The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-10-17

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The Towards tell me that Tho most OF their cases
old which have not been reported before,
and that nearly all are from the upper districts learn
the Of the Young Mems Christian Association
that. only thrty-one reported to-day came
from that OF the city bounded BY Esplanado
Josephine strset2 Only single case appears In tho
Second district Nearly all the cases are reported
from the Sixth district ! all this district
this morning with members Of the Young Mems
Christian Association, where ut least 100 have
been under by this association alone In this
district, too the largest number children Every
house. indeed, presented the appearance of chila's
hospital. They lying Two, three and four In
bed, all Frustrated by the lever. Dr. Chambers, OF
the Howards told me that In square where
he had treated lhrty-two children only eight adults
had been sick In one house found an infant only y
lew hours old lying beside another child just re-
covered from the lever. Many OF the houses were
mere hovels Some lev cottages which presented a
neat and even pretty appearance from the street
found entering had nothing WITHIN but single
bed or three chairs h
DEsrIrUriox.
Want was here expressed IN language that could
be mistaken. In one place found two women
lying the aoor up in a loft rho kitchen was an
old chimney, not q room, built the yard Four
niiorsu Out OF five were sick IN one place. three OF
them IA one bed and the infant IN It's mothers arms
In another house / found me sick ali living IN
one room aud the dead in room nd
jo,ning In this district 1 noticed . col
ored physician had quite number OF
Cases even among the white population. OF the COZ
oredspeople there were large number SICK, but
OF them were discovered 10 be pretending sickness.
onewoman had been lying IN her bod for niue DAY $
with no sckness that any OF the dootors could per-
cove. Her hight eyes LOGGING tor raIous--tnat
was svidsaI 10 all, Tor throughout the wnolo Length
anu breadth OF this District only death had
Cured among tnss class the this season
a q eatf
lat pork after an attack OF lever. Among those poo
bsa.,oss NJ tne,r r,,,lare, on,v sny,s sx.ao,,a
10 To isiappeareS she white iatnor, German,
altsGdance on hs iitte grL On asking Tor his vile,
who colored, he told Sue working In the
city.
cosrLsugn MORTALITY AMONG CHILDREN.
heard snd saw some sad things IN This district.
One case was little giri, very pale xad weaK, whom
her mosher tod had been mo, stout hearty cnid
before she stricken with The disease The mother
was stranger Ia Tue south, aud knew nothing about
yclls~ lever. She had treated the poor child with
blue mass and castor oil Tor four days before she
was taken sick as preventative against the pcsl-
lence. Ia families Ia this dIsric even among the
extremely destitute, the physicians, am told, have
been exlremely successful. out OF family OF nine
only single child had been Loaf. In other families,
again. among the better cass OF people ID mortality
has been fearful Onc gentleman has lost three chill
oren, all but one la several the died Ia
fearful Jury ana madness, btns at tho nurses they
tried 10 hoId thcm down. One lille fellow biz on The
tops OF his fngers IN the dreadful dslirium oil the
| disease.
THE DEATH ROLL
The list of deaths Tor tue past lwenty-iour hours Is
20, great decrease, when only hopo will DO
permanent. fotai deaths 10 date, S,575. The names
4 OF the dead are
I William Koiiy Adelaide Cazale,
Emile scnu,ize, helen A. Hisglnbotham,
Josephine Newhouse, charies Zeress,
| William owens, j. VI. DuporI,
Louis Mitter, Maria l. J. Bscher,
Joseph HoaDciser, Gara Erusmandorn,
Henry Bariei, *. .. Nicnolls MsM
ROBERT Lasmar Hope ID. Philips,
/ ANNE X. Young Jean Bountu,
| Patricx Ahern. q Peterson,
Charles A. Filnegan. EnzaDeth y. Mcnamara,
Josephine Gallo. Jonn N. Weiss,
mary clifford, nyacn,ne L'Antonia.
| Among those are fourteen children under twelve
Dispatches received from nil points Or the fever
zone show no material abatement Of Tho disease. j.
w. ~ cair Telegraph operator at the Jackson depot,
has had sreapsc b. H. Vsii operator at Meridian, died
yesterday OF evor He agent OF the Ta,cgrapbes ~
Mutual Bcmsvoient Association At Vioksoarg. A. D..
Baobitt most active member 81 the Ieicgraphsrs'
Kecf Assocation, who took the fever yesterday, ~
reported IN a favorable conditton to-day Tue Rev.
Leska rriest,. OF the First German PrcsDv terrain
unurch, aged thirty -four years. a native OF Berlin,
dieJ to-day Of yellow lever Inc Howards nave ro-
eoved a.despatcn asx,ng that yscians and narsss
DO sent to Yazoo cay, wbero very malignant aud
fatai form 81 iever has appeared.
Applications Tor relief 10 tue Young Mons christian
Associa Ion to-day Dumocr 81 10 Tho HowarIs 223.
Tue Howarus nave sent nurses 70 Logtswb, Bruhie,
LaDadievihe aud DR.. veuzie and nurses 10 Morgan
Cry. Tue Peabody Association issued % ooo ratio ns
to-day.
CONDITION OF CHArTAhooGA-1HIEE DRAFTS
YEsrgGpAY--rHE FEVER NOR SPREADING
AAioSG THE MOUNTAIN
[BY TELLGgAPH 10 THE HERALD.
CHATTANOOGA, rsuB., Oct. 10, 1873
The three deaths yellow lever hero today wsro-
Il. Legras, Mrs. q. Doitz anu u coiored man. Zen
have been reported since last night, two OF
them white Tue disease has probably Iuied. We
dare hope Tor any permanent abatement, however,
while the cool nights aud not days continue. The
Thermometer stood at eighty our degrees on Lockout
Mountain to-day ~ two T.. 81. Tho fever will prob
ably sBow itself within a lew days III a worse form
than IL does BOw. Toe infected district stu fu
0i paopi0, aad all efforts TO get thom 10 tue canp