The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-08-18
YELLOW FEVER.
RAVAGES OE THE TERRIBLE PLAGUE
UNABATED.

TWENTY NEW CASES AND FIVE DEATHS At
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. or NEARLY ONE-HAIF
TIE POPULATION OF THE CITY.-A PITIA-
BLE CONDITION OF AFFAIRS AT GRENADA
SEVENTEEN DEATIis AND ONLY TWO HUN
DRIED WHITES LEFT.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Aug, TO- Twenty new
cases and five deaths from yellow fever &C.
CURED within the past "a hours. The
disease is now yielding to the treatment Of
the physicians. \ great many people left
the city to-day. Some of the residence
streets are entirely deserted and many large
stores are closed. A great number of the
persons now sick are children from eight to
fourteen years old. With 50 many people
out Of the city, the great cXcrtions of the
board of health and the care Of experienced
physicians, there is more hopeful feeling
tonight that the disease will not spread over
the city The new cases are all in the in
tccted district-thc northeastern portion Of
the city.
At GRENADA.
According to specials to Memphis papers
there are about one hundred and twenty
persons now sick, and 8 deaths have occur
red sine, last report The citizens OF Grcn-
ada pctitioned the Howard association Of
Memphis to leave their nurses there and to
request Gen. W.. Smith and Col. Butter
Anderson TO remain IN charge Of them.
The Towards took favorable action on the
petition.
AID FROM THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT.
Special to the Republican,
WAslIINGTON, August LITTLE secretary
Of war brought the matter Of relief for vel.
lew fever sufferers before the cabinet to-day
and it was decided t, forward tents and
provisions when wanted and trust to con.
grcss for rcimbursing the department
The cabinet session was very brief. Re.
ports from Southern cities, stricken with
yellow fever, were The subject Of much dis
cussion and deep sympathy was expressed
II was decided to give every posi-.
bic aid to afflicted cities and
Secretary McCrary's favorable re-
sponsc To Memphis was highly appaudcd
by the president and cabinet. Tne post.
office department: asks Surs4on.G neral
Barnes if he can suggest some scientific
way Of tumigatng mails by which all
danger OF transmitting yellow fever or
other similar diseases can b, avoided,
The yellow fever scare in the treasury
department has not yet passed away and
ladies in the redemption bureau feel very
anxious. Prccauton is taken to have
packages ofmoncy from "a, f,ycr districts
thoroughly disintcctcd.
LITTLE ROCK.
LITTLE Rock, Aug. lG.-Passcngcr and
fire. ght trains are running through from -,
Louis to Texas on the 81. Louis and Iron
Mountain and Southern railway, 4 health
officer is stationed ~ Poplar Bluffs and
Bismarck; Mo-. to examine all passengers
and freight. The officers Of the road are
working in harmony with the board of health
of this city. All trains between this city and
Memphis are stopped. No signs of fever
here. Quarantine is strictly enforced. The
passengers stopped two nights ago at the
county line, on the Mcmpis road, are still
Misrepresentation |, refused them to enter
the city. The steamer Mammelc, from
Memphis, stopped twelve miles below the
city this morning and turned back
Dispatches from Houston, Texas, say
there is no yellow tcvera that point, pr''
va,c letters to the contrary Notwithstanding.
GRESApAs rIrIABiE rLicnT.
GRENADA, Miss, Aug. l6.--The scenes
IN this plaguc.strickcn town for the past
"a hours beggar description. The strong.
est men and women AMI helpless children
are sick, dying or dead. It is p.;ibla in.