The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-09-20
DOMESTIC iMrELLIoHMUx.



A dynamite magaxine exploded near
bradford, Pa, tho other day. killing four
nlan. Their bodies we're blown into a million
fragments.
Memphis dispatches of Hept. D repre-.
scnt The condition u .na.rs III that city a.
Truly appalling Tho nov cArcH of yelluw
fever f.r tle preceding tHent,-fonr hnnrs
rcaehe, the fearful figure ~ Ill, and tho
deaths alon. i2o. Over 1000 people we're
down with tho lossilence Tho .socsors were
working hard, but hundreds of persons we're
dying without being able 10 sol 4
phssictan. ~ walk Or ride through any
street u the city, teiagraphs : correspondent
reyeais tho srene VI death II almost every
stop, while Tho st.neh from rotting bodies IL
most loAthsone. the number u unattended
cases being NJ numerous that nlaily AFa found
daily only Iy trAain. np tho scc1. I'LL iss sonrao
" reached, aud tlicn II IN often thu case that
ilireo ~ four dead bodice Aro found In one
rootn. Al New Orleans tho number u new
c.aea for tho t~eht, -four hours w.a IA, AMI
tho desshn NJ. Al Hickman, KY, Gu cares
VI fever wore nn.lcr treatment, In population
" 300. A dispatch u tho 9TH from Jackson,
Mias., sAysi " Tho fever has broken out ii
several now points In this HtAte. Bolton Lake.
Lawrence station on tho vicksbnsg and Mori.
don railway, and Gilman station on tho Now
Orleans rCad Try Grove, In liintis county. NJ
abatement II vlcknhurw. Holly Springs Fort
Gibson, OF uroenvtlls. Al Grenada only three
~ four remain 10 ~ attacked"
Tho deaths from yellow fever In New
Orleans, on she iith u September, numbered
Nj now esaev 25a. Dnsinevr WAS almost IN.
siteiy susps,gied, and II waa estimated that
there were o&er b0,0t'o unempl.,sd peopie In
thu city. Az Memphis ,here W. no
abatement of the plagnc. dispatch
from that city aA.si we have ii this tiats
3tt'0 alck u provide Tor aud 10. 900 wall people
to feed. Tho average Increase VI cAssa Ii i00,
And the e,axe deaths 100 PR day The-o
Are no signs " abatement VI the fcser, though
thu wealth hks turned cold, sud we have
hopes u back u tho epidemic has been
broksn.' Al vlcksburg there we're n deaths,
slight decrease. There WAS Also slight do
crease In tho number os nsw casss. IL TIN
other towns ~ Tho noulh where tbs pcslilenco
had found iot1sment thcro wss no aLatemsnt.
Tho number of deaths from yellow
fever In New Orleans on the 18th was ~ now
eAse~. ~. Al Memphis there were 2oa now
cAsss and NJ deaths. Tho disease had assumed
mild form, aud yielded mo,c readily 10 tssal.
msnt. vicAsbnrx reported u deaths Tho
wea'her wAs growing cool, and there was hope
of ~ early sbatsmcnt VI TIN plague. Al
ilolly syringe, Hickman, Brownsville, ard
other towns ~ lto Interior. tisero wAs little or
NO abatement 0f tho epidemic.
A man named vallonr Ht. Martin.
conhned In ths lAli u N. Charles pasish, La,
for ths murder u ! colosad man, was taken
out II night BY mpb II negroes and sun-
masiiy put " death. Ms received the con.
tents u at least nifty guns, and WA literally
Ttddled With bullets beyond Ali recognition.
West.
A small steamer waA sunk. the other
day, IN Tho Missouri rivss, near H. Charles,
aud three of tho oFsw wsss drow,sad.
Two Dcadwood coachss, ono bound
up and The other down, ~srs receusiy robiHd
W thfss bandits not ~ from Hat cresk,
Wyominx. Tho treasure boxe4 were hroksn
ojcn and robbed of THUR chmtsnts- -whieA
amounted " lissts. BY tho Wy. tho mail sscAs
wssc guttsd of III reeislsssd letters, snd lha
passengers relieved VI their i0nsy, watches
md jsweiFy.
President Hayes aud party. alter tAk.
ins trip ap thu Northern raeiac rAilsoad y
far ~ Fargo. Dakota. and inspecting ths great
wheat-Aslds of that region. returned 70 Minne-
apoils aud looked IN nion Tho Esin4tlon. W.
thence i0urneycd u Madison, and W. tseussst
q The opsniuk n The wisconsin Btass vair.
llIs grcslieacy next visited Miiwankes. where
b. was Tho guest u Hon. Aiaasndsr Mitchell.