The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-08-29

The New Orleans City Council. on The l3;h.
adopted resolutions declaring there was INST
ease Of yellow fever IN the city. and pro-
testing against the unjust quarantine c~tab-
lishedhy Southern cities and towns against
New Orleans.
The United States Consul AZ Maiamora~.
Mexico. felegraphs that the yellow fever j.
prevailing in 4 most ,irtilenf form NJ Tam
pico. aud that the people are dying like
flies
There We're % new eases d yellow fever
and u deaths al Memphis on the 18Th
The report ~ yellow fever Al corinih.
Miss. had no foundation in fact.
ON the nth there were ~ deaths from yell
low fever and 40 new eases III Memphis. Of
the 40 new cases. ~ were colorcd. The fever
has invaded Garfield colored orphan Asy-
lum, which contains about ~ inmates. Act
ing upon the advice Of the National Board u
Health. more effective system II isolation
and di-infeciion has been inaurirafed. Vel
low flags have been posted ca all houses
where there are cases u fever.
There Were IA new cases ~ yellow fever n
Memphis on the 18th. II Of VIII IN were col
ored. The deaths numbered seven.
a meeting 81 representatives ~ the Ma
tional Board ~ Health. ~ the Mississippi
Vale, sanitary Association. and The Boards
81 Health ~ the STATES ~ Tennessee. Ar
kansas and Illinois. was heid AZ fhe qiiaran-
tine station. six miles below Cairo. on the
18th instant. Among other present wa
Dr. I.ang~iaff 81 Memphis. After long
consultation the conclusion was to continue
~ fever similar 70 thai proposed ny Dr.
Cochran Of Mobile. and 70 render All pe~si-
bic aid 10 the state aud local Boards II
Health.
On the lCih there were seven deaths from
yellow fever and Fl new eases M Memphis.
On the 18th there were four deaths and =,
new cases. For the week ending on the
10th. the number II nrw cases was lS3:
deaths. ~. Total number ~ deaths u same
daie. i:se.
Dr. John johnson ha~ Withdrawn hIs
resignation A. 4 member ~ the Tennessee
State Beard 81 Health. former differences
having been adjusted.
Another ease 81 fever was reported ~
White Haven. Tenn. on the lcth. also one
At Bailey station on same date.
Dr. w. l.. Coleman 81 San Antonio. Tex
a.. who was ordered ~ the National Board
Of Health 70 investigate the origin ~ iht
fever prevailing In Memphis. has
been quietly at work for over month
past. While he l. not M liberty 10 make
public the manner in which the germ.
were introduced. yet his Investigations CON
vince him they were imported direct from
the West Indies. and that They passed ihs
New Orleans quarantine nnchallenged. and
arrived in that city some time in June.
There were ~ new eases and seven death.
from yellow fever AZ Memphis on The 18Th.
One hundred deaths occurred from yellow
fever al Havana for the week ending Aug.
10. an increase ~ seven over the prcsioil,
week.
The schooner Susan Stef~on. from Mira.
goane for Providence. X. H.. lost the Cap
iain's wife al IIayti. aud two scamen on tn
voyage. from yellow fever.
on the 18th there Mere 81 new eases ans
four deaths from yellow fever NJ Memphis
The disease had extended 10 the Iocaiifl
known a. Chelsea. portion ~ the city here
tofore exempt from the disease.
The ease Of yellow fever N Bailey Sta
tion. Tenn. has been traced directly e. in
lection from some trunks taken from Mem
phis about three weeks previous a. the d.
yelopmenf ~ the disease af Bailey station