The New York herald., 1879-08-27
COL0RED CHURCHES T) BIZ CLOSED,
Another Case OF Incendia risnn in
Deserted House.
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aDates, as the gathering or large assemblies
has tendency to spread the disease and is in viola
ton of the rules lately adopted by the State Board
of Health. The result of the conference most
themselves to obey the rules. and nenoeforth all
their churches will be closed.
NEW CASES.
Twenty-nine of fever were reported to the
Board OF Health to-day thirteen of whom were those
of colored persons The following the names Of
the whites:-
Agnes Bilbo. aged Is, No. 20 Huling street.
Miss Jane Rhodes. aged IS. City Hospital
Daniel Rhodes, aged 8. City Hospital.
Alexander Boyd, aged 40. No. SO Adams street.
j. M. Pimm. aged "a, No. ais Vance street.
]. II. Wareham, aged 27 Johnson avenue.
Sophia Falkenberg aged AZ. No. % Jackson street.
Jennie Fakenberg. aged IA. No. % Jackson street.
Mrs. J. R. Eanew aged 56. Sixth street. Chelsea.
W. I. Gilman. aged 40. Sixth street. Chelsea.
George Moore aged 8. No. 482 Main street.
Mary Maroney, aged 16. No. II Kerr street.
Charles Theilke, aged 80. No. "A Fourth street.
Mary Mccormick. aged 10. No. 70S Main street.
Mrs. Smith. aged 20, corner of Linden and Turney
streets.
John P. Hoffman. aged 81. corner Of Dunlap and
Dupree streets.
THE DEATH LIST.
The following is the list Of the dead:-
WILLIAM ATWOOD. aged 80. No. II Carolina
street.
MINNIE w1LK1E. aged %. corner OF Fifth and
Jackson streets.
ALEXANDER BOYD. aged 40. No. 80 Adams street.
JOHN DUNSMATE. aged q. No. 205 Pontotoc
street.
DENNIS NORTON. aged %. City Hospital.
J. D. STEW ART. aged ~. corner Of Third and Wal
ker streets.
JAMES HUNT. colored. aged s5. City Hospital.
PROMINENT VICTIMS
Alexander Boyd. whose name appears among the
dead q well known clerk in the employ Of B.
Lowenstein Brothers. prominent dry goods mer-
chants He taken i'll last Sunday. and died sud-
denly at Ave o'clock this morning. His friends
were not made aware. OF his dangerous illness and
were shocked at his demise. His name not re-
ported the Board Of Health until after his DEATH
Professor j. d. Stewart whose death is also noted.
was a worthy Christian, well known for many years
as labCrer in the cause Of education. He was
brother Of exLieutenant General A. P. Stewart,
Of the University at Oxford. Miss.
John P. Hoffman, who was stricken to-day is q
member Of the Arm of Mitchell Hoffman, furniture
dealers. He is member Of the Safety Committee.
Just at dusk this evening Dr. Dudley D. Saunders
discovered an incendary hre under some headway in
unoccupied building in the rear of some stables
succeeded in e1tingushing the flames before serious
damage had been done.
ARRIVAL OF SURGEON ROSS
DE-. J. W. Ross. past assistant surgeon of the
United States navy. who volunteered for service in
the yellow fever district and ordered by the
Secretary OF the Navy to report to the National
Board of Health and was by them assigned to duty
in Memphis as aid to DR.. L. w. MITCHELL arrived to-
night.
uunsrc AssrcNrp
Tho Howard Association to-day assigned thirty-fve
additional nurses to duty. Among those furnished
nurses j. II. Purk Louis Fazzi and wife. c. P.
Wiley. G. " Graves. Mrs. Sarah Gray. Carrie H. Still
man. Margaret and Agnes Bilbo. Mrs. Whiteheads
family. Mrs. Jennie varley. P. NJ Kehoe and family
C. H. Moiz, Mrs. Shelter, Mrs. Sarah Jeffreys, Ella
Scott, Willie Woodward and NJ L. Arnold. The last
named lives seven miles south of Memphis on the
Horn Lake road.
SITUATION AT WHITES STATION.
DR.. ]. G. Bradford. the inspector of the State
Board Of Health. who sent to Whites Station.
Tenn. on the Memphis and Cairo Railroad. returned
to-day and reports follows:-
found Thomas Hicks colored, with q well de-
hned case of yellow fever. He was taken down on
eral times within the past three months. The last
visit about the 9Th inst. when he called some
friends residing Vance street within the infected
district. The case is well isolated. No person il
permitted to visit the premises except the physician
left instructions to havc the house well disinfected
with sulphur fumes.
THE FEVER SPREADING CHELSEA.
DR., Emile Mallet. the Howard physician on duty
in Chelsea, reports the fever spreading in that
suburb. In every that he has been called in to
attend the infection be traced to intercourse
with the infected districts of the city.
STEAMBOAT MEN ORGANIZING.
At o meeting OF steamboat men held at ten o'clock
this morning in the Office OF Captain Il. W. Light
burn, Captain j. ]. Warman was elected president
and James NJ. Saaburg secretary. committee of
three appointed by the chair TO draft resolutions
and bylaws TO govern the association. which is for
benevolent purposes, said committee to report at
No. Monroe street tomorrow afternoon ut two
O'Clock. when = permanent organization will be
effected.
The thermometer to-day has ranged from Ga 10 81
degrees. The weather IL clear and cool.
APPEAL FROM THE FEDERAL Ex-soLprERs IN