Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-09-06

dangerously i'll al one time. He also reports
these, Mrs. Capt. Kennett, Mr.. Goetz, Mrs.
Roselle, Mr.. WeImer, as already up and we'll.
Mrs. Clara Gage Is improving, Mrs. Walter,
daughter of Mr.. Joseph Specht, is well.
Miss Engels, the Howard nurse, who was
down with second attack of the fever, will
soon be well. Mrs. B. J. Semmes, is now
passing through the first stage of the disease,
and doing well, with prospects excellent for
recovery. Captain Cummins of the Goa
homa, which arrived yesterday is reported
seriously i'll of the fever.
Another of the horrifying incidents
which startle people at home as well as
abroad, and leave one dazed with amaze
ment that human beings can be so cowardly,
occurred on one of the streets OF the original
Iy infected district. A man and his
wife and one child occupying nice home,
saw their little girl taken down with the
fever, whereupon the wife, full of the hero
ism of which her sex has made so many dis
plays during this epidemic, advised the hus-
band to leave, which he did without delay,
and from house only across the street saw
the bodies of his child and faithful wife car
ried by strangers for interment in Elmwood
cemetery. Donovan's case hardly matches
that.
The most painful announcement we have
yet been called upon to make is that MIR.
Henry White, our business manager, was
taken with the fever yesterday. Owing to
the fact that we were in all departments
short-handed he had been doing, as all OF u
who remain have had to do, double duty
He went to his bed, therefore, under the D..
advantage of being worked down, but 'e
have strong hopes that he will be able to I'LL
through. He has a good nurse and an ex-
cellent physician and is sure of all the atten-
ton he needs from his colaborers of the AP-
Na Taal 10 ho off
ly. A more faithful, earnest, upright man
never lived.
The Appeal has been sorely afflicted du-
ring the epidemic. We have lost by death
J. B. Barker and l.. Nj. Lorentz and of the
rest B. F. Fuller, Ed. Schiller and Charles
Smith are down with the fever. H. E.
Crandall is pronounced out of danger and
w. 6. Taylor IS conYalescing from severe at
tacks of 1t. w. w. Stephenson and J. w.
Chambers are both sick, our foreman, Mr..
McGrann, Is nursing ms sick wife and niece,
Mr.. Brooks, our night editor, is nursing his
wife, land Mr.. Henry White our business man.
ager was taken down with the fever yester-
day. No newspaper was ever better or more
faithfully served then by these gentlemen for
whom we sorrow as for brothers.
MIR. Norman Dewar an estimable gen.
tleman, who since the establishment of the
Department has been the untiring assistant
of Capt. Maccabe in the commissary of the
Citizens Relief Committee, was attacked with
the fever yesterday. Mr.. Dewar is at 1872
Main street and is under the care of DIR.
Woodward but needs a good nurse. We
have no doubt that the citizens re-
lief committee will see that TINS brave hearted
gentleman will receive the very best of atten-
ton. This is the fourth man of them in the
committee who was stricken down.
Of the printers of the AUalanche and the
Ledger, the following named are down with
the fever: T. P. Kavanaugh, ]. P. Wheles,
- Bard, w. S. Kerr, Lewis 0. Roselle, j..
S. Terry and James Crulkshank. Mr.. Kava-
naugh is convalescipg. They, with the sick
from the APPEAL Office, are at the printers
infrmary, where they are well cared for and
nursed by Mr.. Smith and his wife, who are
devoted to their duties as superintendent.
Mr.. Noodle of the APPEAL, who stands to
his cases every night, assists Mr.. Smith and
is unfagglng in energy and attention to his
sick comrades.
"A few days ago at Camp Joe Williams,
a woman took sick, who, with her husband,
had been occupying snug looking quarters;
When she was being taken to the hospital
the physician remarked to the husband that
he could follow to nurse her. He demurred
and repeatedly objected, when finally all
but overcome by the doctors opportunities,
he, pointing to the dog, said: No; if l goes
who takes care of my dog" The brute
should have been kicked out of camp right
then. He is not fit to live.
Another sickening case of desertion has
come to light. A man named Townsley lost
a child by fever, Immediately after the fune-
raj of which, his wife and little daughter,
Florence, IL years of age, were taken. In
despair he told the neighbors he was going
to make away with himself and has not since
been heard of. Since he thus basely deserted
his wife she died and has been buried, and
his little Florence and his youngest child, a
boy, are wards In the infrmary. If he isn't
dead, somebody ought to kill him.
Our friend, ]. P. Prescott IS having
full share of the great scourge. First his
daughter Florence, next his wife, and
last his son Walter, (bookkeeper of Williams
and Co., saw mill owners) on Wednes lay af
ternoon, with a light attack, however, who is
doing well. His wife and daughter are out
of danger, owing to the medical skill of Dr.
s. H. Brown, and the excellent nurses fur
nished by the Knights of Honor.
We are palne1 to announce the death of
the estimable ana talented wife of Prof. ]. D.
Stewart, of the Alabama street classical and
high school. A woman of unusual attain
ments, she was also a devoted wife and
mother. 61nd neighbor and a staunch
friend. The Professor has our sympathies in
his sad bereavement.
"A singular-looking genius made his ap-
pearance on Main street yesterday, dressed
In semi-Greek costume with large sponge
tied about his neck. He kept to the middle
of the street. and attracted the attention and
excited the disabilities of the few bystanders.
He presented very comic appearance.
"A physician who died of fever some days
ago, when first taken, called on a neighbor
on whose family he had waited like brother,
tho naicrhhOr T1aaAQ anA tho
good doctor passed away filed with mortif-
cation at the conduct of his friend.
Mrs R. M. Dyke, who residesin Chelsea,
now sew 0ty-four years of age, who has been
on the age for fifty years, published letter
in tn New York Clipper appealing for pecu-
MA assistance to leave Memphis on account
o. . e prevalence of yellow fever.
The burial of the dead was prosecuted
with an energy that bids fair to-day
to relieve the city of the bodies that have lain
so long waiting interment. The citizens re-
lief committee took it 10 charge and out of
the hands of the health board.
Since the Howard Infirmary opened on
Tuesday 80 cases of fever have been admitted
Of which 2 died. There was 81 men cases
admitted yesterday. DIR. Dowell of Calves
.oD is the physician in charge and Major
Walthall is superintendent.
Nine members of the theatrical profess
,ion have died in New Orleans during the
present month from yellow fever. All of
hem were well known performers, whose
professional career had been confined to the
South and West.
Up to, and inclusive of the I'd inst, there
we're 1892 deaths by yellow-fever in the cities |
md towns named, as follows: Port Gibson |
8. Grenada 149, Vicksburg 223, Memphis |
,09 and New Orleans 1908.
Mayor Flippin is attended in his illness by |
lis wife. He has a good constitution, has
ived temporarily and ought to get over the |
ever soon. He has done his duty faithfully |
md has the sympathy of the community
A telegram to Col. James H.Edmondson,
eceiyed late last night, says that Mrs Butler
, Anderson Who is sick at fernando is in a
dangerous condition.
Capt. Jesse w. Page, father of Jesse w.
'age, jr, is down with the fever. He is
YELL known in Nashville where he resided
or many years and held high official posi-
ions
Mr. john Page, brother OF Jesse Page,jr.,
led of fever last nigat. Years ago he was
prominent banker here. He le~yes a wife
nd several children.
Mr. Burroughs, who nursed Mr.. Lang