The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-14
THE BIG SCARE In MEMPHIS.
How People Got Wild and Skipped for
Other Olimes Only -Four Gases Re-
ported by the Board Of Health.
Memphis Avalanche. July III

The excitement oecasioned by the death from
yellow fever reported u yesterday mornings %
rumors Of new cases that had appeared In dlf-
ferent parts of the city Nothing could be
You oou up ask "a friend in to take seltzsr
Lemonade but the gentlemanly attendant be-
hind the bar you'd ask + there were any now
be propounded an inquiry as to whether, you
wanted your seltzer spiked or not Everybody
was wild with, eoniecturrs, IN regard to the
number Of deaths that would bs reported In the
next tWenty-four hours. ana the man who
placed the number under o hundred was
voted person Of small ideas and treated with
WHEN Do you sTABT?'
was the universal inquiry. and as general
thing the time named in reply was pot many
for not facing the music The family man said:
II wouldn't rare cuss for the fever. you know,
# II wasn't for the folks. GIG. The Young IN
pshawl Bntthen you see here's my friends in
Cincinnati They would be SO uneasy about
me" etc. The result OF this oonsideratlon Tor
"the folks and absent friends was that by 6
o'clock u. III. the ticket offices of the different
railroads were crowded with eager and excited
applicants for transportation to more salu-
brious atmosphere.
THE TELEGRAPH OFFICE
also was iammed with people, who wrote blood
enrdltng messages to absent friends and busi-
ness correspondents. and iostled each other In
their efforts to get at the man behind the win
to him.
THE EXODUS.
During a1 this time the streets echoed to the
roll of baggage wagons piled high with trunks
and valsss Of departing citizens. Hacks and
omnibuses elattered past. crowded with fugl-
tives whose only aim was to gain the depot, II
means Of locomotion, there were not wanting
those, VIII employed he primitive mode e. intro
Ada an p hey took
anoat Aud 1t was q sight to melt the acelim-
ated heart to see the agltated citizen, in u long
linen buster, making tracks to that goal OF his
hopes. the depot.
I AT THE BoARD OF HEALTH OFFICE
a number Of persons came In singly md in
couples and went at once to the yellow fever
book. where we're hanging statements Of cases
While this procession was passing In and out
DR.. Thornton. president { I the Board OF Health
entered and took LOOK at the silent messengers
at one fell sWoop, tore them off and scattered
the fragments to the four winds of heaven.
"WharefOreY queried some one present.
Because, sir
THEY ARE HuMBUGs.
Tor words to that effect" replied the doctor:
I've been to see those patients myself. and al
but three Of them have no more yellow fever
He then said that there had been up to that
time only four genuine cases OF the fever, in
Guiding MulbrandoH. who died on Wedne sday
This other three cases were confined to fhe fun
fly Of Judge Ray-Charles Z. Ray. aged u years.
who died lit 2 o'c ock yesterday morning. Judge
Ray and Lis eldest son, j. d. r. Ray. Jr.. who
are now down with the fever, but Mt last &C.
counts. received at o late hour last night both
were doing well.
The exodus continued all day yesterday and
the trains going out last night We're crowded
with fugitives. A crowd Of irresponsible par
ties male threats Yesterday evening Of burning
the bridge on the Louisville and Nashville and
Greath Southern Railrond JUS beyond Browns
VILE but a guard pf citizens armed with shot
guns persuaded them to relinauish their de-
sign.
MINOR NOTES.
Sixteen coaches and sleepers went out loaded
last night on the Louisville Nashville and Great
Southern road. Nenr4y $4,000 worth OF tickets
was sold ut the office Of the company here yes
ierdHy. special train of twenty six coaches
has been ordered here to-day by this line, which
will be- sufficient to transport 1000 persons. A
train will leave on the Memphis and Little Rock
roHi at 10 II. N. to-day, which will be The last
passenger tran TO 20 through. No freight will
be received for shipment until further notice.
THE HowARDs.
Mr.. A. ID. Langstaff. president of the Howard
thorough working order. but will not take any
action unless the fever should spread. which is
not at all probable. The amount of the funds
now on hand is 100000. full corps OF eNpe-
rlsnc=d nurses, known rs the Howard Asso.
the association. aud in the event of an Epidemic
| the people can rest assured that we Will have
an immense advantage over last year.
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