The New York herald., 1879-09-12
THE MEMPHIS PLAGUE.

| rIFTEEN Ew CASES AND EIGHT DEATHS
APPEAL FOR coLoRED ORPHANS CoNrRIBU-
TIoNs YESTERDAY.
(BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
MEMPHIS. Tenn. Sept. II. 1879.
There was o decrease in the number Of cases
reported to-day but the weather has again turned
warm q further spread Of the disease reason
ably be anticipated. The death rate. which con-
tinues to have large proportions, tells of the
malgnancy of the fever. OF the fifteen cases
reported to the Board OF Health eleven those
colored persons.
rhe following is the list of whites:-
Annie G. Lee, aged IS years. Third street.
Lizzie Aiken. aged 27 years. No. IS Market street.
j. b. Brigge, aged 81 years. No. SO Main street.
John Powers. aged 30 years. No. Ill Front street.
DEATH ROLL.
The death list OF to-day. Is as follows:-
ADoLPH DARGIs. aged AZ years. No. 211 Carolina
street.
BRIDGET O'NEIL. aged 40 years. corner OF Fifth
and Carolina streets.
CHARLES II. SHAW, Jr., aged II years, No. %
Avery street.
THOMAS J. MCGUIRE. aged 81 years. corner Of
Commerce and Main streets.
r. T. JOHNSON. aged So years, City Hospital.
Mrs. DAVIS KEITH. aged - years. No. l22 Ala
bama street.
Mrs. j. s. HOUCK. aged 40 years. Buntyn Station.
JAMES POSEY (colored). No. As broadway street.
Twenty nurses were furnished by tho Howards to-
day. Among those supplied with. attendance were
Mrs Sarah Brooks. aged 43 years. Poplar bou
evard; Robert Tobey, aged % years, No. 40 Prone
made; Mrs. L. Baxter. aged % years. Kerr avenues
j. L. sharp. Shelby street.
william Enos. brother-in-lsw of Mr.. N. Fon-
taine. living seven miles out ON the Hernanda road.
at noon. Claude Prestige. younger of Colonel
j. s. Prestige. attacked last night; also Percy
harrison, a young man whom Colonel Prestige
had adopted. Dr. Heber Jones pronounced Colonel
Prestige and his daughter Pearl convalescing.
William Ward. whose illness mentioned in these
dispatches last night. died near Lucy depot this
Afternoon, and inferred tonight in Elmwood
Cemetery. Theldeath of Mrs. J. 5. Houck this fore
noon. at Buntyn Station. makes the fourth member
of the family that has succumbed to the plague.
But two children OF this family OF six now remain.
They convalescing.
APPEALS AND RESPONSES.
The Preachers Aid Association lcolored) has made
the following appeal
To THE CHARITABLE woRLD:-
Rev. A. Holmes, president of the Preachers Aid
Association OF the city of Memphis appeals to the
charitable world for pccuniary aid the benefit of
the coorcd orphans left destitute by the epidemics
OF 1878 and 1879. All contributions to his address
will be properly applied and thankfully appreciated
by the many orphans in charge.
THOMAS SHIELDS, Secretary.
The donations to the Howsrds to-day were as fol.
lows:-
j. u. George. Carrollton. Miss. s24.
Grenada (siiss.) Relief Committee, s1o0.
ID. +. Goodyear. Memphis. s25.
George Taylor. Fulton, Ark, $50.
Net proceeds of n concert at Salem. Va, Sos.
Miss Jane Il. stovall, Abingdon. Va. SCI rs.
Oliver Barton, Somerset. Nd, 25 cents.
Salie Stith, Memphis, SIS.
Edward Hincken, President New York Produce Ex-
change. $500.
Total, $685..
NEW ORLEANS PROTESTING OVER MUcH-TuE
BOARD OF HEALTH AGAIN DECLARE THE CITY
FREE PROM INFECTION.
NEW ORLEANS. Sept II, 1879.
The Board of Health tonight adopted a resolution
setting forth that the health of New Orleans to-day
will compare favorably with any large city OF the
Union; that no case of yellow fever has