Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-08-13
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Special Correspondence Of the Alcga. Gazette.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. Is, 1879.

Special Correspondence Of the Alega. Gazette.
WASHINGTON, D. G., Aug. IS, 1879.
Dispatches received 1t tn, cEo, Of the M
tonai Board Of Health bero 10 day give twenty
two Gases CT and five deaths frtm yellow fever
a! Memphis size, yesterdays report--a consid
cradle f.Erg eff from tie reports Of several
previous days. d. Turner, the secretary of
the Beard, says inIcigerce received at the of.
fiso is 10 the effec: that Mcu phs is Bow COM
p!eteiy isolated, aud that With he exception Of
New O:los1S, IL wEieh sp3Iaii, clsss 81 yellow
fever occur every year. Dus where 40 cases have
been reported Tor the last ten days, no csSe has
occurred in the whols Mississippi Valley, this
season, the origin tf which Can net 90 tracad
directly 10 Memphis, nor one Of that sort that
has proved disease sDroader, simply because
the locaIlty IN which, Il occurred did not pos
ses5 the conditions essentially requisite fer the
n7a7alcEc, o. yellow fever. Dr.. Cabcl!, of the
University OF Virginia. president OF TIE Beard,
;saS at the cfEoo to Cay. lie is perfectly satis
fed with the Worsiag CT The Board, aId is will
ing TO leave its viudca,ion from tue
grouadlsss charges brought against j: by a
portion Ct tic press to time, which he IL con-
idort will satisfy any reasonable and irtelIi-
gent man that tho Board has d9rc nothing tt at
Should no: have been tCno aud I3it uEGooo
nothing tkst shiu'd have besn Gouc. The
D5cto!'s runerCus tii,nds thlougbout the
ogul,iy, and especially in Virginia, will b. glad
! to learn tia: lie is looking as we'll AID appag
| entity 60 older thau he Gid t1easy ycsr5 ago.
i LARGE puntcr Of the bETshtIs o! tho Dis
| trlct OF C0'uub!a Wero q. the White House
| this m0ruing with pet;t3Ga for tao renewal CT
tho pIes!at Dislic; Com missiooars, a0d It's ap.
EolntnCut ct Others in their place, but
as they could net agree among Themselves,
| upon Tue rImcs 10 be presented fer appointment,
! as asmcst every enc Ct them lad some single
| iavo!!tc 10 s;cuye whose appointment he vas
! Wl0g 10 sacrifice all tho Others, IS in short
| there was anything else than uoanimity and
! harmony smopg them, they die not have 81
eullepcc with tho President, and did DOS pre-
sent their re:l!!"ns. MIS- Bclva lockwood
~Go also there. She wanted o wonsn APP
pointed On tho s5h3ol beard.
The committee appointed by tio Beard OF
| Directors Ct the Mat!cIal Fair As2CG;a!l0a tC
se!ec! ;hc grounds uDeo which tie aarua! fax.
Of that rsstc siion shall be held, GG nos decide
upcn site yesteIday,a5 they w:ru expected L
| &c. they would have cltsed With The owne!
Of tho l7y ,r4c:. Gu the cd B!aia1sburg rad
| half mile beyond the city limits, yesterday
as Was anticipated in this correspondence: 81
that day. it tho oEuer Of al adlginlrg irao:
| 'fhioh wss desirable 10 irc!Gde ia il, had noi
III bis li;utes too high. 500 az gore. 1t il
| thought. however, that tract ajjoiuiug Oh tht
other side cla be b3rght ct a much lever price
| and II thst Dc so, il add the Ivy uaot, winch
eau be purchased for 5000, vii be secured
this ai;traocn
4 real estate aacr: hero ramcd T.. \. Me-
lntire, who has been CO . summer Ir?, return
ed lhis norcirg, eud upon tor.iog open his
oiii &c, wh.c he weS Informed had bscn cts d toi
several Gays, tcuad that his sat. had bo=o open
ed. lie sls0 found note from lis ell tx Stating
that he had taken $3.50 AID gono away; that il
would De useless 10 attempt TO discover hial q
to Riyo publicity to the heft, aad thus bris
| shame ald sufer;og upou his potr noiher, fJI
that by tho 'imo The noto was ODe0od all TIC
81 h!Gl would be lost, tut hat it nolhirg va:
5sld vbjut It a1d he retaiocd his health be
would lctern the mo1cy BIZ had taken, with 10
tcrcst. Nj. Meln!iro is BY 10 msaus certain
how much moocy ne has lest. The 800 EC
kuo"s Is goUe, tu. how much mgr, is what he
IS most coGc5rocE ABOUT, ps the clerk was max
iog daily collections.
Mr.. J3hG Mllburn, the we'll knowu druggs!
of his ci;S, formerly Of Altx,ndtis, has retired
from bu'losSs, aud bis yGuoger brother, Mr..
Has;. Msl5uru. has taken chscGo Of Tho store.
EELLOM' FE 5,EE.
T@iu;y FLU: Few cases and six deaths from
y9il'H taver occurred 10 MeUphiS yestertey,
a!ao two deaths FROM TIE fever outside The city