The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-31
FEVER NOTES.


Memphis, only one of whom sleeps il
the city.
Our police frequently gobble some
poor fellow who has run the quaran,
tine, and march him out of town.
The state penitentiary has quaran'
tined against Memphians. This will
be good news to some of them, no
doubt.
Cases have been reported from
Louisville, Cincinnati, Opelika, Ala,
and other points where Memphis refu-
gees have fled.
Nearly all our West Tennessee ex-
changes now come to us on the "half-
she'll" Fever excitement, quaran-
tines and dull times account for it.
The Memphis Board Of Health has
not yet declared the fever epidemic.
They are waiting for the deaths from
that disease to exceed that of all other
diseases combined.
Memphis has quarantine1 against
the world, No one is allowed to enter
that city unless he has had the yellow
fever. A Texas doctor was sent out
of the city day or two since. This
is a good move. s.jss
Memphis has established camps for
the poor six miles south of the city.
The Secretary of War will issue ra-
tions only to those in camp, or those
who have the fever. This ought to
clear out the bummers.
Carbolic acid as disinfectant
seems to have gone out of fashion
here. We smell none Of it around
this year, while we were overpowered
with it in 1873. Lime and copperas
seem to be the favorites.
The census of Memphis, taken last
Sunday, shows a population of 16, ITO
whites, 1888; colored, II, 1927; adults,
1851; children, 5559; number who
have had the yellow fever, S743; num-
Der who have not had it. 1867.
The Haywood County Court has
organized q police force of eight white
men and four negroes, to protect the
town of Brownsville and enforce
quarantine regulations. Our county
court next Monday might take similar
steps.
1t is said that during the exodus
of last week a Memphis mother, on
the way to Cincinnati and safety, left
her six months infant at home, and
never found it out until she got to the
depot. Of course she waited until the
next tram went out. Z
The Brownsville Presbyterians have
appointed a committee to help the
poor of their congregation to move
to places of safety if the fever reaches
that point. This is q commendable
example, and ought to be initiated by
other people we know of.
The fever seems to be of mild type
in Memphis, and the cases Tuesday
were not so many as OF previous days,
there being only eight cases and two
deaths that day. The total to Tuesday
night were $50 cases and Sc deaths,
less than one death to three cases.
The fever is not spreading to other
towns, and we hope it will not.
After to-day the night trains on the
L. q N. road will be taken off west of
GAINESVILLE. The day trains, Nos. 2
and 3, will start from and run to Nil
Ian. No trains at all will run into
Memphis, and only one will run as far
west as Humboldt. The mixed train
will run to that point. 1t seems that
this viii give US sufficient protection
against Memphis.
Capt. John F. Cameron, of the
Bluff City Grays, has been appointed
Colonel on the Governors staff, and
now has charge of the militia in Mem
phis. With the two colored compa-
MES and one hundred and sixty nin-
ute men. white, he is now doing pos
lice duty during the day, while all
the regular police are on duty at
night. BY this means the city is un-
der much better protection than it
was last year. n.
A Memphis correspondent of the
Chicago Times is mad because of the
Milan quarantine. and takes occasion
to SANDER our people in order to
vent his spite. He says: "Threats
to destroy trestle-w work and bridges, to
tear up the tracks, to burn up the
coaches, we're loudly made in Milan. "
He may possibly have heard some i'd
lot talk that way, but our people have
no such feelings. We can carry out
a strict quarantine without resorting
to such lawless foolishness, and we
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