The New York herald., 1879-09-28
Sad Tale Of HOW It Was Car
ried to Oak Grove.
THE COTTON WAR RAGING.
Eight Deaths and Four New
Cases at Memphis.
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cases was 63; whites. Al; colored %; under
fve years of age. 4. Total number of re-
ported to date, 1.279; total deaths from yellow
fever for the week. 81 whites. &c; colored. 8;
total number of deaths TO date. 3s2.
Four new reported to the Board
of Health to-day. all whites as follows:-
Alf. Borjesky, aged %. No. ~ Promenade.
+. Goldcamp. aged co. No. 66 Second street.
Allen Brown. aged 80. No. Al Poplar street.
Mike Kallaher aged 20, No. 426 Main street.
The following whites were furnished with nurses
to-day by the Howards:-
A. I. Bell, aged a. corner Of Third and Coffee
streets
Sophia schilling. aged So corner of Broadway and
Third street.
Max Presser. aged "a. No. 1856 Washington street.
Dick Lawrence. aged 80. No. 470 Main street
W. w. Merrell, aged 16, Old Gayoso House.
j. B. Saint. aged %. Horn Lake road.
TIE MORTALITY.
The death roll includes:-
MARGARET MANLEY. aged 4, foot Mccall street.
J. d. ALLEN. aged 38, No. 130 Main street.
CARL A. SCHURMEYER, aged 4, No. 1913 Main
street.
CHARLES P. HARTMAN, aged 10. dve miles east
of city.
PETER ODAY. aged 4. Howard Orphan Asylum.
HARRIET ARCHY. colored. aged %. corner Keel
and Second streets.
ALFRED WAKINS.
THOMAS Z. DOBBS.
watkins died tonight at eight o'clock. He grad
uated last year from the Kentucky Military Institute
and was studying medicine when the fever appeared
He was urged to leave, but refused. giving as
reason that he intended being physician and cpl
denies their battle ground. He will be buried
tomorrow with military honors by the Porter Re-
serves. OF which no member.
an of TIA
Arnold. died suddenly this morning He con-
valescent from attack OF the fever, and last sun
day joined party or excursionists who spent the
day down the river. He was taken with relapse
on Wednesday and died stated.
OF the sick Mrs. Prestdge was somewhat better
this afternoon. but her condition is yet exttmely
critical
At meeting Of the Safety Committee this after
noon the following resolution was adopted
Resolved. That on and after the evening of the
30th day of september. 1870. the services OF the
two colored companies be dispensed with, the
amount due said companies and their commanders
being paid as per agreement between the Committee
on Expenses and the company commanders; aud
Resolved, That dissoving relations this
committee return most sincere thanks to both the
officers and men OF said companies for their uni
form good behavior, and tor the very valuable
Resolved. That On earnest Of good wishes
and feeling. ten days extra rations be issued to
withdrawn.
The weekly report OF the Towards showf that they
| have 1T nurses on duty attending 1Ol white and
| twenty-seven coored families. Donations received
| by them to-day follows Louis j. Davis.
Treasurer National Relief Committee. Washington,
d. c.. $242 40; Francis T. Bacon. Boston, Mass. $685.
Mrs. Nancy Hasberg. Greenville, Miss. S7b Pulaski
LODGE No. IS. o. o. f.. Cochran. GA, s.; total.
$3A6 40.
THE COTTON rrsprrTR
As regards the fight between the State Board Of
Health officials and n w. Speers, Jr.. there is but
little TO report. Mr.. Johnson has been busy to-day
gathering such information will be OF benefit to
his counsel in having tho injunction dissolved. An
examination Of the records of the Circuit Court
has revealed the fact that ]. s. Galloway s
name does not appear among tho list Of enrolled
attorneys. or the eight lawyers who were present
and elected him special Judge, about two are It is
sad enrolled in the Circuit Court. Several bales of
cotton were turned out by Speers gin yesterday and
to-day but it cotton that lies inside the picket
line. The following will be published tomorrow
| The fight in which am engaged with the State
Board OF Health is not waged by for my interests
| alone 1t is fought for the bencft OF the labor
| ing men, for small and largo cotton growers,
for the oil mills, for the manufacturers aud mer-
chants and general business interests OF the city of
| Memphis. l am not deferred from the struggle by
reason OF any one or dozen lawyers who may talk of
bringing suits against persons sending cotton to mo
| to be ginned. They will be defended by my lawyer
free OF any charge to them In the State Board
of Health dares to sue or take other steps against
them. am not afraid and have the privilege of
bringing suit myself should see fit to do so
| when times grow better but only seek my rights
! and those Of tho citizens OF Memphis aud Shelby
county. l shall go ON in my work Needless of con-
! sequences. No one head contains all the law aud
the able and accomplished counsel Who represent is
me will. think, be equal to the emergency
FEWER OAK GROVE.
The particulars of the appearance of the fcver at
Oak Grove, Miss. are as follows:-John A. Bailey, q
| young man aged twenty-four, was engaged to Miss
| Rella Manning He came to Memphis several times
within the past three weeks and purchased several
articles which to be used in making the bridal
trousseau Of Miss Manning. She was stricken
with the fever OH September II, and died five
days afterward Charles Campbell, aged twenty. was
the second to be stricken down on the 10th. He is
now recovering. Willie Manning. aged eighteen. a
brother of Miss Rella, attacked the
goth aud died on the 25th. John W. Bailey
was stricken on the 25th and is still
sick Three other members of his family are
liable to the disease. also about twenty people
in the neighborhood who have been exposed to the
infection by visiting tho sick before their illness
was declared to be yellow fever. Oak Grove is thirty
miles southeast of Memphis. in Marshall county.
Miss. and six miles distant from Collerville. Tenn.
which town has quarantined against tho infested
point. The authorities of Marshall county have
tablished shot gun quarantine around the two
dwellings where the fever exists, which make their
isolation complete. No further spreading of the
disease is anticipated.
A case of fever is reported fve milos north OF
Bartlett, being negro who lately visited Memphis.
The thermometer to-day has ranged between 81
and 81
THE SITUATION AT coNcoRDIA.
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