The New York herald., 1878-09-16
return. H. lei. on III. train tonight for Now Or
WHEAT A rILEGRAPH OPERATOR SAW AND Ex-
PERIENCED AT GRENADA.


PZRIENcED AT GRENADA.
RicHMoSD, Va, Sept IL, 1878.
The following private letter has been received hero
from M d. Fiansry, assistant superintendent OF the
wssssrn Union Telegraph here, who voluntarily went
10 The plaguestrcken section Of the country
der all the assistance he couls Mr. Fansry was for
rAerly stationed at New Orleana and was therefore
sccIimated. His illusions Marshall and Redding,
shs two operators At Grenada, are interesting and
teuehing:-
CANTON, Sept 9. 1873.
DsaopoIs ana ssr.d,sn ana forced 70 take South ana
North read alter staying Night at Aentgomsry aud
look over or. o. ~. promising towns Of tho South
west. IL LOOKS ~ II 1t had been through the Bank
square mo.l there and frss ssv: nsns: to meridian
without ssy trsuble Thursday morning got
s.,n .s'. i:S 's:sa g, ksasssS bsss
miles; won't In buggy the e,ght miles and found they
were eight miles on ss right angles. So .'squsrsa
sway" risher says, Tor there reaching the refuge
ai,sr dark Wsat 20 Jackson next morning; found
all gone s.csp. those Who could no. 60
genuine case Of fever . moribund condi-
ton discovered and upon by she doctors, who
Tns msa disd a. hsii-pas. sgn, p N. Nearly every
body scampsrcd, ana with them, gsng 10 the
widely known town OF Grenaan. / went there TO sec
afssr Marshai's ismiy, for the credit and OF
our profession, ~ no was reported In destt Ute con-
for want or mesns reached there at haIi.past s,x
A. NJ. and Marshall reported ..Aoing nicely"
''doipC WE'LL" &c. Reddipg said TO DO rather
p0Dry. Al eight A. n. Redding dead Al
A. NJ TO my utter consternatien and disgust> he
in his grave or on the ROAD to IT, Marshall doing wcll
NJ three p. IL six p. NJ, Marshall dead; at dark
Marshall was buried. foleQ tho statements
Marshal's condition. and having heavy let OF busi.
ness 20 square up did not 10 him, intending 10
do so next day.
went next morning 10 see Mes. Marshall. she
was occupying two-roum dirty ieoL1ng cottage o.
posito her residence, having movea tho alter
three OF nor children had died taer0 and her hus-
band was down. On single bsdstead IN
was her mother, Mrs Morrison, down with fever I
went TO her bedside with DR.. Veazio
she long for this world in my judgment,
although the nurse reported her getting along
In the other Tom, Jr, lounge and Is
yellow as ssnron He had a sprightly eye ana
course, 10 great distress, and short conversation
,hsn md next day show "a sho 10 OF unsound mind
we'll she might be, HAVING buried her husband and
three chiluren her mother ana her aunt ali couple
OF money. provisions medical astonoance nursing, &c
She asked me TO esI her . change OF ooshes, which
did from frtenas at etatiops along the Memphis
kaiiroa<, and sso clean beddisg Iu addition this
] xeI new clothing from the Telegraph Relief Az
socation at Memphis Sne -, therefore, we'll of
things 20 there aud the telegraphers we'll
l IeiS there last night, beisg relieved by Howard
Association operator Ht 500 per month. don't
know how many messages got of the first day tSun-
dayL but sent 600 word specials aud am tired. l
and 80 hsve to hang around town here. walked all
over the place this morning, and passing . saloon,
thought weuld get ism0aads glass Of cool u
ter and wss informed, "Nos selling; barkeoper sick
Inside the Partition" There are over one hundred
cases hsre The mortality every where outside OF
New Orleans s very heavy. II Is said to be now
type, but don's believe H. "73" TO all.
Yours, &C., tg D. FLANERY.