The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-09-10
NEW SERIES---NO. II

volunteer nurse, was taken sick tonight,
also Capt. A. T. Tracy, Drs. l.. A. Broan,
W. A. W. Tyon, and s, o. Young, of Hous-
ton, Texas.
Dr. Jas. McGrcw, of Terre Haute Ind,
and Dr. J. G. Orr of Cincinnati, have ar
rived and volunteered their services to the
Towards
The following telegram sent by r. w.
Mitchell, with the approval of II. ID. Lang
staff, president of the Howard Association.
exrlainsthe situation tonight:
Chairman Of The Relief Committee, New York
The situation is horrible, byond de-
scription, Three thousand cases of fever.
They have forty physicians eight have
died, Those from the north sicken in a few
days and die Not a provision house is
open in the city. Only one hotel, the
Peabody, to feed doctors and nurses. Want
everything that pestilence-stricken, fam
ishing and impoverished people need.
X. W. MITCHELL, M. d.,
Medical Director.
Only two drug stores are open. In the
morning the Towards will open drug stores
that have been closed by the proprietors,
and place prescription clerks in charge.
The Howard physicians report over 300
new cases to-day. Those are in addition
to the new cases reported to the board of
health.
DIR. McKim, of St Louis, died this even
ing.
Rev. DR.. Dalzell, of Shreveport, arrived
here yesterday and has gone to work in
place OF the stricken clergy of the Epis-
copal church. He desires to say to his
brethren Of the church that the suffering
and restitution is frightful, and that he
shall be glad to act as their almoner in pro-
viding for the poor and needy.
GRENADA.
GRENADA, Miss, September S.-The fol-
lowing new cases are reported Mrs. DR..
Ringgold; Miss Mary Russell, of Senate
bia, Miss; II. Armistead, express agent and
five colored women.
The death list is as follows:
Dr. Ringgold
Mrs. Mcdonald.
G. b. Rollins.
Henry Crockett.
A number Of patients in the chamberlain
house are convalescing rapidly. We are al
most without communication otherwise than
telegraphlc. The mails are irregular, and
one postmaster is dead. The mayor died
week ago, and every day messages are re-
ceived and addressed to him at the tele-
graph office. The illness of the express
agent will prove great calamity unless his
place is speedily filled.
REFUGEES IN CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, September S.--A family named
Scott, consisting of mother and seven chill
dren, arrived here this morning from Green
vile, Miss They left home Sunday last.
They took passage on the steamboat Vicks-
burg, on which were two deaths from yell
low fever-Scott, a boy 8 years old, and
Major Burns. The family on arriving at
ST. Louis were quarantined and sent to
the small poX hospital, but demanding to be
released, were escorted out of the city and
arrived here on the Alton train. The au-
thorities have been comfortably situated in
quarantine and their clothing disinfected.
There is no fever or any cause for alarm.
ST. LOUIS QUARANTINE.
QUARANTINE, Mo-, Sept. S.--Number of
patients on hand since last report, 30; re-
ceivdd since, 2;dicd, remaining 81 num-
Der Of yellow fever cases. 9; doubtful, 3.
GREENvIIIE.
GREENvuLE, Miss, Sept. S--Fivc deaths
and twenty new cases in the last twenty
four hours Total deaths, Az; total cases,
100.