Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-09-14
WEST AND SOUTHWEST.

New Orleans, on the 5th, reported Sc
deaths from yellow fever for the preceding
"a hours, and 201 new cases. Memphis had
50 deaths, and the new cases were so numer-
GUS that the physicians failed to report
them. At Canton, Miss, there were Is new
cases and 8 deaths. At Grenada, 6 deaths,
and nearly every person down or dying; dis
ease extremely virulent. At Vicksburg, IS
deaths, including Dr.J. Whitehead and DIR.
A. r. Green, colored. At Port Gibson,
there had been 400 cases and 30 deaths. At
Holly Springs, over 70 cases under treatment
and some 10 deaths. At Greenville, 10
deaths and 19 new cases. At Brownville,
Tenn, four deaths and 10 new cases. At
Baton Rouge, La, 14S cases under treat
mcnt and 15 deaths to date; disease of very
mild type here. At Hickman, KY, Il
deaths and some 80 cases under treatment.
On the Sth, New Orleans reported so
deaths from yellow fever and 223 new cases.
Memphis, 100 deaths and 800 new cases, up
on estimates made from partial reports.
The situation was desperate-3,0O0 down
with fever, and scarcity Of ply
sicians, nurses and supplies. Port Glib
son had 70 deaths to date; more nurses
wanted. Vicksburg and Grenada reported
deaths and 20 new cases. Hickman, KY,
had 80 cases of yellow fever, vouched for by
DIR. Blackburn, of Louisville, who had gone
there to look after them. Plaquemine, ,Iber-
vile Parish, La, had 100 cases and % deaths
to date.
On the 9th, New Orleans reported 81
deaths from yellow fever and IA new cases.
Memphis had 112 deaths and probably 800
ha daat tbcf bar nr
L. C. Slater, pastor First Methodist Church,
DIR. Nelson, Major j. c. Thrall, Rev. ID. X.
Rosebury, and other well known persons.
The Citizens Committee notified all
well persons who expect to draw ra-
tions that they must leave the city and go
into camp. DIR. Stone reported from
Grenada that the disease had nearly
run its course, for want Of new material to
feed upon, and no further trouble was ap-
pretended. Canton had 81 new cases and
four deaths; Holly Springs, three new cases
and seven deaths; and there was no abate-
ment at Vicksburg, Port Gibson or Green
vile. The disease has appeared at Mays
vile, KY, and in Thomas Porter's family,
four miles above Cairo, ILL.,, although no
cases had been reported in that city.
The plan of making nickel collections for
means Of ballot-boxes placed in hotels and
other conspicuous positions in New York
and other cities has netted many thousands
Of dollars, and it is suggested that the sys-
TEN be adopted in every city and town
Throughout the country.
= Mr.. w. l.. Hunt, Superintendent Of Rail-
way Mali Service, Southern Division, has is
sued an official circular, addressed to the
Postmasters i'm Arkansas and Texas, stating
that the Department has issued stringent
orders to its employees in infected districts,
to hold at their offices all mail matter ad-
dressed to the States named, and that route
agents are likewise instructed to return to
the mailing offices all matter Of this de-
scription that may be forwarded. The De-
partment therefore protests against the in
discriminate cutting of of mail communi-
cation, as has been done by many cities and
towns In these States, and will not sanction
the stoppage Of any mails except such as
are prohibited by legally constituted Boards
of Health.
A Washington dispatch of the I'd says:
Reports received tonight at the Office OF the
Marine Hospital and Signal-Service, give
heartrending accounts of the dire march OF
the pestilence at New Orleans, Vicksburg
and Memphis, and the expansion Of the ares
threatened with a similar visitation. The
reports to the Marine Hospital headquarters
here, say that the prospect is fearful to con-
template; that experienced physicians are