Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-09-19
Yellow Fever.

New ORLEANS, Sept. l9.-Thc deaths H.
clude twenty three children under sev,,
Among the deaths ore Mrs. Mcguire, vile a.
ex Assistant Postmaster j. j. Mcguire cr4
Rev. 6. Baumanu, CT the German Luther,
ST. Johns Church. From noon to six p. r.
% deaths and AS new cases we're reported, q
dating prior to the 18th.
MEMPHIS, Sept. l9.-There was rerc,ptb,,
increase 10 activity about the Howard headquar
tiers yesterday, and apparently 40 decrease,
the number of new cases. although the seror
of deaths was lighter, only thirty eight heos
reported up to noon, making ninety one i27
tho past twenty four hours.
Among the dead arc two more volunteer
ph7sicians-Drs. John B. Hicks and ]. s.
Bapksou-aud Rev. J.. i. Scbugler. Episcop.l
minister from New jersey; Mrs. Margaret
Steinkeihl, Sister Ruth. W. B. Shepard 40!
Mrs. R. Il. Brooks, mother Of W. 5. Brock,
OF the Appeal.
Auoag the new cases is Theodore Hoist. q
Hoist Brothers, undertakars. TIE supply q
cofius is running very low and it Is With gr"j
difficulty anything hut rough coflo shape,
boxes can be obtained escn by people 10 good
| circumstances.
A dispatch from Morgan Guy says The fever
| GaS appeared Oh OiIlh O. CtCe! pIaQlntl)E,
four miles from there.
A dispatch from Port Gibson says some eaae9
Of fever have appeared IN several locaiilie4 Is
the country.
At GaIlipolis Hugh Plymua!c, seventy is
| wears of age, the last patleot III the ul,cvi
district, died Tuesday night. There arc 10 OthrJ
cases.
At Grenada yesterday one death aal tlrc,
nnw casea Weather VAIN.
| At Canton, new cases ten, deaths cilYlp
Dr.. A. H. Cage is dead.
At Baton Rouge yestc:tl.y, Hcw cas2s tS,uty
five, deaths three.
At Vicksburg, 6tty new eases a-d ;w-:g.
deaths.
LONDON Sept. l9.-~[n coDscqu,lca o. :.
intmation from the Howard Associa,ioo -
New Orleans that no more aid is required Il.
Liverpool yellow ftr:r iunl hes GceG cn1v'.
Fifteen thousand dollars was rcn TIED 70 ="
Orleans yesterday evening,
The tolIt wing is the reported pew ca::s =
yellow l.Vcr 10 the past twenty tOur hour; -
tho Board of Health, 2j2.;; by The lioGan.
$50; by the Goulg Mems Christian A,sc".a
tor. sc; total, COZ Of the cases icportru j.
Tue Board of Health. las are cases which l.
Cured previous to the lj;h lastaut; :.nt! IL;
reported until to-day.
RICHMOND, Va, Sept. - -Tne pi'y.i~'a.+
having charge e The cases oi Karl lensc1. r..
wife and little daughtcr refugees ifom NsE
Orleans, and rrostra;cd here by . terrible H.
! ease still refuse 10 say that it is ycl:o" Fen,
but vii! not give it any ether mcdasi n"a..
This course has hcC1 c0uaacI!ed UY Tic bailI IT
y health in order to prevent aoy alarM or 0a.It
which might result from the anuou1oe'a"nt
:. that the pcsteoeo WasCTea Introduced here b.
u refugees. The extreme precautl0n i rtGAEl j
as superhu0us. IS in 1855. when the y'.I;o"
fever ragged at Norfolk, aud When large nuul!,,f'
q of patients were brought here for treatment "a
| resident of the city Waa taken with It. th"'I:n
= many OF tic patients died.
{ DR.. Koincr the attending physician. %'.I. 9.
( tonight that Ycnscu is improving aud r:o's
i bly, out of dagger, but that his wttc Is SOC
D and tho little daughter is about In the Ha!ic
J. condition she YES yesterday. They arc h>rt
J. carefully nurscd, are receiving every Necessary
. medical attention, and all OF them may rec1"ri
There is rot the slightest apprehension ti''
the fever will sprcad, hence the desire OF IL
physicians not to create any alarm.
n New ORLEANS, Sept. l9.-E {. JAcDh >.
!, with A. Thomuson 4 o., died ills rnorn,2~,
BATON ROUGE, Sept. l9.-Ey Gov: St:a
Bard died last plight OF yellow fever. Th' w:
his family Was atacot he received every a'.,I
e ton, and CONSTANTLY urged that they be not NJ
l. formed Of his iIIocss, hoping lie would rcc.v"c,
, Although not officially reported, c)uair': yH''
u forty deaths to date. We have many Gcw csa, J..
b Father LoveI, cur sick priest, sst very Io,'
| The disease Is assuming : moro m.il.nan,
J. type. (Sgucd}
LEON J hSTGEMSEI, MAJOR.
0 CAIRO, ILL.,, Sept. ia telegram r,Y
:, Hickman gives uorc favorable report, t"cr.
i having been but four rev cases in the l"cnt'
four hours ending this norning and 10 'ie,h' :.
q There are 10 cases Oh lever IN Cairo. H.,
, weather il pleasant.
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