Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-07-29
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The Yellow Fever.

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Tho Yellow Fever.
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unues 'aiia'.'' o00As'onsny 'n
and pleasant, but oftsnsst shovery and
heavy. Yesterday Il rained nearly all
aav and thsrs ware shovsr, i.st nioht.
Two coiorsd military companies went
into camp yesterday on the bluffs, under
orders Of Colonel John F. Cameron. OF
A.. no,.vro,,. ...6 tn. no,,,. md
nre department. nave o0sn sf'ns'nsnea
and the authorities 90 not nov sntici'
pate any trouble. The camps for colon.
ixation OF poor people are being sstab-
iished today.
Tho special policemen engaged In 70.
king the census Of the city completed
their task yesterday. The result shows
the population OF Memphis 70 b l6. ITO;
whites. 4.283; oolored. 1887; adults,
1851; children, $3.50. OF the whole
s.743 have had the fever. leaving l,S37
susceptible to the disease. The inspec.
tors at the quarantine stations have been
instructed not to permit uuaoclimatsd
people to enter the city. The idea that
oolorsd people are exempt from the dis.
ease 10 q popular fallsey. Ten addition.
al cases were reported to the Board Of
Health yesterday afternoon, SIX OF whom
were colorsd.
a telegram mas oeen IeoS,ved oy q
President OF the BOARD OF hsaitn rom
the SECRETARY Of war 10 response 70 an
application Tor rations, that rations VIII
only DO furnished TO persons sick with
the yellow fever or In the Quarantine
camp, and who can be subsistsd In no
other way.
Thus far Il Il . noticeable fact that
the great majority Of outbreaks OF the
disease have occurred In the worst In.
fected houses Of last year. This 10 be-
getting O feeling OF anxiety and alarm,
which results 10 the vacation and closing
no OF many residences yet remote from
the infected districts. There 10 also the
usual conflict Of opinion on almost svsry
important point connected with the sub.
jeot. Many physicians strenuously deny
that there has yet been . single case OF
yellow fever this year In Memphis.
Others assert that the half 10 not
known, or at least IL not told, and
claim that systematic efforts To sup.
press the facts r being made
vith suooess. DR.. ]. O. Harris. who
dad SATURDAY. vas persistsntly misrep.
resented "A 10 the nature Of his malady.
His own brother was led 70 believe until
AM hour or two before his death that II
was a case Of congestion, 20 called. This
In ons of the most distressing cases vet
reported. His wife was absent from the
city, having been sent with her infant
child on the 2lst. On his return 10 the
depot Harris got wet In the evening,
took n sat In an omnibus, was seized
with q chill and never rallied, dying Bat
urday forenoon. His unfortunsts widow
Allowed TO get within . block Of her
dssolate home before abe was told of his
death. She sank to tho ground, a.
though felled by q blow, and now lies In
a critical condition.
SUNDAY evening DR.. Collins. Medical
INSPECTOR Of The National Board Of
Health. yisitsd his family al Lagrange
by slippipe between the picksts. He
was discovered and was walked up yester.
day mornina and given ave minutes 70
leave town. They know him well and
respected him, but feared the fever. He
had to walk to Memphis, forty miles.
He arrived here this morning. He could
get nothing TO eat along tho route. The
people warned him from approaching
their dwellings, and told him to move
on. The shotguu Quarantine IL ef5sctual
20 far. This shows the fear inspired by
the yellow fever throughout the sur.
rounding country. Tie physicians In
manv oi the country towns along the
railroad will leave such towns should
the fever break out.