The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-09-06
ppooREss OF THE PLAGUE.

PROGRESS OF THE PLhGuE'
New ORLEANS, August 3i.-To.days. report
is 23i new cases and AZ deaths. pur'hg an, ,ne
week. ended yesterday noon, there were l,2o4
cases Of yellow fever and 333 deaths, making IN
nil 2.S7S cases and S67 deaths.
The death list to-day includes twenty children
under soven years OF age. .
NEW ORLEANS, September New cases TO-
day 260, deaths oo. ,,,,
a." MN q, noon, only seven physicians out OF
nbout twenty had mndo their reports. t;PSw.
cosos the number aggregating forty-two. FROM
thi. Il will be seen that not more than hait tue
cases are reported, and that the epiaemlc Is
moro appalling than the official reports ihuicatc.
A. the county Jail there are about twenty cases
nf rcvor nj. C. Williams, under sentence To
the penitentiary for murder, died last nigh''
onl i,uzzcll n negro murderer, under sentence
oF dc,,h. is in q dying condition. At camp
Joe Williams five or six deaths occur daily.
A,ex. Hum, of the Masonic board OF renei,
is down, and Jos. Russell, OF the ouu FELLOWS
relief board, is very low.
Tho undertakcrs report IS yellow fever inter-
mcnts nm 10 noon to-day. The report for the
week shows I'll cases and 24l deaths. Inc OIL
fetal records to-day exhibit 14S new cases Tor
the "a hours ending at Z. NJ, ana % ue".ns
Volunteer physicians continue TO arrive. rive
from the Ohio board of health rl Dr. sro dSs
from Indiana, and DR.. L. L. Eas ESs;v vos occom.
panied by n corps of 30 nurses:
Among the recent cases are IL. s. Landrum'
down, but doirg we'll. Joseph Russell, super
intcndent of the Odd Fellows nurses, died and
was buried to-day. Howard lleynan, drug
gist, died to-day. J. s. Robinson, one of the
principal druggists, closed his establishment to-
day and left the city for rest j. s. Armstrong
photographer, died to-day.
MOBILE, August 31.-Dr. L. p. Gaines reports
one case and death from yellow fever this morn
ing-a white child, years old.
VICKsDURG, August 3l.-During the week l lG
deaths from yellow fever have occurred, making
1S5 deaths in oil, II Of which occurred during
the last twenty -four hours. 1t is estimated that
800 cases of fever have occurred to date, about
half of these in the past week, and 90 new cases
in the last twenty -four hours.
New York, August 3l.-A Vicksburg dis
patch says that the deaths today were and
now cases so, and the weather mild and more
favorable.
The fever is spreading in Delhi, La, where
there have been new cases and l death in
twelve hours.
i.vuis, i,,e, A~s~st a1.-siAaa tho loot report
eleven refugees and boatmeH have been attacked
with yellow fever after arrival in Louisville,
four of whom have died.
Cincinnati, August 31.-Eine cases of fever,
and four deaths have occurred since last report.
Two Of the deaths were cases reported last week.
All came from infected places South.
Morgan City, La, August 3l.-The refugee
reported last week sick of yellow fever died
August 23d. Seven other cases have since oc-
Cured and four deaths in oil TO yesterday
noon.
Ocean Springs, Miss, August 31.-Three
cases yesterday morning. No dcatl. during the
week.
Water Valley, Miss, August 3l.-Two cases,
both refugees. First on 18th, is convalcscent.--
Second on 26th, terminated fatally.
Holly Springs, Miss, August 31.-Seven
cases, two deaths to yesterday evening" all rcfu-
gees.
st. Louis, August 3l.-There have been eight
cases during the week and two deaths, oil reftI-