Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-08-13
TELEGRAPHlC.
YELLOW FEVER RECORD.
Eight New Cases of Fever Re-
ported in Memphis Yester-
day Morning.
Four Deaths in the City and Two
Outside Since the Night
Before.
A Case of Fever Developed at q
Town on the Memphis and
Tennessee Railroad. H.
Condition of Some of the Lost
Condition of Some of the Lost
Prominent Among the Sick.
YELLOW FEVER.

MEMPHIS, Aug. 12.-Eight new
cases of yellow fever were reported
this morning, five white and three
colored. Among the former are
Mrs. A. A. Todd, Paul Ross, Wal
ter Lake, and Mrs. E. P. Cunning
ham. -,~-. ~
Four deaths from fever have oc-
Cured within the city limits since
last night: Mrs. Sophia Moin.
Mary A. Taylor, Mrs. Elizabeth
Robinson, and Chas. Green. Two
additional deaths are reported be-
the corporation line-Dennis and
Luke Roach.
A case of yellow fever has de-
veloped at White Haven, Tenn,
eight miles south of this city on the
Memphis and Tennessee Railroad,
the patient being Mrs. s. J. Batten.
An inspecting officer has been sent
to isolate the dwelling and prevent
a spread of the disease. Mr..
Edman is still alive, and W. w,
Guye's condition is improved this
evening. Edscholoss has a severe
attack, and Miles Aun shove no i'm.
proyement. The weather is some
warmer.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 12.-Health
Commissioner Francis has given
orders to the quarantine officials to
examine all the passengers on the
steamer from the Ohio River, to see
if any of them come from yellow
fever infected districts.
SUNDAYS SICK LIST.
Special to the Cincinnati Gazette.
MEMPHIS, Aug. 10.-The weather
has been cool, and the sick are re-
ported doing well. The following
are the new cases reported for to-
day, being thirty-two in all: Whites
Mead, thirty-one, 228
Vance street; Thos. S. Bateman,
twenty-four, 228 Vance street An
ME Miller, eight, 143 Rocco alley ;
Frank Cunningham, eleven, 204 De
Soto street; DR.. Oscar Beerly, forty,
18O Linden street; J. Clements,
thirty-fve, City Hospital; w. B.
Erwin, thirty-six, City Hospital ;
Geo. Harper, rty-eight, 48 Elk
change street; Austin Mcdowell,
thirty-three, 4288 Poplar street
Caroline Smith, fourteen lac
Dunlap street; Carrie Will g,
thirty-nine, SO Second street
Colored-Annie Farrar, twenty-six.
191 Linden street; Frank Cannon,
thirty-four, 259 De Soto street;
Granville Park, twenty-five, 239
South street; Lucy McDuf, twenty
two, 217 Beale street; Willis Pey.
ton, thirty-two, 26 Turley street; E.
Mulline. forty-five, 201. Hernando
street; Della Jones, seventeen, 81
Causey street; Ed. Harrison, six,
299 De Soto street; G. Jackson,
babe, nine days, 358 Beale street;
4. Johnson's daughter, eleven years,
Humphrey street; <. johnson, five
years, Humphrey street; Augusts
Harris, thirty three years, Humphrey
street; Thad. MeCauley's daughter
eleven years, Humphrey street
Annie Hubbard, forty four years
334 Union street; Virgins
Halfacre, thirtysfour, 1873 Deal,
street; Harriet Bateman, twenty
years, Linden and Turley. In ad
dition to report, Mr.. Ed. Schloss, /.
hero of several epidemics, is re
ported down, with DR.. Julius Wis,
as attendant. Walter Finnie il
down, who has been attending hi
brother, on the corner of Winches
ter avenue and Alabama street
Henry and JAS. Dolan, on Hill
street, are also reported down, ant
w. Terrill, on Bass avenue.
The Howards have added tw,
physicians to their force since las
report, making eight in all. The,
claim that ordinary disease cause
this increase, from the fact that tn
fevers incident to the climate pre-
vail over the epidemic disease o
yellow fever.
Sunday has been . gloomy da,
in every sense Of the term. Their
is nothing of note to write.
LOUISVILLE, Aug. IA cas-,
of yellow fever was reported to th,
healsh officer to-day. The victim
MAS young doctor named EdNart