Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-09-21

Owing to the difficulties experienced il
burying the dead at Eimwood, Supt. Phillips
being sick, and his assistant, John Dawson
dead, the Howard Association has placed
man in charge of the cemetery. Two hund
red and five new cases are reported. The
fever is spreading in the suburbs, and a large
number of deaths are occurring at point:
several miles from the city. The force o.
physicians, nurses and visitors Is being grad
ually reduced, and the situation is becoming
more frightful hourly.
NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. I7.-New cases, 223
deaths, 62 The death lists for the past three
days include SO children under years.
PARIS.
PARIS, Sept. III. H. Tedro, master me
chanfc, died to-day. One new case to-day.
Four cases were taken to Louisville, to-day,
for treatment. There are two or three sick
not yet pronounced yellow fever. The town
is entirely deserted. The stores are nearly
all closed Business is suspended, and the
people panic stricken.
BROWNSVILLE.
BROWNSVILLE, Sept. 1.-THE outlook
to-day, is decidedly better. Five new cases
are reported. Mr.. r. II. Scott, a Howard,
having Virulent attack at DIR. HavyeS' resi-
dence, is one of the number. He has the
disadvantage of being worked down, but
we hope to bring him through by careful
treatment. There were three deaths report
ed TODAY. one from the yellow lever IN
Urinary, child of Mr.. E. B. Treese, and Jeff
Bond, colored. Many of our cases are re-
ported doing well to-day, but as night comes
on there always comes the saddenlng re-
port, sNot so well, tonight" We have
learned by sad experience what this means
It is simply death in a few days, gener-
ally when they relapse. We Will nope Ior
yet, and over eighty cases are on our hands,
But for the liberality of Nashville, Clarks-
vile, Bowling Green, jackson and many
fria 6c i'm ut Tlla XyOnld have hapn
leE in desperate straits
CHATTANOOGA.
CHATTANOOGA, Sept. 1.-THE mostintense
excitement has existed here to-day, i'll con-
sequence OF a belief that yellow fever mad
broken out. The scare was caused by the
death of several citizens with pernicious
bilious fever. Quite stampede was created,
and large number of people left town. The
Board of Health met this afternoon, and
agreed that there was no yellow fever in
town with, perhaps, one exception, about
which there was diversity of opinion.
The town is much quieter tonight.
THURSDAYS PRESS DISPATCHES.
MEMPHIS.
MEMPHIS, Sept. IS.-There is perceptible
increase in the activity about the Howard
headquarters this morning, and apparently
no decrease in the number of new cases,
although the report of deaths is lighter, only
80 being reported up to noon, making 81 for
the past twenty-four hours. The supply of
great difficulty anything but rough collin
shaped boxes can be obtained, even by peO-
pie in good circumstances.
NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. IS.-New cases, 252;
deaths, 6S. The weather is clear and warm.
The deaths include % children under seven
years of age.
BROWNSVILLE.
BROWNSVILLE, Sept. 18.-The outlook to-
day is darker. The good September sunshine
and the laughing early autumn breezeS mock
us with Syren smiles, laden with pestilence
and death. Fourteen new cases on the roll,
to-day, against five yesterday. Fortunately
there was but one death. Rev. J. w. Lane,
of the colOred Methodist Church, South, the
most able and intelligent cololed man in
and an invaluable helper of
the Towards, yielded up his life for his
people to-day. Poor Charlie Oldham is dy-
ing. There are 80 cases on our hands, none
out of danger; but the small death rate
to-day gives us the knocking of hope.
PARIS.
PARIS, Sept. IS.--Two new cases to-day,
one of them from Memphis, and the other
brought in off the road: No deaths. A
Association was formed to-day as a
precaution. The days are warm, and the
nights cool and foggy.
HUMBOLDT.
HUMBOLDT, Sept. I8.-Mayor HALEY issued
a proclamation to-day quarantining against
Nashville railroad are allowed to stop, and +!
no mail from the west can be put off. Fires |
are kept burning throughout the town and |
heavy guns are fired every night. Our town |
was never healthier, and we hope now to |
miss Yellow Jack.
CHATTANOOGA.
CHATTANOOGA, Sept. IS.-One case, report |
ed by DIR. w. 7. Hope, died of yellow fever, a |
woman named Lizzie Morgan, q prostitute, |
who had been in feeble health for several |
weeks, and had been confined to her room /
or about ten days. No new cases are re-
ported. There are few cases of bilious
ever in the city, none of which are very
serious or likely to prove fatal.
IN BRIEF.
The Chinese residents of San Francisco
nave collected 81 200 for the yellow fever
sufferers.
Major w. A. Willis, Superintendent of |
he Southern Express Company, died in
Memphis on Sunday last.
up to the 18th inst. twenty-three cases Of
Fellow fever and six deaths had occurred at
IallipOliS, Ohio the result of the landing of
negro man from the tow-boat Porter, some
weeks ago.
at Memphis, and three of his
died within twenty-four hours of
ZACH other with the yellow fever, and the
two, at this writing, are at the
Joint of death.
"A Paris, France, dispatch says: "The
American Secretary of State telegraphs Min
ster Noyes, acknowledging the receipt of
he $1,000, the first instal1ment of the contri-
ever suffers in the United StateS.'
Memphis Appeal: 'Rev. Mr.. Boggs, of
he Second Presbyterian Church, ever since
he epidemic set in, has been hard worker
S nurse as well as spiritual counselor and
onsoler. We hope he will pass the ordeal
afely. He is a model of what true pastor
hOuld be at such time"
"A New Orleans dispatch of Wednesday
avs: "Dr. Samuel Chopin, to-day at II
iclock, transfused, at the Orleans Infirmery,
light ounces of blood from the arm of a
lealthy stone laborer into the veins of E. j.
lay, Jr., sick and very low of yellow fever.
he object was to sustain life in the patient
o see if the kidneys would act, which, how
yer, they refused to do, and at IL p. m. Mr..
lay died from suppression of the urine"
The Courier-Journal of Wednesday says:
Louisville has not had single case of yell
DIV yellow fever, nor the Semblance of a
ase. A comparison of the health of this
eason with that of the same period in for
ner years, shows that there have been less
eaths than ever before. The method of
reating patients who have come here from
he South, is wonderfully successful, half
f the refugees in the hospital having re-
overed. Stories of original fever here are
malicious"
The Brownsville States, of the 18th inst,
avs: "One of the most dreadful and sicken-
ng events transpired in this town last night
hat was ever recorded in our history. Mr..
'Og Groves, a resident citizen of this town,
ged thirty-two, had been down with the
ever for some time and finally GONZALES
ent. Two or three days ago, however, he
cIeu LlpTuuenJly ana Ddu Il Ddu relttlJS9s |
.ast night his brother, Rivers Groves, visited
lin at the Hendren place on Hatchie ave-,
Outh of the depot, where he had been cared
or constantly by a nurse since his sickness,
nd by the friends who visited him from
ime to time. At that time, 9 p. m, he was
PERFECTLY wild with delirium, but declaring
hat he was insane, and asking what asylum
would shelter him. Finally he became quiet
nd his brother left him for the night.
about 2 a. m. some of the Towards who
we're on duty discovered the building occu-
lied by the sick man in flames. They has
ened to the spot, but too late. The building
md the Inflated inmate were consumed,
md q cbnrrad remains of nOrtiOOS of |