Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-19
A MODERN aoLeorHA.
A Horrible State Of Affairs In a New
Orleans Cemetery "A Good Way
10 Breed a PestHenoe.
Nav orIsan. Tlmo..!

70 be paid sometime or other by a
committee Of the city council and an
other Of the board Of health, 10 the
two Locust Grove cemeteries, on
Sixth street. in the rcar ftho Fourth
district, the Times gathered informa-
ton oonoerningthose cemeteries which
Il lays before the public without com
ment, for there Is need Of none.
The Locust Grove Gemetories-
numbers one and two-oceupy two
squares OF ground between Sixth and
Seventh, Locust and Willow streets,
aud front ON Sixth street The Sixth
street entrance Of the nearest Of these
two cemeteries is just seven squares
west Of Dryades street, The neigh.
borhood IA comparatively thickly set
tied, especially ON the northern and
western sides Of the cemeteries.
The residents complain of the oemef
tories, because there constantly arises
therefrom an ahominable stencil,
which pervades theatmosphere, forces
itself into the dwellings near at hand,
and, in addition, attracts swarms of
aies, which Insects, after leaSting in
the graveyard, come into the sleeping
and dining rooms of the houses Of the
neighborhood.
This stencil is caused blythe deeom-
| position Of dead bodies, which lie but
partly buried all over the two ceme-
terics. The reasons why these bodies
are so poorly put underline ground are
these; In the first place these como.
terios are the burial ground Of several
distinct classes of peoples the dead
from tho parish prison r buried
there, the dead from the Boys House
of Refuge from the City Insane Asy-
lum, from the Home for the Aged and
Inhrm, from the Smallpox Hospital,
and from two or three institutions for
the colored people, all the pauperdcad
of tho city, all the dead buried by the
two eoronorS, all the coroners eases
and INDECENT dead from Algiors, and
all poor non.C Catholic white and col.
orca people, whose friends can not pay
for 4 hetter place, are there rammed
and iammod up together until not an
inch Of the ground is u~uoocupied.
Thus, IL Is seen, these two small
grayeyards are the only places Of in
termont open TO the dead OF several
| classes Of our populaton-numhering
sixty thousand persons amoug whom,
for several causes, the mortality is
VERY great,
Yet, although the two Yards ere
filled 60 the very gates, the intermeptS
continue rs rapidly as ever, To make
Room for the now oorpSeS the Oldest
| citizens az this city OF the dead must
be dug up and used 20 assist in cover.
inc Others In turn. Ii Is calculated
that eight or nine mouths, az che
iurtheSL both cemeteries are com
pletely renewed accordingly, now the
time has come for the resurrection Of
tho victims OF the late epidemic,
n is this constant diSlntermont
which causes the a~hominahle stencil
a stencil So horrible. aud arising from
a scene SO wretched, that the very
ground itself seems crying 10 heaven
AGAINST this OUTRAGE upon not only the
dead bUt che living,
Ne enc individual is responsible ey
To blame for this S(ekenlng condition
ef things The city has made no pro
vision FOR harytng the dead elsewhere,
neither has l. taken care 70 provide
sufficient labor "a properly make
rom for the newly dead There is
no sexton in charge of the two Gene.
terieS. and the assistant sexton Of
haiayette CeMe,ey Nc . on Wash,
lagtaA sheet six Squares distant has
h attend alS6 to the TIVE Locust Grovg
Cemeteries THIS assistant sexton
does his best 60 bury al the dead sen,
70 him, hut il is easy 10 be under
Staea sAAl under the circumstances
his efforts are rendered futile
The reeeay Tor this dlSktaeefal con,
alUeA efaaAlw is uew cemeteries and
che closing up @r AZ leaSta year o.
So ef these mSb breeding spots on
iSxtA street. Three new cemeteries
would hardly he sufficient 30 Accom-.
MEDIATE Ae bodies nov being sent q
she already oVera0wsae cemeteries
het les hose new eaeS be established,
and as maay a,ere As saAy BE- neees
@ry provided Tie hot-heas al GiSeaS,
are rendered lAaSxsas&
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tAe rear 8f sAe Sixth district 10 se
eosaaSaSe tAe dead AseM she vNseto
above AaasRa avenue ore lagg'
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