The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-09-28
rrEvER CARD PROM IoulsyILLE.

LOUISVILLE, KY, September Zi.-At
meeting OF the Board Of Health to-day
the following was adopted:
To he People cfthe United .Staies :%ii 'iI
Rumors Of o nature, highl exciting and
prejudicial to our city, having been spread
ali over the country as to the yellow fever
being in an epidemic form in the city. OF
Louisville, we itour duty TO announce
in the the most positive and emphatic
manner that such statements;ares false and
unchristian attempts to inlpre, commerce.
ally, people who have tried to'do their
full duty to our suffering southern 9FetEi'
ern. As public custodianso Of the health oil
the City Of Louisvilleapd with conssleni \
tious sense OF the weight Of responsibility,
we affirm sacredly that while there may
have been several instances OF yellowieyer
OF an Indigenous character, even upon
this, there has been the greatest diversity
OF opinion among our most prominent ana
able physicians, nor, has there been any
new cases since Monday last. we
have already had several frosta and
with cur city never in so exceptionally
healthy condition, we have no hesita5i
ton in assuring our friends who may be
absent and the people Of the country at
4 large that there has not been noristhere
now an epidemic. OF amy character what,
ever. With population Of one hundred
and sixty thousand souls there has only
been iorty.seyen deaths for the week end:
ing this morning at 12:10A o'clock ffom.all
causes; while at corresponding period
last year there were ffty-one.. For the
same week in 1873 there were forty-eight
deaths. .,iio',s - 81 ~, ~
louisville, when she opened her doors
and her hearts TO the afflicted! of, the South,
did so with full consciousness OF the
dangers thereby incurred, but influenced
purely by motives the most christian and
human, has prayed and shall continue to
pray to d amerciful God for his further be.
nignant providence. u .ssets gsyso,l 9
1 fSignedl g CHAs! D. JACOB, ~ e
Aayor and President Of the. Board Of Healtth.
4 Il JAS. w. EDWARDS,
1ri y 3 9 x ~ 4edllh Ogteer.
| aelP39l n CO. BRowS NJ. d., 'i
I 9s9y- Phwicid1 Of East :Distric,
! - ,ssi II. @. IoYp, NJ. D.,
PhysicianQ Wesl District
Si.t s't WV. J. RoBiSsoS, W
II Secretary Of The Board Of Health,
g. w. GRIFFITH,
Consulting Physician 70 de Ysliog Fsser it''-
pital. .S sSis 10 ;sas.e' -
NEw oRLEASs, September q. Deaths
81, new cases 100, Total deaths s,1OS, to-
tai cases S,462. US Adnl .yarss,r "a. giB,
III Hickman, Kya reports five deaths and
seven cases. he-t51 trsil" -,
Martin, Tenn, reports es one sney case fe and md
EWinona, La, q. asks Tor doctors and nurses.
At Canton there were 15new cases, but
no deaths, and the worst Is supposed to be
over. lfth h,gap& IA.t.t3 Z
Baton Rouge has 55 new cases, but re,
ports no deaths. 9lC] ~ s5tl9,' -, y,
New Orleans reports new cases from all
sources Of iniormations 1t IN, aud .onlyla
deaths. Grand total Of cases e, staiE date
! Chattanooga, "a Tenn, had four deaths
! aud ten new cases, Weather warm and
uhlayorable, but the disease not spread
ing. $50, Z ~ ~, "
1t Grenada the Howards report that thG
scourge has exhausted all the material. Nc
: morefunds or provisions viii be. needed
. there. v et's .,.5s - K u sIsssa,qs
: HoLlY spBisGs, September q. Tier,
q are about 400 people here for the fever, z
feed upon, and quite as many IN their bed
allthe time. Among the physic icians tel
have been stricken down and fourof then
have died. Five druggists have gone dowi
and three have died. or the minister
who have fallen two are dead. In thi
lpostofice two out OF three OF the clerk
II are now lying In the ccmcsery. Seyera
}, of the nurses have taken 1t and some haY
n not recovered, In almost every wRyeth