The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-07-23

General r. f. Patterson, United States Internal
Revenue Collector. has removed his family and his
Office to this point Sanitary work is now in
progress, and q strict quarantine has gone into
effect.
MARTIN. Tenn, July %, 1879.
No new case Of yellow. fever has developed here
since the 18th inst Miss Guzzard aged ten. is SICK
but is better of fever which did not typical
course. She recently returned from infected dis
| trict in Memphis. The town has been deserted
SHELBYvILLE. Tenn. July %, 1879.
The sickness Of Rev. b. F. Tiller. Of the Northern
| Methodist Church at Memphis. who arrived here
from Memphis the 18th inst, has developed into
| awen marked case of yellow fever. and has been
isolated. shelbyvile has. in consequence. auaran-
| tined against all Memphians.
BIG SCARE AT GRLENvILLE, MISS.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
GREENvILLE. July %. 1879.
There is big scare here over the news from Men,
phs. and, though there is sickness here. heavy
exodus set in to avoid anticipated danger. and
| the city Is almost deserted.
PENSACOLA PROTECTING ITSELF AGAINST THE
PENSACOLA Fla, July % 1879.
BY opder of the Board of Health Pensacola has
quarantined against all points west Of Mobile, in
Guiding all points and places in the Mississippi Val
ley south of Cairo. Ill., excepting seaport places in
Texas No persons freight from the places named
from any infected place will be allowed to enter
the city without proper permit from the Board OF
Health. The jurisdiction of the Board of Health
tends to the Alabama line.
ARRIVAL OF REFUGEES AT ST. LOUIs-FREIGHT
REGULATIONS.
ST.. LOUIS NO.. July "a. 1879.
The steamer st. Genevieve arrived from Memphis
ardA
tons OF freight After brief detention at quarau-
tine she permitted to proceed to tho landing
the passengers reached the city. No freight
landed, tomorrow 1t is to be subjected to
thorough fumigation. There 20 sickness of
any kind board. The Missouri, Kansas and
Texas and the st. Louis. Iron Mountain and South
ern Railway companies, have issued Joint circular
stating that freight destined for points in Texas or
going beyond the southern termini Of the two roads
will received after this date unless accompanied
by the adavit OF the shipper stating that the
since July l. 1879.
ACTION OF THE ILLINOIS BOARD OF HEALTH.
CA1Ro. July %. 1870.
The State Board Of Health was session here to-
day. It authorized the chairman secretary APP
point several sanitary policemen and medical
inspector for this porl. The regulations Of the
National Board Of Health were also adopted.
TRANSMISSION OF THE NAILS
WASHINGTON. July %. 1879.
At the Cabinet meeting to-day the yellow fever
/ question discussed. and Acting Postmaster Gen
eral Brady was instructed to all the means in
his power to keep mail communication open in the
South.
The following telegram from the agent of the
railway mail service ut Little Rock, Ark,
|, ceived at the Post Office Department to-day
The Little Rock Board of Health say emphatically
hat 1p1iV NJ he nail
I and that mails must pass st. Louis. II no
mail matter will be allowed to be taken from the
cars agents handling 1t to stop at Little Rock.
THE DREAD ENEMY NEAR NEW YoRK-AN UN-
DOUBTED CASE IN BRooKLYN-Is THERE A
STRICT ENOUGH QUARANTINE?- BROOK
LYN SANITARY BOARD PRoTEsrING-A FLOAT
ING ARSENAL OF DISEASE.
The Brooklyn Board of Health were appraised in
|. the afternoon of genuine of yellow fever.
which resulted fatally The victim was an Irish
named Dennis Manning. He died at three
o'clock. at his apartments in the tenement
| house No. AZ Columbia place. The case was
brought to the attention of Sanitary Superintendent
Raymond by DR.. Francis II. Stewart of Clinton
street. who was called to attend tho deceased u
couple of hours before he expired He found tho
patient in state Of collapse the eyes being
l. gested and the skin yellow and moist. He vomited
repeatedly and exhibited all the symptoms indica-
tive of yellow fever. DIR. Stewart questioned Mrs.
Manning, the wife of the sick man. to
|. his antecedents, and he sscertained from
|; her that her husband had boen employed
as a fireman and coslheaver on board tho steamship
City of Merida plying between Havana and this port
which arrived at Lower Quarantine the 18TH hay
ring several OF sickness supposed be yellow
Isfcver. board. She detained ut Quarantine
until the following Thursday. the 18th inst. when
|Ttho Health Officer permitted her to proceed
|. to her dock in this city. Manning did
not feel very WE'LL and on reaching New
York he went to his house, where lie was
warmly received and cared for by his family. con
sistng Of a wife and Ave children. of whom
suspected for moment the fatal nature OF his NAL
ady. 1t not till Saturday that he went to bod
Five families all of the poorer laborng classes Of
people. reside in the house In which the death oc
Cured. Until yesterday no physician sum-
moned. nor does 1t appear that any medical advice
sought for. the patient had said he did not
equire doctor. On Monday night, however. his
|. symptoms grew worse. Ito began to vomit and to
become excessively weak and his family and friends
KILL THE GERMS.
As soon as the sanitary authorities notified
OF the startling occurrence President Crane. Superin
tendent Raymond Inspectors Hughes. Grifnths and
Bayliss lost no time in repairing to the place in
Dictated. They immediately made arrangements for
burning the infected uiothing and quarantin-
ing the apartments in which the Mannin q
live The disnfectng corps was ordered to the
place. and carboc and other disinfectants were
freely employed to destroy the germs of the dreaded
disease. Apostinortem examination of the corpse
made by Drs. Hughes and Griiliths. other phy-
sicians being present.
Sanitary Superintendent Raymond, in stating the
conditions OF the organs. as shown in the post
norton, said the man was OF remarkably fine
physical development. ''and had the legs OF pedcs-
trian," interposed DR.. Stewart who was present at
the time. "we found the rgor morris well niarked.
The skin was exceedingly yellow, and the con
nectve tissue also very yellow The liver
firm. but OF light yellow color, such usually
belong to ,s appearance In cases OF that disease.
The spleen was contracted and rather firm. The
stomach was congested. presenting tho appearance
!. of FORMULATION. Ihe mucous Vt black vomit was