Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-08-23
The condition of the oat crop is 81, against
100 i'm 1873
THE YELLOW FEVER.


Twenty-Five new eases and eight deaths
was the yellow fever record at Memphis on
the 18th. case had developed at White
Haven, eight miles south of the city, where
a number of families had taken refuge.
Ninety-three deaths occurred from yell
low fever i'm Havana for the week ending
July o, decrease of 40 from the previous
week. #
The New Orleans City Council, on the 10Th, 4,
adopted resolutions declaring there was not
a case of yellow fever in the city, and pro-
testing against the unjust quarantine estab-
lished by Southern cities and towns against
New Orleans. ...
The United States Consul at Matamoras,
Mexico. telegraphs that the yellow fever is
prevailing i'm a most virulent form at Tam
pico, and that the people are dying like
flies"
There We're % new eases of yellow fever
and II deaths at Memphis on the 18th.
The report Of yellow fever at Corinth,
Miss, had no foundation in fact.
On the 14th there were 10 deaths from vel
low fever and 40 new cases at Memphis OF
the 40 new eases, 30 We're colOred. The fever
has invaded Garfield Colored Orphan Asy-
lum, which contains about 40 inmates. Act
ing upon the advice of the National Board of
Health, a more effective system of isolation
and disinfection has been inaugurated. Yel-
low flags have been posted on all houses
where there are cases of fever.
There were IA new eases of yellow fever at
Memphis on the 18th, IL of whom were col
ored. The deaths numbered seven.
A meeting of representatives of the Ma
tional Board of Health, of the Mississippi
Valley Sanitary Association, and the Boards
Of Health of the States of Tennessee, Ar
kinsas and Illinois, was held at the quaran-
tine station, six miles below Cairo, on the
18th instant. Among others present was
DIR. Langstaff of Memphis. After a long
consultation the conclusion was to continue
to carry out fully the plan of isolating cases
of fever similar to that proposed by DIR.
Cochran of Mobile, and to render all possi-
BILE aid to the State and local Boards of
Health.
On the 10th there were seven deaths from
yellow fever and 81 new cases at Memphis.
On the 18th there We're four deaths and -
new eases. For the week ending on the
10th, the number of new cases was tS3;
deaths, 46. Total number of deaths to same
date, 13g.
DR.. John johnson has withdrawn his
resignation as n member of the Tennessee
State Board of Health, former differences
having been adjusted.
Another ease of fever was reported at
White Haven, Tenn, on the 10th, also one
at Bailey Station on same date.
DIR. W. l.. Coleman of San Antonio, Tex
as, who was ordered by the National Board
of Health to investigate the origin of the
fever prevailing in Memphis, has
been quietly at work ,fOr over month
past. While he is not at liberty to make
public the manner in which the germs
were introduced, yet his Investigations con-
vince him they We're imported direct from
the West Indies, and that they passed the
New Orleans quarantine unchallenged, and
arrived i'm that city some time i'm June.
There We're 13 new cases and seven deaths
from yellow fever at Memphis on the 18th.
One hundred deaths occurred from yellow
fever ut Havana for the week ending Aug.
16, an increase Of seven over the previous
week.
The schooner Susan Stetson, from Mira
goane for Providence, II. l., lost the Cap
tain's wife ut Hayti, and two seamen on the
voyage, from yellow fever.