Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-10-05

with the fever and half the drug stores
are closed. The Bolrd OF Health has az
thoriz 3D. US to furnish free medicines On
orders of physicians. 7 le result is that
we have tremendous business and have to
! keep one store open all night. Mt. Fries
who was sick with the fever ten days, is
now out. Two of our clerks are down with
the fever.
Sept 20M The Togni las closed and
am boarding at the st. Johns House. The
! fever is making great Roadway now. 1t
{ has gotten among this colored people and
+, as there are some 10000 Of them here, it
will probably make great havoc among
| them. Mr.. Fries and 1 expect to 60 away
and recreate after this is all over. We
would not be contented anywhere else
now. while we are so much needed here.
/ Sept 23d.-We are filing about $50 pre-.
scrptions day. 1 went up to the Epis-
| copal church this morning. Bishop Weed
held service, and there were not half a
i dcZ:n people present. The number of
| cases is increasing, mostly among the
| colored people now. The supplies sent
| here are abundant. 1t is to be noticed
| that those who have taken the greatest
precautions against the fever have been
among the FIRST to succumb.
Sept. 26th.-The boxes you sent were
very welcome, for while food is plenty
delicacies are not.
Sept. 9th Il From Mr.. Fries This
evening was notified that my father and
mother were both down with fever over at
ST. Nicholas. | get boat and went over
there with medicines and doctor. They
are perfectly helpless, and 1 must remain
with them till a nurse is gotten.
THE DEATH OF DIR. r. c. BOWMAN.
We have received some additional parti-
culars of the death at Decatur. Ala, from
the fever, of DR.. r. G. Bowman. who was
we'll known in Augusta and had many
friends here. He bad only been in Decatur
four months, having removed there from
Orlando, Fla. When Mr.. Spencer 1.-THE frst
case of fe yer at Decatur) Was taken sick, DR.
Bowm an, who was practcing physician
there, was called in, and then contracted
the fever of which he died. Capt. Geo. III !.
Killian, Ga brother of DR.. J. L. killian of
tur, lemained in the town, not leaving in
the stampede from there, and stood by Dr.
Bowman to the last. DR.. Bowman's wife
also remained by him. DR.. B. leaves
widow and one child; sister, Miss Matte
s. Bowman, so we'll known for ten years
as teacher at the Staunton Female Semi
nary, and two brothers, one Of them Hon.
A. M. Bowman Of Saleville. He was a
, member of the Evangelical Lutheran
Church and noble Christian gentleman.
A correspondent of the New Market
Valley" writing from Montgomery, Ala,
says:
On the 10Th of September, the Board of
Health authorized the Mayor to raise the
Quarantine against Decatur when the ten days
had expired, which would be on the 2lst. Then
the city was again thrown into intense excite
| ment by the announcement of four new cases
at Decatur, quickly followed by the still
sadder news-the death of DR.. Bowman, after
an illness CT only about SO OR As hours. No
| doubt his death was caused by overwork and
his desire to master the fever by sheer force of
will-power. Thinking himself in little danger,
| he did not realize his true condition until he
was beyond medical aid His noble work to
save the town from the dreaded disease and his
efforts to cheer and give courage to the panic
stricken Inhabitants, will remain fresh in
their memories fer days to come. *
He attended the first yellow fever case in De-
catur this season-that of Mr. Spencer. DR..
Bowman was extensively and favorably known
throughout the whole country. He was good
physician, and consistent member of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church He leaves a
widow and one child, one sister, and two
brothers to lament their sad and unexpected
| bereavement.