The New York herald., 1878-09-12
ELEVEN NEW CASKS AT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
FUL DRsTITUTIoN AND sUFFERINa-AN EN-
TIRR SUSPENSION OF BUSINESS,

we have had to establish a hospital to-day for the
strick On people OF the town who have homes and
tho employees Of the railroad who live along the line
ana have other refuge. Tho railroad can barely
kcepa corps Of men duty, ana We will see the boys
out. Fifty cots aud mattresses the way, and
when they arrive we can give poor fellow
place 70 oonvalesce on, and in sort Of decepcy
Our best aud bravest arc dying. Our poor suffer
ing, all are out Of employment and all busi-
ness Is suspended. We are quarantined from the
face OF the earth outside corporate mits except
when some Hick man (Ky) unfortunate calls for help
and wc always respond One Of tho best Howards
has just died.
MAsoN's, TENN, ALMOST DEPoPULATED.
BIZ TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.l
MAsoy's Sept. IL, 1873.
There were four deaths hcre IRON fever to-day
Almost the entire population has sampedod so great
Is tho tho fearful scourge which
to annihate the populations OF sister towns.
CONTINUED SPREAD OF THE FEVER AT HICK-
MANTLE MAYOR AND LEADING PHYSICIAN
SICK.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HE9ALD.1
HICKMAN, KY, via MAsrIS's, Sept H. 1873
All tho cheerrulness noticeable hcre yesterday has
been disspatcd, and have again boon plunged into
the deepest gloom. Two deaths reported to-day
and six more expected; also ten cases. Among
the the Mayor aud DR.. Banton, tho
10 sa1 Da
hourly anticipated.
ANOTHER DEATH AND MANY NEW CASES AT
oALLIPoLIs, oHIo-rrRnoR OF TIE CrrI-
zEHs--BuRNIN0 BARRELS OF TAR IN THE
sTEEkTs. m
CINCINNATI, Sept H. 1875
There smother death from yellow fever at Gal
lpolis, Ohio, ycsterday-that Of Joseph Martini who
q watchman tho steamer Porter. He was
taken sick on Saturday. His body not permitted
TO be removed from tho house and tho neichoors
would allow hts wife to leave her home. Physi-
clans will make an effort to bury him to-day.
There 10 general scare In that region Three new
are reported All tho public schools closed
yesterday and fires Of coai.tar have bsen burning
the last twentyfour hours at the terminus OF every
street opening on the r1ver Many citizens are leaving
and business and travel arc almost suspended.
GALLrroLs Ohio. Sept. IL, 1878.
In the vicinity where tho plague boat John Porter
was noored, and In radius OF seven miles, the
northern boundary Of which is within two miles Of
this CITY .nS,s 70 arc p reported to So from nisscn to
seven deaths since Sunday morning. Every
prscausien is being taken 70 prevent It's OBJ.
tanning o bold In tho town by guardpg all
points Of entrance, and freely using disnfccIan,s
Much cxeitemont prevails. ana citizens arc sending
here this morping and In oopsultst,on with the
OF Health agreed to do anything to prevent the fur
decided 70 cusse ana sak the our.son Oarger which
arc partially filed with bgo water brought from
Tho temperature has failen considerably IN the past
twenty-four hours, ana strong north wind prevails.
DHNIAL rHAT THERE ARE ANY CASES OF YELL
LOW yEvKR IN CAIRO, I'LL.
CAIRO, III, Sept IL, 1878.
In answer TO anxious Inquiries from various points
DR.. Dupning sends she following statement:-
Tho cases at Mr.. Porter's, which reported as
yellow fever, arc only bilious fever OF tho usual
type Of this part OF the Mississippi Valley. They
lever. Q. W. DUNNlNG, Quarantine Physician.
There is no yellow fever In ,he city, and with tho
cool weather the feeling general that C1ro
will escape a vi itation OF tho scourge.
A TELEGRAPH OPERATOR ARRESTED on HIS
WAY TO MKMPHIs-rHE JUDGE Orders MS
INSTANT DrscHAnar.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. IL, 1878.
Frank w. Farley, a young telegraph operator in
this city, voiuntssrod 10 20 to Memphis take tho
place OF the operator there who died of yoew fever.
While leaving tho otty he arrested last night
a charge Of perjury. This morning no brought
before Judge Ysrkcs on writ OF habeas corpus
The prosecutors wsro James Bell and William Lea
Kns, who mad been tried and acquitted OF charge of
assault and battery with iutsnt to kill Mr.. Farley.
Tho perjury alleged TO CONSIST In charging that
they tho persons who inflicted the cuts
upon Mr.. Farley. ThsJudge said that the arrest OF
heard or, aud 1t wero allowed to pass without
coudcmnasio IL would be precedent that might
suit in the entire ccfcat Of Justice. All those who
had heard Farlcy's testimony must have been
vinced that he sincere In what he said ath
the might have been ono Of mistaken identity.
The udse discharged Farley, bat tho young man
had not gone far from tho court room before he
arrested by SEcriMs ofncer capias In a civil
suit :or damages brought by tho same coorcd mon.
The matter sgain brought to Judge Yerkos'
attention, and Tor tho second timo no ordered Far
ley's immediate and nnal discharge
PRKcAUTIoN TAKEN By BUSINESS MEN.
DR.. James, OF the Board oi Health has been called