Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-09-25
YELLOW FEVER.

deaths y lighter, only 80 being reported
|up to noon Monday, and 81 for the past
| "a hours. Among the dead are two
more volunteer physicians, Dn. John B.
Hooks and J. S. Bankson; Rev. L. L.
Schuyler. Episcopal minister from New
Jersey, Mrs. n. Steinkuhl, Sister
Ruth, w. B. Shepard, and Mrs. r. E.
Brooks, mother of w. Brooks, Of the
Appeal. Among the new cases is Theo.
Hoist. of Hoist Brothers, undertakes.
The supply Of collins is running very
low, and it is with great difficulty any
thing but rough coffin-shaped boxes can
be obtained, even by people in good
circumstances.
At New Orleans on the 18th there
were 213 new cases and 62 deaths. At
Memphis there were 50 deaths and 205
new cases. The weather all through
the south was very warm and clear.
LATEST FROM MEMPHIS.
Advices of the 18th says the mortality
to-day has been greater than was antici-
pated; Ill deaths being reported, 36 Of
which were colored. Yesterday there
were 90 deaths instead of 80, as report
ed in these dispatches. Among the
dead to-day are f. Marshall, of the cit
liens relief committee; r. M. Gibson,
telegraph operator; Mrs. DR.. r. S.
Clark and three of the Howard medical
corps, viz: T. L. Bond, of Brownsville,
DR.. Mences, of Nashville, and J. r.
Rsinner, of Indianapolis. The original
force of physicians has been depleted
by sickness and death, but new acqui-
sitions are made almost daily, the latest
being DR.. Mcfarland, an eminent phys
scian from Savannah. Drs. Emmett and
Goun, from the same city, will arrive to-
morrow. w. S. Brooks, river editor of
the Appeal, is convalescent. DR.. S. H.
Clarke is improving. Dave Peacheart,
member of the Howard association, has
had relapse and is in critical condi-
ton. The Central Hotel, on Adams
street, will be opened in the morning as
an additional hospital for Howard phys
icians and nurses. The physicians re-
ported 81 new cases to the board of
health today.
AT NEW ORLEANS.
Advices under date of Sept. 18th give
the deaths for the past six hours at "a,
and new cases 1874. The mortuary
report for the week ending P. NJ. Sun
day: Total deaths, 7O3, of which 632
are males, II males. 261 children under
ten years of age. OF the total deaths
sol were from yellow fever; 472 were
whites and 80 colored.
DR.. Warren Stone is still sick.
Among the new cases is f. Il. South.
mayd, secretary of the Howard associ-
alton; +. w. Halsey, of the Picayune;
DR.. f. Paber. Chas. Phean, Chas. Stock
meyer, Jr., Q. +. Il. Stockmeyer, Geo.
Decaur, of Decaur e. Co.
SLIGHT FROST.
The following was telegraphed nom
Memphis on the 10th: The frost is
slight, and there is scarcely percep-
tible decrease in the fever this morning,
the deaths up to noon not exceeding
40. The saddest feature of the epidemic
is that many who have been actively
at work, relieving distress, are dying or
being stricken down.
THE FEVER AT LAST ABATING.
Dispatches from Grenada Miss, dated
Sunday, Sept. 10, state: There were
two deaths to-day and two new cases.
The fever is abating and we may soon
look for a more cheerful state of affairs.
ROBBED A PATIENT.
A Holly Springs, Miss, dispatch of
the 10Th says: This evening Mrs. La
barde, one Of the most faithful nurses
we have employed and who nurses d..
G. Perkins. express agent, who SO hero
ically volunteered to take the place of
l.. b. Nasty who deserted his post, re-
ported that her patient had been robbed
of his money by an assistant nurse
named S. +. Thomas, of Martin, Tenn,
and the excitement from this act was
likely to cause n relapse. We i'm
mediately arrested Thomas and through
the instrumentality Of j. II. Summons,
druggist, from New Orleans, and Eugene
Leidey of Memphis, the money was
found in his throat He is lodged in
Jail subject to law and the express COM
pany respectfully requested to notify
the relief committee what shall be
done. We would have hung him on
the spot but we know that justice should
follow her virtuons path. l am satisfied
that Thomas should hang on the near.
est lamp post.
THE CARNIVAL OF DEATH AT MEMPHIS.
Memphis advices of the 10Th say the
reports for the past twenty-four hours
slow an increase in the death rate
Twenty-seven deaths were reported
Of which, however, ten should
have been reported last evening, leav,
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