Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-08-05
Yellow Fever NOtes.

cases of yellow fever in Memphis for
the day ending at s, p. M, Friday,
1st inst: f<s-@ PASS
James Collins, 2l years, lOS Linden;
Vim. Morgan (c). 8 years, 100 Court
Ed. Totler, 80 years, City Hospital !;
Jas. Burns, As years, 145 Rocco alley;
Marshal Hoskins, 81 years. las Rocco
alley Willis Allen (c). 81 years, 81
DeSoto; Tom Burns, 3 years, l42
Rocco alley Rev. Father Doyle, 80
years, corner DeSoto and Linden !;
Rev. Father Fahey, 80 years, corner
DeSoto and Linden; VIM. Hamerle,
50 years, 261 South; L. Chirotte, 80
years, 22S Beal; Ann Murphy (c). 35
wears, 800 Vance; Elizabeth Fletch, 4S
years, 234 South. Total, l3; reported
previously. 1872; total to date,
Cases outside city limits-Mrs. M. E.
Bennett. % wears, Greenwood Nur-
series; Amy Payne (e) years, Lind
sey Payne (c),6 years, Jim Payne (c),
street car stables.
The Memphis special to the Nash.
vile american of Sunday, gives the
following as complete list Of the
new cases-fOurteen in number-for
the twenty four hours ending Satur-
day night: ....-..
Fannie FIaga. aged l6, AZ Jones ay-
eDue; Maggie Downey. aged Is. rs
Jones avenue; Joseph Dow ney, aged
As, rs Jones avenue; Joseph Halleran,
aged As, 130 Robson street; Josie
Ringwood, aged 26, lis Front street;
Henry Daniels, aged %. City Hospital;
Fritz Hach, aged Is, 199 Elliott street;
Alice Boyd, aged Il, 40 Hawley street; /;
| Frank Hess, aged s, Poplar street, near
Market Ed. Moon, aged IA, 481 Shell
| by street; Teresa Ash brooks, aged 8,
! % Bradford Street; John Waters, aged
35, 50 Jones avenue; James Byrd, coll
ored, aged "a, fernando, near Wei.
lington; Jack Macklin, colored, aged
40, 259 South street. po7 a.a5 La os
The deaths are seven, as follows:
Mary Mnlbrandon, aged s, s2O4 De-
Soto street; Maria Lanahan. aged 48,
lI6 Wright's avenue; Julia Rich mond,
colored, aged 26, corner of Clay and
DeSoto street; BeDjamin.Adams,ea aged
| 35, 73 Clay street; Marshall Haskins,
aged %, 142 Rocco alley; Chas. Forbes,
aged 45, Walker avenue; Eudora ].
Athy, aged II, died at Raleigh, Tenn.
The following Interesting items are
also from the americans special
"The total number of deaths, ac-
cording to the official announcement
/ of the Board of Health, for the week
| ending to night, at p. M, was A;
from yellow fever, 26; other causes, IS.
1t was the purpose of the President to
declare the fever epidemic, as the num-
Der OF deaths from the disease exceed
| ed those from all other causes COM
| bined, but IS the death rate for the
week shows material decrease from
the previous week, he withholds his
declaration for the present. Last
week the total number of deaths were
IL; from yellow fever, 81; from other
causes, 81. The physicians are san
guine that the maximum death rate
| has been reached, and decrease in
the number of deaths caa reasonably
be expected. e ~
Capt. w. P. Semmes completed the
organization of his force of minute
men by appointing the following
officers:
M. Mageveney, Jr., w. w. Guy and
w. F. Shipper, First Second and
Third Lieutenants; r. Il. DabDey, G.
t. Carson, Joe Locke, w. 8. Rogers
and J. M. Boiven, Sergesnts; P. G..
Bigely, r. @. Webb, M. Stiles, A. g.
Lake, L. Solari, ]. e. Hobson aud II.
Ashe, Corporals. s5a
Among those heretofore reported
sick with the fever the following are
in a convaIescent state: Ben. H0llen-
der, It. w. O'Donnel, MRS. Maggie
Holloran, Rufus and Sallie Mont
gomery, Louisa McGill, Mary and
John Hurley, Mrs. Mary and Miss
Kate Sullivan, Viola and Louisa God.
sey, Francis MeGraw and the two
Ashbrooks. - LIS fG &IA2 GG
The situation as regards the colored
people remains IN statu quo. Nothing
has been heard of the representative
that, 1t Is said, was sent North to try
and solicit contributions. The author
tiles are getting their several commits
tees in working order and preparing
themselves for every emergency.
| The decrease in the number Of
| deaths reported this week, as com pared
with the previous, is most gratifying,
and bespeaks the energy that has been
displayed by the representatives, of the
State, National and local boards of
health 10 isolate the disease and depop-
ulate the city, thus preventing an epi-
demic which otherwise would have
been most appalling.
| Chattanooga Commercial A man
from Memphis, by the name of Geo.
Clarence. evaded the quarantine and
came to the city Friday, by getting off
of the M. & g. train at Stevenson. He
went TO South Pittsburg, and from
thence to Carpenter Station, on the N 4.
& G. Railroad, where he boarded the
Nashville train. It was well laid
plan, and no doubt he would have
| succeeded if he had not imbibed too
much of the ardent. He was arrested
by officer HunBieutt for intoxication.
and when that officer was about to re.
lease him the next morning, he gave
himself away by saying "no man
could treat Memphian thus.n He
was Immediately taken before Squire
Sherwood VINO fined him $50 and sem
fenced him to 20 days imprisonment
| in the hospital. .sahe7
Nashville american, Sunday :. A
Memphis refugee named Stocks, who
was reported sick on North Market
street, yesterday, was examined by
DIR. Richard Chesatham, Secretary of
| the City Board of Health, and found
! to have chills and fever, with which
he has been afflicted since last spring.
He was sent 10 the City Hospital. =
A Nashviiiian at Tate spring.
A Nashville man, J. III. Collins,
| President of the Board of Aldermen,
| urota RI q friend Last FRIDAY 40 fol-