St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-09-06
Yellow Fever.

The deaths by yellow fever at the
South since the disease first appeared
III the last week of July foOts up almost
5000, of which 1910 were at New Or
leans, $40 at Memphis, Tenn, 24O at
Vicksburg, Miss, 100 ut Grenada, Miss,
30 at Port Gibson, La, and so at other
points. The disease, aside from cases
on board vessels, has been confined al
most exclusively to the Mississippi walls
ley, one death being, however, reported
at Mobile, Ala, on Saturday, and few
cases ut Key West, Fla, month ago.
The disease is still more deadly at Gre
NADIA, and only an extremely small per-
centage of the patients recover. Next
to Grenada, the greatest mortality is at
Memphis, while at New Orleans the
disease is hardly less likely to be fol-
lowed by death, about 33b per cent of
the patients being carried off. 1t is less
terrible at Vicksburg, and has been APP
parently assuming a milder form there
for some days. There are now over
1000 yellow fever patients at New Or
leans, and experts there say that the
climax will not be reached till the 18th
of this month, when the rate of mortal
ity will be $50 day. The outlook is
no better in other parts of the field.
The Howard association has been the
most efficient agency in resisting the
disease throughout the South this year
as well as in years past. The response
of northern and other cities to the ap-
peals for help from the afflicted towns
has been remarkable, and probably
$500, 900 has been contributed. The
contributions at New York foot up
about $4,000, at Boston 49,, 900, at
Philadelphia $2l 900, at Chicago S24,-
600, at st. Louis probably $4,000, at
Washington $4,000, at Charleston $4,000
and at San Francisco several thousand.
The southern cities and great many of
the smaller northern towns are giving
as they are able of both money and sup
plies, and nurses and physicians in va
riOus parts of the country have offered
their services.
THE SITUATION IN GRENADA AND MEM
PHIs.
Specials from the South say that DR..
Voolfolk of Paducah, Kentucky, has
arrived at Grenada to render assistance.
He never had the fever, and was urged
to return, but insists on remaining.
say luS IL is HIS uuby. w OOlIOlk Is the
Democratic candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, running without
Rev. Drs. Hall, Baptist,
and Campbell, Presby at Grena-
da, are dead.
At Memphis, Rev. George Harris,
dean of st. Mary's Episcopal cathedral,
is sick. A man who called to secure
DR.. Hodges services, on opening the
door found Hodges lying helpless from
the fever. But for this discovery he
would have died without attention.
Two cases have broken out at the Faith
er Matthew aid camp, six miles from
the city, one of the cleanest and health
lest localities. A number of cases is
also reported at Fort Pickens, which
has been exempt from the epidemic
since 1857 when the fever depopulated
it. The fever has taken entire possess
sion of the city aud its suburbs, and
dead bodies continue to be found. One
was found yesterday in the upper story
of the library building, so decomposed
that it was impossible to ascertain
whether the victim was white or black. |
The saw mills and lumber dealers hav-
ing closed, it is thought that the mayor
will press all lumber found to be con-
verted into collins for the pauper dead. |
The impression prevails that all the |