Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-09-14
THE FEVER ABROAD.
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VIcksburg.
NEW ORLEANS, September 13.-Carr the
telegraph operator who went to Vicksburg
from st. Louis, died there this morning Of
fever. Bishop Elder ia reported out of dan
New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS, September I3.-Weather
clear and cold. Mercury last night 81
Private instrument nearer the ground iudi-
6 Gated 81 from noon to pm. New cases,
Terry. Miss.
NEW ORLEANS. September 13-Ten purses
Will be sent tomorrow to Grand Junction,
and ten to Holly Springs. DR.. Warren Stone
viii go to Terry tomorrow to investigate the
caFe5 OF feVers, and proceed to Holly Springs.
Lawrence, Miss,
Special to the n. o. Timss.l
LAKE, MISS, September 7.-Thirteen
cases have appeared at the ueiGhhOrng
town, Lawrence, with one death, w. Z, Sis
son. DIR. Daniel. of Jackson, Is on the ground
working like a Trojan.
Holly Springs, Miss.
HOLLY SPRINGS Miss, September 10
Since Col. Walters dispatch Dr. Segur is
down with the fever. VIII telegraph his
condition daily. Instead of the two ply
siclans asked for send three. The fever is
has been severe.
Towns Deserted
Special to the N o. Times.l
JACKSON, Mss, September 7-Sergeant
Vaa Dyke, of Washington, D. c., is here en-
route 10 take charge of the signal service office
at Vicksburg. Country towns throughout all
.his section remain deserted Few country
people ever seen in town.
Garner, 1Ifss.
Social to the Appeall
GARNER, September I3.-Three cases of
yellow fever. One case was sent to Grenada
this morning to be taken care Of 0ne will
die tonight. Everybody has left town that
can get off. We are doing the best We can
tor the sick. J. II. PAYNE.
Shreveport, La.
SHREVEPORT. La, September 13.-Cou-
tributl9ns are $4,000 80 for fever sufferers.
The Towards received the following from
Terry, Miss. We have fever at DR..
Graves closely resembling yeliow-fever. It
cannot be distinguished. Please send rs n
doctor Immediately. Our doctor is sick.
Bartlett, Tenn.
From an Appeal Correspondent
BARTLETT, September 12.-Mr. J. w. Muir
ray has a very severe case of yellow-fever. |
send you this, as Mr.. Murray is (, noted farm
er and well known IN this country, and Is a
good citizen. There are several cases in and
aroundsBartlett. The physicians think they
can manage the fever. w. II. WILLIAMS.
fernando. Miss.
Special to the Appeal
FERNANDO, MISS, September 13-After
an Illness OF eleven days Mrs. Butler p. An
derson died this morning at 4 quarter to two
o'clock. She will be laid to rest in Emwo0d
by the side of the new made grave of her
husband, for whom she lost her life. The poor
little orphans are heart bro6en, as are all of US.
SCOTT A. MURRAY.
Baton Rouge, La.
BATON ROUGE, September 13.-Fifty or
sixty new cases for the last twenty four hours
will be reported this morning, and thr,
deaths of fever. Father Laval, Catholic
priest, and Philippe Macfet. ESD, vice-con-
sui of France, are down sick. Both were
stricken at the post of duty among the sick.
The weather continues cold, but there Is no
Beebe. white County. Ark.
From an Appeal Correspondent
BEEBE, WHITE COUNTY, ARK, Septem-
Der l2.-Ihe following, which should have
reached you some time ago, shows the spirit
of our people:
MAYORS OFFICE, BEEBE WHITE COUNTY. ARK,
August 81, 1873.
To His Honor, the Mayor of Memphis, Tenn, and
the Board of Health:
Beebe fully realises the sorrow and dis
tress at this moment Of your city, and is
willing to render all the assistance in her
power in this your hour of affiiction, and to
extend her heartfelt sympathy in your behalf
II you will let me know what you most need
we will all you to the best Of 6 orr ability:
Lake, Miss.
Special to the n. o. Times.l
LAKE, Miss, September About three |
days ago the yellow fever appeared IN this |
village, and there are now twenty-five cases |
Four deaths as follows: Lee g. Scott, w. E. |
Crowson and wife, and Frank NJ Tote
Only about one-fouith of the cases appear
malignant; the balance yield readily to treat |
ment. DR.. McCallum, the resident physi- |
clan, is among the critically i'll.
There is less excitement than | have seen
anywhere for a month. The well neighbors
are closely tending the sick. For three days
the situation seemed appalling; but now all
is favorable to the rapid killing OF the dis
ease.
Canton. Miss.
New ORLEANS, La, September 19.-
The following message was sent TO the
Associated Press: Our worst fears have been
realized. The cold winds and heavy atmos-
phere of the past two days have had the most
disastrous effects. The new cases for the
past "a hours, IS; deaths, 4. Our doctors,
Semmes, Cage and Priestly, assisted by DIR.
Lyons, of New Orleans, are hurrying from
mousse 10 mover, anu our NURSES, over Sixty IN
number, have more than they can manage
1t Is enough to crush the stoutest heart. But
we hope for divine aid, and pray God to turn
away from US this awful and consuming pes
thence. Thermometer this morning, 4S.
EMMETT l.. Ross,
For Canton Towards
Mr.. Isaac N. Steudemeyer, of the Times,
who has been down with the fever for seve-
raj days, is recovering.
Major Henry NJ. Fowle, superintendent of
the Chalmette national cemetery died at
Chalmette to-day.
Rev. Mark Moses, formerly Of the Jackson
street Hebrew congregation, now of Provi-
dence, r. l., has lost almost his entire family
residing here.
1IOre OF Ramsey's Statement.
WASHINGTON, September 13.-M. 7.
Ramsey, one OF the physicians who went
to Memphis with the corps of Washington
nurses, has returned to Washington in COM
pany with DIR. Pease and Mrs. Wallace. In
an interview, DIR. Ramsey SAID before reach
ing Memphis, even when five miles out, the
air was laden with yellow fever poison, and
as we approached the city the stencil was
absolutely sickening. DR.. Pease and myself
went to the Peabody hotel the only one now
open, and were shown into rooms from which
a dead lady had just been taken and
moved; vessels of black vomit were standing
about the room, and bed clothes had not
been changed. The hotel itself is n perfect
pest-house, and victims of the disease are in
two thirds of the rooms. Sulphur pads were
kept burning in the hall, and clothes and
bedding are constantly disinfecled, but they