Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-09-11
Yellow Fever News.
KEW OEIENNs.

averaged about 80 each day with about |
.; per cent. of deaths. The number of
case. in the city since the beginning Of the
endemic have been over 10000. The NOR
tality is great among children. The names
of the deceased are not always published.
Various Relief Associations have been
fully organized, and are using, to good
purpose, the contributions from the people
of other sections. In the absence OF any
thing but the condensed reports of the
Associated Press, we have no details oi
the suffering. From the occasional specials
we find in the shreveport papers W. Judge
the condition If affairs to be- painful IN the
extreme. Whole families have been strick-
en- down, and in snfnc cases all have dird
NICKsBrRG.
Tho fever continues Ia increase. Fully
300 we're down sick last week. About
the same proportion Of deaths ns in New
Orleans Many of the most prominent
citizens are sick, dying, and dead.
MEMPHIS.
In this city il continued the same story
. Of woe, want, and death. Doctors sick,
nurses down, aud the poorer people star''
ing. The dcnih rate is fully one fourth OF
those attacked.
Nfws N GENERAL.
Holly Springs vet suffers from the plague.
Grenada will soon be dcpopufntcd At
this point the malignity of the disease is
sGid 10 surpass anything in the previous
experience of the oldest physicians. Very
few escape Who are attacked
The fever at Grccnville aud Port Gibson
is steadily increasing. "A some places so
day il oiirrr,l TOR nurses. The fever in
crcases at Delhi, which " the only point,
~ far, on this side Of the Mlsssslpla, visit
ed by the epidemic,
At Baton Rouge the fever i Of very
mild type IfrI cases md II deaths.
The fever is spreading throughout Mis-
sissipp along all the railroads Is at sew
cral other points IN Tennessee besides
Memphis, and Mt one place III Kentucky.
The people of the whole country arr
contributing largely for relief All tn
Southern States aud all the North an'
West give literally. New York city send
over 100000; Philadelphia, sn,00; Chica
20 and -. Louis the same, and the contri
buttons still continue. Nickel boxes ar
in the hotels post offices, and other publ
places all over the country
Judge W. Is. Egan is at scwauc", Tenn
in very had health.
Can man who Journeys un foot he san
to travel 10y private conveyance.
There are 81 public schools in Bossl,
parish. II white ami fl colurrd.
The boil worm has almost entirely cease
its IA, ages except in few farms.
Now is the time to buy your books. T.
To the post office and examine the stock,
We are pleased to learn that tn" srhoo
have all opened we'll. The prospects
the Female COLLEGE are said To bc special
favorable
We owe many thanks to our clcv
friend, u. J. Sayrrs, for "A late Shrrrcru
paper. Joe had been To Texas, and on |
return did not forget the Guardian.
Burglarizing is getting To I've 81 comm
in Shreveport that the local editor of t
STANDARD calls upon the citizens to Gle
and load their sho, guns and pistols.
Our friend and contemporary, Dallas
Head, has been reuuminat,d for Pari
Judge of Bienvillc parish. Judge Head
"A good mau aud deserves we'll OF her penp
We are under obligations to Mr.. A.
Davidson for late ST. Louis and Lit
Rock papers. Adam has made n qni
trip to 81. Louis and back. lie reports
yellow fever in that city.
The health of the community seems
grow no better. Physicians complain Il
they have but little rest. We are ri
happily able 70 state that the sickness
not Of a dangerous character.
Co..
We neglected to state three weeks q
that the first bale Of new cotton "
brought to the Homer market by Mr.. j.