The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-19
THE FEY Err.
The Fever at Memphis Vioksburg Removes
Her Quarantine Against
New Orleans.

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4 New Orleans.
MEMPHIS, Sept. is, Noon.-Five new case.
were reported to the board Of health Wag
ner, Thos. .O'Sullivan, John McNichols, Joh[
Grant, and one colored.
1 Five deaths have occurred--Bepi. Crane
@. d. Hammer, Geo. Doubleday, John DrOOts
and f. Brittantim, the last colored. Mark M
OryOn, O prominent young attorney, was
taken sick this morning. 1t Is thought, witt
| fever.
| The city presents Sunday appearance
nearly all the stores on Main street being
closed in observance Of the Jewish new year
| Esquire J. 8. Galloway was elected specia
judge OF the Circuit Court to-day. No Other
business was transacted, and the court was
adjourned until Saturday, when the injunc
tion will be prayed for to restrain the State
Board Of Health officials from enforcing theii
rules prohibiting loose cotton from being
| brought into the city.
3 b. m.-Ten cases In all, six white and
| four colored, were reported to-day; among
| the number were John Burns and Peter II. !.
Donnely. Mr.. Burns fs agent OF the Louis-
vile and Nashville Railroad; he has been
sick for nearly week, but is now GONZALES
cling. One additional death occurred this
| afternoon Eddie Stinnett.
The following telegram was received to
day:
JACKSON, Miss, September 1s.
III. w, ".
Association. Memphis:
Have telegraphed DR.. s. M. Croft, If he
needs assistance to care for the sick at Con
4. W. MITCHELL.
Donations to the Howards to-day aggre-
Thermometer has ranged between 81 and
85 degrees.
The Howards, late this evening, sent a
nurse to Bailey Station, Tenn, to attend
H
ford. who, together with his son, recently
died of fever at that station, which is twenty
miles east Of Memphis on the Charleston
Railroad
National Board Of Health, went to Bartlett,
Tenn, this afternoon, and was met there by
Hon. John johnson and DR.. j. w. Ross. He
reports absent Memphians as anxious to re-
turn, and suggests that notice Of the danger
that attends such action be given. La accord
ance with this, Mr.. johnson will tomorrow
Issue warning to absentees OF the risk they
would run by returning, as the fever is gradu-
ally dying out only for want OF new material
In the meantime the present quarantine regu-
lations will be rigidly enforced.
THE vICKsBURG QUARANTINE REMOVED.
VICKsBURG, Sept 1a. - The quarantine
against New Orleans was removed last night,
Persons holding clean bills OF health, and all
fretghts, except woolen goods packed in New
Orleans, will be allowed to enter the city
FRANKLIN GUARANTINEs MoRGAT CITY.
FRANKLIN, Sept. 18.--The board of health
Of Franklin met to-day and passed resolu-
tions prohibiting all persons coming from and
through. Morgan City from stopping here.
The citizens hold a meeting tomorrow for the
purpose Of establishing q volunteer quaran-
tine police to guard all approaches to the
town.
SOLICITING AID FOR MEMPHIS.
NEW YORK, Sept 18.-Mr. Langstaff, presi-
dent Of the Memphis Howard Association
addressed q special meeting of the chamber
ber OF commerce this afternoon, and made a
further appeal to the merchants OF New
York for aid for the plague-stricken city.
Henry Hentz, Chas. M. Fry, G. N. Bliss, J. G.
Franklin Edsam were appointed q committse
to receive subscriptions lin aid Of the Mem
phiS sufferers.
THE FEVER IN CUBA.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1s.-The National
Board OF Health has received the following
advices from the United States quarantine
inspector at Havana:
HAVANA, Sept. 13.-The American bark
Ann Elizabeth sailed from Havana on the
ninth instant for New York. infected with
yellow fever.
"The British bark Prince Rupert, whose
captain died Of yellow fever, left two men in
the hospital sick with the same disease, and
sailed for New Orleans on the eleventh in
stant.
"Io-day the American brig Lige Hough-
ton, infected with yellow fever, sailed for New
York.
"There were AIT deaths here from yellow
OF the total number of cases of yellow fever
existing in Havana and its hospitals to-day
would be $50. D. M. BURGESS,
"Sanltary and Quarantine Inspector"