The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-08-22
One Of them at sloan's. q Few Miles
Above StsubenyiIIe.
Some Others at Middleport, Ohio
The Pestilsncs Irresistabls as an
Army with Banners.
Liberal Contribution from al Points
for the Suffering Towns.

ST. LOUIS, August 2l.-Iheiiiveb BLOCK
dealers OF this city have made up Q fund
Of $500 for the benefit Of the yellow fever
sufferers in the South, two hundred dol.
lars Of which wilIbe sent TO the Howard
Association at New Orleans, the same
amount,to the Howard Association at
Memphis, and one hundred dollars to
Grenada, Miss. The Hebrew Young
Mems Literary Association also raised
over two hundred dollars for the same
purpose, and appointed a committee TO
solicit additional subscriptions.
The Merchanta' Exchange, through its
President, George Baip, and Secretary,
George A. Morgan, and number oil
prominent members OF the Cotton Ex-
change for that body, have issued eircu.
lars ,emphatically declaring that, not
withstauding reports TO the contrary,
yellow fever does not exist here, that no
case oil the disease was ever known to be
contr acted here, and that people from any
part Of the country can visit St. Louis
with impunity. They admit that three
or four cases were brought from the
Southwhich developed here after the ar.
rivaliof the patients, but no original case
has occurred, nor is il believed possible
that any can occur.
New osLrASs, August2l.--New case
107. desths 40. "
MEMPHIS, August 2l.-Rsports from
the various relief committees and the
Board Of Health up to noon to-day, show
that the. hopes Of abatement Yesterday
wereL at least premature. Last evening
and this morning there was quite an in
crease in the number oil new cases. Twen-
ty.fise new cases have been reported from
8 o'clock yesterday evening to noon to-
day. There ia an increase in the death
rate also: the Howard's alone reporting
eight deaths. The feature developed this
morning is that no part OF the city en-
| Joys immunity from the plague, as cases
reported are located in different parts OF
the city, several being found on Linden
street, in the southern part Of the city.
Relief is being received by the Citizens
Committee daily, and many persons are
this morning ayailing themselves oil the
use OF tents to get their families out OF
the city.
WASHINGTON, August 2l.-The Israel.
| ites held meeting Last evening and SUBJ
lcribed $3.50 to the yellow fever sufferers
Of the South.
CHATTANOOGA, August 2l.-Mrs. N.
schwarlzenburg, OF Memphis, died here
of yellow lever, contracted beiore leaving
home. The hotels are full Of refugees; no
fears are entertained. .
CAIRO MoDIFIEs HER QUARANTINE RIdU.
LATIoaB.
CAIRO, August 2l.-The Board of
Health this afternoon 80 far modified the
quarantine regulations as TO permit all
down steamboats, 10 land, provided they
will not knowingly receive freight or
passengers that have recently. arrived
from yellow fever injected districts; they
must, however, have certificates Of our
quarantine physician toa clean. bill OF
health. Trains from Milan, on the Mis-
sissippi Central and the. local trains OF
the Iron Mountain Railroad will be per-
United To come into thu. city under the
same regulations. The steamer Desmet,
from ST. Louis to-day, was forbidden to
| land because she took passengers from the
steamer .na cityof vicksburg from below,
tho rough ali were we'll on board: Astate.
| mentsigned byall the physicians in'the
city is published to-day, to the effect that
there 10 not case Of yellow fever here.
This abatement iss 10 controyert the i'm
precision that has, gone abroad that the
scourge prevails here. The health OF the
city Is unusually good for this season. ~
THE RATIO OF MORTALITY AT NEW Or