Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-09-04
Yellow Fever.

ornrs in one house on Increase street.
There was au enormous Increase IN inc Gum,
her of new cess TO- day. The deaths decreased
from IS to So, while the new cases inereased
from 209 to 32I. ru
Holly SPRINGS, Mss, Sept S.-There
are some sixty cases of lover among tne oIs.
zens here. The doctors pronounce II DiiioaS
" Goodrich and Isaac Tandler, citizens, and
w Nockiu. refugee, have occurred. Ihere
"a n Great panic, and the people arc Leaving IN
large numbers.
GRENADA, Sept. 3.-Four new cases and
three deaths since last report. DR.. y. Waliaoe,
formerly Of New Orleans, rractlclng ohleny
among negroes, says it is the easiest managed
fever no has ever seen on colored people. lie
has not lost case.
NASHVILLE. Sept. S.-A special from
Brownsville. Tenn., says today has been a
bIue one, Thirteen new cases and four deaths
oro rcportcd. The fever attacks natives and
visitors alike, The Towards. with tho aid OF
tho oiy authorities. have to bury tho dead
themselves. The town is deserted. All stores
except drug stores, are closed.
MEMPHIS. Sept. 3.-Tho condition OF our
civ to day bcrgars description. While the
list IF new cases reported is only about sixty,
tho death rate has amounted to eighty SIX
onlv two Of which wore from other causes than
| yellow fever, Bodies wero discovered to day
| in out of: the way places which have tho ap
pearance of having boon dead several days.
| Ono popularity manifested among macy oi
| the sick is desire to stcluuo themselves
| while among tho poor there Is an unreasonable
| tear Of being sent to the hospital or ln'lrmsry.
| Among the new cases to day arc the nov
| George g. Harris, dean Of st. Mays Eplsco.
nal Cathedral; Rev. g. G. Parsons, rector OF
st. Marp's; DR.. s. IL. Brown, and H. lelancr,
| of Mcuken Bros. MIR, a. r. Hodge is reported
| in q diving condition. Among the lew eonva-
leseeutsis Ed Woraham, chief Of police. Athey
is reported couvalescng. DR.. Dowel OF Cal
weston, is here, doing good service among tho
sick. Four physicians from Charles on. or.
rived to day. t. s. JamisoD, correspondent
of the ST.. Louis Journal, was conveyed 10 the
h,spital to day. sick with fever.
| N1cKsBUnu, Sept 3.-The city sexton re-
ports thirty six deatLa in tho past twenty fou'
hours One physician reports sixty nc" cases.
1t il thought that the number OF Few eases
will 20 far above any other day since the fever
appcare1 The physicians say they can Of
longer make report Of new eases. Tor want OF
time and the large increase 10 new cases. Inc
Howard Association is calling in Gods name
for physicians from all parts Of the country Il
como to the relief OF the stricken ones o
Vickshnrg. The number OF physicians here
ia small, and they are broken dove, and seVe
raj are sick.
Among the deaths to.iay is Ohm d. Roach
psying teller OF the Ficksbnrg Bank. hev
Mr.. Galloway, Of the Methodist Churcn, !
sinking rapidly, end no hopes are entertained
ef his recovery. Dr. Whitehead Is also 10 {
dying conditlou. All arc given up. Ills VII
who has been sick with ttv>r. got up to day
and has been ministerng to his wants ln M
last moments. The fever at Groenvlile Gun
tinucs TO Increase rapidly. Saventy il9e case
are reported there aud fourteen dcatha. Twenty
six cases and six deaths are reported at DELHI
They call for medicines and medical aid.
\ dispatch from Ocean Springs reports tW
deaths from yellow fever yesterday and lou
eases under treatment. Father Charca Is dow
s,,;+iuc' trlngram.
Seventy Gases and fourteen deaths arereport
cd at GrecDviiIr, Mias, and thirty casss an'
four deaths at Goodrich 8 Landing.
4 dispatch from Picks5urg says: DIR. Nor
ris. Of Chattanooga, who went to work Yester
day. reports having sixty now casea, forty oil
Gnes OH hand already aad more calls than HI
will attend 10 to night, and has written Owe
ono hundlcl and seventy i've prescriptions
to day. He has found whole families dove
with tho fever, without anything to eat or G
single soul near to give assistance, some having
been in that condition for three days. If the
tcrrihle incrcas, Of tho past few days should
continue this place will discount the horrors Of
Grenada, for there are few here that are mol
| on doubio duty, and the excitement attendant
| on these awful times is wearing them cut daily
| by the scores.
A dispatch from Grenada says: 10 all
| L. Al r,,t
ket house, not a saloon. .'''
Mrs. Emma Clay, a Cube s.in,inIrr,o of cxperi.
encc, says that meyer eyer ia her life did she sec sc
'ett , ~ :. siourcc 10 Havana or III any Other
i TIT of Cuba. Mexico or New Orleans. Mrs.
Clay states that this is moro like plague thar
any epidemic Of yellow fever; that the patients
turn black and blue 10 various parts Of THEN
bodies Just before and Just alter death.
New YORK, Sept. 4.-Thc plan Of making
nickel collections Tor the relief Of the yellow
fever sufferers in the South by means Of ballot
boxes placed 10 hotels and other congpiGuou:
positions in this and adjacent cities has nctted
many thousands of dollars. The originator OF
tho plan suggests and solicitis aid 10 getting
the system adopted 10 every city and toWG
throughout the country.
New York, Sept 4.-'rho employees OF
Wells, Fargo Il Co.'s express company OF this
city and San Francisco have contributed $3.50
for the relief Of the yellow fever sufferers, and
that amount was to day forwarded to Memphis.
Thousand dollars has been raised at Rochester,
n. Y. The Young Peoples Literary Society
Of WATERFOWL, N. T., has forwarded 800 to
New Orleans.
MOBILE. Ala, Sept. Notwithstanding
the case OF yellow fever reported by DR.. Gaines
last Saturday there has been no spread of the
disease. Tho city is enjoying excellent health.
NEWS OF the Day.
~ dispatch from New Orleans says: A man
named Bennett. from Honey Island. was
killed in CovingtoD, on Monday, by ". L.
Hosmer, who had been called upon by the
town marshal to asaist him to arrest Bennett,
who was desperate and had threatened to VIC,
late every woman in the town before hs left it.
| Bennett resisted arrest aud attempting 10 draw
his pistol was fred upon by Hosmer. The
ooroners jury justified Hosmer's action
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