Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-14

the sun, live temporarily, and there is
absolutely no danger. Has e seve-
raj cases Of malarial fever, but nothing
that can be distorted into yellow fever
Of even the mildest type. Memphis
never Was healthier than at the pres
ent time. Like several professional
gentlemen with whom he has talked,
he finds it dlstressingly healthy"
ABOUT MULBRANDoN.
1t was publicly stated that the un-
packing and airing Of furniture, cloth
ing and bed-clothes, on the latter Of
which were stains of black vomit, had
caused the trouble in Mulbrandon's
family. Mrs, Cunningham, his rela-
tive, says
"Such informant told a willful false
hood, unless possessed with an imagi-
nation vivid enough to mistake the
black squares Of a log-cabin quilt for
the aforesaid substance, as it was the
only article Of bedding hung out to air
previous to my brother-i in law illness,
as our neighbors can testify. Mrs
Mulbrandon has not used anything Of
our mothers, but my children and
self are sleeping on beds and bed
clothes in which there had been fever,
but they were thoroughly disinfectcd
by washing, fumigation and frost, aud
have found no bad effect from their
use. Why should not Mr.. Mulbran-
don contract the fever on his work
bench, as | understand Judge Ra,
did on his judicial one ?"
THE QUARANTINE BLOCKADE.
Leading merchants, business men.
lawyers aud journalists met at the
Gotten exchange Saturday evening.
and entered their protest against the
unnecessary guarantees already estab,
lished against us. No quarantine will
be inaugurated between here and
Milan on the Louisville road until the
fever is worse than it is now, except
that imposed by the State quarantine
laws. which have already been put
into effect. All rules and regulations
Of the national board of health have
been complied with, though only
sporadic cases have yet occurred
At the meeting Judge Flippen, in
stating its object, said the newspapers
we're pledged to publish the first case
Of fever occurringin our midst, and he
thought they had done right, but be.
lieved neighboring towns and cite,
should exercise discretion and judg.
ment in establishing quarantine.
Regarding the MulbrandOn case, DR.
Mitchell said 1t was his duty to Motif
the different boards of health at once
The first case is not necessarily infec.
tiOus, nor probably is half a dozer
cases. When one takes the fever from
another then infection has occurred
The action so far taken hy the Stat;
authorities il in strict conformity will
the rules and regulations adopted by
the national board Of health. TIL,
assembly then adopted several resolu
tions and adjourned, the following
being the main points
Our citizens Eagret the hasty actor
Of the authorities of the State o
Arkansas and of New Orleans AM
State board of health in prOOlaiminI
a quarantine against us in advance o
an epidemic We regret that tn,
railway trains to Little Rock havt
been discontinued by the direction O
the Governor of Arkansas aud tina
steamboats, are forbidden TO land a
any point ia Arkansas. There is II
epidemic here and the chances ar
that we will have none. There is n,
reason to prevent the most timid frOr
coming into and remaining in Mem
phis, and NO reason TO %apprehend in
fiction from citizens leaving or good
of any character going from this city
We urgently request the Arkansa
board of health to send its own repre-
sentative here to report to the Stat
authorities, and we respectfully urg
that the order Of quarantine again;
Memphis be revoked.
Arkansas, New Orleans and othC
cities that have Quarantined agains
us arc requested to observe the rule
and regulations suggested by tn
national board of health and adepto
by the sanitary council Of the Missii
sippi Valley,
THE QUARANTINE RULES.
The State board of health sent b
) Clark here from Nashville on Satal
IAw and he ~ cnce set 10 work