River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-10-03
NEW ORLEANS AND VICINITY.

NEW ORLEANS AND VICINITY.
New ORLEANS, Sept. 30.--Deaths, 35; cases
reported, 100, of which only 81 dated Septem-
Der 20. Total cases, 1856; deaths, 3,845. VIM.
Fairchild, telegraph operator at Tangipohoa,
died of yellow foyer last night c. X. Har-
vey, of Brookhaven, who took Fairchild's place
at the key few days ago, is now down with
the fever.
Clear and pleasant Brother Sol Moses, l. o.
o. b. b.. who has been sick ten days, is out
again. His family of seven persons who have
all had yellow fever are now convalescing.
The Towards have received the following:
Thibedeaux-Nineteen cases yesterday deaths
two. Over 200 in town and vicinity.
Send fifteen female nurses.
Pilotstown-One new case, no deaths, TWEEN
ty-two convalescent.
Canton-Two telegraph operators are down
| with fever, Cross and Campbell. Mr.. Brett is
| here doing good service.
Lagorda PIantation--All cases convalescing.
From noon to p NJ. 22 deaths were reported
| and lbs cases, of which 81 dated since Sept. "a.
The mortuary report Tor the week ending 6
P. NJ. Sunday shows 400 deaths, 436 whites, ga
colored. Yellow fever 326-19 colored. OF
| interments for the week 243 children
under 10 years of age. For the week 80 were
buried from the charity hospital l6 from
other public institutions and % on the coro-
ner's certificates.
| DIR. G. Kriecke, German, has arrived from
/ Harrisburg, Pa, sent here by the Order of
Haraguri to cure yellow fever with herbs.
Officers and soldiers in the Black Hills sent
| through Gen. p. II. Sheridan $50 to Gov. Mich
| OILS for the yellow fever sufferers.
| The British consul received dispatch from
Liverpool stating the mayor had forwarded the
appeal of consuls to the foreign office with
request that it be sent to European cities.
Parties are arriving from the coast watering
places across the lake in large numbers. One
family returned Sunday, and three of them
were taken down the same night with fever.
| The sub committee of the Orleans central re-
ief committee waited on the Howard Associa-
| ion and appealed to them for means to enable
he committee to continue the issue of rations.
The vice-president of the Howard Association
promises them an answer tomorrow.
MEMPHIS.
MEMPHIS Sept. 30.-Twenty-eight deaths
from yellow fever have occurred the past twen-
ty-four hours, ending at 6 tonight.
Since noon, p. b. Clarke. treasurer of the
citizens relief committee, j. b. Taylor, N. S.
King, prominent Masons, George Sutton, fore
man of Holtz Bros, undertakes, and Louis
Czapske, general bookkeeper of the Union and
Planters bank, have died. John Condor was
taken down this afternoon.
A telegram from Martin Penn, says the
fever which seemed abated has broken out
with renewed violence. Six cases since
yesterday among them DR.. Hall, who has been
doing very hard service, and J. 7. Skull, the
telegraph operator. There have been nineteen
deaths, and there are now thirty cases on hand
vIcKsBURG.
VICKsBURG, Sept 30.-There were ten inter.
ments to-day, four from the country. The fever
continues increasing at Bovina, Miss; three
deaths there to-day. There have been over
200 deaths from the fever in Vicksburg since
the beginning.
LITTLE ROCK.
| \ ALL yhcl
city to-day is mourning over the death of DIR.
Dearly, at Memphis. He volunteered to go to
the stricken city month ago, and took
thirty nurses with him. The Doctor and one
half of the nurses with him are dead.
CHATTANOOGA.
CHATTANOOGA, Sept 30.-Otflcial mortuary
report for twenty-four hours ending 4 p. NJ.
Sept. 30th: Mrs. Pat Fleming, aged 2S: Mrs.
Lena Henley, aged 80; John Varillo, aged %.
Four cases have been reported officially to
this office.
(Signed) j. II. VANDAMAN, Registrar.
| All of our physicians are now making their
reports as required by the city ordinance
Physicians are more hopeful to-day, and if
they could force away the few families that
remain in the infected districts the fever
would soon abate.
VICTIM.
| New YORK, Sept. 30.-Dr. N. A. Lindley, who
felt the symptoms of yellow fever on his way
from Memphis. and arrived at quarantine on
Monday last. has died there. He was among
the first to respond to the call for aid when the
fever broke out in Memphis. Worn out with
incessant work, he sought to return to his fam
lily, who were in the North. When he arrived
here he proceeded at once to the quarantine
hospital and gave DIR. Vanderpool account
of his case. He received every attention. DIR.
Vanderpool visited him three times day. He
rallied Friday night, but sank rapidly soon
after and died at noon the following day.
| DIR. Lindley born in the colony of Natol,
South Africa, in l84l.
OTHER POINTS.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 30-Trains on the Mobile
road come in loaded with families from lake
shore watering places, the fever having broken
out all along the line. There are now fifteen
cases of fever at Barnes hotel at Mississippi
! City. DIR. T. J. Wolf telegraphs from Winona
| to the Young Mems Christian association
Seven fever cases and two deaths to date. All
present want supplies.
| BAY ST.. LOUIS, Sept. 30.-Nine new cases and
three deaths yesterday.
| CANTON, Sept. 30.-New cases, 80; deaths, 3.
| DoNALDsoNyILLE, Sept. 30.-ln the "a hours
ending 10 A NJ. Sunday, 40 new cases, deaths.
| New Orleans note. No telegraphic communi-
cation with Donaldsonville. The Towards have
sent nurses and physicians to that point.
BATON ROUGE, Sept. 30.-One hundred and
twenty-five new cases, and six deaths in the
| past forty-eight hours Capt. Charles Wldney,
native of Peoria, died yesterday.
PORT HUDSON, Sept. 30.-Five new cases and
| seven deaths to date.
CAIRO Sept. 30.-Hickman, KY reports 2
deaths, 4 new Among the latter is Ed.
NJ Pollard telegraph operator, doing well.
One death at Fulton. KY; no new cases. Six
new cases at Martin, Tenn. Oper ator Scull is
down, making the third telegrapher stricken.
Fever excitement in Cairo subsidized, absentees
returning, and public schools opened to-day.
| GRENADA, Sept. 30.-No new cases, nodeaths.
| The Towards left to-day for Memphis.
| WATER VALLEY, Sept. 30.-Five new cases,
one death. One operator down.
| GREENvILLE, Sept. 30.-Two hundred and
| fortY-three deaths to date. Fever abating
Five new cases to-day and six deaths since yes
| terday. The steamer Katie Dixon has Just ar
rived with Bishop Leroy, Father Oberfeldt and
! Mr.. Fitzpatrick, of the Howard association
| from Vicksburg. The Dixon brought nurse
and Ice from Goodrich and Hand rsnn La