Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-10-01

DIR. E. T. Easley, of Little Rock, who
| came to Memphis early in the epidemic and
| was assigned to duty in the city hospital by
the board of health, died yesterday of the
prevailing disease. DIR. Lynn, of Memphis,
who was likewise assigned to the same duty,
is now convalescing from the fever. DIR.
Lauve, of Hot Springs, late of New Orleans,
has been doing the duty of these two gentle
men during their illness. DIR. PEBBLES, the
druggist of the hospital, is now i'll with the
fever.
An afflicted family is that of Henry W.
Courts, at 205 Tennessee street. He had been
down fof nine weeks with aneurism OF the
heart, when the fever entered his house His
daughter Angie died September 18th, and
another, Miss Lucy, on Sunday afternoon.
His wife is still confined to her bed. but is
some better, while her little sister, Hortense
Dickens, has recovered. The Misses Courts
were nieces of the well known Charlie Lof-
has been nursing the family. He leaves on
the morning tram with his remaining niece,
Fanny, for the pure air of Kentucky, in hopes
that there she will escape the scourge.
Eugene Crandall, one of the old-time
APPEAL compositors, has passed beyond all
danger, and it is now only matter of time
when he will be able to resume his duties;
Mr.. Crandall has had one of the severest
attacks of the fever, augmented by COM
plication of diseases, on record. He was
given up on the tenth day by the attending
physician, DIR. Gorrell (who has since died),
after he had black vomlt. This was cured
by the lady, Mrs. Smith, experimenting the
Printers infrmary. Two days elapsed and
he had hemorrhage of the lungs, and from
this, which caused great weakness, he is now
rapidly recovering, and his many old friends
will be able to greet him on the street IN a
few days. DIR. Gaudon D'Hulin, the eminent
French physician, who is the attending doc
tor of the infrmary also deserves favorable
mention for his attention and close diagnosis
of the case.
One of the saddest cases that have come
under our notice is that of the family of John
Dawson, who died at Elmwood cemetery.
Mr.. Dawson died September 18th, after an
illness of only three days duration. His
brave wife arose from her bed to administer
to the wants of her four little girls. She
went on bravely, doing her duty nursing her
little ones, till on the morning of the twenty
thirds she succumbed to an attack of the
fever. After four days of suffering she died
peacefully, trusting in Him who has prom
ised to care for the fatherless. A friend was
with her to receive her dying requests. As
she has no relatives in America her children
were taken to the Church home, where,
under the care of kind Sister Frances, they
are assured a mothers tender, watchful
guidance. Their ages are, respectively, eight.
FIVE, three and one. Mr.. Dawson came from
England in 1872, and has been an employee
of the cemetery company for the last six
years. During the epidemic of 1873 he
worked like the brave man he was. He did
his duty nobly and we'll then. as always,
and with his wife has gone to his reward.
Till their English friends can be heard from
the children will remain at the "home" 1t
is hardly necessary to say that the children of
a man who laid down his life in this sacred
cause will be tenderly cared for till their rela-
tives in England say what better can be done
for them.