The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-10-10
THE YELLOw-FkvER sCoURaE.

DR.. Kibbee. the inventor of the fever
cot, who went to New Orleans to introduce
and test his system of cold-water treatment
of fever patients, died in that city on the
oath. He submitted to his own remedy, which
failed in his case, although it is said to have
resulted successfully with other patients.
Sec'y-of-War McCrary stated, on the
18th, that he was advised that the Howard As
ISOLATION had on hand, unexpended, . balance
probably sufficient for their wants, at New
Orleans and Memphis. He thought the Asso-
citation perfectly reliable, and had ordered no
investigation. At all afflicted points, save
New Orleans and Memphis, suffering and
want were great, and, he thought, increasing,
and even in those cities more help might be
required in the near future. The people could
scarcely go amiss in sending further aid.
William lockwood, President of the
Howard Association of Vicksburg, died in
that city, on the 18th. His death-bed scene is
said to have been very touching. He died on
the field of honor and duty, and many of the
public buildings and private dwellings were
draped in mourning because of his loss, which
loss was sadly felt BY all.
A Vicksburg special of the 9th says
the death rate at Greenvillc, Miss, had been
horrible in the extreme. Out of popula-
ton Of 400 people. 219 had died up to the
18th, and there were only fifteen persons in
the place who had escaped the fever, 90 far.
Mr.. Perry's family of eleven persons, and
three nurses who were in attendance upon
them, all died within few days of each 9TH
cr. The deaths occurred 80 rapidly in that
town that It was impossible to bury the bodies
properly, and they had to be covered with
earth in shallow holes. To prevent the citi-
zens of the place from seeking safety in flight,
the people in the country blockaded the roads
and destroyed the bridges over the streams,
but this had not prevented the spread of the
fever through many portions of the country.
Several refugees who had premature
ly returned to vicksburg were down with the
fever on the 10th ult. Some of them were at
tackled as soon Is they reached their houses in
that city. A special to the Chicago Tribune
states emphatically that It is wrong for absen-
tees to return to any of the fever-infected towns
until after several killing frosts. The Ty;bswe
suggests that those families or persons from
the South who are sojouring in Northern
towns. and are in need Of pecuniary help,
should receive aid from the funds raised for
the South, thus enabling them to stay away
from their homes until all danger is over.
A dispatch was received at Vicks-
burg, on the 2Sth ult, from Henderson's
Landing, appealing for physicians, nurses and
ice. The people were helpless. Two deaths
had occurred that morning, aud not less than
fifteen persons we're then down with the fever.
The Committee Tin New York; on
the Collection of Clothing for the Yellow
Fever Sufferers issued strong appeal, on the
18th ult., for clothing. The members speak
IN great earnestness of the sufferings which
the survivors throughout the infected dis
tricts must endure - soon Is frosts appear.
The fever was still raging With fatal
effect in many Of the smaller towns III louis.
lana and Mississippi, on the S0th ults The
reports from New Orleans, MsmpAn and
Vicksbufe were somewhat enseNrlAlns, N.