The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-09-05
THE CARNIVAL OF DEATH.
cities Given up to Gloom and Despair.

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Father Walsh OF ST. Bridgets. and
Father McGarney of st. Peters, are
dead, also II. Harden, a merchant. w.
G. Woodruff is reported to be in dying
condition.
Sixty new cases were reported be.wec:.
q p. m. yesterday and noon to day. Two
more members Of the Howard Asso la
tioD were taken down to-day.
at meeting of the Board of Health
DIR. Lawrence reported fearful condi-
ton OF affairs among the colored people
in some localities. Hundreds of them
have been sick for days without medical
attention.
New Orleans, August 29.-The yellow
fever reports show l40 new cases and 49
deaths.
The Louisiana division Of the Society
OF the Army of Northern Virginia have
| appealed to the exConfederates Of other
States for contributions to aid them in
providing means of subsistence for the
members of their families, who, on ac
count OF business prostration, are with
out means and arc dependent on the as
sociation.
Memphis, August 3O.-There we,e 90
new cases yesterday and 70 deaths. The
death roll yesterday exceeds that of any
day during the scourge of 1873, but it is
feared, owing to the wet and damp
weather, the m0rtuary report to-day will
exceed that of yesterday. There were
several deaths at Camp Joe Williams.
[ Among the new cases is the Mother Su-
perior at La Saletta. The death roll in
cludes Fathers Martin, Walsh and Nc
Garvey. Fathers Maher and Bokel are
in dying condition. Many deaths are
reported from adjacent country places,
among them that Of S. G. Ryan, q mer-
chant Of this city.
| New Orleans, August 3O.-There are
| l69 new CAGES and SO deaths to-day. The
weather was warm and showery in the
forenoon. Hcnvy rain and thunder storm,
from 3 70 p. m., and the streets flooded
throughout the city, and some quarters
lmpassable for moro than an hour. The
Howard Association to-day responded to
l18 new applications for relief, and the
Young Mems Christian Association to
43. The Telegraphers' Relief Associa-
ton report Benjamin F. Chisolm, opera
tor at Port Gibson, and w. w. Wall,
operator at Bayou Des Allemands, down
with fever. From noon to 6 p. m. &c
deaths were reported at the Office of the
board of health.
| hO CuOOuy NuOblotcuCC ASSOCldLlCn
make the statement that their associa-
ton, the object of which is to supply
subsistence to the destitute, in no way
conflicts with the operations of the How
ard Association. The Howards confne
their attentions mainly to providing phy-
sicians, nurses and medicines for those
suffering with yellow fever and necessary
nourishment to the convalescent. Here
the duties of the Towards end and the
work of the Peabody Association begins.
| New Orleans, August 31.-To. days
report is 234 new cases and 4S deaths.
During sho "..na, ended yesterday :;ooa,
there were I l,s-04 cases of yellow fever
and 333 deaths, making in all 2,877 cases
and 867 deaths.
The Rev. Father c. J. Rcrcher, a ma
tive of Buffalo, New York, died yester-
Gay of yellow fever. The death list to-
day includes twenty children under seven
years of age. The following telegram
was received this morning, from Port
Gibson, and nurses will leave this after
noon:
President Ho,pard Association--Ple
send ten good nurses. Five male and
five female. There have been here
three hundred and fifty cases and forty
eight deaths. We are all broken down
and there is great distress.
/ JAMES A. GAGE.
Twenty-six applications for medical
aid were made Saturday to the Young
Mems Christian Association and thirty
for relief. The thirty seeking relief are
heads of families, aggregating one hun
dred and seventy persons. Applications
for relief are made out in blanks, speci-
! fyins the name, ago, address, number III
family, occupation and references. On
the blank being filled out it is given to q
member who institutes inquiry of the
references or makes personal inspection,
| the result of which he embraces under
| the head of remarks. If the information
| obtained is satisfactory printed ration
blank of the New Orleans Peabody AS
sociation is flied out, signed by q Wait
| ing member and stamped. The blank is
| which was opened Saturday morning
| with good supply of -four, meal, sugar,
tea and cornmeal. Early as $50 a. m.
! applicants made their appearance and
their wants were supplied.
The Telegraphers' Relief Association
here have sent 800 to the sick .elearaph.
era at Grenada.
New Orleans, September New cases
| to-day 260, deaths 88.
Memphis, August 31.-The weather
this morning ia bright and warm, but the
| clouds of woe over our city show no
signs of breaking. Physicians, nurses,
visitors druggists and undertakers are be-
| coming exhausted by constant working.
Dr. Wise, an active young physician, was
taken down this morning. At the board
OF health office, up to noon, only seven
physicians out of about twenty had
made their reports Of new cases, the
number aggregating forty-tvo. From
this it will be seen that not more than
| half the cases are reported, and that the
epidemic 3 more appalling than the
official reports indicate. At the county
Jail there are about twenty cases of fever.
NJ. @. Williams, under sentence TO the
penitentary for murder, died last night,
and Buzzel, negro murderer, under
sentence Of death, is in dying condition.
AT Camp Joe Williams five or six deaths
occur daily. The hospital contains about
| twenty-five sick, and the worst is feared
for the pocc people living in tents.
Some have become frightened and re-
turned to their homes in the infected
district in the city.
The undertakers report 55 yellow fever
interments up to noon to-day. The re-
port for the week shows 72l cases and
24l deaths The official racoraa tc-de-
exhibit l48 new cases for the "a hours
ending at 6 p. M, and " deaths.
Mobile, August 31.-Dr. E. P. Gaines
reports one case and death from yellow
fever this morning. white child s years
old. es''s
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