Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-02

morning. Her husband died . seek ago
from the terrible diseAse. During an In
terview with . reporter this afternoon she
aaid:
Grenada, up 10 the present time. was al.
ways considered . very healthy city. In
fact, in 1873, when fever was raging in
Memphis, il was made the retreat for all
who desired to avoid the scourge. II il .
very pleasant little a place, and was until
ago . very thriving, populous gay
town. No one ever dreamt Of the fever
coming there, and when an old lady Of Main
street died with black vomit there was no
surprise exhibited or alarm felt. Grenada
then had a population Of $500 persons.
"And how many Of these are left now"
asked the reporter. -.
"WelI," said Mrs. Hart, "wlnn ! left
them Sunday morning there were two
preacherJ'-and she marked them OFT on
her 6ngers-"one Odd Fel!ow'-another
finger was added TO the first two-"two min
isters"-
'That's five suggested the reporter.
"And two members of the Howard AssO.
ciaticr making seven in all.
"And these are the only ones left in Gre
nada?S
"These are the only ones who are well in
Grenada who we're there four weeks ago.
They took the dead and dying away from
the town at first. Few were to be seen on
the streets, and only the delicious cries Of
the stricken and the low whispers of the
nurses and physicians were heard on the
street. at was a sad thing to think Of"
said Mrs. Hart, "that Grenada which had
always held its doors open to refugees
should thus close them against the poor suf-
ferers.
"And it was awful to see the trains which
VIZ used to see stop every day at u doors
hurrying through the o at the rate Of
thirty or forty miles an hour with closed
windows and barred doors as if Grenada
we're a veritable blackhole and the slightest
breath of its atmosphere was reeking with
death. But SO it was. The trains would
not stop at all in the town, but rush through
it.
General Walthol who had been connect
ed with the road, was telegraphing all day
to have a train stop in order that he might
get his family on, and when the train came
up the depot was literally alive with people,
and in two minutes after the cars etoped,
that being the time agreed upon, the depot
was bare Of people. All had packed them
selves into the coaches and were soon whirl.
ing away beyond the reach of the scourge.'
THE opinion of physicians aud a great
many persons is that it is not yellow fever
at all but some undesirable plague. Per
CONS who have had yellow fever, you know
are not so much liable to q second attack
but this disease makes no distinction. Ne
groes who haye had yellow fever have gone
down, and the usual fever treatment appears
to bes fruitless. 1t is a very malignant
type. The fever itself lasts twelve hours
Mrs. Hart said:-"The plague spread
rapidly until all were down except thos.
enumerated. The scene was terrible. Tn,
dead we're buried i'll the clothes in which
they died. Sometimes the hearse hurried
away leaving the remains over ground, nc
grave being dug. Food was painfully scarce
For over a week l had eaten only bread
The atmosphere was heavy with poison. l
could be fairly tasted in air, and it was i'm.
possible to remove it with disinfectants
There was no difficulty about my leaving
town. Invent to hejunction where the trair
stops to put off and take on mail and l wen
to Louisville. No one prevented me from
going. was told on Friday I could go. Ir
fact there is no necessity for prevention, a
} there is no one to leave"
THE o L WATER TREATMENT.
> New Orleans, August Plat the Char
. ity society to-day DR.. Samuel Cheppin trie,
an exceedingly interesting experiment
which, if successful, will revolutionize til
; treatment of yellow fever, and justly be re
garded as one Of the most important med
I cal discoveries Of the age. The patient wa
. in a moribund condition, having been sicl
= with yellow fever twenty -four hours with
. out attention, his only medicine being
! Seldlitz powder. The Temperature of hi
body indicated 105 5 degrees. His pulls
! beat 100 a minute and he presented the ap
i pearance of one who would die In a yer
few minutes. The patient was Stripe
. naked, placed upon one of DR.. Kidbes feve
+ cots, which has q network cover and ind
= rubber receptacle beneath, and sprinkl:
with ice water from q s%prinkling can tw
= hours and q quarter. At the expiration
! that time the temperature of the body VIZ
= reduced to 50 degrees and the pulse TO q
r When the sprinkling ceased the temper
AZURE of the body returned to the norms
q heat in health. the fever disappeared an
. the patient fell into a gentle sleep, whic
~ still continues. At present writing thi
= first experiment in cold water trca,
, ment is attracting wide spread attentio
!, among physicians. and should the patier
recover it is predicted that the disease wi
! be mastered. After the sprinkling the .
tent was covered with a sheet.