Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-31
Fitty-Five Yellow Fever Inter.
ments at Memphis This
Forenoon.
Matters are No Better in the Fever
Districts at New Orleans.
The Little village Of Port Gibson
Contains Three Hundred
and Fifty Cases.
YELLOW FEVER.
AID FOR THE suFFERERs,

night. commi,t,e consisting Of two gen
tlemen and two ladies from each ward, wal
appointed to solicit donations for yellow
fever sufferers. Col. 8. 8. Taylor this morn
ing telegraphed one hundred dollars L, New
Orleans, and John Sproat. ice dealer, fifty
to Canton, Miss The southern express
company and Mississippi Central railroad
offer free transportation of donations.
Washington, August 3l.-The fever con.
tributions thus far aggregate 5000: the
Mssons raised $1,000.
Chicago. Aug. 3l-Collections for the
yellow fever fund to-day are "a ,OGS; total ia
noon see $3.50.
Mobile, Ala. August 3l.-One death from
yellow fever this forenoon.
NURSES TO THE RESCUE
Chattanooga, August 3l.-Doctor j. B.
Morris left for Vicksburg this forenoon &C.
compsnied by fifteen experienced nurses.
AT MEMPHIS.
Memphis, Aug. 31.-The weather this
morning is bright and warm, but the clouds
of woe over 1he city show no signs Of break
ing. Physicians, nurses. visitors, druggists
and undertakers are becoming exhausted by
constant working.
Or. Wise, an active young physician was
taken down this morning at the board of
health Office. Up to noon only seven ply
sicians out of about twenty, had made re-
ports of new cases, the number agereRating
forty-two. From this it will be seen that
not more than half the cases are reported.
and that the epidemic is more appalling
than the official reports indicate.
At the county Jail there are about twenty
cases of fever. McWilliams, under sentence
tothe penitentiary for murder, died last night
and the negro murderer Brizzell, under SEN
tence of death, is in dying condition.
AT camp Joe Williams four or five deaths
occur daily. The hospital contains about
twenty.6ve sick, and the worst is feared for
the poor people living in tents Some have
become frightened aud retu rned to their
homes in the infected districts in the city.
Alex. Hunt. Of the Masonic board OF re-
lief is down and Joseph Russell, Of the Odd
Fellows relief board, is very low.
Undertakcrs report fi(ty-tive yellow fever
lLt:rments up to noon to day.
AT NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleans, August 3l.-The death lis,
to-day includes twenty children under seven
years of age,
The following telegram was received this
morning and the nurses will leave this after
noon;
Port Gibson. August 31,-75 the P,esi.
dent Of tie Honard Association-Send ten
good nurses, five males and five fcmales
Three hundred and fifty cases and forty
eight deaths. We are all broken down and
In u egreatest distress.
lSigned] Jos. A. GAGE.
Twenty-six applications for medical aid
were made on Saturday to the Y. NJ. c. A,
4pd go for rtlief: The 80 seeking relief are
heads offamilies. aggregating one hundred
and seventy persons.
Applications for relief are made out on
blanks, specifying the names, ages, address,
number in family, occupation and reference.
The blank being filled oyt, is given to .
member, who institutes the business Of ref.
erence or makes 4 personal inspection. the
result Of which he embraces under the head
Of remarks. II satisfactory, q printed "a.
tiOa blank of the New Orleans Peabody as.
sociation,'is filled out and signed by the Wis.
't'ng member and stamped. The blank l..
then presented to the Peabody depot, corner
OF Magazine and Lafayette streets. and sun.
plies are issued.
The depot Of the Peabody aubs!.,cnce a..
collation. corner Of Magazine and Lafayette
streets, opened Saturday morning win .
good supply Of -four. me.l, sugar. te. and
corn meal. A early y half pas. o.sl. III.
applicants made appearance and Their
wants were sapplied.
The tclegraphen relief association herr
have tent 500 to the sick telcrraphen 4,
Grenada,
HEw YQRE RELlEF.
Ne" York, Ausps sl.-Th. .qb~crip,lop
ipF the yellow fever sufferers today amounts
to N,27i. The chamber Of commerce com.
nisiss to-day s.n, 81. 900 10 the Young
Meas Christian association II New n,ic.n.,