The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-09-12
GODS own work.
Which is the Extension CT Material
Aid 10 the Yellow Fever Suf-
ferers of The South.
The Citizens of Leavenworth Wide
Awake Upon the Matter snd
Preparing TO Subscribe
Literally.
Committees Appointed to Canvass the
City-The Work TO be Actively
Begun To-MoToS.
Tie Aggregate of Yesterdays Con-
:fibutions SO Far as Heard
From.
IT HAS BROKEN OUT.

AlA1 DAADEAA--, WI
The desire to aid the yellow fever suit
ferers. in the stricken cities Of the South
has become regular epidemic in this city,
and the relief committees appointed at the
citizens meeting held night before last in
the Missouri Valley Building are receiving
the most substantial encouragement, IN the
shape of greenbacks given with the hearth
est Of good will Not since the terrible
news OF the burning OF Chicago in the fated
October of ISL has
THE POPULAR HEART
been so deeply moved, and if there ever was
the need, the necessity Of prompt and I'M
mediate charitable action II Is at the pres
ent time Death is resping rich harvest
in the South, but il Is not the dead but the
living who solicit our aid. In those clties
where the plague prevails, with the exceP-
ton New Orleans. business is entirely su5-
pended. and even in the latter city
LITTLE or NOTHING Is DOING;
the laborer, mechanic. artisan, clerk and
tradesman is lett helpless, and 10 furnish
these food until that time when business
can again lie revived Is the question now
before the public. The opulent North, the
busting East and the progressive West have
already opened their purses literally, bEt
notwithstanding this supply more Is needed
and while
RELIEF Is POURING II DAILY
to the amount of thousands Of dollars, and
carload after carload OF provisions, 1t must
be remembered that there are thousands OF
mouths to be fed, and that the supply must
be kept up until the epidemic has ceased
its rayages Hundreds of thousands OF dol
lars have already been subscribed and sent
south, and hundreds of thousands are yet
needed Food and provisions Of every
kind are the prevailing want, together with
medicines.
THE MISERY Is APPALLING,
but we here in the West, safe from the con-
tayion, cannot realize what il is. The dead
list has mounted up into the hundreds and
is approaching the thousands, with no pros
pect Of a relief until the frost comes. All
relief must be immediate, as it is needed
now, and the sooner it Is sent the better.
RELIEF WORK.
At tie meeting OF citizens night b. fore
last the names of John W. GRANGER and
Rev. W y. Page were added TO the execu-
tive committee. The chairmen OF the vari-
Gus ward committees have had meetings of
their committees and agreed upon dis
friction OF their wards, ladies and gentle
men being appointed 10 canvass each dis
trict. The following is the detail made:
FIRST WARD.
Mrs. d. Il, Anthony, and Mrs. J. F.
Richards, North Esplansde, Usage and
Miami streets.
Mrs. W. NJ. Pinkston, and Ms. d. II.
Doty, PottawatOmie, Ottawa and kicka-
poo streets.
Mrs. jeremiah Carr, Thos. Newton,
Pawnee, Cheyenne and Mill Avenue.
John Kelly, and J. l. Jones, kiows,
Dacotah and Seneca streets.
John Westlake and John V. Wordeman,
Second, Third, Fourth and east side Of
Fifth streets.
DIR. S +. Neelev, with executive commit
tee, on Shawnee, Delaware and Cherokee
streets.