Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-08-15

Yellow Fever Notes.
Memphis special to Wednesday q

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Contributions In money, to the
amount of $50, were received by the
clty governments. Also two orders
from. Messrs.gT. B. Turfey and George
n. Todd for $780,, Also u Sc cond check
from Charles N. Erich, at Kingston
Springs. TEMP, for SIS, and the fol-
lowing letter:
I would request you to call on Mr..
Taylor at the State National Ban K for
the business I have to my credit be-
fore you make an sappeall to the
charity of the country at large.
An,order vas also received from Mr..
T. B. TuIley for $3.50 worth of supplies
The total donations SO far
exceed SIS 900. A very sad
state of affairs is repaired in
the Forbes family. Inc father
and one child died aud the mother and
SIX children now. have The yellow
fever. They had no beds or bedding g
until the Howard visitors discovered
their condilion and haslened to their
relief with nurses. The family live in
a frame house, Under which is q cellar,
and of which cellar, by means of a
hole in the floor, they made privy
vault, which was used by the family
daily and nightly, aid over which
they slept. The stencil was so horrible
that the Howard visitors and nurses
were driven from the house several
times and until the horrible cellar had
been covered with various disin fectants.
A second sad affair is that of the
family of Mr.. Dennis Roach q He
had Two children of the family down,
one OF whom died, and ON the return
from the cemetery he found the other
dead also, having just died from
black vomit. -
Two coiored policemen, Nose Plum
mer and Dallas Lee, were taken last
night.
-Four members of the q ,uaves are
reported down with light sickness.
Mr.. Gibson, the book keeper for the
Appeal, was taken this morning. He
Was carried to his residence on Avery
street. -as1o
Mr.. Miles Owens, who was reported
very low this evening, died at hall
past 8 O'clock. Shortly after his
death, his aged wife was attack ed with
fever. Mr.. Ovens was, one of our
| Oldest and best citizens. 7u G
Mrs. Jones and son. living at 374
Union street, were taken since supper
and supplied with Howard nurses. Ea
Mrs. 3. ]. Bolton. wife OF the fore
man of the Mississippi aud Tennessee
railroad shops, was taken this even
| ing. IS
| Twenty-eight nurses were sent oul
yesterday by the Howards.
Nashville Americans special: s7i,
The colored men left in Charge o.
| E. McDavitt's and II. II. Dunk comb:
| residences on johnson avenue were
attack ed with the fever. this AFTERNOONS
/ The wife and one child of @. FL. Hill
| scher, who resides at No. 140 job Dsor
| avenue, were stricken with the dis
| ease, to-. day. The family had m ade al
| preparations to leave aMemphis. buI
fingered until 1t was impossible fol
them TO go away. ..,-e
| WEDNESDAYS REPORT.
| A telegram from Memphis to yes
terday's Atlanta Constitution says:
/ Twenty three new cases were re-
ported ~ whites and 16 colored
Among the number were DIR. ]. D
White and wife. Mrs. Leila. Jones
/ and John McLaughlin. Two addi
tiOnal deaths have. occurred. Miss
Joahanda Ostmann, sister in law o.
Mrs. Wilhemina Ostmann, whose
death was reported at noon, died lac
tonight. after the official report of the
Board of Health had been made up
All the prominent sick were reporiee
doing well tonight. J. D. Plunket
President of the State Board O
Health, telegraphs from Nashville
that the resignation of Hon. Johr
Johnson, rendered this morning, was
not accepted by the Board.