The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-07-22
THE LARGEST MUSIC DEAL
Err IN THE SOUTH.
QUARANTINE.
The State Board Issues Quar-
antine AgainstNew Orleans.
Officers to be Stationed on the
Railroads and Rivers.

Officers to be Stationed on the
Railroads and Rivers.
SlEMPHIs, TENN, July 1.-THE
following was issued tonight.
Office Of the State Board Of Health,
Nashville, Tenn, July IA, 1885,
Whereas, one death from yellow fe-
yer and two other cases have occurred
in New Orleans among the crew of
the coffee ship, Excelsior, from Rio
De Janeiro; and
Whereas, the history of said ship
as recited at a meeting of the Louisi-
ana State Board of Health, held in
the city of New Orleans on the 18th
inst, coDclusively shows that the YES
sci and her cargo are infected with
yellow fever; that her infected carge
is now stored in u warehouse in that
city, and that her captain, some men,
Ders of her crew, and large number
of visitors, as well as the persons, rs
or more, who were engaged in and
about said infected vessel in breaking
out the cargo and in handling, dray-
ing and storing her infected merchan-
disc, are scattered throughout said
city; and
Whereas, this board is charged
with the duty of protecting the public
health of this Commonwealth against
the introduction of contagious and in
fectious diseases, and believes such
introduction is seriously threatened
by the above described condition olaf
fairs at New Orleans. 1t is, therefore,
hereby ordered,
l. That on after the date of this
publication, no freight Car over any
railroad, nor any steamboat or other
water craft departing from the city of
New Orleans :afte, the 18th day OF
July, 1880, and until further orders.
shall be allowed to enter the State Of
Tennessee, nor to make landing up
on the borders Of the State for the
purpose of transacting any business
whatsoever, unless Ich car, boat or
water craft shall present to the proper
officers of this Board certificate from
an officer or agent of the National
Board of Health to the following
effect: That said officer or agent
of the National Board OF Health
has personally examined the
freight of such car or the cargo,
passengers, officers and crew of
such steamboat or water craft, and
has satisfied himself of the freedom
from infection of said vehicle and its
contents (persons and things); that
the freight or cargo comprises none of
the following articles of the list rec
commended by the louisiana State
board of health, to be subjected to Sb-
ligatory quarantine and puri6cation,
tO-wit: Clothing, personal baggage
and dunnage, rags, paper, stock, hides,
skin, feathers, hair, and all other re-
mains of animals; cotton, hemp, WOOL
ems and coffee, nor any of the follow
ing additional articles. which are
hereby declared contraband Of quar-.
antine in this State, to-wit: Second
hand bedding, clothing, upholstered
furniture, and textile fabrics, moss,
jute, and Excelsior tropical fruits and
productions.
2. That any of the articles above
enumerated may be shipped as freight
from New Orleans and transported
through the State of Tennessee by rail,
if carried in close box cars, securely
locked and in charge of an officer or
agent of this board. The expenses Of
such officer or agent shall be betrayed
by the railroad transporting such
goods.
8. That this order shall be enforced
on the railroads, at the southern State
line, by the officers of the Board ap-
pointed for such purpose, and at Mem,
phis and elsewhere upon the Missis-
sippi river by the wharf,master OF
other duly authorized officer. The
penalties prescribed by law for the vi
olation or infractiOn Of the orders Of
this Board will be rigIdiy enforced in
carrying out this order.
I A Atchison. NJ. D.. Pres't.,
W N Clark. NJ. D. Sec,
Col. E w Cole,
John johnson,
j d Plunket, NJ. D.,
J NJ Stafford, M. d.,
EN- Wight, NJ. D., Members.