The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-20
YELLOW FEVER.
Meeting of the Relief Com mittee-
Patients at the HOspital-Enter-
tainments, Notes and News.

Patients at the HOspital-Enter-
tainments, Notes and News. ..
The Citizens Relief Committee met at 8
o'clock yesterday and adopted series OF
resolutions highly commencing the action
of Captain Porter in burning his barge
Mingo, and recommending to the Legisla-
ture that the loss he has sustained be made
good by the State
The following donations were then re-
ported: Mrs. NJ. G. Williamson, Superin-
tendent Public Schools of Wapokaneta, O.,
1921 As; s. V. Reid, Chairman of Committee
on Entertainments, $1,000; Mount Sterling
Relief Committee, $72 08: w. J. Foster, Mt.
Washington, Wy O., two barrels clothing; Mrs.
MITCHELL city, one box clothing; Mrs. Bly,
myer, city, one bundle clol hing; Mrs Arms
berger, one basket clothing; ladies of New
Burlington O., one large box jelly; Snider,
Anderson & Co., ten barrels crackers; W.
w. Wolff, five barrels crackers; H. IL s.
Weyatt, Dayton, o., two barrels crackers;
Mrs ]. w. Pillsbury, city, box clothing;
ladies Of Glendale, boxes clothing, Nos. 5
and g.; ladies Of Springfield, one box cloth
ing.
Chairman Reid, of the Relief Commit
tee, reported the following receipts: John
Ryan, White House Theater, $2S SO; Social
Friends Club $77 II; Gideon Burton, $25;
Madeira Ohio, entertainment, $76 25; Mos
ler Bahmann & Co.. safe sale, $75; concert
at Westwood, $101 railroad entertainment,
$341 So
Supplies and funds were voted as follows:
Memphis, $1,000; Holly Springs $500;
Brownsville, Tenn, $3.50; St. Mary's Hos
pital, Memphis, $50 40.
Collected by Henry G. Urner and George
Hafer-Mrs. Catharine L. Anderson, 800;
George II. Hill, 500; Vim. p. Hubert, $35;
total, $235.
Sent in by Mayor Moore-St. Pauls Ger
man Protestant Church, by G. +. Spreen
President, $70 st. Peters German Protes-
tant Church, Pleasant Ridge, Ohio, SIT 92;
Italian residents of Cincinnati, 5000 50;
total, $28S 42.
Citizens Southern Relief Committee of
Hillsboro, O., per Frank w. Armstrong
$44 46; employees of Messrs. Proctor d
Gamble, per w. A. Gamble, $50 80; NJ. e.
Sunday-schooi of Greenfield, O., So II, and
citizens of Greenfield, $39 30-total, $42 AT !;
friend of the South, Batavia. O., ST TO-;
proceeds of concert by Committee of the
Churches of Greensburg, Ind, per H. Ii.
Woolley, Treasurer of Committee, ST. 75
"a contribution to the Southern sufferers"
no name, lady's handwriting, $40; St.
Mary's P. E. Sunday-school of Waynes-
vile o., assisted by Messrs. A. S. Farr,
J. Will. White. and other citizens, per
ColSidney d. Maxwell, $50 10; Peari-street
NJ. e. Church, per E. T. Harman, $40 85;
choir of st. Lucas German Protestant
Church, per George Buetta, $40 25; public
schools Of Cleves Ohio, "a 80; Cleves Divi
sion, Sons of Temperance, $40; citizens of
Cleves, $40 SO; total, $54 81, per Rev. R. e.
Hawley; proceeds of entertainment at
Madeira, Ohio perl T. Demar. S76 %; en-
ployes of Fritsch & Blettner, $780, Fritsch &
Blettner, $40; Richland Township, Clinton
County, o.. per J. Theobald and G. Rhone-
mus, Committee, $36 50. Grand total, ST.
300 Sc.
ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS.
The Y. NJ. c. A. nickel contributions
amounted to So 81 yesterday; received from
Waynesville, O., $S6 40; received from Mt.
Sterling, $72 69; from the ladies of Price s
Hill, 800; from the officers and employees
of the Louisville q Cincinnati Short-line,
$500, and from the Short-line Company 5000
more.
HEALTH OFFICER MINOR
has sent five suspicious cases of yellow fever
to the Hospital since last Saturday, one of
which, Datzel, of the steamer Gaff, has since
died The names of the other four are Mrs.
Purcell and Miss Vogeleide, of Memphis;
Mr.. VIM. Pillman, the druggist, and VIM.
H. Bingham, from the steamer Gaf Since
the first case that was discovered in the city
on the 9th of last July, there have been
thirty two cases developed, fourteen of
which have proved fatal, but all save two
were imported.
AT Pixies
tonight the opera of 'Stradella' will be
given for the benefit of the South. During
the en- ertanment and after its close the ST.
Nicholas will be illuminated and decorated
for the pleasure and accommodation of the
performers and guests who will flock
thither.
FROM THE SOUTH.
The following dispatch was received by
the Health Officer this morning:
"MEMPHIs, Sept. 20th, 1878.
CDR. Minor, Health Officer:
"Dr. Collins all right. Tate and Kuene
sick with the fever. Dr. Burcham over
worked but no fever. Dr. Orr and WELL
Respectfully,
"DR. J. TUERK."
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.
Drs. Carr and Slough have returned from
Gallipolis, and confirmed the statement that
all the cases about that city could be traced
to the steamer Porter.
The little girls of Mt. Auburn give an en-
tertainment tonight at the residence of
Mrs. Judge Mallon for the benefit of the
children of the South.
The Citizens Relief Committee have re-
ceived $33, 33S 81; appropriated $15,061 81;
leaving balance on hand of S18,277 O3.
The billiard table which was sold on
Change last Wednesday is again being
raffied off. There are sixty chances at $5
a chance.
The policemen and firemen realized $191
from their recent game of baseball. The
hremen will send their portion to the fire.
men of New Orleans, but the policemen
will probably send their portion to Mem
pills. since they have recently forwarded
500 from their relief fund to New Orleans.
POLITICAL POINTS.
De mOcrats at RObinSOn's Opera
house, and Republicans at the