Company are down with the fe-
yer. Major Willis notifies the public
that no business other than charity will
be done there.
The Masons, Odd Fellows, knights
of Honor, Workingmen, and in fact
all The charitable orders, are doing a
noble work all over the land in aid of
the fever sufferers.
The jackson Tribune and Sun was
in error when it supposed Mr. Pardue
had yellow fever. He hid only a
slisht attack of intermittent fever, and
has been back on duty several days.
Postmaster Thompson, one OF the
proprietors ofthe Memphis Avalanche,
died with the fever III that city last
week. Our friends of that paper and
the sorrowing family have our sincere
SYMPATHY,
Major w. X. Bennett died with fe-
yer in Brownsville last week. The
town is almost tsepopulated. Mrs
Mcintosh, \. S. Klyce, Mrs Williams
and two daughters have also died.
besides some negroes.
A dispatch from the railroad agent
at Martin last Monday says there has
been no yellow there. Out of seven
eases of what the Eest physicians call
ed malignant malarial fever two died.
The others were doing finely.
The fever seems to be worsein Mem
phis and hardly so bad in Brownsville
and Hickman. 4 few cases have &C.
curred among the refugees in various
towns, but it is not spreading in Tens
nessee towns. Not case In this Colin
ty since our last report Farmefs viii
be perfectly safe IN coming to town.
Come, and Bring supplies with you.
The price of produce has risen.
Another martyr, in the person of
Rev DR. Slater, of the NJ. Z. Church,
South, fell at his post last Monday in
Memphis. At the outbreak of the
he made his will and deterri>
ined to give up his lIo if necessary for
the afflicted people of that city. He
was a noble, GOOD man, and no doubt
is now receiving a rich reward. What
a contrast between his course and that
of other ministers whose faith and cour-
age were not strong enough to keep
them in their appointed fields of work.
They will also receive their reward.
But what will it be, Let their con-
sciences judSe them.