Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-07-31
Yellow FoYer.

MEMPHIS, July 28.---Thrce new cases
wore, reported to tho Doard Of Health this
mornirs. No deaths have occurred. A
dotall of twonty~ave men from colorod
military company has bcoa madc to do
polico duty during tho day, as tho entire
strons.h Of tho regular police fe.ce h.
beon assigned to nsht serglea 1t has been
raining steadily stace Daylight. d.. SAM
pol j Fox, Of Eauis, Texas, aysiyod this
rorning. He viii be sont out OF the oity
I night by o.dor Of John Johusop, Super
lntendoIt Of quarautino, he has novor
hs.aa fovor, and tAo iuspeotor, at tho quaran,
tino stations llavo been instructed not 10
permit unacclimatcd people to enter the
city.
MEMPHIS, July 2S.-Ton additional
cases wcro reported to tho Bo.rd of Health
this afternoon, six Of them oolored. Two
deaths FROM yellow fever have occurred,
QUO, however beyond tho city limits Tho
special policemen cngagcd in taking tho
census Of the city have completed their
task. Tho result shows tho population Of
Memphis to bo 1910, viz: Whites 4,2S3,
colored 1887; adults 1861, child. .en
$3.50. OF tho total numbor 9,743 havo
had fever, leaving 1867 susceptible to tho
disease.
Failing to secure transportation to tho
site selected for the establishment of camp
on the Padut all Railroad, COL John L.
C.ucrou, with detail of colored soldiers,
took passage on a train furnished by Super.
intendont Burke, of tho Mississippi and
Tennessee Railway, aud cs Ablished camp
five miles below whcro Camp Joo Williams
was established last year. Tents wero taken
along, aud by morning the detail will havo
fifty tents ready for occupation. A. D.
Langstaff, President and Gen. w. j. Smilh
Woo President of the Howard Associ.
alton, have been added to tho executive
committee Of safety.
| WAsnIEoroE, July 2S.-Tho Secretary
of War has tclegrapheu to tho President OF
the Board Of Health of Memphis, in re-
sponse to on application for tents aud rations,
that ratons will only be furnished to persons
sick with fever or in quarantine camp who
oan be subsstcd in no other way.
New YoRK July o6.-Tho death bv yellow
fever Of Mrs. Brennan late Of Memphis, and
the Two cases sont TO quarantine huvc created
q little uuensin' 80 ia this commonly, aud
some Of tho morning papers arc calling for q
rigid quarantine law on the land side Mrs.
Brennnn camo here from Memphis last Tues
uaV WIFI TWO Otne"S anu ,O0K rooms III q ION
emcnt house on l09ih ri,cet, who. five other
families we.e living. MIS-. Brennan became
50 i'll on Thursday night that her friends sent
for q physicinn who called without q suspi~
cion OF ,ho n"tole Of tho disease. A brief
examination satisfied him that she was 50 der,
Ing from yollow fever. The inma.es ,hen
admitted ihat they wero ,e,ucees from Mem.
PHI. The rooms Of The families woro lhon
isolated and disinfocianis used MIS-. Gron-
nan died Yesterday morning and the body
was hastily buried.
MIR. FtzGibbons onothor Of the rctrG
and his wiio were apparently i'll, aud were
sent with olher members OF the iumily, to
! quarantine.
Thric was considerable excitement IN tho
vicinity where the dea occu, red which was
ono OF The fonlest parts Of ,uc city.
WASHINGTON, july 25.-Thc Mayor Of ST.
Louis tole=rnphs 20 the Na,tHal Board Of
Health to-day HAT Tho arrival OF fevcr rc;d-
gees from Memphis is becoming 80 enormous
That The establishment Of quarantine camp
s necessary. lie ASKS that tents aud rn,ions
for thousand norsous Tor th,ty days DO
! forwarded forthwith.
One death is reported from yellow fovcr
in New Orleans. Several deaths from the
same cause in brooklyn and New York.