Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1878-08-21
The yellow Fever.

cities, have reached here very lrregularly
for the last week or ten days, being
always from twenty-feur to forty. eight
hours behind time. When received
there is no haste by any one to open
either letters or papers, although some
medical authorities assert that the
yellow fever cannot be communicated
in such manner. Passengers from New
Orleans come here freely and move
around in all public places. A guest of
one of the principal hotels who arrived
| last night left New Orleans only a week
ago and came from house in which
there were three cases of fever. While
there is no disposition here to create
unnecessary alarm, there is feeling
among the authorities, both local and
national, that it may be proper to in
stitute some measures Of ptecaution, as
persons fleeing from the infected lecali-
ties appear to be first attracted to
Washington as an abiding place Of
refuge.
High medical officers of the army
who have been giving close attention TO
the matter consider that there is danger
of excessive mortality in those places
where the fever is now raging, in con-
sequence of the peculiar climatic condi-
tons which just now prevail. While
there is no anticipation Of a spread OF
the disease in this direction, it is con-
sidered that the authorities Ofall the
Atlantic cities cannot be too careful IN
the. enforcement Of comprehensive
sanitary regulations. In reply to APP
plications from the authorities OF
Memphis and Grenada, the Secretary
of War has ordered the distribution Of
tents and camp eqsipage for the use OF
the sufferers and their attendants.
LATEST REPORTS FROM THE SOUTH
AND WEST,
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Aug. l5.-The
following telegram was sent this morn
ing to Hon. George w. McCrary,
Secretary of War, Washington, D. c.:
death is making rapid strides
through our streets. Towns have
quarantlned against us. Can you not
order one thousand tents into which to
remove the poor ?
"R. F. PATTERSON, Col. Int. Rev.
''R. A. THOMPSON, Postmaster"
Since the above was sent Postmaster
Thompson sent another telegram asking
for rations, with view Of supplying and
getting all the poor people cut Of town.
Twenty-seven new cases and six dealt S
have been reported in the last twenty
four hours.
Secretary McCrary has responded
favorably to the appeal made to him.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Aug. l5.-Thirty-
three new cases Of fever and six deaths
are reported from 9 O'Clock last night
TO 9 to night. The Memphis and
Grenada and Memphis and Little Rock
railroads have stopped running their
trains. Nearly all the towns in all
directions are quarantined against us.
Several of the largest business houses in
the city will close tomorrow and re
main closed until after frost. Gaston's
and the Commercial Hotel closed to-
day. The Howards have organized
and set out twenty nurses to-day. The
Masons and Odd-Fellows have gone to
work, and are doing much good. Con-
siderable excitement prevails. Thous'
ands have left the city and every train
is loaded down.
Nothing reliable has been received
from Grenada tonight.
WASHINGTON, Aug. l5.-The fol-
lowing was received at the Postotlice
Department to-day:
Memphis, Tenn, Aug. l5.-IIon. D.
N. Key, Postmaster General: yellow
fever bad here and great generalization
but propose to see it through, and
only ask your authority for full power
to act in cases Of emergency.
'R. A. THOMPSON, Postmaster"
LITTLE Rock, Ark, Aug. l5.-The
board sfhealth met to-day and deter
mined to establish quarantine on the
Memphis railroad, thus preventing the
running of trains entirely. A health
officer is to be stationed at Belmont.
No., to examine all trains coming south
from st. Louis. Quarantine officers are
also to be stationed in Texas to examine
trains coming this way. Steamboats,
and stages between this city and Pine
Bluff have stopped. The Memphis
train was stopped last night at the coun-
ty line and not permitted to come to
the city. Over one hundred Memphians
were prevented from entering the city.
Several came in on foot and to-day
we're ordered out. There are no signs
Of fever here. Every precaution is being
taken to see that it does not reach here.
No epidemic has ever reached this
city, yet considerable excitement pre-
walls among all classes.
GRENADA, Miss, Angus Is
sixteen experienced nurses, IN charge
Of Drs. Vaudeville and Veazie, arrived
from New Orleans. The nurses were
quickly assigned to afflicted families
The type of the disease Is pronounced
malignant, and is spreading. Ten or
twelve new cases have appeared, and
nine deaths were reported in the last