The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-24
yellow rEvER

Various Reports, Contributions, etc
LONDON, Ontario, Sept. 24.-Two thou
sand dollars worth blankets will be sent
the yellow fever sufferers from here under
arrangements with the United States
Treasury Department. which gives them
free entry. ss~z
NEW York, Sept. 24.-The concert at
Gilmore's Garden last night for the relief
of yellow fever sufferers in the South, and
given under auspices Of the Fireman's
Ball Committee of the Old Veteran Fire
Department, will net between eight and
ten thousand dollars.
MEMPHIS, Sept. 24.-Slnce yesterday
noon up to noon to-day, there has been
6xty-six deaths; fourteen of these were
reported this morning. The usual activity
prevails at all the Association head
quarters and every one seems to realize
and feel that it is now fight for life. No
hope of an abatement of the disease can
be expected until killing frost comes,
which, judging from the present weather,
is yet far in the future. @
John Fenwick, late Secretary of the
Southern Oil Works, died this morning
also Felix Gelmartin, the postmaster at the
National Cemetery, four miles east of th's
city: e. 2. Oliver, letter carrier and T.
E. MacaIl, have also died.
Mrs. W. G. Hardin and DR., 2. Turke
of Cincinnati are among the new cases re-
ported this forenoon.
In response to a call of Governor, Porter
DIR. r. w. Mitchell, medical director ol
the Howard Association, has ordered DR.
Julius Wise, who returned yesterday from
Cincinnati to go to sMartin. Tenn, to at.
tend several cases OF fever that have de.
veloped at that point.
| FRANKLIN, La. Sept. 24.-Anothel
letter from Pattersonville, gives the fol
lowing account of yellow fever from it;
first appearance at Lagonda plantation
and its subsequent appearance at Weight
mans Mound Place plantation to the 22d
inst.
Lagonda plantation % cases: deaths
| Bronssard settlement, 3 cases, one death
Pattersonyille, three cases, one death
| PecaBgrove plantation two cases, tw
deaths; railroad camp, one case, on
death; Mound Place cases. one death
total 43 cases, and Is deaths The abov
only includes whites; there are larg
number of blacks reported as having bee
sick and convalescing at some of the abov
plantations, and some few deaths, but th
fever with them is of mild ~type. henc
the small mortality. Two new cases wer
reported Sunday morning; most of thes
now down are reported doing we'll
: New ORLEANS, Sept 24.-Deaths So
cases reported 139; total cases Sill, tt
tai deaths 1872.
1t was officially announced at the offic
of the beard of health, Tuesday morning
that DR.. Kibbe, inventor of the fever co
| died at the Hotel Dien at ii o'clock Nor
day night.
DIR. Marley, yellow lever specialist,
said to be quite low down with fever.
Reports during the morning indica
THAT the fever continues to spread in tt
> direction of Carrollton and the rear of Il
third district. Deaths indicate ninetet
under seven years.
Among the new cases are IL. Z. Mill
y and Thos. Rogers, telegraph operator
thirteen men in four days of the main G
fee OF the Western Union telegraph cor
pauy have been attacked with the feve
and eight employees of the District tel
g graph.
Mrs. Rarnrs is improving: her sixte,
year old son in the fourth relapse is D
{. expected TO live through the day u
$, more Of the Rarurs' children have {
fever A
CANTON, Miss. Sept. "a. New cass
%; weather fair and warm.
/. New YORK, Sept. 24.-From Par
France, four thousand dollars were |
{. ceived for the yellow fever sufferers.
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