The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-09-04
DEATHS ADVANCE.
Cries Of Affection from Yellow
Fever Districts.
CONDITION OF VICKSBURG.
Whole Families Sick, Without
Medicine or Attendance.
AT NEW ORLEANS.
Upward Of Five Hundred
Cases Yesterday.
MEMPHIS IN MOURNING.
The Postmaster Dead, Doctors
and Nurses Sick.
Suggestion to Drive Away the Contagon
hv Cocrusson
Upward Of Five Hundred
Cases Yesterday.
MEMPHIS IN MOURNING.
The Postmaster Dead, Doctors
and Nurses Sick.
Suggestion to Drive Away the Contagion
by Conclusion.

WORSE NEWS FROM vrcKsBURG-DocToRs
LITERALLY WORKED TO DEArH-wHoLE
rAM1L1is DYING FOE WANT OF MEDICINE
AND ArrENpANcE-LIsr OF coNvALEscENTs
[Dx TELEGRAPH TO THE BERALD.l
vicKsBURG. Miss Sept. 8, 1878.
The situation hero grows worse hourly. It 10 no
longer possible 10 get anything like correct list
Of now cases from tho overworked ph ysciaus. In.
d,casons point to a slight decrease Of cases.
THIS deduce from Information gathered at the
druggists the number Of prescr filled.
As matters u Is impossible for tho few physi.
cians left TO respond TO the calls Whenever il
stopped there 10 rush for him by those who line the
streets in waiting for physician.
HORRIBLE SITUATION.
Dr.. Norris, of Chattanooga, who went to work yes-
terday reports having sixty new cases, forty old
ones hand already and calls than he win
tend TO tonight and has written one hundred
seventy prescriptions to-day. He has found whole
families down Win The fever, without anything TO cat
been that condition for three days. II the terrible
place will discount the horrors OF Grenada there
are lev here that arc not on double duty. and tho ex
citeaent attendant on these awful times - wearing
them out daily by the scores.
C0xvALESCENrs
sssiiy recosnisabe yeow cadsvsrous ise:s. The foI
Loving partial report OF the number Of GONZALES
cent? dtscharRed to-day
DR.. Ross.............. 80 Dr.. Shannon. 90. - 100
d.. Bank. 20 Dr.. Hunt ....-....... 80
DEATHS.
The reports the largest death rate siHoe the
appearance OF the disease to-day.
John r. Roach, teller Of the vick sburE Bank died
chs evening. He had, oy bis supreme pastsnce cour
age and nxed Dissemination 10 got we'll after all hopes
wero Rlvsa up Tor his recovery four days ago, on.
listed the mpathy and excited The admiration Of the
whole ccmmunity. and the nrst morning greeting on
the strects VI the past lew days was. show - John
Roachf"
Nine Marie Methua Schiller, . wen known actress.
AID her hu sbsnd, J. xethus sesns frssco arti g.
nre among the DEANS Of to-day.
Tom Trsinsr, lately N charge Of the icehouse: NJ
Meyer, OF Bosr Brothers. and ". spsaglss, also
amonG The mournsd
The remainder Of deaths are:-
urs Clarke. j. r. W. Risdel.
Nelson Cooper. G. x. DuRgan.
James Riley. L. Girard
Leo Rice A. Simon.
!. Record. J. Stanley.
I. Molsde. Child OF Mcnamara.
u iss Maggie Mcdonald. Willie HaInss.
Mrs A. NJ Stubbc. George HomsI
A. Gomez 80 sf,-,g 80, fa'sr
rota, ,n,rsys'z deaths, including thirteen eoor.d
persons. gsnrsin Nod -.
Dr.. Whitehead 10 past recovery toni ght His noble
wife, who refused to leave the cay when the fever
was announced, saying that nor post was with ner
husband was fret taken with lever, ana tonight she
was brought to see him passing away. They
placed the couch, ana IL Is probable even
In death they will not be divided