The New York herald., 1879-08-25
UNHAPPY MEMPHIS.
Nineteen New Cases of Yellow
Fever Yesterday.
DEATH OF A POETESS.
The Residence of Sick Family Blown
Down by the Storm.
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MEMPHIS. Tenn. August "a, 1870
The elements have been at war since last evening.
II blew big guns from the northeast until midnight
when the wind veered round to the southwest and
has continued from that direction all day. Showers
OF rain have fallen ut intervals. aud there are no
prospects OF an immediate change in the weather.
Another incendiary fire started this morning at
six O'Clock in an old warehouse at the of the
Chickasaw Guards Armory, ON Hernando street
between Union aud Gayoso.
GUARDING AGAINST INcENpIARIEs
The Fire Department promptly extinguished the
flames. which did no serious damage than the
burning of few window frames that had been
stored by Cole Co. The Fire Department has been
strengthened and it's officers the alert. Chief
McFadden has detailed Captains Cleary. Of No. 5
Company, and Ryan. of tho Hook and Ladder Uom.
pany. to act as assistants during the night. They
patrol tho two districts of the city continuously.
is needless to state that should an inceudiary be
caught in the act he would be strung up to the
est lamppost. .1s-.
NEW CASES.
Nineteen new cases were reported to the Board of
Health to-day, twelve of whom colored. The
following list embraces the names Of whites to.
gether with the interments as reported by the un-
dertakers for the past twenty -four hours ending at
six p. NJ.
James Baker. aged twenty-one. No. 447 Hernando
street.
Mike Sullivan aged sixty-fve. corner Of Adams and
High streets.
James Craney. aged atty. No. 1873 Adams street.
W. II. West. aged thirty-fve. No. 63 Winchester
street.
Molle O'Bren. aged ten. No. l5 Jackson street.
Denis Norton. aged twenty five. City Hospital.
Willie Reason. No. l5 Dunlap st.
THE DEATH LIST.
@. HERMAN HILSCHER. aged forty-eight. No. l6s
Johnston avenue.
ANNIE DOUGHERTY. aged thirty -nve. City
Hospital.
CoRDELIA ATWOOD. aged twenty-three, Caroline
street.
MICHAEL WATSON. aged twenty eight. Georgia
street.
LIZZIE RHODES. aged twenty. three miles out on
Raleigh road.
The above are all white. the following are coli
ored - et -..
JOE KELLY. aged twenty. Carolina street.
LOUISA JOHNSON. aged thirty-six. No. SO Elliott
street.
J. W. DANDRIDGE. aged twenty-four. No. 27s
Vance street. As'-E sts4
I. ANN BARNES. aged thirty-Ave. No. s2S Carolina
street.
In addition to the above Miss Birdie Goff. aged
eighteen. eldest daughter OF A. L. Go station agent
at White Haven. Tenn. died last evening Of fever
Her remains brought here for interment.
There Is also reported death from the fever at
Camp Mark
PROMINENT PATIENT.
Among the prominent sick Of to-day whose names
have not been reported to the Board of Health
yellow fever John Walsh, the county UNDER
taker. who had severe attack in 1873: DR.. Robert
l. Richardson. physician. whose residence Is in
Chelsea, G. II. Dennison. son Of @. L. Dennison.
member Of the frm of Orgill. Brother L. Co., hard
ware dealers; w. +. Gilman, grocery merchant.
doing business at the corner Of Greenlaw and
Fifth streets, in Chelsea, and the wife Of Squire
]. II. Agnew. also Q resident OF Chelsea. The
Howards to-day furnished nurses to the following
persons Thomas Lenarn. James Roosa. John
vaccaro. Charles Bishop Mrs. DR.. s. II. Collins.
Mrs. Lizzie Scott, Mrs. Mahler Miss Millie Robin
son and William Reinhardt. nurse also sent
to White Station, Tenn, ten miles cast Of Memphis
tho Memphis ana Charleston Railroad. where
Thomas Hicks. negro. is Ill with the fever. or the
sick General John II. Skefington. Elias McDougau
and John McDermott reported as dangerously
ILL Alexander Boyd. an cmploye Of d. Lowenstein
Brothers. is down with the fever. The police
authorities to-day arrested some negroes who have
been committing dcpredations in the suburbs.
DEATH OF A PoErKss
Among those who died of the fever yesterday was
Mrs. Fannie Moores daughter of the late Senator
solon Borland, Of Arkansas. Ten years ago she
q reigning belle Of Little Rock. and enjoyed q con-
siderable celebrity poetess. ''The Dead Con-
federacy." repubiished in the London CosmopoitaS
and highly complimented by that journal was one
of the best OF her productions. ''Dilsey at the
North" portraying the lament Of aged negress
for her Southern home Of slavery contrasted with
that OF her found freedom among strangers.
was also very much praised. Born Dead. the
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published pieces. were highly acceptable to the pub
iic and among the last of her poetcA contributions
was tribute to the memory Of Lieutenant Water
Harvey, member of the Bluf City Greys. who died
Of yellow fever last year. She leaves child
STORM STRIKES SICK BED.
During the prevalence Of the storm last night the
residence OF the Hollis family the French
den in South Memphis, which rested upon stills.
was blown to the ground. completely demolishing
the building. In of the two rooms Mrs.
L. A. Hollis lying sick with the fever.
and her oldest Jesse. who 10 convalescinR
after a severe attack of the disease. In tho
other room was another son and lady Howard
nurse. In latter the pasering from the ceiling
upon tho occupant OF tho bed with such force as
to break the bed to atoms prccipitsting the occu-
Cured more than tearing side OF the house out
Strange to say ono was hurt. Mrs. Hollis was car
ried through the storm to an unoccupicd dwelling
near by and placed in bed which change has affected
her to such extent that her life s despairod Of
The thermometer to-day has ranged from ~ to 10
degrees
THE MEMPHIS REFUGEE AT ouAnANTrNE-No
INFECTED VESSELS ARRIVE IN PORT.
Dr. vanderpoel yesterday visited Mrs. Josephine
Van Buren, the lady from Memphis who was taken
sick In Jersey City aud sont down to the Quarantine
Hospital. He found the case decided one Of yellow
fever. but the patient seemed to be suffering more
from exhaustion in consequence OF her long aud
rapid journey than from the malady itself. Hor
fever does not increase. but she still complains OF
pains in her back and head. The nausea which at
nrst exhibited itself has disappeared. She has be.
come partly dcrious. and is not rational enough TO be