, 1879-08-20
Evcry Unacclimutntt Citizen AL
most Certain to 81
Stricken.
Belief that the Polioinr Of The Health
Officers Spread The Fovor.
Tho Plague Taking Firm Hold Of riuch
and iInrpy Vnl!ry.
Lower Nisaissippi Towns Raising Their
Quarantine Against New Orleans.
MEMPHIS.
yEnr plsCounAolN0 AGAIN,


biggest Item OF to-day'A noWs beyond tic pretty
well established fact that yell0w.fcFcr ia deter
whose iuprcunloslty forbalo a rust, to healthier
cl,mcs Mt The beginning Of tho plague In con.
vcrsat}o,, With t.an.. jackson to-day. who bo,1
charge of Tho sanitary forcc In tho early part Of
,hc summer. and who kent for bts own use cor
rer. rccords of the work done. lie stntcd that lo
noticed tat this fever visitation ts worse In 10.
co,,t1cs where work. vns done tInn npyvier.
etsc. Io loratcd tic infected districts o. .uv.3
where nrivv yau1ta werc oDoned either b7 tho
forcc or Inv c;tlzcnn. In Obedience to orders from
tho l,eattt, authorities. A number OF Instances
cnr In citp1 cs,ahtsl,,ur NJ well as nuyth,nv can
be ostub1ishca about ycl|ow.feyer, tllat NO arc
tic Victims Of
nan MAHAasMEyr
on the part OF tlle Boar, OF Health IN den4ug
1ts rurk ,tnt,1 the temperature Tas too h!gl
md tint what they did served onty to rcsurrect
the potsops Of Inst wear, that perhaps would
hnyo renaIuod forever burted In The sinks where
,l,cy had been thrown by carclv.s nurses of last
ycnr's patients, Dr.. Julius Wise. the Howard
doctor IN ono Of tho northern districts Of this
ctty, known as .trlnch," sLatcs to your corrc-
tpoudept positively tonight TINT l,e discovers
nnmIstakab1o evidences Of a spread Of the dis
caso In tint locality, In which hut two or three
cases bat occurred up to the close Of last week's
reports.
"r1Ncn"
embraces the historic "Ilanny Ho[lr," wlicFo
tic foycr Of 1873 found n.atcrinl upqu wbtcl, to
cn1areo to the epidemic conditions Of that year.
"pinch". also embraces the locality In which
The first cnse-NIss Bion1a-occurred last year,
from which Tho fever spread 81 rapidly Us to
completely "cleau outn tint part Of this city
und It Is believed llnt II tllc present epidemic
gets footllo!l there this aeaann what was LEFT
oYcr from last yras will DO annthtlatc1. Scc1e-
tasy Chandler, Of the Ronrd Of Health, to.daJ'
Issued the follow Ing order relating to tic yellow
flags: nAny person detected Ia removing the
yc!low i]ags p.lt up by the Bonrd OF Hcalth ut
injected ntaccs without permission froui tho
protrr authorities will be arrested by tic
nnlicc.n
MS AnDon
was stimulated bY the almost ontirc disappear
onco Of these little but solomntJ p1essiyo
o,arkcrs from this residences. eYcn IN tile !n-
f.ctcd 1,strtrts The aehcme to quarantine ,
certain localities III tho city, mentioned 10 my
Inst ntrhtsa disnatchcs, haucs fire, e1cept that
relating to Chrlaca. Tho safety Committee
bud tho matter again under consideration to-
day. but there was considerable objection, hased
upor tho probability Of It's being too late, since
tho fever l,ad made its nppcnrnco In so mans
df1crcut iocnttcs In tho city proper. There IS
no lack Of iaIth In ttc plan, but 1t should have
been inauCuratcd carlicr
TUE HEALTH OFFICE
reports to-day tblssy-one new cases IN the city,
willis four cascs are from tie outside dtstriets'
making tl!rty-iive new cases for the day. Nine.
teen Of those In tho city nrc Whites as aro all Of
tl..:so outside. Undertnkera report four inter-
mouts, Nal. ". w. Gay, who died to-day, Is
not among tho number. The Forbes plnee, tse
houeo about which wrote several days ago as
filthy beyond conception. was destroyed By hFc
tonight and suspicious prcra!l that 1t was the
work Of people living In tho ncfghbornood WHO
regarded It aa pcst-brccucr. Those OF tint
tsmlly TINT hayo not died (ttsrco ct'lldFen) ha'e
bccn removed to tho City Hospital. where oho
was stricken. Mrs. Mulbranlon. "lte Of JOHN
Mu,branlon, tho historic first case Of the cpl
dcmic Of 1870, was stricken Will fever tonight,
making tho sixth member ol anat ian''4s ""o
Inns succlmbud to tho disease. IAe remaining
two or three members Ut thls family had Tic
foyer lust year.
THE slcK.
Tho following naulos Of whites arc embfaccu
In to-tlAy's list OF llGw cnsea nhu oealha'
Jau,cs Bsottcr, No. 18 DAVIS avehuc'
James E. Burke, No. 213 Vaucc.
Nancy Ross, No. 230 Iltrnanlo.
E,1diu York, No. ISL I1espando.
Mrs, F. B. hloorcs. No. 499 Unor
Allen stcpheus, Clty Hospital.
Ann;o Dourherty, CIky Hospital.
Cora +, Forbes, CITY Hospital.
Camille Ouunt, No. 45B Dca!c.
Jumrs r, Tay,or, No. Is jackson,
Frank Lindsay, No. It's Court.
Joscnh Btr,kur, Old Gasoso Hotel,
Jo,,aa f.auntel1 tst Martin suu Elliott,