Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-07-19
GENERAL.

Minister of State.
GENERAL.
1t is now reported that Gen. Grant will Wis
it Australia before returning to this coun-
try, and that he will therefore probably not
reach home before next spring.
Reports received at the Land-ofic in
Washington show a larger movement of
population this season into districts contain
ing Government lands than has been known
for many years.
James Gordon Benefits Arctic exploring
yacht Jeanette, Lieut.. DeLong, command
ing, sailed from San Francisco on the Sth,
fully equipped for her long Northern voy-
age. She will be accompanied as far as Beh-
rings Sea by a schooner carrying extra
stores Of provisions and coal.
The Council of the Union oflAmerican and
Hebrew Congregations, recently held in
New York City, adopted plan for the col
onization of poor Jews upon Western lands.
THE YELLOW FEVER.
A fatal case of yellow fever-the first Of
the season-was reported from Memphis
on Wednesday, the 9th of July.
The victim was Frank Mulbrandon'
an Irishman, shoemaker by occu-
patton, who lived on the northeast corner of
DeSoto and Pontotoc streets. Mulbrandon,
was taken sick on the previous Saturday. He
was attended by DIR. w. L. Rodgers, who at
once recognized the nature of the disease
and treated him accordingly. After death
an autopsy was made by number of ply
sicians, and all concurred in the opinion that
it was a genuine case of yellow fever. The
crlhan ayit from 10 pify nj
a number of the more timid Inhabitants, al
though the doctors say The case was sporadic
in its nature and does not indicate any thing
in the nature of an epidemic.
A second death from yellow fever in
Memphis occurred on the 10th, the victim
being an infant child of Judge j. f. R. Ray.
Judge Ray himself and a son, aged 90, were
reported down with the disease. Judge
of the city, at least a mile distant
from the locality in which Null
brandon lived. The excitement caused
by the breaking out of the disease reached
almost a panic to-day,-a every train leav-
ing the city was crowded with refugees,
many being forced to remain over unwill-
ingly on account of lack of transportation.
The Board of Health issued proclamation,
Luc GRAVITY VI thC Siiois, auu
while expressing hope that the disease
would not assume an epidemic form, rec
ommending those who could to quietly re-
move their families to place Of safety.
DIR. Hamilton, Supervising Surgeon Gen.
eral of the United States Marine
Hospital Service, does not apprehend
a repetition of the yellow fever epi-
demic of last year in the South. He
thinks there may be sporadic cases, but
considers that the precautions taken will
prevent any spread of the disease. The ne
gro exodus he thinks may carry eonsidera-
BILE infected baggage into Missouri and Kan
sas, and thus cause some cases Of yellow fe-
yer in those States.
On the 10th, New Orleans, vicksburg,
Norfolk, Va, and Holly Springs, Miss,
officially quarantined against Memphis, both
by land and water.
There were no additional cases OF yellow
fever reported at Memphis on the 18th, and
the scare ofthe preceding two days was con-
siderably abated. One fatal case was re-
ported to the National Board of Health
from Water Valley, Miss. Quarantine against
Memphis was declared by Little Rock, Cairo,
Greenvile, Miss, Montgomery, Ala, Hous-
ton, Galveston, and some other places.
The Executive Committee of the Sanitary
Council of the Mississippi Valley held a
meeting at Henderson, KY, on the 18th,
and adopted resolutions recommending the
immediate adoption by State and
local Boards OF Health of the rules
and regulations of the National
Board of Health for securing the
best sanitary condition of steamboats,,
railway cars, ETC., and also urging the Ma
tional Board of Health to appoint Sanitary
Inspectors for the various cities and all
towns where the yellow fever may occur.
| The Executive Committee Is composed of
DIR. J.D. Plunkett, Tennessee; DR.. Pinckney
Thompson, Kentucky; DIR. John II. Rauch,
Illinois.
The Memphis business men held a meet
| ing on the 18th and passed resolutions pro-
| testing against the hasty and unjust action
of the authorities of the State Of Arkansas
and Of New Orleans and other cities in
proclaiming quarantine against Men,
phis in advance of any epidemic.
They say there have been no new cases in
three days, and that there is no probability
of the disease becoming epidemic. All
trains arriving at or departing from Mem
phis are inspected by an authorized officer
Governor Roberts of Texas on the 18th
issued n proclamation declaring quarantine
against Memphis and all other places to
which the yellow fever may extend. Quar-
antine stations are established at Orange,
Marshall, Texarkana, and Denison, and al
all the towns and ports along the coast. Per-
sons from infected towns will be promptly
arrested.
Judge Ray of Memphis died of the yellow
fever on the 18th. No new cases were de-
veloped and the excitement had in grea
measure ceased.
| Another death from yellow fever occurred
in Memphis on the 18th, the victim being
Mrs. Tobin, who lived on Bradford Street
The only remaining case of the disease re-
ported was that of Judge Rays son.
The steamer Grand Tower, from st. Louis
was refused permission to land at Vicksburl
or Delta, La, because she stopped at Mem
phis. The boat was forced to take her earg,
back TO st. Louis.