Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-09-14
afternoon by a band Of road agents

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Tho Fever Gases ss saa,lfpoiis.
CINCINNATI, Sept. 13.-Advices
from Gallipolis this morning state
that careful examination of the
infected district below that town
shows sixteen cases Of yellow fever,
nearly all of which present worse
symptoms this morning, on az
count vt the cold rain prevailing.
rhs Fsver-New Gases s"d De"sas.
MEMPHIS, Sept 13th.-Last night
was cool, but this morning the sun
is out warm again. There Is no
decrease in the death-rate. Under
takers report So deaths up to noon
to-day aud ll3 since noon yester-
day. There is great diff1cIlty In
arriving at the number of new
cases, as the physicians are negli-
gent about making their reports.
The opinion prevails among some
physicians that since the cool
weather there will be fewer new
cases and the attacks not go vio.
lent. "a ,t
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 18th. The
weather Ia clear and cool. New
cases 223; death SIS.
CANTON, Miss. Sept. l3 sh.--Our
worst fears have been realized
The cold winds aud heavy atmos-
phere of the past two days have
been most disastrous. New cases
the past "a hours 36. deaths 4. cur
doctors, Symmes, Case and Priestly,
assisted by DR.. Lyons, of New Or
leans, are hurrying from house to
house and our nurses, over 60 In
number, have more than they can
manage. 1t is enough to crush the
stoutest heart, but we hope for Di-
vine aid and pray God to turn away
from us this awful and consuming
pestilence. Thermometer this
morning 4s'
BATON ROUGE. Sept. 13 Sixty
new cases for the last "A hours were
reported this morning and three
deaths from fever. Father Laval.
Catholic priest, and Phillip Ma
chet, ESQ :, of France, are down
sick, both stricken at the post o.
duty among the sick. The weather
continues cold. but no frost. -
D,sastrous st8ed.
| CLEVELAND, Sept. 18th. The
storm at Mesdvllle, Pennsylvania
last night, did great damage. Ths
creek, running through the hear
of the city, oyeIhowed its banks
flooding The principal streets
damaging property to the exten
of $1OO, 900. Several lives are re
ported lost. A freight train on tht
Atlantic aud Great Western Rail
road went through a bridge shor
distance west of Meadevilie. Tht
Engineer, fireman and brakeman
are reported lost.
Fever at Cairo,
| CAIRO, ILL.,, Sept. 13th.-The e1
citement over the two cases Of vel
low fever has nearly subsidized
Mulkey died this morning and wa
promptly buried and the premise
thoroughly disinfected. Severa
hundred panic stricken people wen
north by the night and morning.
trains.
EOund Dead on Lounge.
| ZANEsvILLE, O., Sept. 13th.-
Miss Lucy Hazard, a highly es
teemed young lady, was fount
dead, lying on lounge In her room
last evening. Death is supposed t
have been caused by neuralgia o
the heart.
More indians Ia Treated.
| OMAHA, Sept. l3.-Informatiol
was received at military headquar
ters last night that several Chey
enne Indians had left their reserva
tions in the Indian Territory, nea
Fort Reno, and were coming North
1t is thought that the Indians, af
ter crossing the Kansas Pacific, In
tend to cross the Union Pacific be
tween North Platte and Sidne,
and preparations are being made t
intercept them. Company G., 9tl
Infantry leaves Omaha to-day nool
for Sidney, the point of rendezvous
Company X leaves Cheyenne ant
J a company of the 4th Iufantr,
leaves Fort Steele for the sam
place, from which the expedition
will move to Intercept the In
dians. The expedition will b,
commanded by Maj. Thornburgh
The Indians are said to have be
come enraged at the treatme the,
are receiving at the hands of thu
Government and left the reserva
tion September 10Th, with the hope
it is said, of reaching Sitting Bull
camp. They are already bein,
pursued by q detachment of caval
ry who are to be joined at For
Dodge by reinforcement of in
fantry and 1t Is likely that the,
will be overtaken and stopped be
fore they cross the Union Pacific.
| ST. LOUIS. Sept. 13th.-The Re
publicans of the Sixth Dislric
have nominated Charles E. BurtoI
for Congress. The Republical
Congressional Executive Commit
Zee tsave decide to-make no uoni
uations in the \ ,th District. ThI
leaves the field to David Rea, Dem
TocFzf, riiss- -nressnt incumbent, anc
Nicholas Ford. Greentackkes.-----
Heavy RAi.s- -ttai,r0nd Trafnv
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WHEELING, w. Va, Sept. 18.-
This section was visited last might
by the heaviest ard steadiest rain
ever known here. 1t continued Ia
rain all day yesterday and last
night 1t came down in torrents.
A ii tue railroads leading into the
city are badly damaged. The water
is eighteen inches over the track ol
the Baltimore and OHIO Railroad
ut E ,st Cambridge. There have
been no trains on the Cleveland
and Pittsburg or P. w. and Ken.
lucky roads since yesterday.
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