The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-26
THE YELLOW FEVER.

THE YELLOW FEVER.
An End Of the Epidemic Declared at Nom
phis Resumption of Commerce.
telegram WAS sont this morning to Hon. A
s. Marks. Governor. Nashville Tenn.
I Tho epidemic Is declared ended this day,
Tho camps will be broken up Monday MORN
Ing. thank your Exeelenoy on behalf Of
tho people OF NJ Memphis for tho material az
sstance rendered and for the further aid
promised II necessary. We have sufficient
funds to carry us through, nnd will not be
compelled to draw upon you for nny
President OF tho Taxing District
10 n. .m.-AnOther heavy frost fell lust night
A thin coating Ut leo formed on the pools of
water In tho suburbs.
Thermometers placed by the signal service
ON the ground us test marked 81 = at /
! O'Clock this III ,rntng.
| Tho steamer Hard Cash, from st. Louis,
arrived this morning at 9 o'clock, being tho
I first boat to land ut the wharf since July IL
| The weather. III clear and cold.
Noon.@Ono ense was reported this morn
I ing Alfred baTeHtN. wiz tt,=ttfta occurred
W. M. Johnson, coorod, Mt Buntyn Station,
and Joseph Lea, at the city hospital.
The following Is the official announcement
OF tho board OF health declaring tho epdemic
ended.
"Owing to tho fall in temperature within
tho past throe days, there having been two
good frosts. with n prospect OF the continue
tlon Of cool weather, the board of health here
by declares the epidemic of 1879 at an end, and
announces that there Ia but little danger to be
apprehended from yellow fever by absentess
or other persons coming into the city, pro-
| vided the instructions published on Septem-
ber 28 have been complied with in regard to
/ vcntilatono of houses, bedding, clothing. etc.
It takes this occasion to advise people on their
return to avoid Infected places. There are
q few caees of yellow fever yet In tho city, and
d few cases may yet develop. but by ordinary
| prudence there Is no danger OF tho disease
now spreading from that source.
"By order of the board Of health.
-. CHANDLER, M, D.. Secretary"
| 8 b. n.-There has been no new cases or
deaths since this morning.
Total cases reported for the week. 81; white
\ n; rnlored 10. Total to date, 1911. Total
deaths from yellow fever for the week. IA ;
whites H. eolored 2. Total to date, 40. The
! Towards have 50 nurses on duty attending
" whites and 10 colored families. This in
cludes those sent to Forrest City, Arkansas,
The first through train from Louisville
with sixty passengers arrived this afternoon.
Brownsville, Tenn, raised quarantine to-
day.
A private telegram from Forest City re-
ports one ne-- case Mr. Wright. hotel keeper
one death, Mra. DR.. }. B. Cummings Gen
Smith two Howard visitors and DR.. w. g.
Winn will return here Tonight.
PREPARING FOR AN ACTIVE RESUMPTION OF
TRADE AT MEMPHIS.
ST. LOUIS. Oct. 25@ Tho official announces
ment Tint tho fever epidemic ut Memphis is
ov"r created quite stir among MemphinDs
In this city this evening, and preparations
were immediately commenced by Memphls
cotton dealers and brokers and grocery and
dry goods firms, doing business here to move
their stocks and resume trade Mt thnir old
home rs speedily as possible. The steamers
which left here for Memphis this evening
Were crowded with passengers and heavily
laden with froghts. and next week the Anchor
Line will put on extra boats to transport the
goods which will be shipped to THAT city.
Cotton factors have already ordered cotton ut
points below Memphis, consigned to them
here, to be landed at Memphis. and by the
last OF next week the cotton trade OF that
city will be fully resumed.
the Lotteries ana the P0staffice Depart
ment-A sharp letter from the Lat
ter.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-Judge Freeman, AS
aistant Attorney General OF the Postofflce
Department, will proceed to Louisville to-
morrow to represent that department before
the United States Circuit Courl lin the suit OF
Cumerford against tho Louisville postmas-
ter. for refusal to deliver lottery ticket let
ters. Judge Freeman will also 20 to New
Orleans, III necessary, to secure evidence for
the successful prosecution of the suits
brought to test the validity OF the depart
ments recent order regarding lottery letters.
The Acting First Assistant Postmaster
Goueral has to-day written b severe letter to
the attorney Of the Louisiana Lottery Com
pany, complaining that the copy OF le' ter
addressed by the department to the postmas-
ter at Railway, N. j., and furnished to the
attorney upon representations that he de-
sired 1t for use In preparation OF his case, has
been published rs an advertisement In gar
bled form, which o,acures the real meaning
Of the order AMI reflects unjustly upon the
Railway postmaster. The complaints men
toned in the department letter to this post
master were not that he withheld letters nd
dressed to M. A. Dauphin, but that he with
held letters SO addressed OF private nature.
Large Fire at Mawk,nsviile, Ga-The
state Fair.
MACON Oct 55 An extensive fire broke
out at Hawkinsvile to-day, at l o'clock, in
Bozemans warehouse. Help was telegraphed
for from Macon, and two steamers and fire.
men were sent on a special train.
Bazeman's warehouse and the build
ings OF p. C. Clegg d Co., F. FL. and c. g.
Bozeman. J. f. Lewis Il Co, Lewis, Leonard
Il Co, d. Rhodes. J. W. Bowls and the Ma
sonic Hall and library were consumed. jerks
Bros. lose $4,000, W. B. Steele loses $4,000 on
cotton: no Insurance Fifteen hundred bales
Of cotton were burned; loss, s1lo, 900; insur-