The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-08-22
YELLOW FEVER.
Distressing Accounts from the Infected
Districts. ~.

GRENADA, MISS, August 1.-THE
scenes in this plague.stricken town du-
ring the past twenty-four hours beRgars
description. TIC strongest men and wo-
men are helpless and ali the children are
sick, dying or dead. 1t is indeed pitiful
to see entire families prostrated aIfl
swept away in few brief hours. The
oihcial death list for the past twen, y-four
Gours is seventeen: The popul' tion Las
decreased to little over two hundred
whites. There are tut few new cases
there being so little material TO work
freedman and wife, of New Orleans, en-
route for New York, were put off the
tram THIS morning. Both were cases OF
we'll developed yellow fever.
WAsHINGToN, August 17.-Reports TO
the Surgeon-General of the United States
Marine Hospital Service for the past
week show, in New Orleans, All cases OF
nen lever and III Deaths, making total of
902 cases and 230 deaths. There were
loS new cases and 20 deoths during the
"a hours to noon yesterday. At Port
Eads there were 33 cases and 8 deaths
during the week TO yesterday evening.
GRENADA, Miss, August 17.-f3'nce
the first case of yellow fever, July 25th,
TO noon yesterday, there have been I25
cases and At deaths.
MOBILE, August 17.-One yellow fever
death yesterday. A woman in house
where baggage, believed to be from New
Orleans, wa, stored, died of fever re-
semblins yellow fever. Another similar
case was developed in the same neigh
borhood.
VIcKsBURo, August 17.-Yellow fever
has appeared since the last report. The
iirst death occurred August 18th. Ad-
wees to noon to-day report an outbreak
of the disease near the river front, from
whence 1t Is spreading rapidly.
HAVANA. August l7.-There were SO
deaths from yellow fever and 9 from
small pox during the week ending Au-
gust 10th. There was decrease in the
fever ut Matanzas during the week end
ing August 9Th.
New ORLEANS, August 17.-Total
cases of fever to date 975. New cases
Tor the week, 500. Total deaths, 266.
Deaths for the week, 40. The Howard
Association, in view Of the widespread
sickness and distress in the city, have de-
termined to extend such measures of re.
lief as the generosity of their fellow
citizens Will enable them to do. They
publish an appeal to the citizens of New
Orleans for contributions, stating that
they have not dollar in the treasury.
The last report from Port Eads shows
thirty-four cases of fever. Fifteen are
convalescent. Total deaths, six.
EVANSVILLE, IND, August 17.-The
City Council and Board of Health today
ordered the establishment Of q rigid
quarantine against all steamers and
trains from the South, and have taken
precautions against communication from
any OF the infected fever districts.
PITrsBURG, August 1.-THE Board of
Health quarantined all boats and traders
from the South and West. A public
meeting has been called to raise funds
for the sufferers ct the South.
AssssTEiGs, HIS, Aag;;s: ?.@Twanty-t thra az
new cases of fever and nino deaths TO-
day.
New ORLEANS, August 17.-In the
past twenty-four hours seyenty-three
new cases OF fever and twenty-four
deaths.
New YORK, August Thames Riley
recently arrived from New Orleans sick
with what was supposed to be yellow
fever, was to-day removed to quarantine.
PENSACOLA, August IT, The Ameri-
can brig .Akbar, of Machi- Maine, from
Cuba, is reported off PEN ola bar with
the mate dead and the I. aw sick with
fever. AS any pilot boarding her will
be detained at quarantine until frost sn-
Peaf5, the pilots ali refuse TO bring the
brig in, and it is probable the vessel will
sail north. The schooner Laura Semis
went ashore on Santa Rosa Island near
Fort Pickens last night. The captains
wife being in child bed, could not be
moved. The crew have been uuaran.
tined at Fort Pickens, the vessel having
come from Cuba. 1