The Hillsborough recorder., 1878-09-04

sieiaiiSs hnu lNIhal's rohS ~ hsS
returning To dut, or reporting for assign
n,ent. All those uf the cilizelis who have
moi contracted tile disease are c"niine,l
within doors, nursing and ministering TO
the sick aas=s 4sse=zassaess+ szz.a=ez--- g
A number of times was hailed Us
",loctorp from liUlsrs, and appealed ~
"a come 10 ai,l treat case, people think.
Ing that /, being stranger, and In the
place, mtpt be u physician. q &
There are no funerals. Every vehicle
III tile place was brought into rrquisitiol'
10 carry people away, and there h nothing
a: tile kind remaining but the doctors
buggies aud hearse. The heaTse drives
uptn tile door Of liouse la which there Is
a cnrl~.. the body Is brought out. placed
In the carriage % death. and carried away
and buried, the suls witnesses OF tile iil-
terment Ueing lie sexton and tile driver.
Mort Of rl,e dead are placed in The c"illn
Without Jcing either dressed or washed.
The nlorialiiyis terrible. or all the
number taken sick there has not been on.
who l,as entirely recovered There ARE
some convalerccnis. Of course, hut none of
them have sufficiently r-coyere! TO permit
oftirir leaving their roonis. ..... Nj
There are plenty Of provisions IN town
locked up In tl,. stores, and several car
leads stand on the track at the depot, but
the freight agent cannot ,ii-cl,arge them Tor
the fes.son tllat none of the consignces ATE
al hand Ia receive their freight.
What Is particularly missed and need
e,l IA what Is known as small grocefies,
.lrIicaeie-. wine. ric; fur the sick. Gun.
triLu,ions Of necessaries ai life, Tor tht
we'll, from oulside places have been literal
aud Sufficient 10 meet ilie dcnland. The
food Is co.krd nj the Pass HOUSE" aud
Is dealt out un de,nand 10 those persons
,,ot sick, aud To- the nurses aud the doc
tors. ssi sfte 1list E. s4 S..
1 have sent up two l'oxes % delicacies
by express. mention &C. for the purpns,
81 adding tllai as s,ah us the express
company found 90. that The b,xes wert
for the sick they seilt me back The nionry
1 paiJ .or flrigi,t. j
The nurses are thoroughly orgaiiize'h
aud are under c,n,nnand Of Gen, Smith'
President ol tile Aleu- pills Howard Assn
ciaiion. They report 10 him aud le de-
tails lien,. They are very much f'tsgue'i
as there are not sufficient number lhr'e
20 provide rrIIefs. somc six or seven oi
tbr nurses, sent from Memphis. gave '''i'
on Saturday, refused 10 pcrforni any n'or'
duty and len ;he town. Tie New Orlca','
nurses have all remained faithful at lhr''
lDsts. .y..-.y .,s...... ..--....--.....- =,
TI,osc cIlizensnf the town who are vel
are also completely worn odi, and tlrnh
mai ID this fact III a great h,easure Is NJ
trlLulrd ,I,c iuurlality, When oneof thss'
prr.ons takes the disease. tl.eyare soeo'''
pIrlrIy FRUSTRATED from cDnlinued waIcl,'
Ins aud attendance on their friends aud
relatives, that they layenot the strength
10 rally, even iftlie fever Is broken.
II NfluW VI UHt curt W f.'tHts t''.e = 80
Jvhn Crummers. Four of his relative
wer sick at one tlme aud he ha'l but ou'
mat, IL assist him IL ministeiing Z" tlIeni
aud ofcou, se il was impossible Tor him Z,
absent himself from tie sick rocn,s fora
sufficient length u time 70 enable hinl =
prorure reNt He was without sleep o.
rest from Friday until Tuesday, aud 90
the latter day he was compelled TO CIV,
o. aud went 10 bed with the fever. II,
dic,l The iaIIuwing Friday. l,ionot doubI
that he had ihs lever snn,e time before h'
yielded a.id took to his bed, and then l
was loo late 60 save him.
am of Tie opiniOn that tile town will
be del,opu'alcd within ten days, aud lol
his reason As said before. oil vel
per-o,,s are completely worn out, aud ~,
CHANCES ofa niajoriiy fn recovery, !
attacked, are 10 greater than were ,hus'
Of john CnInmerr, aud see that the,
are CONTRACTING tie fever II the rate Of ls,
or twelve day.
There were 10 the place, when ileft
! i've tcsIdent physicians aad Dis Man'