The New York herald., 1879-09-27
TENNESSEES SCOURGE.

SIX DEATHS AND SIX NEW CASES AT MEMPHIS
ALARMING REPORTS FROM OTHER POINTS
MILITARY FUNERALS.
tBY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD1
MEMPHIS, Scpt 26 1879.
The incidents of the day were the military fu-
nerals. The first in the morning, at ten o'clock.
when the two colored military companies buried
Charles L. Drayton. who accidentally killed himself
yesterday. The Mcclellan Guards and Memphis
Zouaves, headed by two brass bands and an immense
throng Of colored people. estimated at three thou
sand, followed the hearse which contained his
mains to Elmwood Cemetery. The chaplain Of the
battalion ofciated at the grave and all the military
honors were observed, including the firing
of salute. which caused about twenty Of tho
sisters in attendance to faint. unexpected the
shock. This afternoon all that mortal af Lyttle
ton Penn was also laid to rest in Elmwood The
Porter Reserves, Of which he a lieutenant, pa
raded twenty-sx men, rank aud file. In addition
there were about twenty-five Knights of Honor, of
which order he a prominent member. being
financial reporter Of Diamond Lodge. No. $50. Rev.
W. L. Boggs, the chaplain OF the company. read the
burial services assisted by j. b. Cook acting Dicta
tor of Diamond Lodge. The scene impressive
and the funeral had the largest attendance of whites
Of any since the outbreak OF the epidemic.
scouRGE.
Six cases were reported to the Board of Health to-
day. three OF the sick being colored The whites
W. p. Restad, aged 80, No. 24O Washington street.
william Kronz aged IS. corner of Beale and Second
streets.
street.
to-day by the Howards:-
Jerome venordstrand. aged IS. Fitzgibbon Grove.
Michael Kallahan. aged %. No. 426 Main street.
H. Saint. aged rs. Saint place. on the Horn Lake
road.
The death roll was follows:-
Rev. Father D. REvEILLE. aged 80. ST. Peters par
sonage. Adam ST.
LYTTLErON PENN. aged 81. No. 4s Shelby street.
HATTIE sPRAGUE. aged %. No. 23l Third street.
ANTONIO PRAGGIo. aged =. No. "a Main street.
EDWARD KOPArskY. aged -. Central Park.
LEWIS JONES (coforedl. aged s. Central Point
NAVAL SURGEON IN MEMPHIS.
DR.. J. w. Ross, of Kentucky, and surgeon in the
United States Navy. who volunteered to come down
here last season ana then stricken with the
fever. from which no happily recovered, is again
here acting as the representative of the National
Board of Health in the place of DIR. r. W. Mitchell.
who is absent at somo other point. DR.. Ross, who
goes about in ordinary citizens garb, Is skilful
physician and tireless worker Of the cause OF
fumi migation and disinfecting. He is enforcing the
rules and uatons of the National Board of Health
in quiet aud gentemanly manner to rid them
OF much of the odousness OF which the people com
plain.
The donations to the Howards to-day were as fol-
lows Chamber of Commerce, New York, $4,000; +.
c. Buell.. New York. $40. Total. 5000. While the
fever is tho decline in tho city there rep ort
current OF several in the country. Two deaths
occurred recently IN family named Bailey resid-
ing at Oak Grove. ten miles south OF Bailey station
Tenn. Four cases OF fever reported in the Mon
nings family at the same place. Colierville Tenn,
which is twenty-five miles east OF here on the
Memphis and Charleston Railroad, has quaran-
tined against Oak Grove. Fuller details are
looked for by tomorrow. OF the sick. Mrs. +. s.
Prestige remains in an extremely critical condition
The same be said of Alfred watkins John ID.
Allen and John Clark. John Houehan, in charge of
brakes clothing house. took relapse this after
noon. Mr. John Johnson has gone to Bartlett,
Tenn. to consult with Judge Archibald Wright in
reference to the future action OF the State Board of
Health. On order services held to- night in
the temple In observance of the Jewish holiday OF
Yom Kippoor. or the Day of Atonement. The thor
mometer has ranged between SO and 70.