Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-10-01
be remembered as one of the heroes of the
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epidemic of 1878.
Mrs. DR.. Robbins, who lost her husband
in the early part of the epidemic, and a
daughter soon after, was up yesterday, after
recovery from a severe attack of the fever.
She has one child, a bright little girl, left her
from her once happy family.
Louis Czapski, the popular book-keeper
at the Union and Planters bank, died of the
fever at eleven o'clock. Few men could
boast wider friendship. and his death has
created a vacancy In the Union and Planters
bank it will be difficult to FL.
-Mollie Arnold. eight years of age, cor
ner of Huling and Main. died Sunday morn
ing at six o'clock, of the fever, the last of the
family of seven-father, mother, and five
children. Mr.. Ed Schloss had the little girl
decently inferred at Elmwood yesterday.
Mr.. Coan, who was sent by the Towards
to Grenada some time ago to assist the late
Iamented Butler P Anderson, returned yes
terday with several nurses. He reports that
there is sufficient number of convalescents
in that town now to take care Of the sick.
Colonel w. W. Ware, of Confederate
army fame, who has had seven weeks
wrestle with the fever, went on duty at the
citizens relief storeroom yesterday. He was
rather feeble for work. but he felt it his duty
to take hold again. We hope he will steer
through safely.
I'm our notice of the noble workers on
the Masonic relief board, Saturday, we unin-
tentionally omitted the names of those ardu-
GUS laborers, Messrs. d. W. Monroe aud H.
Lemon. Too much praise cannot be accorded
these gentlemen for their devotion to the sick
and distressed.
MIR. J. M. Heating received from Mr..
Fl. w. M'Coy, of Table Grove, Fulton county,
Illinois, twenty-five dollars aud seventy-five
cents for the yellow-feverers of Memphis,
twenty dollars of which he gave to the Ty
biographical union, and the rest to a needy
and deserving man.
Ham Voss, colored, will limp little the
next week or two. Policeman Cole caught
him in the act of breaking into a house yes
terday, fired at him, putting a ball through
the calf of his leg. The ball was extracted,
and Voss carries it In his pocket as a souvenir
of the epidemic of 1878.
There was, Sunday, at the corner of
Vance and Causey. at Lucarini's stand, a
gathering of eight Frenchmen, who had all
been down with the fever. They had nice
time. Louis. the bartender, is by profession
a French cook He knows how to get up
something nice for his friends in the French
style.
Mrs. Charlotte Smith, editor and pub
Usher of the Inland Monthly Magazine, was
mainly instrumental in getting up the Sara
toga concert, at which Marie Roze sang for
the benefit Of the yellow-feve sufferers. 1t
equally divided between New Orleans and
Memphis.
"A curious dispatch was received by the
Towards yesterday from Lagrange, Tennes-
see. 1t stated that all the prominent citi-
zens had left, and those remaining had or
ganized relief committee. Medicines, sup
plies and money were wanted. Captain Joe
Speers has been sent out there to represent
the Towards.
BY reference to the card in our adver-
Using columns, headed ITO visitors and
physicians, it will be seen that Colonel P.
W. Semmes, of the Howard association, has
established a sub-depot on fernando street,
three doors north of Elliott, where necessary
articles for the distressed can be obtained.
Verify, good move.
Misses Lizzie Templin and Emma
Reeder, the volunteer nurses from Cincinnati,
who have been in the service of the Masonic
fraternity since their stay in the city will return
to Cincinnati to-day. They carry with them
the sincere well wishes of many of our citi-
zens who have been comforted in their illness
by their attention as nurses.
George Butler, the bricklayer, died yes
terday. He was one of the few surviving
members of the old volunteer fire company
No. 3, and of the Crockett Rangers, one of
the most prominent companies of the old
One hundred and ffty-fourth (Confederate)
regiment. He was also an ex-policeman, but
recently had been keeping a saloon on De
Soto street.
The Arkansas little Rock) Democrat
states it wrong when it says that Henry
Mode was down with the fever. Henry
has been and is now the Invest man about the
APPEAL establishment. He has not had
time to take the fever He has not only
done double duty on the APPEAL, but has
been attentive to his sick brother-craftsmen
and friends.
Another of the noble band of telegraph
ers fell yesterday. Mr.. C. B. Langford came
here from Montgomery. Alabama, few
weeks ago to take the place of one of his
brother telegraphers who had died, but was
soon himself stricken down, resulting in his
death Sunday. He was originally from Ha-
vana, Illinois, and made friends during his
short stay here.
Mr.. Levin, volunteer from Chicago,
who has been doing faithful work on the
night force at the Howard depot, was yes
terday stricken with enemlc apoplexy while
talking with some friends in the Peabody hotel
He fell to the floor in fit, when DR.. Yates, who
was near by, administered restoratives which
CAUSED a recovery in a few minutes, and he
was carried to the Howard rooms on litter
Mr.. Chinn, acting signal officer, sends us
the following, showing the state of Their
mometer at points named below yesterday
evening, at 4:35 pm. Washington time):