The New York herald., 1879-08-09
Eight Deaths and Thirty-ive New
Cases in Memphis.
COLD, UNFAy0RABLE WEATHER.
The Fever To Be Declared "Epi-
demic" at Last.
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the sick. aud the increase in the number
OF the deaths reported to-day attests that fact lt
is also unfavorable to those in whose systems
turks the poison Of fever. since il causes the
disease to develop rapidly and the list of cases
may be expected to attain still larger proportions
within the next two three days. The most noted
person stricken to-day was Major W. W. Guy late
member of the Board of Police and Fire Commits
sioners having been appointed By the Governor as
of the rulers of the taxing district when the
charter of the city abolished. Major Guy is one
of the most prominent Front street merchants and
also has business connections in New Orleans. He
taken with fever yesterday at noon, at
the residence of Colonel John r. Miller, just
beyond the city limits the Poplar street
boulevard. His attending physician, DIR. A.
L. Rogers, did not declare his illness yellow
fever until late this afternoon. He now says the
attack is A sudden death occurred
This morning from congestion, in the person OF A.
w. JONES' orderly sergeant of the Chickasaw Guards,
who taken i'll yesterday forenoon.
NEW CASES REPORTED
The following is the list of new cases reported to
the Board of Health during the twenty-four
hours ending at six O'Clock this evening inside city
lmits:-
James Hogue, aged 9 No. 73 New Madison street.
julius Zeller, aged SO, No. 119 Beal street.
p Beucler, aged 80, of Second and South
Jackson streets.
Kate Downey. aged 6, No. &c Jones avenue.
Annie Flago. aged IL. No. 43 Jones avenue.
Sarah Flago. aged 40. No. AZ Jones avenue
Mary FORESTER aged 81, No. 355 Main street
Kate Warden. aged 20, corner OF Second and Mon
roe streets.
The following new cases are all colored:-
Alexander Franklin, aged 35, Monroe street extern
sion.
Willie Parker aged 25, Lucille street.
Samuel Thomas aged 30 No sc fernando street.
Thomas Taylor, aged 80, No. 1872 Linden street.
Louis Williams aged 27 Cooler street.
Thomas Brown aged 3d. Union avenue. s, .
Eliza Newbern aged 1s. No. 1874 Linden street.
Diley Lewis. aged T. No. 1914 Linden street.
Henry Greer. aged 80, No 22S fernando street.
Peter Gregg, aged 81, No. 100 Front street.
Townsend Jackson, aged % No. 102 De Soto street.
Lucy Harrison. aged 20. No. $50 De Soto street
Florence Hopkins aged Is, Broadway street.
Julia Watson aged 20, Broadway street.
New outside city limits twhites)---
Emma Forbes, aged Is. Walker
Cora Forbes, aged Ia. Walker avenue
Nettie Forbes, aged II, Walker avenue
Louis Mcdonnell and child south of Elmwood street.
w. W. Guy aged so. Poplar Street Boulevard.
Dennis Roach, aged TO- Duprez street.
Luke Roach aged s. Duprez street.
Colored outside the city limits
Martha Flowers, aged so, Richmond avenue.
Mary McCassey. aged 13. Fort Pickering.
Lucinda Gilner. aged 80. French Garden.
Dudley Gilner, aged ~, French Garden.
John Gilner, aged 40. near French Garden.
DEATHs
ANGELO ARATA, aged &c, No. "a De Soto street.
ROBERT L. WEIGH. aged 80, No. 326 Front street.
MARTIN o'LEARY, aged 13. No. 262 Madison
street extension.
L. ROBERTS. aged 80. City Hospital.
FANNIE FLAGo, aged 16. No. 43 Jones avenue.
BENJAMIN AyALT (colored) aged Al, Winchester
avenue.
LOUIS PALMER (coloredJ. aged IS. No. 217 Pom
totoc street
JACK MACKLIN colored), aged 40, No. 259 South
street.
INCREASED MEDICAL AID
The Howards this morning increased their medical
force to six. by placing duty DR.. julius Wise and
DR. Heber Jones. The city has been divided into
districts, and each physician has plenty of work
do. one of their number stated to your cor
respondent night that of the thirty-fve
patients visited by him during the day only ten had
yellow fever the remainder being i'll from other
causes. principally chills and fever. The largest
proportion of the sick are negroes, who by their
foolish actions in refusing to 90 into camps away
from the ravages of the pestilence paying with
the + lives the penalty of their stubbornness.
TO BE DECLARED EPIDEMIC.
The Board of Health will tomorrow nigh declare
the fever epidemic; stated the president DR.. G..
u. Thornton. this afternoon. At the time
manifesto VIII be issued warning all absent
Memphians against returning to the city until the
fever shall have disappeared This action is deemed
necessary from the fact that about twenty persons
came into the city last night from points up the
river. having been landed tugs from passing
steamers.
AS additional guard against an influx of un-
acclimated people Mr. John Johnson, superintendent
of quarantine, and ID. T. Porter the chief executive
OF the city. to-day issued the following:--
TO inspecting officers snd police officers on duty
at Memphis:--Until further orders you hereby
instructed not to permit any person persons to
be landed any boat or other water craft at this
port who have not had yellow fever and in addi-
ton, cannot give satisfactory assurances that they
able to provide for themselves. These re-
strictions also apply to all roads leading into the
city.
Ed. Moon and Mics owen both very low. Mrs.
Athey is convalescing. j. NJ. Tighee is not expected
TO live. The Knights of Honor lost during the month
of July in this State twelve members their Order
hvc being from Memphis. Their names J. y H..
Ray, John Berriman, L. Beaumont, Henry wehrum
and T. II. Kinnan.
A LITTLE GIRL TAKES THE FEVER FROM OLD
BEDDING
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NASHVILLE. Tenn. August 4, 1879.
Medical Inspector Donohue at Memphis in re-
porting to President Plunket, of the tate Board of
Health, says that he called to Lizzie Blake,
aged ten years, mile out of Ralegh. q
short distance from Memphis. In 1873
the present occupant OF the house and
her uncle fed. leaving bedclothng and