The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-02
THE YELLOW FEVER.

Notes and News of Local Interest.
Another case of the fatal fever has come
to light in the city. The victim is Miss
Davis, who has spent the last two years in
New Orleans, and was on her way up the
river, expecting to take the train at this
city for Indiana, where she had relatives
living, when she developed unmistakable
signs of the fever, and was transferred to
the Hospital upon her arrival here.
DR.. S. II. Collins, one of the party that
went South last week, and was given the
care of the Peabody Hotel, Memphis, has
telegraphed to DR.. Minor for additional aid,
and in response the Health Officer will send
the following party: w. A. Pillman, drug
gist; DR.. Augustus Kuehne. Dayton, Ohio;
DIR. McAfee, Irwin, Estill County, KY, and
Dr. Byers of this city The two last named
are old yellow fever nurses.
All Jewish organizations and lodges and
ladies societies are requested to be repre-
sented at a meeting next Wednesday eve
ming at half past o'clock at B. b. Hall, cor
ner OF Fifth street and Central avenue, to
organize Relief Board for the yellow fever
sufferers here, or in the infected districts.
In response to an appeal from the Presi-
dent of the Colonel Howard Association,
the greater part of the colored churches in
the city took up collections yesterday, and
next week an entertainment under the
auspices of the coored Masons will be given.
The entertainment to be given at
Springer's Music Hall this evening for the
benefit of the yellow fever sufferers promises
to be a most successful undertaking. Over
five thousand tickets were sold last week
and five thousand more were ordered and
are being sold at rapid rate to-day The
admission fee has been placed at 80 cents,
and the following interesting programme
arranged:
Overture. "Hungarian'-KelerB Bella Orchestra
Beautiful May Walzes-Strauss. ss........... Orchestra
"Lascia Chic Panga-tandel: .::....:;..."......."
=; Miss Emma Cranch
Recitation James t. Murdoch
The Diver, or tha story of Nicholas, slrnamed
the Fish" Translated from the German OF schiller
by BulWer,
Intermssion.
Overture, "Maritana" Wallace. Orchestra
Scena ct Aria Numa Pieta (Aida)-Nerdi........
Marie Van
Organ Recital, a, Fugue, q Minor-l..... Sab. Bach
b; selectons-Ma (by request .....H. d. sofge
Miss Louise Koilwayen
Parody on "Bngen on the Rhine" .........,.....
Chas IL. Miller
f1naIe, Ilk-la
The Davenport Club will give an en-
tertainment at Pixies Opera-house on
next Thursday. evening, assisted by
Mrs Cora d. Murphy, Mr.. and Mrs.
George d. Newhall, Mr. J. Il. Sher-
wood, Chas. Ii. Miller and A. E. Clover.
The entire gross receipts go into the relief
fund.
The following parties have kindly made
donations: s. n. Pixies estate, the house
ushers, doorkeepers and employees of Pike S
Opera-house, their services; Cincinnati Gas
light Il Coke Co., the gas: Cohen 4 Co.,
Carnahan & Co., VIM. Skinner T. Co., and
Commercial job Rooms, printing; VIM.
Beck 4 Sons sand Madame Bigeon, costumes;
P. Donnelly, hacks; Geo. d. Newhall Il Co.,
the piano.
Tie Sabbath-school of the Sixth Prcsby-
terian Church, Eastern avenue, will give a
concert for the benefit of the yellow fever
sufferers next Sabbath evening.
The Pioneer Hebrew Ladies Benevolent
Association at their general meeting dona-
ted $50 for New Orleans, $50 for Vicksburg,
and also 800 for the relief of those in dis
tress and now in our city, who are refu-
gees from the South, makinga donation in
all of 5000
The Druden Sengerchor resolved yester-
day to give concert next Saturday night
at Tivoli Theater for the benefit of the yell
low fever sufferers.
The Twenty-eighth Ohio Regiment sent
$25 to Mayor Moore yesterday for the relief
fund.
The Turner's held a concert last night,
with proceeds from admittance fees amount
ing to $50.
The Directory of Chester Driving Park
have determined to give day Of racing for
the benefit of the yellow fever sufferers in
the South, and next Saturday has been set
apart for the purpose.
The Cincinnati saloon keepers held a
meeting yesterday at Glaesers Hall and
decided to appoint committee to canvass
the saloons OF the city to raise funds for the
South. The committee was appointed to-
day and Immediately began work.
The Swiss Benevolent Society held a meet
ing yesterday morning and appropriated $40
for the yellow fever sufferers. Of this, $40
will be turned over to the Relief Commit
tee and 500 will be sent to the Gruetli Verein
of Memphis.
The Western Union telegraph operators
organized yesterday, with Mr.. Ed. c. Arm
strong as chairman, and resolved to donate
one days wages to the general relief fund.
Committees were also appointed to look
after the other telegraph operators in the
city, and to canvass the different railroads.
$S5 has already been subscribed.
The furniture trade and its relative
branches up to date have subscribed the
sum of 81, $3.50 20. The subscription paper
circulated by Mr.. Julius Refs shows a total
of $640 70; w. L. DeBeck's subscription
book shows $780, The United States Mail
Line Companys officers and employees have
subscribed $3.50 25. The total receipts from
the Gazette contribution box amount to
$125 As.
The Y. M. G. A. have received additional
collections up to IL o'clock to-day as fol
lows High-street Union Sunday school
$5; ST. Peters German Evangelical Protest.
ant Church, $34; Texas German Evangelical
Protestant Church. $25 81; First German
Presbyterian Church, $45 81; Welsh Congre
gational Church Lawrence street, SIG 35i
Union Church Sunday-school, Walker Mill
Road, So 20; Columbia Congregational
Church Sunday school, SO 80; Presbyterian
Church, Harrison, Ohio, Rev. E. ]. Brown,
$25; First English Lutheran Church, $40
First English Lutheran Church Sunday
school, $25-total, $215 II.
The following subscriptions were made
on Change to-day: Alice Mclean, So