Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-01

Of Chelsea, Of yellow fever.
George Sutton, the last on duty at thu
undertaking establishment Of George 3
Hoist & Bro, died yesterday.
E J sOige, Of the Avalanche, whC
stood tOhis post till stricken down By
the fever, died at the Printers infrmary
last night
Dr. Hinson, the dentist, is working
like . hero with the Towards. It does
q man good 70 look in his cheerful face.
Truly he is a good man.
Chris Baehman, who has had an attack
Of chills but not the fever, still holds bis
Town on tie Mississippi and Tennessee
railroad. Chris is w~ell-known Murphy
crater and Of course be will live always.
lP&ADgN crunp, ESQ.,, Undertakes
WAlsh's chief clerk, took down with tue
fever last night, This leaves Mr.. Walsh
solitary and alone. Mr.. John Reyndsrs,
his Opholsterer. died on the 18th of Sep
TENDER.
By some irregular oversight yesterday
we reported % deaths for fory-eigbl
hours, ending at noon, when we publish
ed the names Of lOl, which should have
been the figures.
W A Holt Of the Howards, has charge
Of districts Nos Eve and seven. He is
not able to attend to all each day, but
will endeavor to make his entire tour ev.
cry two days.
MrWhitmore proprietor of theLEDGER,
vas around to-day, de wishes it dis
timely understood, he says, that during
the late unpleassntness, he was q private
and that he is a private still,
DR. J d Nuttsll, one of our most emf
nent and best physicians, who had q
very rough deal with the fever, is daily
seen on the streets, looking as fresh as
the first rose Of summer Long may he
live.
Mr. J B Weaver, agent OF the Memphis
aud Little Rock railroad at this city,
died at Cedar Grove, on the Louisville
railroad, yesterday afteru Don, of the ie.
yer. Mrs Weaver and his sister are also
sick.
Miss Eliza Michat sister of E L Mi,
chat tha jeweler, is very low of the
lever It her residence ia Fort::Pickering
Also. Mr. Michat's little daughter, Min.
ME, Is sick. hi, son Eugene is con va
lsscent. Mr. AichAt is himself sick in
NApoleonvills, La, of the fever.
Captain Nat S Green and wife died
last night at ellis Station, on the Mem.
phis aud Charleston railroad, Of the few.
er. Captain Green was known The
length Of the Mississippi, aud all Over
the Northwest and Southwest, and biz
death will be read with regret by all who
knew him. iQ
John B Taylor, bookkeeper for Taylor
4 Arnold, died Of the fever last nigh.
and was buried this morning; Jimm,
B1dinelli aud a colored nurse, who re
nsined With biz ill death, oaly leaving
him when sll that vas mortal was con
signed to mother earth. Mr. Taylor wa
we'll known here, aud bis death has cas-
q gloom over the entire community.
RP WArinE. j., one of the most eff
Gent Of the Howard corps, ia a who'll
team, and is truly the right man in th
right place. Mr. Waring. as soon as thl
fever appeared here, left his home il
North Carolina, and fastened TO offer bi
services to stricken Memphis, and ha
never ainched from duty. Wa slI homo
him.
One Of the most touching incidents 0
the epidemic occurred at Elmwood yel
terday. 1t was the reading Of the fun,
raj service over the grave Of Miss Luc
Courts, BY that good and ~true-bearie
little lady, Mrs Cara Parker, whose nobl
heart is ever ready to respond % thos
10 distress May God ever bless thi
dear little lady, and may she some da
receive The reward she so Justly deservei
There is many a prayer for Der cent I
the throne Of God.
Only q 'ew days since we exchange
salutshons With L)uis Chapski, booI
keeper at the Unien and Planters BAN
Then be was healthy and smiling an
happy, little dreaming that the fever az
death we're lurking so near him. Whe
We felt depressed and sad over the recel
death Of q dear friend, we needed notI
ing better to cheer US up than to loo
across the narrow street and see Il
! cheerful and happy Chspski. Now Thu
. happJ face has disappeared from tb
window, and Louis Chspski is dead, lea
Ing a wife and two or three little ones
mourn bis untimely death.
ooe Of the ssddest cases that b
come under our notice is that OF Ii
family Of john Dawson, who died
Elnwood Cemetery. Mr. Dawson di,
September II, after an illness of on
three days duration. His brave wi
srose from Der bed to administer to d
r wants Of her four little girls. shs we
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