The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-13
THE YELLOW FEVER.
Meeting Of the Relief Committee.
Contributions Still Flowing In.

Contributions Still Flowing In.
The Citizens Relief Committee held a
meeting yesterday afternoon, at which the
following receipts were reported:
Baseball Boston VS.. Cincinnati) $500 rs;
local employees c., c., c. & l. Road, $104 SO;
Miss Kittie Bennett, $40; unknown, $40;
Southern Railroad excursion, $471 20; Phil.
Tieman, $75; l., c. & L. R. r. employees,
$270 20; Courthouse, S53; box of cloth
ing from the ladies of Glendale; also bun
die of blankets from Mr.. Rosenbaum, of No.
IS Sycamore street; Adler & Co., one bun
die clothing; Mrs. DR.. Wood and Mrs. ID.
T. Disney, one bundle clothing; the Long,
worth estate, 500; j. L. Stettinius, 800;
N. L. Anderson, by cable from Paris, $500;
employees of J. V. Louis q Co., $50; from
the citizens of Hamilton, $500; from the
employees of the l., G. d L. Railroad, $270 20
from the employees of the Little Miami Rail
road, 5000; collected by f. A. Laidley,
1924 SO; collected by w. ]. Lippncott,
$l72; collected by Sidney d. Maxwell,
$l7 65; II. Tielig & Bro, $40; from Young
Folks Association, Oxford, $62; Orient
Club, $53; citizens of Neville, Ohio, $35
Presbyterian Sunday-school, Orrville, Ohio,
So IS; Trinity M. f. Church, Cincinnati,
$63 II grand total, $625 q. Receipts OF
the entertainment at the Lookout House,
1857 As.
A resolution was adopted to hereafter
uals, societies and communities, in strict
tapnpr1onna with tIa pf the
donors.
1t was decided to have all contributions
of clothing, ETC., received at the store OF
Mr.. George Hafer, No. 65 Walnut street
because of better facilities afforded there fol
handling them.
Y. NJ. C. A.
The Association has distributed the ward
ballot-boxes, labeled "Nickel Contributions
ers," around to the different hotels and
prominent places in the city, and will col
lect and publish the contributions each day
The total amount of collections sent South
through the Y. NJ. c. A. has reached
81, ,269 IA.
THE MUSICIANS.
The members of the Musicians Union,
and all of the musicians in the city, are in
vited by TIL. HOLE and Fl. Leopoldt TO a
meeting which takes place tonight at Ii
voli Hall, for the purpose of devising means
to help their suffering brethren in New Or
leans.
THE CONCERT
given at Pixies Opera-house last night by
the Railroad Association was well attended
otwithstanding the inclemency of the
weather, and the excellent programme
which was announced was faithfully carried
out.
JACKSONVILLE ENTERTAINMENT.
There will be an entertainment in behalf
of the yellow fever sufferers of the South,
given in the Madisonville NJ E. Church
this FRIDAY evening, beginning at O clock.
The programme is a superior one, consist
ing of literary exercises and vocal and in
strumental music.
TIE ELM-sTREET CLUB
closed its fair last night for the benefit OF
the yellow fever sufferers, and it was found
that the net proceeds amounted to 81, 800
which sum will be handed over to the
Relief Committee The Club is composed
largely of brewers.
ANOTHER CASE.
A yellow fever case has been reported
from Four Mile, in Campbell County, KY,
which is supposed to have been contracted
from a barge of rags which were brought up
from Memphis by the Golden Rule.
NOTES.
Misses Reeder and Templn, volunteer
nurses from Cincinnati, are down with the
fever at Memphis
A dispatch received this morning states
that the physicians sent from this city to
Memphis are doing well.
The baseball game between the police
men and. fremen will come off tomorrow
afternoon, if the weather is favorable.
The Old Woodward Boys have appropri-
ated balance in their treasury Of SIS to
the relief of the yellow fever sufferers.
The Louisville Short Line yesterday
shipped, free, two carloads of cots and
bedding to Memphis from the Citizens
Committee here.
Drs. Carr and Slough were sent to CALI
polls yesterday by Health Officer Minor, to
see whether or not the sickness prevailing
there was the veritable yellow fever.
Hypollyte Hombach, refugee from New
Orleans, who was taken to Roh's Hill Hos
pital suffering with the yellow fever, few
days ago, died little before noon to-day.
A baseball game for the benefit of the
yellow-fever sufferers will soon be played
between two clubs, now being organized in
the city, which will consist of persons
weighing not less than two hundred pounds
Judge Wilson and Prosecuting Attorney
Murphy will be two of the players.