The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1878-10-26

weeks. AT one time. there were as
many as 400 new cases day. Among
the dead we're: Gov. Pascal, Major
j. Il. Austin, Col. Il. ii. Strout, Lew
is Alcus, u. p. Blanchard, Hugh Ir-
win, Robert M. Potts, Il. w. Barnes,
Mrs. G. p. Norvell, Louis Blum, Ma
jor Ssark, the wife and five children
Of the Rev. Marx Moses. Vicar-Ge len
eral Willett, Rev, Father Doyle, Rev.
Father Beecher, Rev. w. Wilson,
Rev. DIR. Lewinsohn, Rev. Father
Kratz, Brother Joseph, Brother Cy-
prianus, Sister Mercedes, Sister All
gustine, Sister Loretta, DIR. j. j.
Heady, DIR. IL. A. Sweasy, DIR. Kib-
be, DR.. w. ID. Smith, DIR. j. T. Tay-
lor, DIR. Thomas Morley and DR..
Herndon. Ex-Governor Sam. Bard
died of the fever at Baton Rouge.
On the Sd inst. the Towards were
feeding $4,000 people per day, or
eight per cent. of the remaining pop
ulation of the city.
MISSISSIPPI.
Vicksburg-Two men, fugitives
from New Orleans, died here of fe-
yer at the Marine Hospital on July
"a, and the fever broke out immedi-
ately after with great fury. II at
tackled whites and blacks alike, and
more than one-third of the cases
proved fatal. Among the dead were
Robert Eggleston, George F. Brown,
j. b. Allen, Major Bussby, Mayor
Doll, G. ii. Nathan, J. w. Jolley, j.
II. Levy, Geo. Burns, Col. Florence,
Rev. Father Vitello, Rev. DIR. Gott-
helf, Sister Agnes Weaver, Sister
Mary, DIR. =. +. Whitehead, DIR.
Potts, DIR. Bishfeldt, DIR. Williamson,
DIR. Hays, DIR. A. II. Green, Sister
Mary Regis Grant and DR.. New
man.
Grenada-The first case was re-
ported here on July %. Two weeks
later the Mayor and Councilmen
were all down with the foyer, which
was raging in its most malignant
form. The population of the town
was reduced to 700, and City Mar
shal Melton telegraphed, 81 am the
only city officer left" By August
IL the town was entirely deserted,
except by the sick and dying, and
only 200 white people were left
out of the wholepOpulation.
Port Gibson-No less than 600
cases were reported here out of a
population of 700. Among the dead
were Judge Thrasher and DR..
Sprott.
Holly Springs-Father Obert, Sis
ter Victoria, DR.. Dougherty, DR..
Manning, DIR. Louis and DIR. Funiels
died here of the fever.
Canton-On August 81 there were
only IS whites left out of apopula-
ton of $500. DIR. A. L. Cage was
among the dead.
TENNESSEE.
Memphis-The first case occurred
here on August 10 on the person ola
woman whose eating-house was
much frequented by river boatmen.
Three days later the fever was rag
ing, and half the population had left
the city. The War Department sent
rations and tents for the thousands
of homeless and starving people
thrown out of employment. The
fever here was especially fatal to
doctors, priests and journalists.
Thirty doctors, five journalists and
twenty priests and Sisters ofCharity
died. Among those fatally attacked
were John Rausch, John G. Forbes,
Isaac Isaacs, n. ID. Menken, Col. An
| derson, Capt. Cummins, w. L. Pow
ell, Capt. Elliott; A. A. Thompson,
of the Aralonche; John ii. TORY, OF
| the Ted1er. i. w. Walker, of the
| Herald; II. r. Catron, of the Asso-
ciated Press. Drs. Therett, Watson
Hodges, Dickinson, Williamson
Mead. Venable, Aren't, Harlan, Err
skine, Hicks, Bankson, Pierce, Arm
strong, Gorrell, Bursham, Cheever
Roberts, Tuerke, Obey, Mitchell
| McKim, Meares, Easily, Bard, MI
| gent, Lake; Fathers Boekel, Meagher
Erasmus, McNamara; Mother Alton
so: Sisters Josepha, Dolores, Fran
ces, Vicentia, Stanislaus, Ruth, Mary
Burns; Revs. Africa Bailey, G. Q
Parsons, Schuyler of Hoboken, j. f
Early, and Fathers Riordan, Scan
nell, Froostcndorf, Moore. Out o.
38 persons employed on the ApPed
only two escaped the fever, and 81
out of "a men on the Acdtdnche were
attacked.
Chattanooga-Among the death.
here were the Rev. Father Ryan and
the Rev. g. ii. Bremen.
Grand Junction-Dr. j. ii. Pres
colt died here while attending to thu
sick and dying.