The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-09-07
THE UPPERM0 THEME.

ABATEMENT OF TIE SCARE NEWS FROM
HICKMAN, COLUMBUS AND ABOUT THE CITY
The public pulse has resumed its natu-
raj beat indicating healthy public opin-
ion.
A letterreccvcd in this city from Wood
e. Smith, an old and reputable firm of
Brownsville, Tenn, says the fever there is
confined entirelyto refugees from Memphis
and other infected points
We shall have to send aid to the She
boygan sufferers before this thing is through
with The milk sickness" is liable to
break out there at any moment. Cairo is,
after all, the safest place on this continent,
The reports circulated on the scrccts yes
tcrday afternoon that the disease had
reached Columbus could not be traced to u
reliable source, and it is therefore perfectly
safe to pronounce them unfoundcd.
What has never happened is not likely
TO happen. What has been said of Louis
willie is true of Cairo. Yellow fever cannot
spread in Cairo. An undevclopcd case of
yellow tever-that is, person having in
his blood the germs of the diseasc--may be
brought here and develop, ctiloresce, break
out, just as an undeveloped flower may be
brought here and efiloresce or bloom. Or
angcs and bananas imported to Cairo green
will ripen, but they cannot be produced or
propagatcd here to any extent, and it is
equally true of yellow fever,
1t is to the credit of the town that it
now eiiectually squclches the sensation
mongcr. We heard of but one report YES
tcrday. 1t was given on the authority of
physician, but the physician when asked
about it totally repudatcd it, The readers
OF THE BULLETIN are aware that we have
used some industry in tracking down the
many yellow fever lies that have been cur
rent here for the past four weeks. They
know that we have maintained with per
sistcncy, if not with ability, that the disease
can not spread here, and we have repeatedly
given reasons for the faith that is in us. THE
BULLETIN is being abused by some parties
because it has not Joined in senscless and
cowardly cry Of alarm in spreading false
reports and cyaggerating them; in short in
pursuing a course that would ultimately
have led to panic. THE BULLETIN is not
infallible, but events have shown that il has
been nearer right all along than some
Of those who malign it, even under
the weight that attaches to professional
title. But we have no quarrel with any
one for their opinions. What we do object
to is the charge made that
TIE BULLETIN cOncoals the facts. There
is not one word Of truth in this. TIE
BULLETIN publishes the facts and suppress
ses or exposes the lies. And those who pin
their faith to lis can rest assured that when
reputable physicians say the fever exists in
this community among our citizens, THE
BULLETIN will be the first to give that de-
cision publicity. Until that is done-until
it is officially announced we shall contin-
ne in the good work Of exposing the
wrctches who Sloat in the misery and alarm
born of their heartcss sensations.
"A telegram was received from IIick-
man yesterday in reply to one sent from this
city, asking how many yellow fever patients
were under treatment. 1t read Us follows
about thirty-tour new cases. etc. The
Hickman operator subsequently explained
that there should have been period after
the word thirty" The contents of the
telegram were very generally known, and
were the subject OF much com
ment. The omission of the period
it will be observed, makes a very decided
difference, and puts favorable phase on the
condition Of things at Hickman. Rightly
read, this telegram says there are thirty
cases under treatment, and there had been
only fom new cases in the preceding twen-
ty-tour hours. Later in the afternoon an
other telegram was received from A. A.
Farris, president of the board of health
tthc sender also OF the first telegram in
which he said there had been two deaths
that day, and several new cases. 1t will
thus be seen that the disease, whatever it is,
has about spent its force. The place is
almost depopulated. a writer in the Lou
isville Couricr-Joumal of Thursday
says positively that "thcre is no
yellow fever at Hickman The
official report sent from Hickman last even
ing to the surgeon general ofthc marine ser
vice places the whole number of sick ut
Hickman from its outbreak up to Yesterday
evening at 60, and the number of deaths ut
"a This proves conclusively that the type
of fever prevailing at Hickman is not of
the malignant kind that has swept Mem.
phis, Grenada and the other towns of the
south
ATTENTION lIlDERNIAN FIRE COMPANY
NO 4.-You are hereby notified that the