Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-08-14
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YELLOW FEVER RECORD.
Memphis Passes Through Another
Exceedingly Gloomy Day.
Eight New Cases and Ten Deaths
Reported Yesterday.
Heavier Rate of Mortality Than
at Any Time Before.
Resignation of Hon. John johnson
as Quarantine Officer.
Lifting the Quarantine Against the
City of New Orleans.
Lifting the Quarantine Against th'
YELLOW FEVER.

MEMPHIS, Aug. 13.-Eight new
cases of fever were reported this
five of whom are colored.
Ten deaths from fever have been
by the undertakers since
last night, james Schools, Miles
Owen, Lille Todd, Thos. s. Bate
man, Willie DeOan, Wilhelmina
Ostman, Florence Hopkins, colored,
Emma Forbes, Maria English, and
Moses Lewis, colored. The three
last named died beyond the city
limits.
Ed. Moon was still alive at noon.
He drank the juice of a watermelon
this morning which had a favorable
effect upon his kidneys.
w. W. Guy rested well last night
and his symptoms this morning were
favorable. C20@ q
r. M. Young, President of the
Board of Health, and w. s. Reyn-
olds, Mayor of Corinth, Miss, tel
egraph that there is not a case OF
fever of any kind in Corinth.
Hon. John johnson, member OF
the State Board of Health and
Superintendent of Quarantine, in a
telegram this morning to J. D.
Plunkett, President of the State
Board of Health, says: "My resig-
nation as member of the
State Board of Health of
Tennessee and Superintendent
of quarantine at Memphis gees
forward by next mail and all Off
clal connection with said Board as
a member thereof or as Superin~
tendent of Quarantine ceases from
this date, reserving to myself the
right, at the proper time, to ask an
investigation aud decision upon my
acts by the State Board of Health. )"
WASHINGTON, d. c., Aug. 13-
A telegram to the National Board
of Health from Memphis at $40,
reports % new cases of fever and
5 deaths since yesterday morning.
MOBILE, ALA, Aug. 13.-Upon
the recommendation of the Board
Of Health of Mobile county, notice
is hereby given, that unless other
wise advised, all quarantine restric-
tions against the city of New Or
leans will be removed on and after
Friday, August 18th, 1879.
(Signed) JESSE CARTER,
3 90 y JOHN MAaU1RE,
Special Committee Upon Quaran-
tine.
We are informed that the Board
of Police Commissioners of Mobile
will take the same action at it,
meeting tomorrow. 1Tr o.
MONDAYS SICK AND DEATH ROLL.
Special to the Nashville American. y
MEMPHIS, Aug. 11.-There il
but little news to report, tonight
save the rapid increase in the nun
Der OF new cases, both in and out
side the city limits. The principal
event of the day was the large ifh
neral cortege of the Rev. j. TEL
Ridley, the colored pastor of Col
Inns Chapel, who died of the feveI
this morning. The crowd of ne
groes in attendance at the grav,
was estimated at 500. Thirty-fou
cases were reported to the Board 0
Health to-day, fourteen of whom
were colored. The following is tn
list of the whites and of the deaths
! NEW CAsEs-William CASTILLO
aged fifty, Carolina street, William
Castello, aged six, Carolina street
Con. Mulbrandon, aged three, 90
DeSoto street; J. T. Hastings, age,
twenty-five, corner Of Washineto,
and Second streets; Thomas Dow
ney, aged seventeen, rs Jone
avenue; W. DOlan, age
eight, 1O8 Hill street
j. Dolan, aged sixteen, 10S Hi
street; Lizzie Markey, aged clever
II Winchester avenue; Adolp
Williams, aged three, COZ Dunla
street; Mary Donsold, aged eleven
corner Of Hawley and Ross avenue
Andrew Shelton, aged twenty-foul
City Hospital; Torentz, aged forty
eight, City Hospital; Henry W
Johnson, aged forty-six, Bull Rur
near Poplar street; Ed. Shclosl
aged forty-one, 293 Poplar street
johanna Ostman, aged ffty,24 ROs
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