Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-09-26
THE FEVER ABROAD.
New Orleans, LIN.

NEW ORLEANS, September 25.-There
we're $50 cases reported up to noon on
Wednesday, of which 80 were excluded
from the official report, they dating prior to
the twenty-second instant. Grand total of
cases, 1854; grand total of deaths, 2608; the
deaths to-day were Sc, including IL children
under seven years of age. Woodland E.
Barnes. aged fourteen years, son of the late
W. Barnes, is dead, and the other four chill
dren have the fever. The New Orleans re-
lief committee decided to-day to return all
unbroken packages to the merchants who
had advanced them, and will distribute the
remainder to the parties whose acquisitions
have been approved, as far as the rations
will go. This will take until tomorrow
morning, there being about 5000 rati ons
to distribute, 5000 of which were distrib-
uted up to four o'clock this evening. If
nothing is heard from the Secretary of
War by tomorrow morning the committee
will meet and adjourn sine die Up to six
o'clock this evening IL deaths since noon
were reported at the board of health and n
cases, of which IS are new and IL prior to
the twenty-second instant. Among the 100
cases reported up to noon is Sister Mary Ann,
of st. Elizabeth asylum and 4 are of the ma
rine department at Hotel Dieu In charge of
Marine Surgeon A. D. Murray, who was
ordered here from Key West by Surgeon
General Woodward. The Charity hospital
report to-day includes one Chinese, All Man,
aged forty-seven years, the first case
on record. He contracted the fever
at the hospital on Monday. At
the instance of the Very Rev. Father
RouxeI, vicar general of the arch diocese of
New Orleans, the Catholic relief association
to-day handed over five hundred dollars to
the French relief committee, to supply in
part the urgent calls upon the latter for relief.
The Howard association yesterday refused to
assist the French relief committee, on the
ground that funds had been sent them for
distribution direct to the sufferers by men,
bers of the Howard association. Brother
Byprian, of the order of the Holy Cross, died
to-day of yellow-fever. Among the new
cases to-day was Colonel w. M. Owens, of
the Washington artillery. Among the con-
valescents are Major VIM. A. Granger and
Captain George Williams.
NEW ORLEANS, september Io.-hlcnaru
Nugent, secretary and treasurer of the char
ity hospital since its reorganization In 1877,
died of heart disease, aged sixty-fve years.
The Board of Health to-day, in its official
report, only published 139 cases of the 302
reported, the rest being of dates varying
from the first to the twentieth of September,
one physician alone reporting. A card was
received here yesterday from Concord, Ohio,
from the wife of DIR. Kibbe, just deceased.
The card is dated September 18th, and, after
the news of all being well at home, read:
1--WE are very anxious to hear from you, and,
of course, fearful that you may fall victim
to this terrible disease. Please keep us in
formed of your welfare. HATTIE KIBBE."
There being no telegraphic communication
with Concord, Ohio, DR.. B. F. Taylor, secre
tary of the Board of Health, at once addressed
letter full of sympathy to the afflicted lady,
which will bring her the terrible news. DR..
Chopin to-day telegraphed to the agents of
Dr.. Kibbe in New York, Messrs. Caswell,
Hazard & Co., and to other friends of the de-
ceased, the sad news of his demise. DIR.
Kibbe was fifty years of age, and was born
IN Connecticut