The New York herald., 1879-09-15
HOPE REVIVED.
The Epidemic in Memphis
Less Violent.
ONE NEW CASE REPORTED.
Progress Of the Work of
DiSinfectiOn.
(BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.1

MEMPHIS. Sept IA. 1879.
There great rejoicing In the city this evening
when the official report OF the Board of Health
showed but one having been reported for the
past twenty -four hours ending at six P. M. While
this is most gratifying. yet investigation Of the
true state of affairs presents o different aspect
Physicians not prompt in reporting
to the Board of Health. This is manifest
when IL is stated that the Howards to-
day assigned twenty nurses to duty and as
thcy furnish only yellow fever patients it
is safe to predict that there will not be less than If
teen new reported tomorrow. One Howard
physician stated to your correspondent tonight
that he had four cases to report in the morning.
Tho case reported to the Board OF Health to-day
Moses Watson (coored) aged fifty five years. and re-
siding at the corner OF Main and Alabama streets
The following whites supplied with nurses
to-day by the Howards:-
Henry Good. aged 35 years. No. 81 Second street.
Chelsea.
William Mcdonald. aged 25 years. No. $50 Washing
ton street.
John A. Righi. aged 80 years. Union avenue.
Lewis jackson. aged % years. No. 122 Poplar street.
DR.. Campbell, aged IS years. Walker street. Fort
Pickering.
Mrs. I. W. O'Donnen and child, Third street. Chel.
sea.
John Ledger. aged 40 years. No. 31s Main street.
DEAD.
The following deaths have been reported:-
GEORGE EDGERLEY, aged 81 years. No. 13 Over
ton street.
j. L. SHARP. aged II years. No. 473 Shelby street
Judge W. B. TURNER aged 20 years. No. SO Ala
bama street.
TOM BUFORD (colored). aged 40 years. St. Martin
street.
In addition to these Claude Preslidge aged twelve
years. Of Colonel j. s. Preslidge. died this after
noon at six O'Clock. His name will appear in the
official report Of tomorrow
Judge Turner. whose death Is noticed, was the
father of Colenel G. p. NJ Turner. the Attorney
General of our Criminal Court. He came recently
from Mississippi
j. L. Sharp was an old citizen. having resided ON
these bluffs for more than thirty years.
Tile Howards to- will reduce their medical
corps by relieving two Of their physicians from
duty. This will be done in the spirit of economy.
which seems to govern all their actions.
Mr.. N. W. Speers, Jr., who has been attending to
Richard and Joe Sharp. two brothers, who sick
with the fever. six miles out the Poplar street
boulevard reports that they both in dying con-
dition.
DECORATING LAST YEARS GRAVES.
Tho graves of Ed Worsham, r. II. Catron. William
Willis. c. G. Fisher and Herbert and George Ian
year. decorated with flowers this morning in
Elmwood Cemetery by afew friends who were COM
panions with them their heroic labors during the
epidemic of 1878.
Last night thieves effected an entrance into a gro
Gerry store on Union street, near De Soto. The po-
lice upon the in time to arrest of the
marauders and fired several shots at two others.
who. however. made good their escape
remarkable fatality has attended the Arnold
family who stricken with the fever eight miles
south of this city Frank Arnold. Mrs. Emma Ar
nold Ella Arnold and James Sutton. relative. have
died. Two others Of the same family are reported
very i'll. as we'll Of the nurses furnished by
the Towards and colored girl who resided at the
house.
The weather continues to play strange freaks.
Yesterday it seasonaby warm, and this morn
ing at daylight tho thermometer dropped to So
degrees the lowest point yet reached this summer.
and at no time to-day has it gone higher than 20.
Tonight it IL clear and cool.
ERADIcATING THE GERMS.
The Wholesale work of disnfecting the city is pro-
crossing rapidly. DIR. j. W. Ross. of the National
Board of Health, who is experimenting the men
employed in it, stated to your correspondent to-
night that he expected to complete his abors by
Saturday night. 1t is due to the efforts of the State
Board Of Health officials. aided by the money and
counsel of the National Board that the disease has
not assumed larger proportions in this city.
Our quarantine rules rgiily enforced that
no one is permitted to enter leave Memphis with
out o pass from the Superintendent OF Quarantine
These stringent regulations worked great hardships
on Italian organ grinder. who. with his pet mon
key. stopped to-day at brownsville and not per-