Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-21
Yellow Fever.

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Yellow Fever.
| There is no doubt that lie yellow fever io
| Memphis has assumed On cpidami, form, and
| is Of yi;u,cut type. There wcrc SIX reH cases
Gu Saturday, thrco CT character 10 make 1t
evident they were from contaglon, The fever
having been taken while 10 attendaIc, upon
yellow fever patients. The result Was general
stampede Ct every body who could get out OF
towo. Agsits: these yearly all the email towns
10 tbs vicinity, AID oil the largo cities South
have established rigid quarantine.
Ten new oos:s were officially announced yea
to-day, Will, others appeared npd wsre not
f,rmsliy reported. Six deaths have occurred
since Saturday mtrai5g.
! The city UHicars and press aId ptyticlsGa,
publicly and privately, Gre urging upon all citl
z.us who ere :b!e the necessity OF leaVlrg tic
city at cnca. There is Do crganizai2n OF tie
Hogards at prCscLt. no relief committee to
| provite fer the destitute ncr for the protection
| of properly The people con;ioue to close their
| places Of business, and are Easkiug th=ir 6 ,Ods
ca shelves in boxes. and securing 10 every pos
| s!blo way their stores against the depre6atloos
of thieves. Fully Q 600 peoEls lett duIiog FRI
day cVraiug apd Saturday.
The Cbckasaw Guards aud Buff City Greys
| of Memphis have arrived al CIsrksvilIe, II No..
and Ole the guests Of the CisIk:viIle City
| Gusrds. They will 30 into atncut hcs7
that place for Inc summer.
A dispatch says vehicles Of every imaginable
description line the highways. Carrying people,
baggage, household ctfcc's, and camp squipage
L, ot,k, he
oply remaining iuhatitsnis will bo poverty
stricken people. uoab!c fox lack Of means to
leave, aud dalkies and men occupying places
impsratiVey demandipg their presence.
There are eight sufferers from yellow yer
a: the quarantine he pitnl 90 SSnhurne 1ssud,
n Y.
ST LOUIS, July 2l.-Tho health authorities
decided lass uight to put 10 force partial quar-
autine agaius5 Mem phis. a corps Of physicians
aud sanitary officers was sent dOWn tc quarantine
6fteen miles b,uw the Oily, 10 stop Memphis
boats, uspec; passengers and make use of dis
inf, Giants
MEMPHIS. July 2l.-Fif;cen oascs Of yellow
fever we're reported to tho Board Of Hesllh this
morning. Among the ucss prominent are w.
C.Coppioger and wife, &C. Harris, a W. II know1
dcntis;; Chas. PhImot aud wife, Gee. Nail and
the two Misses Ria. Two deaths have occur
rcd-Dr. j. G. Harris and w. g. Coppioger.
The exodus of citiz ,ns is 10 full progress, and
business ia almost entirely suspended. The
general outlook is anything be-: cheeriCg.
A WESTERN ROMANCE The story ct John
Burns, young man at present rasidiug iu Ris'
iDs>Sun, 1od., is told by local paper as fol-
lows:
"Johu and his Two sisters, Maggio and An.
nie, were bern 10 Charleston, w. Va. 10 1865
when hey were all quite youug. they were ett
orphans and tskan 10 the Orphan Asylum at
Cincinnati. John stayed 10 the asylum one
year, and was then taken to Pomeruy. Ohio
aud shortly aftsrward his oldest sister, Maggie
visited him. They then parted TOR Whist they
thought brief season. but which really proved
to be period of thirteen years. 10 Dsc:mbtr
last Johu went to MIsmisuurg, Ohio, where
sudden determination s:iz,d upon him 10 find
out The whereabouts OF bis sisters, and. Go,iug
upon the advice of his friends to try printer
ink, seDta personal 10 ono of the Citcluusli
pspsrs. and be coon received a reply which made
his heart leap for oy. Ga opening it he found it
to be from his loog lost sister, who Was l0Iog 10
Cinciouati, aud be was hot long 10 huotlng Der
up. This good luck induced John to try 10
Q0Q DIS OtDer. iCW weeks aSu nc Wtu. ifOW
Ri.iDg Sue to lroutou on to~boat and Gu
his return stopped 10 Cincinnati, Whero he &C
found trace of his sister, aud Was
soop 10 her presence. The sisters bad moi seen
each Other. nor their brother. fer thirteen years,
and neither knew that the Other lived 10 Cn
cippsti. Oaa of the sisters bad bscn 10 Ala
bsms. where she remained long time, and The |
other bad heen all the way to Colorado AID |
back and John-there is 30 telling where be |
has not been. After this long separation their
fret meeting is more easily Imagined tbau, de.
scribed. This is his Strange history. Johu |
doss not propose to ls! them 90 GU. of his sight
for any great length of time"
Mr.. Charles Joseph Bonspsrte, grandson of
the late Mime. Elizabeth Patterson Boaa2s,te, |
has awarded contract fer the construction ola |
n. sssive tom of white marble to msrk the grave
of the iilustrious lady in Greenwood Cemetery, |
near Baltimore. The cost OF the tomb will be |
81 AGO. which amount was left for the purpose
by the deceased lady in her will. The design |
will, in accordance with her wishes, be that OF |
sepulchre covering the entire mound containing |
her body. It will be of pure white italian mar
bio specially imported for the purpose. t