The New York herald., 1879-09-29
ISOLATED MEMPHIS.
An Active Crusade To Be Carried On Against
The Quarantine Rules.
PROGRESS OF THE EPIDEMIC.
Three New Cases and Four Deaths Re-
ported Yesterday.
icy TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD


onous Thirteen reported to the Board
OF HEALTH nine being the accumulation of the past
three days. collected by Mr.. Willett. the Howard
physician. who reported them. The following arc
the whites:-
John A. Stinette. aged so, No. 63 Third street.
George Piess. aged 30. No. IL Main street.
Mollie Mcdonald, aged II. No. 55 Main street.
In addition to these the Howards to-day furnished
the following with nurses:-
Mrs Thomas Cubbins. aged 35. Cooper avenue.
Mrs. Lizzie Ryndors. aged 27. No. High street.
Isaac Lacroix. aged SO. new stock yard in Chelsea.
Lizzie Cash. aged s. No. 40 Fourth street.
The death roll incudes:-
GEORGE JEROME. aged 25, No. 371 Shelby street.
RICHARD s. LAWRENCE. aged 43. No. 470 Main
street.
JEROME VAN ORDsTRANDT. aged 49, Fitzg;b-
bons Grove.
DAILY ROGERS (colored). aged Q. Trezevant ave-
nue.
Adolph Rosedale an employs Of Leubre Brothers.
was stricken with the fever last night. His name
has not yet been reported to the Board of Health.
or the sick Mrs. Prestige is not expected to live
through the night. Another case OF fever ia re-
ported to have developed also at Buntyn station.
ALFRED WATKINS FUNERAL.
Young Alfred Watkins, whose death men,
toned last night was buried with military honors
to-day at noon. His remains were followed to the
grave by the Porter Reserves. of winch body he was
a member. The band OF the colored companies vol
unteered for the occasion. and headed the funeral
cortage it wended its way to Elmwood. Rev.
George G. Harris read the services the grave He
commented the career of the young man. who
bravely remained at his post. thinking it his
duty to the profession which he had sclected--that
of medicine
COTTON WAR.
move will doubtless be made tomorrow by the
State Board Of Health officials to have dissolved the
injunction which was recently granted by special
Judge J. s. Galloway The injunction has not been
served on Mr. Johnson, the clerk Of the Chancery
Co.rt is at Mason Tenn, and has certified to
the "fat' which was ordered to issued by the
special judge.
At ten o'clock last night large poster was tackled
up in front Of J. Semmes Co.'s liquor store.
Main street. on which inscribed the ollowing:-
United States Constitution. article l. section o.
'No preference shall be given by any regulation of
commerce to the ports Of State the other"
Article 4. section p
The citizens Of each State shall be entitled to all
privileges and immunities Of citizens in the several
States.
Tomorrow Mr.. Semmes will apply to General W.
j. Smith, the Collector of the Port, and to be
shipped to Little Rock Ark Ave cases OF wine which
he has in bond here. He proposes to test the con-
situtionaty of the present quarantine regulations.
which every hamlet. village city and State have in.
augurated against the commerce OF Memphis.
The weather to-day 10 clear and pleasant.
DIsrNFEcrINa THE CITY.
The work Of disinfecting the city is still progress
aing under the supervision Of DR.. j. w. Ross of the
National Board Of Health To date 8,47O premises
and 5000 vaults have been disinfected. When the
dsinfection of all the premises in and Menu
phs has been completed all those in which yellow
fever has occurred will receive q second thorough
treatment. This work is done by the National and
as the weather Is cold enough to make
it safe all vaults for refuse and cesspools
are to be emptied. filled mp with dry earth. and
sewers and earth drains substituted. The amount
of copperas used in disintecting ITO pounds.
About one hundred and sixty Thousand pounds Of
this have been distributed in the form of solution,
or about eighty-fve thousand gallons. Nine thou
sand barrels of lime, forty barrels Of sulphur 1918
pounds OF sulphate Of zinc. fifteen barrels Of car
bolic acid and 100 gallons OF zinc iron were also
consumed. Commencing tomorrow the Howards
will curtail expenditures by disseminating the
Of four buggies-their visitors will perform their
duty on foot
DR.. L. Il. watkins. the physician residing in the
neighborhood of Buntyn Station. stated to-day to
your correspondent that he has attended twenty
eight of fever this year In the immedia Q
vicinity of his residence young man named
stricken with the fever to-day. The petition which
was sent from st. Louis for signatures here asking
the Governor to call special session of the Lcgsla
ture with view to levying special tax to be used
in the construction of sewers and for other pur-
poses, Is not being freely signed.