Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-09-24
The Yellow Terror.


A dispatch from New Orleans, dated yes-
terday, says: "The numbe of yellow fsyar
deaths reported to noon to day is A new cases
ia; from noon to 6 p. m; l5 deaths; cases re-
at St Fincent's Infant Orphan Asylum, II at
the Camp Street Female Orphan Asylum. and
~ lZat the Asylum for Destitute Boys, corner OF
st: st Charles avenue I've ~ and Dufossat street. Drs.
W.k. Fort, W. r. Vaudeville and s. Hale have
recovered from attacks of yellow fever. Col.
Hardee, state engineer and member of the
poard OF health, IS reported very low with
fever. Sister Mary Elizabeth Burns, a native
oil Boston, died today of fever"
REPORTS FROM OTHER POINTS.
Capt; ih9mas Taylor formerly master Of the
Saturday. of yellow fever. Refugees continue
to arrive at Louisville Ky. Ten patients were
discharged yesterday from the Louisville hos
about 40 patients remain, all refugees No
case has occurred among the citizens of Louis.
vile; In flaquemine, La, cases to date IT'S,
is recovering; his brother and two chill.
dren are dead there is much suffering among
the poor. At Baton Rouge, La, new cases the
esf Of pcss G deras dsas s. RsT at
Springs, Miss. 80 new cases, 9 deaths. At
Canton, Miss, new cases %. death there is
no abatement; about ;wo thirds of the whites
operator, tTpe is down: OF the eight members Of
the s Protestant Episcopal sisterhood (most of
Memphis to nurse the sick, seven have had the
lever. and three Of these have died and four
others are sick. At Martin, Tenn, things are
system OF relief. Two deaths there IN the last
twenty-four hours. Several others are down
Win the fever. among them ". T. johnson,
agent, and Ben. POynter, operator. Hickman
Ay, reports four deaths and ten new cases.
The CANNON BALL CATcHER.-The Balti.
more American this morning has the follow
Ing about Barnum's cannon ball catcher
The closing act was one in which the circus
people seemed to take as deep an interest as
the audience, SiEce 1t was new thing and said
10 nave never been accomplished before A
me me looking young man. In full dress suit of
Datk came out and prepared to catch can
non ball fired from bona fide cannon, with
genuine powder, and no deception about it.
@ ponles drew in the cannon. brass twelve
ronade." and cannonier did the loading and
Rrlmlng: fatrizo. who performs the feat,
showed the iron cannon ball to persons in the
audience, and threw it on wooden platform
to prove that there was no deception. Two
n0afds were set up at distance Of about
thirty feet and the cannon fired. The ball
non was reloaded and the ball put in and Pat
rizo, looking, with his braOdclOth coat and
white eavat, like gentleman going to a ball,
put on a pair OF padded buckskin gloves,
braced himself firmly and said: "Ready ire!"
at which boom" went the cannon, and for a
ian's hands, but he could not hold It, and il fell
from his grasp, much to his discontinue. He
was not six feet away from the cannOn's mouth
when he caught the ball. Nothing daunted, he
made second attempt. The cannon was
again loaded. and again Patrizo took the DO.
sition of Ajax defying the lightning, and again
1t belched forth fire and smoke. He caught it
again, more dexterously this time than before,
but again failed to hold 1t, and it fell from his
hands: Both times, in base ball parlance he
mufted the ball. Still, he is confident he can
This was the first public exhibition of the feat.
and his failure to hold the ball Is stated to be
due to the stiffness Of his new gloves. He is
confident OF being able to do SO at the next
trial. The circus people had not seen it be-
fore, because Patriz0 did not join the show
until Yesterday.