Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1878-09-11

1850 cases Of fever. Have forty physi
clans; eight have died. Those from the
North sicken in a few days and die.
There Is not a provision house open in
the city, and only one hotel, the Pea
body. To feed doctors and nurses we
want everything that a pestilence-strick-
en-, famished and impoyishcd people
need.
'R. w. MITCHELL. NJ. D.,
Medical Director"
Only two drug stores were open in
| the morning.
The Towards will open drug stores
that have been closed and place pre-
sciiption clerks in charge. Howard
physicians report over three hundred
new cases to-day. These are IN addi-
ton to the new cases reported to the
board Of health. DR.. McKnn, of st.
Louis, died this evening.
MEMPHIS TENN.
MEMPHIS. Sep. 9.-The condition OF
this city grows more desperate every
hour. Ofnew cases it is useless longer
to keep count. Whole families are
stricken down within a few hours, and
the call for nurses is greater than can
be supplied. Yesterday there were
about 100. deaths and 300new cases, and
to-day up to noon 10 deaths had been
reported and the death rate to-day will
probably exceed that Of any previous
day. Among the deaths reported this
morning are DR.. E. C.. Slater, pastor
of the First Methodist Church, Sister
Catherine, of st. Mary's Episcopal
Church. VI. Costello, I'm. \. Rndd,
Jacob Laeb, DR.. Nelson, Harry u.
Ferguson, who died at Camp Joe
| Williams.
Latr.-To-day's mortuary report is
The largest Of any day since the fever
appeared, underlakers reporting ll2
intermcnts, Of which , were colorcd.
Among the number are Major J. c.
Thrall, Thos. Hood, volunteer tcle-
graph operator from Philadelpha; Rev.
d. Il. Rosebury. OF the Bartlett circuit
". L. Church; y. Gibson, Sister Con-
stance, Superior Of the Sisters Of st.
Mary. y son of eX-Mayor I'm. Park
died at the Howard Inlirmary. Forty
five new cases were reported by resident
physicians. Among those taken down
to-day are Barney Hughes. Hiram
Gage, d. {. Warder and wife, Frazer
Prewctt and Charles Morrison. druggist.
His partner. Nr. IIumcs, is dying. Fred.
Cole, an active member Of the Howard
Association. died late this evening. His
wife and child are sick with foyer. The
towards have established, under the
direction Of DR.. Lewis Texas, hospital
for the care Of physicians and nurses,
many Of whom are falling.
DR.. Bryan will give to thi, Institution
a distinctive Texas feature by employ
ing Texas physicians and nurses SO far
rs the interests Of the institution will
admit. Texans and others who desire
to contribute to the support Of his in
sti,u,ion can do 50 BY forwarding con-
u.butions to the Howard Association
specifying the purpose.
.StW Loter.-PhySicians Of the How
ard corps report All new cases for the |
past tWcnty-iour hours. They state
That the situation Of the city IS simply |
.r.htiul. They find more sick than
they can attend 10. In the seventh, !
eighth. ninth and tenth wards, the most
ihickiy settled portions Of the city, there
is not single drug store open. and |
great dificultyis experienced n getting |
prescriptions iil!cd
In accordance with lhe determination |
of the cilizons to force people to leave
the city, no ratious were issued to-day !
except to persons who had sick ones in
the family. y proclamation win lie
published in the morning papers nody-
ing the public that camps will be formed
aud those who expect to receive ralions
must take up their residence there until
the city is free from fever,