The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-09-06
Victims Fall Like Grass Before the
Reaper.
Gloom, Despair and Death Rule the
Hour. FL
The pestilence Extending southward
and Northward.
All Glasses Wrapped in It's Deadly
.-.'5..7 = ....a Embrace.
DesoIation, Death and Tales Of Woe.
The Situation Simply Appalling.
rEvER REPORT.

NEW OHlIEANb, StpteulucI u IL M
dispatch to the Associated Press from
Mayor Powell, OF Canton, Miss, says: The
fatal yellow fever cases up to date number
ISL, total deaths 81. Weather cloudy
Sixteen new cases and six deaths are re.
ported in the last twenty-iour hours. DR.
w. Dupree, Health Officer at Baton Rouge
reports the yellow fever cases up to date
at 1853, deaths 15, conYaleseeut and under
treatment l4S, taken sick during the last
twelve hours 10. DR.. Dupree states that
many cases are so mild in character that
physicians have declined to report them
as yellow fever.
NEw ORLEANS, 1880 2. NJ, September 8.
New cases, 20l; deaths, So. n
MEarnIs, September 5.-The underta.
kers report forty-eight fever interments
up to noon to-day.
Mother Alfonso, Superior Of st. Agnes
Academy, is in dying condition.
Geo. q. L. Cook, prominent worker In
the Odd Fellows Relief Committee, died
this morning. L1l
The Walthall Home or Infirmary on
Market street, under the charge OF Mann
Walthall, OF Mobile, contains about thirty
patients and the number is increasing
hourly. DIR. Dowell, OF Galveston, is the
physician in charge.
r. County Undertaken Welsh, this morning
reports falling off in the number of mp.
plications for the burial OF paupers.
A j. Wheeler, Secretary OF the Masonic
Relief Committee, is sick.
Brother Amandus, OF the Francisco Con-
vent, Is dead.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. s. The death list
includes 33 minors, % being children un.
der wears OF aye. Adolph Eynic, aged %
years, a native OF Chester, Illinois, and for
two years pastor OF the Lutheran Trinity
Church OF Algiers, died OF yellow fever.
Mrs. Labordenmit and Mrs. Kelley, the
nurses who so faithfully discharged their
duty at Port Eads, and throughout this
city, leave for Holly Snrings this evening
in response to appeals from that city. 10
nurses and one physician were sent to
Holly Springs yesterday by the Howards.
NURSES AND PHYSICIANS WANTED AT HOLLY
m5 SPRINGS.
Holly SPRINGS, MISS, September 8. d.
P. Oliver, Joseph Fort, Mrs. Jas. Metal
and Robert Mclean died last night. There
are or @ new cases, making in oil 10,
Our physicians are broken down, anu
three sick with the fever. There Is great
need OF nurses and physicians. The tele-
graph operator left hispost yesterday even
ing. Dispatches were sent to the press by
me here. The operator had q great deal
to do but he might have staid one more
day. We plead with him to do so, but in
vain. .s5
LArER.-we have fifteen nurses from
New Orleans.
rSigned1 W. J.. HOLLAND,
-. g.8 a..4 m Relief Committee.
HEART RESDiNd SITUATION or dRfSADA.
GRENADA, September 5.-The situation
here is heart rending. Eight deaths to-
day four male and four female. DIR. Ring
gold and d. W. Coon, manager OF the
Howard Association and daughter OF
Rev. w. McCracken were attacked with
yellow fever to-day. About 12 new cases
have developed in the last 24hours. Mrs.
B. p. Anderson, widow OF Col. Anderson,
was stricken with fever at fernando.
There no longer remains house in Gren-
ada that has not been visited by the de-
stroyer.
An APPEAL To sTEAMEoATMES.
NEw ORLEANS, September 5-L. J. Web
ster, Mrs. Z. w. Barnes and three children
have the fever. ..=r.Ta :,
The following explain themselves:
NEW ORLEANS, September 5.
To he Steamboat iniereas throughout d. coun-
try:
The steamboatmen's Relief Association
has Just been organized here, to give aid to
such OF our brethren and their families
regardless OF where they may hail from
as may require it. The prevailing epi'
demic and total suspension OF business
have brought much distress 10 large num-
bers OF our fraternity, which our home
boatmen are unable to relieve in full.
We therefore appeal to you to organize IN
your respective ports and send us such
assistance US you may decide on. Contri-
buttons should be sent to Jesse n. Bell,
President, or to f. Conery, Vice President
and Treasurer.
To Die Homeopathic Societies and Homeopathic
Fratsrniiy Of The United States:
The New Orleans Homeopathic Relic!
Association will be glad to receive and
properly apply your beneiactions.
TSigned1 ALBEIT VooRHIEs,
EIt9u gE. President.
SENT BY THE HowARDs.
The Howanls sent DR.. Gouner, Mr.
Hammond, compounder, and eight nurse:
to Holly Springs, this evening, by th'
Jackson railroad. They will send y malt
and s female nurses to Greenville to
morrow: no conveyance to-day. The
Howard Association received the follow