The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-08-19
Decrease of the Plague at
Memphis.
CONDITION OF NEW ORLEANS.
Hep and Sympathy for the Sufferers
from All Quarters.
TIE FEVER NOT SPREADING.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
GRENADA, Miss, via WATER VALLEY,


August Is 1878. !
Your dent reached Grenada this afternoon
via the Chicago, ST. Louis and New Orleans Railroad,
otherwise known as the jackson route Upon the
train wereJ O. Clarke, vice president Of the road,
and Colonel Briep, tho assistant manager carload
OF -four from Cairo, done up small packages, 10 be
distributed among the sufferers at Grenada, was at
tachod to the train. This had been donated by vlco
President Clarke. He had also sent them carload OF
lime, to be used dislniectant, and also offers to
carry all freight to the sufferers free OF charge.
ASSISTANCE.
Mr. Clarke also presented the people OF the plague
infested city with $500 In currency weil send
Ing ten carloads OF lime the sufferers at Now Or
leans. Ouly two towns on the road from Cairo here
are afflicted with tho plague-namely, Water Valley
and Grand Junction. Al the first named village
fatal have been reported; At Grand Junction
four deaths have occurred, ana I'LL OF these
citizens Of Grenada who had moved to tho Junction
for safety.
ALL CASES PROVE FATAL
peculiar phase Of the disease In Grenada Is that
all cases SO Tar have proved fatal. Not single one
OF those Frustrated up date had recovered Old and
experienced men say that people wero terri
bly, alarmed by the plague before The city Of GRENADA
IL built hill Is In appearance Of the pref
tiest towns the road
DEsoLATIoy.
A dreary, desoate appearance has taken possession
Of tho whole place and the iaces Of those persons
naming in the village present terribly sad and Tor
lorn appearance. Whole families have been swept
away BY the terrible scourge The lever is considered
to be OF local origin and was caused by tho
opening Of an old which had boon closed for
years. Az first It thought 1t had been brought
here by On express package sent from New Orleans
TO old lady named Fields since dead, but parties
cognZant OF the facts deny this.
rERRIBLE RAvAGEs.
10 illustrate the effect Of the scourge II is only
necessary to give the figures Two weeks ago The
town contained 1900 Inhabitants, the majority
coIored people Tonight only 200 souls left OF
these 126 sick and dying. Twenty-Five
arc nursos belonging to the Howard Association,
OF New Orleans who under the direction oil Drs.
veazio and Vaudeville, together with General Winfield
j. Scott, old war officer. The remaining fifty are
mostly negroes who considered plague proc. AT
The Chamberlain house, the best hotel in Grenada
lying sick with fever Dr. Peoples tho proprietor
OF the house, M. and Mrs. Friedman. lady and gen.
tIeman who their way to Now York from
Now Orleans. and Mr. Hart. Mr. and MRS. Friedman
wore proslralsd with tho lever and were
Loft at Grenada In charge OF the Howard Association
RECENT DEATHS
Ten deaths have occurred during the past twen-
ty-iour hours The following are the names:-
Mrs. Peter Kirby, Joe Sherman, Bob shanke, Lizzie
Ayers, kollie Parciva, Mrs French, Mr.. Hawkins,
Thomas Crolwe, MISS Kate Clark ana Miss Poitcvcnt.
Elma Bus,ili Is dying; Mr.. and Mrs. Friedman are
also u very hopeless condition
QUARANTINE REGULATIONS.
The train going south to-day was guaranteed at
nearly every station from Cairo south. At Caro- the
authorities up to yesterday had refused allow any
passengers TO 20 north but agreement secured
to-day by President Clarke by which all passengers
will be allowed to proceed north after quarantining
President Osborn, OF the Jackson route has ordered
Two more cars Of limo from New York for New Or
leans Tho cars at that point are TO be thoroughly
dsinfscted with this material.
ALONG LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE ROAD
Your correspondent met q conductor Of the Louis
vile aud Nashville road at noon to-day and hs re-
ports but fatal on that road from Milan 10
Bowling Green, KY. Al Oxford. Mss, the homo Of
Senator Lamar, fatal has been reported.
SUFFERERS.
Ono hundred loaves OF bread werc sent to the SUI
ferers 10 day iron Holly Springs. The citizens Of
tnat village noby toward the sufferers In
wiling tho residents OF the stricken village to como
aud quarter with them and promising shelter and
food Al all other villages along the route rest
dents terribly alarmed and refuse TO harbor
shelter any one haiing from the stricken village.
HEARraxxDiSG SITUATION
Those citizens VINO alive here at this writing
are urging each other to leave the place, claiming
that tho only escape they have from death Is
fight The Howard Association men advise all
to leave as they capable OF taking all the
Sick But fathers and mothers refuse to leave their
children, while cndrcn stana by their parents Tho
situation Is hsartrend nr, ana LOOKS a. II the
Howard nurses would be the only to leave the
place alive. W. NJ. Redding the telegraph operator
at this point, deserves special mention. 10 has
stood at his post ever since the lever broke out.
Working nineteen or twenty hours u day.
All trains run through Grenada a. Q twenty-five
milo hour rate.