The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-08-22

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The Howard Association received the
following telegram:
GRENADA, August 81.
Send for twenty nurses. I did not
want TO over crowd you. They want
the Howard nurses. Assist 10 get them
II you can. No abatement Of fever.
B P. ANDERSON.
GRENADA, August 2l.-Negroes are
dropping down like sheep aud will not
help each other. Ninety-tWo deaths up
to date. There were seven deaths to-
date. .rEn# EsGL
PoRr EADs, August 2l.-Five new
cases since yesterday; no deaths. ri
SOME ABATEMENT AT MEaPHn.
MEMPHls, August 2l.-Hopes wers en-.
tertained yesterday from the decrease
both in the number Of new cases and the
deaths that the fever was absting, there
being 80 Of The former and IL Of the lat
ter reported for the "a hours ending at 8
p. NJ. The work Of caring for the sick
| Is being brayely carried on by the relief
organizations, and families are being re.
moved to the country from all parts Of
the city by the Citizens Committee. No
portion Of the city is now exempt from
the dread visitation, the cases reported
to. day being from all parts OF the city,
and include number OF colored people.
Aid continues 10 reach US from all parts
OF the country, and is sadly needed, the
destitutiou and suffering increasing with
the anread Of the fever
WIN. Walsh, President Of the Father
Matthews Temperance Society Sends an
appeal TO sister organisations for relief,
and D. F. Goodyear, D. G. NJ. ot A. O.U.
NJ, sends the following TO all members.
Distress and want stares our brothers
and families in the face, and aid is thank
fully received.
Selma, Ala, has quarsntined againt
the Memphis mails, and the river mails
stopped to day. The colored population,
which Is now largely in majority, are
acting we'll 10 heartily cooperating with
the whites. A meeting has been called
by prominent colored men for the pur.
pose OF organizing 10 assist the whites
and relieving the distress, and guarding
the property which the people in their
panio Of last week left upguarded. Their
action in the present emergency speaks
volumes, and has greatly increased the
confidence reposed in them by those who
were there masters. Among the most
efficient men on the police force now are
negroes. The appearance OF the sky to.
night indicates rain, which is much dread.
ed, as wet weather would increase the
spread OF the fever and lessen the chances
Of recovery Of those now sick. ~, A.
FIFTY NEW CASES AT yIoKsBuRo.
yIcKsBuRe, August 2l.-ltis estimated
that there were fifty new cases Of yellow
fever the past "a hours; "a deaths, % Of
them yellow fever. The appeals OF the
Howard Association and Masonic orders
for relief are being responded to from all
directions. est-E. 1. fg1s.F
UNPARALLELED PANIC AT JACKSON, MIss.
JACKSON, Augu.t 2l.--The panic pro-
duced by the yellow fever is unparalleled.
People are fleeing from the pestilence in
every direction. jackson Is almost de-.
serted. Business OF all kinds is suspended
and nothing thought Of except escape
| from the scourge. The situation ia truly
horrible. ~ r-.. ..4.... DE.
The following appeal from the Grand
Secretary OF the Grand Lodge Of Masons,
speaks for itself:
JACKSON. Mas, August 81.
To Tie Masonic Fraternity ofhe United States
and Cdnada: ga Tts 7aI
The Masons Of Louisiana have sent un.
expected and unsolicited contributions
OF Two hundred dollars to their distressed
brethren in Mississippi. We shall be
glad TO receive and diSburse other con.
tribu,ions from the craft. The distress
and destitution ut Vicksburg, Grenada
and Canton ia appalling. We are in
hourly expectation Of the pestilence in
Jackson. ... 4...-..
[signedl J. L. POWER,
Grand Secretary.
SUMMIT, Mrs., August 2l.-A family
OF seven persons is stricken down with
the yellow fever four miles from here;
two deaths to-day. The health Of this
city is excellent; great excitement exists.
The city and county is risidly qusran-
tined.
no FGvER AT HOT SPRINGS.
LITTLE Rock, ARK, August 2l.-The
President Of the Board Of Health, DR..
Barry, and other leading physicians, and
Mayor Kimball, OF Hot Syringe, author.
ize contradiction OF the report that 4
case OF yellow fever had appeared at that
place. The physicians assert that the
lever could not prevail at that place,
owing to its surroundings.
The panic in this city over the yellow
fever reports from Memphis has about
subsided, though a strict quarantine is
enforced. Little Rock was never health.
Ter than at the present time. Thermom'
eter to-day 950.
FIVE PER CENT DEAD.
MEMpHs, August 2l.-A special to
the Avalanche from W. ]. Smith, Vice
President Of the Memphis Howard Asso.
citation, at Grenada, says: Five per cent
OF the whole population have died, and
10 negroes were taken down to-day. The
New Orleans doctors are dumbiounded at
the malignity Of the disease. Mr.. Smith
adds: Our efforts are parallzed for the
want Of proper remedies. We are short
Of lemons, Ice, beef tea, and in fact all
kinds Of nourishment for the sick.
New 0RLEASs, August ala special
from Jackson, Miss., says: The fever Ia
reported at Ryram and Terry. All the
towns near here are almost totally de-
serted. Nine cases at Canton, with three
deaths. r, .-
AID FOR THE SUFFERERS,
CLEVELAND, August 2l.-In answer to
an appeal from the Howard Association
Of Vicksburg, Miss., addressed TO L. P.
Hardy, President Of the Cleveland Clear.
Ing House Association, the Beard oi
Trade Of this city to-day unanimously
adopted resolutions appropriatiug $500
TO be distributed among the sufferers,
and directing the Secretary Of the Board
to prepare a petition to be circulated
among the members for subscriptions to
this fund, said funds 10 be distributed by
the President OF the Board.
CHICAGO, August 2l.-There has been
no general effort to raise money here for
the yellow fever sufferers in the Southern
cities. The banks have raised and for.
warded $40 10 Yicksburg, in RESPONSE 10