Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-31


Captain d. Broadhurst's ~postofiee ad-
drcss is St. Louis. 1872
MI. Miles Owen was reported slightly
better this forenoon.
DR.. A. L. Kimbro. southeast corner Of
Main and Union streets. l45
Rev. Father Walsh arrived at Now
York by the City of Berlin last Saturday.
Lieutenant Robt. W. Dowdy is getting
well of his case Of congestion at Bon Aqua
Springs.
DIR. R. w. Mitchell went to Nashville
last night to confer with the State board
Of health.
DIR. Sylvanus Landrum and wife left
here last Tuesday to make their future
residence at Savannah, Ga.
Captain j.. 7. Washington is at New
port, opposite Cincinnati. Captain Ed
Thomas is in the latter city.
Mr.. II. A. Montgomery has zone 20
Reading, Pa, where his family are To-
Gated. He promises to return in Il dozen
days or so.
Mr.. Alex. HUM and Mr.. Pride went
out to Raleigh last evening with ice and
other necessaries for the daughter of Capt.
P. 4. Athy.
Mr.. Chas. f. Stacey has been discharged
by his physician, DIR. Heber Jones. Mr..
j. NJ. Williamson, another of his patients,
is also getting well.
Tony Botto has a bad case and will
hardly pull through. Benz. Adams ex-
hibited slight Improvement to-day and he
has a fair chance for life.
The eldest son of DIR. t, S. Easton was
attacked with fever last evening at the
family residence on Washington street.
-Four members of the family are now i'll.
Mike Carrigan and Albert Jehle run
the train out with the Camp Marks excur-
sionists last evering. They wear Howard
medals in token of their fidelity last year.
DR.. Abecrombie is post surgeon at
Camp Marks, and DR.. w. Z. Rogers is
the chief, with headquarters both in the
city and at camp, as occasion may re-
quire.
Captain George H. Mitchell, of the
mail agency service, will leave for New
York this evening. He will be a special
messenger in the mail service during the
journey.
Henry, the servant of Captain James
Lee, ST., on the steamer Coahoma, died Of
yellow fever yesterday at III Washington
avenue, st. Louis. DR.. Brown, of this
city, was his physician.
Mr.. Gwathmey, clerk Of the Coahoma,
says he had a case of plain ague, and that
they magniaed it into yellow fever. He
has had the genuine thing, and claims to
know as much as those who physiked
him.
Peter Manigan, down near Camp
Marks, furnished the teams to haul refu-
gees plumber from the railway to the
tenting ground. He also offered to let
the Howards have several. Peter is the
right kind of a citizen.
News from Raleigh is unfavorable re-
garding the condition of Miss Athy. She
had black vomit all of last night and but
little hope is entertained. Mrs. Athy was
taken i'll this morning and the symptoms
indicate yellow fever.
Mr.. james Hester was taken last night.
His case promises to be light. Mrs. Nc
Mahon is doing we'll tho Wehrum boy
is a bad case; the Stewart lad out near
the cemetery on the fernando road is
getting all right; Mrs. Stewart, his moth
er, is reported i'll. These are all now un-
der treatment for account Of the Knights
Of Honor.
Mr.. Percy G. Clarke, an estimable
young gentleman, and son of the late
Richard Clarke, was married last even
ing to Miss Annie w. Humphreys, daugh-
ter Of Captain Humphreys, the we'll
known civil engineer. DR.. Dalzell Of
iciated at the ceremony. A long, happy
and prosperous life is hoped for by their
numerous friends.
Mr.. Samuel A. Hatcher, of the lumber
dealing firm of Il. A. Cochran s. Co., a
native of Petersburg, Va, forty years of
age, died Of yellow fever, after a brief
struggle, near dark last evening, ut his
rooms over the drug store corner of Main
and Adams streets, He was inferred at
Elmwood this forenoon, religious exer-
cises being conducted at the grave by the
Rev. w. Il. Boggs. Mr.. Hatcher was
popularity known here to a large circle,
and his demise is a source of grief to
many.
Mr.. Potter Palmer, of Chicago, now
strolling away down in Maine, sent SYM
pathy through the telegraph yesterday,
and offered the Towards s25 monthly as
long as needed. The Towards arc not in
need at present. They will thank Mr.,
Palmer and hold him in reserve to be
called on II their funds run low. The
Towards have half a dozen members
busy among the sick supplying nurses
and other requisites. The demands on
them thus fur have not been heavy. There
Is, however, no knowing how great they
will be taxed before the summer ends,
You VIII find the beat cigars and to-