Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-24
YELLOW FEVER.


TbirIcca naw oasos of yellow ftv,r wcro re-
ported at Memphis yesterday, ~ white. among
them Father Rcvelle, folmsrIy of Washington,
ID. Q. There were four d.sths. Among the con-
trlbu.ions :or the suffers yesterday were$3 900
from the New York Chamber Of Commerce
aud $3.50 from citz,ns of Columbus, Oaio.
The pumLer CT cases 10 Morgan City, Ll., to
date 50; deaths TO-
Thera have been : clSts aud t deatls at Ber~
wick S Bay, L..
Another case Of yellow fever. Mrs. Mary
Crocker, has been imported into New Orleans
from Morgan City.
NEW DIRK, September - "A Times
| sp .clal from Memphis s:ates:-
Fourteen cases aud five deaths, officially re-
p5rted. yesterday, do BOT encourage the opinion
which has 6egua to prevail that the disease had
exhausted the material liable to il inside tina
c'y borders, uor can this theory be depended
Oh as long rs the refugees slip back before they
arc advised to do 50 By the health authorities;
numbers OF Iheln are arriving daily. Thcy keep
| close Tor day or t@o elter arrival to avoid the
resitloilnns OF the laranlno laws.
Two Ct The deaths reported yesterday should
have mp arcd in the lists several days ago.
MEMPHIS. Sep. ~ 5 p. m.--S.rcn cas:s
have beeu reported. Two additional deaths
have Oc3urrCt
hCRts or PERFUME.-Somc ida Of The
maaltude OF the business of raising swc et scent.
cd toRcrs Tor their perfume alone may DO
gathered from The fsot that Earope and Bri-
ilsh lddla alone consune about $50, 600 galIops
OF Handkerchief perfume yearly; that thu Ia.
GlIah revenus lr1m French eau d, Cologne of
itself Ia $4,000 Annually. ard that tho total
ravcnua ct England from other imported pet-
Tunes - estimated at $500, 900 each year
There IL one great perfume dis;Iie.y at GAG
mes. in Ffanor, which uses yearly abou. l0O,-
OjO pounds Of acacia flowers, no 600 ucuods
OF rare Hover leaves. - 0G0 pounds Of ismiuo
hlossoE!s, and 70 600 ponds IL lubsross bios.
SONS. together with on immausn u1anity tr
Other materials used Tor retFump. Victoria.
10 New South Wales, Is rolled uIscc for ihe
produc:!on CT perfume yielding plants, because
su2h plants as The nlgn0nette, sweet vcrbcGe,
jasmine. rose, lavender, acacia. hcloropc, rose.
mary, wall fllWcr. laurel, orange and the sweet.
tented geren!u!a5 arc said 10 grow there in
greater perfection than ia any other part Of the
conntry. South Australia, it ia believed, would
aiso be T. good place for tho croEiug OF these
perfume producing p|aEIs, though they arc not
yet cultivated there to much extent The values
OF perfumes TO countries adapted to their rr,,
duclon msy ID gathered from tho toIio5iop
csll!natcs GI their growth and value Der acre as
gwen IN ths London (Engand) Journal of ior-
tlcuitGra: An acre OF jasmine plants, 50 900 in
number, will produce 5000 pounds of flowers,
valued at s. $50 an acre Of rose trees 10 OC9 in
number. will yield2 ,0J0 pounds OF a overs, worth
S3ioi oOO orange trees growing On Sd AGRA, will
yield, at ten years Of ago. 1908 pounds Of flow.
er', valued at SEQ, an acre of volats. producing
l,go pounds OF flowers, is worth $500; 81 acre
of cssss trees Of about SEQ will at three wears of
acre of gernnium plants will yiod something
over 0OO ounces distillod altar, worth 81 Coz:
an aero Of lavender giving over 8 500 pounds Of
MOWERS for Oscillation, will yield value of
Sl,t0O.
The Color LINE effort Ess been made
to draw the color lice ct the communion table
of the Marlborough NJ. Z. Church, near New.
burg, n. Y. o. communion Sundays the
colored brethren have waited Until the white
brethren partook Of the Ljrd;s Supper. Fer
some time feeling has existed in reference TO |
the matter, several of tho c5lo!cd members |
reius us to Dartake of The sacrament uuiees
they could do so along with tho whites. TIE |
mootcd point has been talked about privately |
Tor mouths among the members. white ard |
black. Va September I q stranger oc.uped |
me pulpit, the regular preacher, the Rev. A. |
NJ. Osborn, d. D., being absent on a vaca-
tlOr. Before the regular services began, the
congregation was startled to hear the preacher
state that vote would be taken then and there
90 The color line question. The votes wero cast
by the uplifting Of the right hand. Sig or
seven haOds were raised in favor OF the colored
people being allowed the same privileges as the
Shltcs. No vote was cast 10 the negative. A
oumber OF the church members have stated
that they will never enter tho church again
uoltss the action taken is rescinded.-N !,
Tribune.
The California Methodist Conference, heaGel
by Bishop Haven, paid their respects to Gan.
Grant yesterday. The reception at City Hall