The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-10-09
THE DRY GROVE FEVER.
Pronounced Yellow Fever. SiIua-
TiSm EbeplOra bic.
RAYMOND Gazette

Raymond Gazette.I
About the 20lh OF August a large pond,
situated near the store kept by Cocker &
Griffin. at Dry Grove, was cut and drained
Having been Il perfect cess pool tor dirt and
ra DblSh, il emitted a moat III tolerable stencil,
dstiugui -hable half mile distant from I'll e
q rove. About the 24Eh of August. Mr..
Henry Stubs was taken down with fever,
and almost Immediately number OF others
followed him Their cases were deemed
suspicious. but pronounced violent types OF
malariai fever by the resident physicians.
Mr.. Stubs died, as did some others, and the
number OF new cases increased, which so
excited the neighbOrhood that a yellow
fever phA stefan was telegraphed for. DIR.
Metcalf was sent out by the Howard Asso-
citation OF New Orleans, who, after eX
animation Of all the patients. conceded
with DIR. West in the opinion that it was a
III st malignant type OF bilious fever, pro-
duced by the pond, and that there were no
symptoms OF yellow fever, except black
vomiu, which is not an unusual thing in eX
IRENE cases OF IN alarial fever. Time Wore
on and the fever Increased, spreading and
taking in radaS of three or four miles.
This again gave rise 10 suspicious excite
ment, aud another physician was sent for
DR.. Qnijano, of Cuba. delegated by the
French and Spanish governments to visit
his country and investigate the disease,
came out in response to the call, and at
once pronounced it yellow fever of the
most violent form. DR.. West, we are in
formed now comedies in this opinion.
There have been up TO this time 49 cases,
wiki 20 deaths. The following are the
names of the dead: Henry Stubs and
mother Mr.. Calender and daughter Frank
Cherry, Mr. French, Dan. Williams, his wife
and two children, Miss Nettie Horton, Hugh
Stewart, Cal. Williams two children, Mrs
Jas. Flewellan and child, Mrs Clowers, Jas.
S ewart's two children. Mrs. w. X. Douglas,
Miss Nettie Douglas. Mrs. Liddell, Mrs Jas.
Cokcr Miss jennie Coker, Miss Mary Cocker,
Miss CASTOR. DR.. Herring and two negroes.
Besides these, several have contracted the
disease at Dry Grove and died elsew here :;
among them Mr.. lobe Cox and two of Gus.
Terry's children, of the Crystal Springs
neighbornood
There are now y cases under treatment.
Among them at Cal. Williams house, at
DR.. Douglas, at Col. Dabney's, 3 at Dr.
MitchelPs.
The condition is fearful to relate and the
suffering is terrible. Hugh Stewart and
Mrs. Coker were buried in ordinary dry
goods boxes. there being no collins and no
lum Der to build the same of. Mr.. Il.
O Brien. alone, dug grave, nailed together
a pine box, placed in it the child of Mr.. Cal.
Williams, ana his own hands buried 1.-THE
parents being unable to render any assist
ance.
Last week there was an insufficiency of
muses., aud no one ut all able to dig graves,
carry victims TO them and perform the last
rites over the remains of those who fall at
the hands of the Destroyer.
On Friday morning last Il wagon from the
neighborhood was sent into RAYMOND, and
returned TO the Grove burdened with cotfins.
Another was sent up Monday and also
turned ladden with cOtfins-tor those
already dead and others in The valley and
shadow of death Help has been sent from
Crystal Springs and jackson, and prOvis-
ions and other things forwarded from Ray
mOnd to the stricken and helpless people of
the community. Our hearts go out for
them in this hour of terrible affiictiou.