Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-08-09

and 40 slightly injured by railway accident
between Nancy and Vezelise, France, or
| the 4th.
GENERAL.
The gross earnings of all the railroads OF
the country for the last year were $490, ,103,
361, against SAT-, 2,909,272 for the preceding
year. The gross earnings of the railroads of
the Western States were $209, ,S52, ,275, against
S193, ,204 ,516 for 1877; net earnings, $77, ,95S,
go, against 500, ,0S5, ,943 for 1877. The divi-
dends paid amounted to SIS, ,341 ,222, against
| $14, $3.50, ,462 for 1877. The earnings from
freight, mails, ETC., were $160, ,S56, 795, and
from passengers, $49,995, ,4S0. These figures
are from Poor's Manual.
The convention of the National Cotton
Exchange will be held in New York on the
18th of August, instead of in st. Louis. APP
prehension of quarantine obstruction is the
reason for the change.
Fanny Davenport, the popular actress, has
just been married to Edward f. Price, fine
looking young actor who supported her dur
ing her recent tour through the country. Mr..
Price had Just been freed from former mat
rimonial yoke, his first wife, known on the
stage as Miss Kittie Baker, having secured a
divorce from him, as alleged, without any
opposition on his part.
Capt. James B. Eads has recently been In
New York consulting with capitalists on the
subject Of constructing ship railway across
the Isthmus of Panama. 1t is understood
that he can secure means to test the practi-
cability Of his scheme, il he can secure
proper authorization to begin the work. A
bill will be introduced in Congress at the
next session to remove the preliminary Diff
ficulties in the way of putting
the enterprise on foot. Capt.
Eads's scheme is to get ships into
portable basin, mounted upon trucks,
and by steam power to convey the ship and
basin upon rails across the isthmus. The
Nicaraguan Government has informed this
Government that it is opposed to the De
Lesseps plan, and in compliance with the
request of the Nicaraguan authorities, Civil
Engineer Menocal, of the United States
Navy, has been given leave by the Secretary
Of the Navy to complete his survey of the
Nicaraguan route. The work was begun by
Menocal some time ago.
The Congressional Labor Committee
closed their investigations in Chicago on the
I'd and have now gone to San Francisco.
THE YELLOW FEVER.
Memphis reported eight new cases and
four deaths from yellow fever on the 29th.
There were two additional cases of fever
at New Orleans on fhe 29th, one being a
child just from Morgan City. There was no
excitement in the city and no fear of an epi-
demic.
Mrs. Loap, Memphis refugee, died at
Huntsville, Ala, of yellow fever, on the 9th.
The Texas State Board of Health have
stationed medical officers at Cairo, st. Louis
and Hannibal, who will examine all persons
going to Texas by railroad and give them
certificates of health il found to be well or not
recently from the yellow-fever districts.
Lizzie Brandy, aged ., died of yellow fe-
yer at the st. Louis Quarantine on the Goth,
the first death occurring there this year.
Her family are Memphis refugees, passen-
gers on the steamer Coahoma.
Twelve new cases of yellow fever were re-
ported from Memphis on the 30th and but
one death, that of Samuel A. Hatcher, who,
strange to say, had previously had the yell
low fever twice last year and in 1873, both
times severely. The handsome donation of
$1,000 was received from W. w. Corcoran,
the Washington banker, to assist in remov-
ing the people out Of the city.
Two more cases of yellow fever, both very
mild, were reported at New Orleans on the
30th.
There were III deaths from yellow fever
at Havana for the week ending July 26.
There were nine new cases and four deaths
from yellow fever at Memphis on the 31st.
A meeting of colored people was held, to
protest against being removed from the city
into camps.
Two deaths from yellow fever, contracted
on Havana steamers, occurred at the New
York Quarantine on the 31st.
The ship Templar, 181 days from Rio
Janeiro, arrived at San Francisco on the
S1st, with several cases of yellow fever on
board. While at Rio Janeiro nine of the
seamen died from the disease, and after
leaving that port Captain Armstrong; wife
and two more seamen died. The San Fran
cisco Quarantine. officers disinfected the
vessel and destroyed all the bedding, car
pets, etc.
There were 13 new cases of yellow fever
reported at Memphis on the LIST, and deaths,
There were IA new cases of yellow fever
at Memphis on the I'd, with six deaths; on
the Sd there were 12 new cases and two
deaths. Total deaths for the week from yell
low fever, 26, out of total of A from all
| causes.
Fifteen new cases and two deaths from
yellow fever was the official record at Mem.
phis on the 4th. One of the dead was Father
Edward Doyle, an esteemed Catholic priest
who had been actively engaged in estab.
fishing his parishioners at Camp Father
Mathew.
Chicago and st. Louis each developed {
yellow fever case on the 4th, both of Mem.
phis refugees. In Chicago a man named
Frank Victory died at 224 jefferson Street
In st. Louis, Mrs. Charles Philmott
who left Memphis on July 81, and was stop
ping at the corner of Fourth and Elm
Streets, was removed to Quarantine Will,
in the last stages of the disease. Previous
to leaving Memphis she had had slight at
tack, from which it was supposed she haC
fully recovered.
New Orleans reported two new cases o
fever on the 4th, both slight attacks, ant
both convalescent.
Havana had 1877 deaths from yellow feve
fof the week ending Aug. 2-an increase o
20 over the previous week.
Louise, Victoria and Maud, tn,
young daughters of the Prince of Wales
rarely appear in public in any but tn,
simplest of dresses. They are some
times seen with their mother at the the