The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-26
YELLOW FEVER NOTES.
TME HowARDs ARID THE CHRISTIAN
ASSOCIATION.
Ret.ef for Grenada and Memphis.

wellef for Grenada ana Memphis.
A large number Of applications for relief
were received yesterday by
THE HOWARD ASSOCIATION.
trhe members Of the association find In
many instances that the appeals for assist
anee are made on the most trivial grounds,
and. again, considerable portion of the num-
H.er Of calls for aid are not on account Of sick
ness but on account OF restitution. Livery
case of real necessity receives prompt atten-
zion and succor The following dispatches
were received yesterday:
BAYOU DIES ALLEMANps.
COL Bouthmayd, Secretary Howard Associa-
ton:
Arrived DIT o'clock O.. m. About twenty whites
here Ave Of whom are sick. One death before
NV arrival. All doing we'll this morning Will
telegraph 70" again '"' /. oJ J. WoSoLFE M. D.
. BAYOU DIES A1LEsrANDEs In, Aug. 25. 1878.
no Col. Southmayd:
The people here are very poor, and think "
would be well to send two nurses-,one male ana
one fsmals--hy morning trAint Lave them o.
tho Morgan Ferry time. Nothing else ne ,Sl
ut present. WooAhh ~
Or. Wolfe was dispatehedby the associa-
tion, III response to IN appeal for D physi-
clan. . ..
5$ Howard ASs0clhUlon'
Draw on Can't Get Away Club for 5000,
T. WILLIAMS, JK.,. ~
President g. q, a. @.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. August 81.
Howard Association, New Orleans:
our citizens are raising funds for the region
II stricken by the yellow fever, and desire to aid
those places that IRE poorest and east able TO
hein themselves. and wish that you would i'd
yse " Whsre to help snd boy S fa aRPE gan be
Treasurer OF the FUND.
GRENADA. Miss, August 25, 1878,
MR.. southmayd, Secretary Howard Association:
ri possible send IN more nurses; II not
nurses some one to help the sick the best they
can, Provisions and nourishment for the slck
short. Dir. Hall, DR.. Gay and the postmaster
down with fever. No mail from any point The
negroes are al getting the teyer Deathe last
Y dying for heWant OF proper nourlshmnent ana
domestic attention am perfectly VIII VHaz1E
GEO. r, Gracey. ESQ, of Summit Relief
Association, by letter dated the twenty-fourth
notifies the association of the arrival of
nurses, and that since their arrival 1--WE are
getting along finely" """".:
R. Huberwald. 165 Canal street, tenders his
services as apothecary.
Henry A. Para, NJ D., New Orleans Char
fty Hospital, also tenders his services.
yrHE YOUNG MEMS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
received and responded to a number of calls
for assistance yesterday.
u Chas, O. LangenbeGker, druggist corner
FIRST and Chippewa, offers to fill prescrip-
aions for subjects Of the association free OF
charge
The American District Telegraph Company
tenders the free use Of It's wires and messen-
gers -.........
OFFtCE CANAL STREET FERRY COMPANY
New Orleans, August rs. 1878.
~ The President Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation:
Dear 81. We will grant free passes to and
nurses who may have occasion to cross on our
boats during the prevalence of the yellow fever
4 iii our city. Please apply for ms many AS you
f fnik gave he THo 81 Pi af VIM BoYD
Proprietors Canal Street Ferry.
"A similar letter was also sent by Messrs.
Pickles Il Boyd to the Howard Association,
Major w. L. Walthall, of the Mobile How
ard Association left this city last evening for
Memphis, and will return to Grenada.
Previous to his departure he received the
following dispatches, which reveal the object
Vi i1iR 7i5 II II u t tiitttt ely ely
MOBILE. Ala, August "a. 1878.
Major W. L, Walthal;
We have Just received kilograms to send
twenty female nurses to Memphis. Dan you
night r WILLIAMS.JR .
GRENADA, Augusta 1873.
ATaior W. L. Walthall:
We need some such man as you here, above
ill things The relief committee beg-l ask
you to come at once DO SO II posSslf6Eeii ,ooN
MOBILE, August IS, 1878.
WI t. Walthall:
God speed you on your mission. Letters re-
t,eived viii write you fully to Memphis. You
e Without restriction fqly w 1ieTGqhSfSS 5 5T2m
Major WalthaIl will be met at Jackson by
twenty nurses and several physicians, who
will accompany him on his mission Of mercy.
Some Of the nurses and doctors will be de-
e tailed for duty at Memphis and the rest will
be sent to Grenada.
DIR. vEAHIB is WE'LL.
The r1,mor that DIR. Veazie the young and
heroic physician who so nobly left friends
and relatives here to devote himself to the
alienation Of suffering and sickness in the
g,lapue-stricken town of Grenada. had been
nrostrated by the dreadful sickness created
{, great deal Of anxiety among his friends in
4 New Orleans. Later, 1t was said that ne had
only been overcome by fatigue, occasioned by
his arduous duties. To-day 1t Is with great
Z pleasure that we hear of his being WELL as
The following telegram, received yesterday by
his father will show:
GRENADA Miss. August Is, 1873
III M, f. Veazie:
Do not think of coming I'D here. There arr
. not enough nurses for the sick. They are dyinl
for want OF proper domestic att9ntion; ~, ! an
perfectly well. Dh- FEAAlh'
DIR. Veazie Is yet young man, not above
# TWENTY-FIVE years, and at that age he ha!
already won the esteem of old practitioner
as q skillful physician, promising surgeon
and thorough oculist.
WHO HE WAS.
Hn mas only q moor wandering artist; som