Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1855-10-04
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YELLOW FEVER At NoRF0I5K.

The Norfolk Argosiof Moaday 1aak
says u fsssse httHsiSs e,8t Alf xfs,
vi, any one Wishes 10 see the pictars,
s,f ''fd-st, nclnni Of. dsa.'s ], III hi as apase
sorrsswful farm, .ltt hia take al; wAllkst0
enr Pptteh's frh .in Norlalk. anypnYrrss
ing befsre iseven,,lil.ck .siI He wiitiheR
atsnnlnhers ef collins scassssred pvp.sisYi
sIalss'slyon the grHhd., emitting AZ; ;aaast
hprriblef ffduyinnl, lsft there the prssiAls
Sometimes the 81 mortality, far
the want of Q salIicieat number af srasA
diggers, are left rotting and stinking ie
the sun during the greater part Of the
day! .FOn Saturday there wers p .dozeR
or more shocking bur;ais in Norfolk, and
Pcrts,i, outh-.he dead being entered
only SIX isches in the grsn,nd, swithBa
collins. Many of the poorsvicsims hass
to be put under the tgrotnd ioxed but
unceained. owing to the scarcity e cofE-
ins. In many instances 2 or 3 were
laid side by. side together. IN . coarse
box, hastily constructed for the purpose.
and 50 inferred. . .asfM4
On Monday there were fifty cerpaes
lying ~ithoutacoffins to bury them with.
About two hundred coffins have 'bsen
sent g Norfolk from Richmond. Fify
were ALEC. sent from Balti,ecre On Pses-
day. astl sasL
Grave disgers are II great demand.
asl horses and haagies are also very
much aseded Hay, and all otherIkinds
Of prsvender, ssaid to be very scarce
also. Co Sunday, i was represented
that there WIS nes bale ofhay in als
plsep. sDr.i A., C Whiteileal. abe Ma.
yoraof Nnrfoik. has issued an lorderr for
the i,npressing Of all vehicles f'r the uss
physicisns several stables have Bsea
made use of fin accordance viii. .lhe prdd-
clamation. tss = = s'7Ha - '1af
The city councils Of Norfolk, have
appointed canmistee to. sapenntead
ths digging of treachea At ..Potter's
Field, !" in which to bury the desd. =
4 he mortality j. becommiag too great 70
admit aaYddmit of bur,ing lhsw ia the usual man
ner, n5 ada ssg ,sf.s, x,.;
We learn that the epidemic has exc
tended to animals, and dogs and cats are
found lying about dpAd, with unn stak-
able evidenc "fthei" plague : soch -
bleeding from the nose and meuth, kc-
On Sunday morning. the ay knowa
as the = plague. ~, : appeared Ia Nor
Elk. Its q fiat insect. with black back
and red belly and has very iarge wings,
In Portsmouth they werc 30 shick n
the streets as to annoy persons walking,
and induced them r. place = covering
over their faces, The ,app,arance of
this fly Is generally considered 2 Sood
omen. as It is supposed 70 dev.ur tho
aalaria
The Richpond Dispatch cpasaius sew
ernl i tiers from its Norfolk correspond-
ents, from which we asake the follow
ing extracts. A letter dated on Sasur-
day, says: ,.a. .....,
The recent change in she weather,
from clear atmosphere to a damp and
disagreeable one, has shown its un-
lavorsbleness in the late increased
number of deaths and new cases. II Is
useless 70 endcavor - keep = full liss Of
those who afe, one may Say, taken
down with the fever hourly. Out Of our
present white population. more than one
hnlf are already sick and before frost.
i Is thought BY many. the epidemic will
60 through tie balance, in form Of
greater 81 less lmiIdness.
The Rev. Mr.. Armstrong, who goes
around : great deal among the sick. o.
his missions &c love aud consoiaiion.s
gives il as his opinion. that there are al
the present time, frorr ZOO 70 100
persons sick with the fever 10 Norfolk
and we have no doubt whatever that he
Is correct.
Scenes of affliciion continue 70 multi
ply ~ the fatal fsver Progresses. Fam
lies are brokenap children made o.
phans wives hushandless and chifdless;
wido~s iose their only stay aud support.
tssyied~ith their negroes! Oposcrty!
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