The New York herald., 1879-09-08
CAT ITS CLIMAX"
A MEMPHIS DOCTOR BELIEVES THAT THE
PLAGUE HAS TOUCHED ITS WORST POINT
HOPE AHEAD-YEsTERDAY DEATHS AND

20 dull as to-day has been. Nearly two months ago
all the churches closed in compliance with the
rules and regulations Of the State Board OF Heaith
and not an incident is to be chronicied Eleven
cases were reported at the Board of Health office.
seven of the sick being colored. The following are
the whtes:--
Nancy Hughes, aged 55 years. Ferguson's alley.
Frank Metter aged 81 years. City Hospital
William E. Lee aged II years. No. SIS Third street.
Martha White. aged 81 years, No. IS Third street.
The death list includes the following persons-
Pontotoc and Walnut streets.
PRANK W. DAHL, aged 70 years. No. 20 Beaie
street.
Mrs. HATTIE WALKER. aged Al years, corner OF
Washington and Fourth streets.
LULU ATWOOD. aged months. Henry avenue.
MAMIE LECOQ aged years. Henry avenue.
CHARLES BEASLEY (colored). aged Is years. City
hospital.
WILEY JONES (colored). aged 81 years. No. 4sO
xinden street
MATILDA TII.LMAN (colored) aged l6 years. No.
los Market street.
ELLA HAUCK aged 1s years, at Buntyn Station.
The Towards to-day assigned sixteen nurses to
duty The following whites were suppiied;-Oenls
RYAN. 40 wears No. 80 Alabama street; Lee Aiken.
u years. corner of Looney and Fifth streets; Mrs.
Houghton. 25 years. corner OF Jefferson and Thlrd
streets; John Hood, 3S years. No. 80 Second street,
Joseph Petering. 26 years. No. 50 Second street;
Archie Mills. years. No. 81 Main street. and
Thomas ODonnell. 40 years. No. so Third street 70
yelapse).
INCIDENTS THE DAY.
Colonel James Prestige was stricken with the fever
last night ut his residence Jessamine street. Sew
eral members OF his family are recovering
from attacks; among them his eldest daughter.
Miss Pearl Prestige. who was taken i'll three
days ago. Colonel Prestige was brought up
In New Orleans and passed through several epidem-
les without being attacked. Last year he was of
the most active workers Of the Citizens Relief Com
mittce and at present is member of the Com nittee
Of Safety. His has not been reported to the
Board of Health. Your correspondent has just been
Informed OF the death Of Miss Ella Hauck. aged
eighteen at Buntyn Station Her father, the late j.
s. Hauck, died only few days Of the fever. and
her brother aged eleven is reported hopelessy
ILL., At the foot OF Carolina street. in Fort Pickering
the members Of q family named Dargis are down
with the fever The family consists Of Albert Dargs
his wife and eight children All are prostrated with
the disease except two Of tho children. Their
dwelling is the picture of misery. 1t contains but
two rooms and presents the appearance Of a minia-
ture hospital. Mr. Dargs and his wife in dying
condition and will hardly survive the night. The
Howards have made the sick comfortable rs poss-
BILE by supplying them with mattresses and hlan-
kets. w. j. Berlin died tonight at nine o'clock.
The deceased was vice president of the Knights Of
Honor and secretary of the American Order of United
workingmen's Relief Committee. 1t is claimed that
he had the fever last year.
The following telegram was received this morn
Ing
LITTLE Rock, Ark, Sept 7. 1879.
Arrvxn dnvttn
Are all persons kept out of Memphis by your
guards on river front? Can persons come out Of
stancesY (Signed.) A. A. HORNER.
W. M. s. CROFT,
inspectors National Board OF Health.
EXCLUSION COTTON.
Tho Avalanche and Appeal this morning both con-
kaned strong editorials condemnatory of the action
Of the State Board in prohibiting lint cotton and seed
cotton from being brought into the city. Public
sentiment is unanimous in opposition to the order
and the officials in Nashville being roundly
abused their labors in drafting such regulations
Dr. G. b. Thornton, president of local Board
of HEALTH stated to your correspondent this after
noon that he thought the fever had reached its eli
max and would run its course. Your CORE
spondent. in company with Mr.. John Johnson. Su-
perintcndent OF Quarantine; DIR. j. W. Ross, United
States Navy. representing the National Board Of
Health, and Colonel John +. Cameron. aide-de-camp
to the Governor aud chief of supplies have just
turned from the rounds OF picket posts which
Gle entire infected region This force eectually
shuts of all communication with the surrounding
country by direct road and renders the transmission
OF disease through the medium of infected plumber.
goods clothing we'll nigh impossible. These
mounted men take cognixance Of all infractions of
quarantine law coming under their notice. and
may be used in instances where isolation is neces-
- xvfth ha;r
reach. There Ave rendezvous; ten men are
stationed in tents at each rendezvous, from which
intermediate points OF esress and ingress are
patrolled or picketed. The posts numbered
from one to five. three Of which nominated
forage and rations stations, to which subsistence
Is sent cooked and distributed. Printed nstruc-
tions furnished for the guidance of the indvid-
ual picket In fact. the body is appointed and man
aged after the of a calvary force outp ost
duty. and If the spread of the disease without de-
pend upon the transfer of infection from within.
there Is reason to hope tho means employed will ef-
fectually prevent 1t. The thermometer to-day has
ranged from sixty-scven to eighty-sevon degrees.
DEATH IN PORT AU PRINCE.
Advices from Port Prince announce tho death.
from yellow fever, Of the following pcrsons:-An.
drew Donneily. July 25; Alexander Henderson. Au-
gust 4; Charles Peterson (Danish), August g.; Rod
erick Mcdonald. August Z.
FAVORABLE CONDITION OF QUARANTINE-NoTHINo
YRoM HAVANA UNDER THE NEW QUARANTINE
REGULATIONS.
The steamship City Of New York. from Mexican
ports and Havana (of Alexandra Sons nne). arrived
ut Lower Quarantine yesterday. No sickness was
reported on board. and her mails and passengers
were despatched TO the city In the afternoon.
The Spanish ship Angelita left Havana August 1s.
but returned again. before mentioned in our
marine columns, with four of yellow fever on
board She sailed again the Gath. and had two
her way hither. 1t is stated that both have
recovered, although no report TO that effect was
made to the Health Officer at late hour yesterday
Afternoon The vessel is in ballast, aud consigned
to p. Harmony, Nephew a Co.
mThe malarial fever from the British bark
Rapido and the yellow fever patients from the