West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-11-02
YeIlnM Fnyer-

interior
| points having maintained a rigid quarantine
! against the world, the flesh, and the devil
! have up 10 recently reported no fever. To.
! day private letter received from Bolvia,
! seventy'ive miles east of Memphis, saws
there is a strange fever prevailing there,
/ winch Kills as 10 covers. DR.. \. A. Cole.
man and his daughter are among the deaths
/ reported, and the citizens left the town un.
| der the most panicky circumstances Seven.
teen physicians report forty new cases
/ among which appears the name Of Judge T.
! L. Scruggs, recently elected TO the Chancel.
/ lorship OF this distric. The death of
! Jefferson Davis, IT,, was announced after
dark tonight. He was the only son Of the
| Hon. Jefferson Davis, of Confederate fame
a heavy orm Is advancing from the north.
west. Temperature very high.
New Orleans, October To- Weather
| clear. Thermometer eighty.one degrees
! Deaths, 20 cases reported, Ito; total
deaths, 3,674; total cases, II 800. Dispatches
received from all points OF the fever zone
show no material abatement OF the disease.
j. w. st. Clair, operator at Jackson depot,
relapsed. b: NJ. Vail, operator at Meridian,
died yesterday of fever. He was agent
OF the Telegraphers' Mutual Benevolent
Association az Vicksburg. A. u. Babbitt,
the most active member OF the Telegraph.
ers' Relief Association, who took the fever
yesterday, Is reported in favorable con.
dihon to-day. Rev. Lesko Triest, OF the
n.
tnirty,iour, native of Berlin, died to-day
OF yellow fever.
.Vicksburg, Mississippi, October H.:
Lieutenant Benner, OF the relief.boat
chambers; flank +. Love, Assistant
Principal of the Main street School. Helena
Jlietz, Antonio G.. Babb, Sarah Kidd and
John Griffin. Benners funeral was the
event OF the day. IL was one Of the largest
| ever seen here, and our people crowded the
streets to do him honor. Anotable feature
OF the procession was the Old Guard. n
| company of Ex.Confederates, who followed
the hearse with reversed arms.
The fever.stricken people OF the Soutb
were hued with Thanksgiving all day the
lotbi the frost area reaching from tbeObio nj.
most to the Gull, with cold northerly winds.
Il marked diminution in the death list is re-
ported from all quarters
On the 10Th and. 10th favorable repor,s
came In from all parts OF the South Few
deaths or new cases at Nicksburg. very few
az Memphis. Chattanooga, Nashville. and
the interior towns Of the fever States report
gradual abatement. From New Orleans
october 10, comes the following. Tntoj
leVer oaths TO six n. m, 1866. Hopes are
entertained that the fever will cease TO be
epidemic in week. it has been cold
twenty'tour hours. Lowest Temperature.
forty-eisht degrees.
several new cases are reported at Della
Miss. Tsenty-One new eases and several
new cases include many returning refugees
mere were twenty-one deaths nj Mason.
leDn.i up 70 the 2lst, and the same nurnber
OF cases which had not proved fata'
me slAth annual meeting of the American
Public Health Association will be held nj
Richmond, Va, November o TO % and the
association invoke contributions OF infor.
nation from sanitary officers. pbvsicians
nsturalists, public men, and other oifizens
concerning the present yellow fever epi.
| demic, and any subject or events i'm fhe
epidemic that may add 20 its KNOWLEDGE of
us course and means Of prevention. State
and municipal boards of health and puLIic
/ spirited citizens who have become con.
cerned in protective measures against vel.
low fever and other dangers 10 public
/ health, physicians, naturaists, civil en-.
Blneersi and other scientific contributors to
sanitary science and works for public wei.
farei are cordially invited 20 attend and
assist az this conference.
mere was q rush in Memphis ON tho
Zlst Tor ratiOns, after the Relief COMMITTEE
decided 20 issue no more after the 25tb
mere were nineteen inteTmeDts on the 2tst.
There we're three deaths in Chattanooga
on me Zlst. Appeals are issued ~ refugees
~ remain away.
ON the 10th there were eighteen new eases
AZ clinton, La. Fatal eases b. that date tg
AZ burwick City the fever was reported ON
the increase. Total cases 90 jackson. 3I5.
.N'+N--a'f We ~ ADFEdu iItYt nNN cases
deaths, IS AZ Osyky, 222 cases: deaths. -.
The cold spell and sudden moderation of
temperature increased the mortality in New
Orleans up 70 the 2lst. The cold snap had
the eject Of rendering impossible treat.
ment which could be- restored 70 ON hot
days
The Orleans Central Relief Committee
closed their labors on the DIST Since
organization they have issued IOO,4iO m.
tons
The Count De Paris has sent Minister
Noyes one thousand Francs contribution ~
the yellow fever fund
The Indications are thar when the EN-
bargoes imposed on travel Boo the district
near Memphis are removed, there will be- no
lacS Of hands % 90 the necessary Work on
me plantations. Cotton IL beginning 10
reach Memphis, and trade generally Co ~.
open actively. Re. ugecs continue % return
W NicksJurg, and the new cases reported
are principally among that class
AZ Baton Rouge tweuty-eight now cases
were reported on the 2Zd, thirteen 40
west Baton Rouge, tweniy.eight at Jack.
SON Miss, and bat few deaths.
AZ New Orleans DO is stated that yellow
Fever, which Is well understood there. has
Deen greatly complicated by malaria super.
induced boy filth.
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