The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-09-13
The Brave samarftans Perishing
Like Heroes in the Fore
Front Of Battle.
The Money Of the NORTH Flows like
Water into the scourued
Z ] Cities. aae
The Panic at GnlllpoIl..

The Panic Mt GaIIipoIis.
| Special to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
GALElroL1s, September ia perfect
panic prevails here on account OF the yell
low fever. The fact is, 1t is TOO nice dis
tinction to call 1t any thing else. There
have been twenty three cases and six
deaths since Saturday, some dyingin three
days after being taken. The late cases
were not taken directly from the Porter.
Six cases are rereported since yesterday.
Mrs. CJ. Brothers and Mrs. ]. II. Morton
died last night. Mr.. Brothers was taken
down few hours before the death of his
wife. He is a brave man, standing cour-
ageously by the sick in his neighborhood
for seven days and nights without res, and
yet money could not buy him nurse last
night, and himself and three little child
ren spent the night in the house with the
dead bodysof his wife. A colored man
was taken of the chain.gang, his fine re-
mittcd, two suits OF clothes given him and
thirty dollars and made q hero OF for bury
ing Joseph Martin, who died yesterday.
1t is the next thing to an impossibility
to obtain nurses, the people are so alarm
ed. Our physicians are hard worked, go
ing day and, night. DIR. Mills was taken
sick after visiting his patients this morn
ing, and, as he lived in the most densely
populated part OF the town, q perfect panic
prevailed. It is hoped by all that he is
only overworked and exhausted.
Six cases are reported as improving.
Hundreds OF citizens have left the town
by every avenue OF escape. II Is Sunday
aiI the week, and all business except at
the drug stores is almost entirely sus-
pended. The Duiour House and st.
Charles Hotel closed their doors to-day
after dinner, and the boarders were COM
PEELED to look up other quarters. The air
Is filled with fumes Of all manner OF disin-
iectants; fires burning, powder explosions
and lime-spreading is the order OF the
hour. -EAa
Point Pleasant, Charleston and Hunt.
ington have quarantined against us, and
shut off ali communications. The boat
| left for Kanawha last night crowded, but
will not be permitted to land, only at Elk
Shoals.
Captain John Porter, OF the Cumber-
land Towboat Company, arrived here last
night, and in consultation with the Coun.
ell and Board OF Health expressed himself
as willing and ready to do anything that Is
asked with the Porter and her barges. II
has been decided to scuttle every barge
and begin the disinfectant process in the
hold OF the boat with renewed vigor.
As / write two new cases are reported
lin the upper part Of the city, and one case
nj Porter, ten miles back. The latter is
said to have worked on the Porter. can
not ascertain at this hour the truth OF the
Inst. NV impression isthere Is not case
4 In the corporation, unless 1t be that OF DR..
Mills, which is not sufficiently developed
to tell to q certainty. ..,,
The air is cool and cloudy, and with the
huge waves of smoke rolling over the city,
and the almost deserted streets and the
many closed residences, 1t looks weird and
somber enough for city OF the dead.
II LATER Another one died this afternoon
La Mr.. Brown, living between two and
three miles below the city. He had becn
sick three days. -'t' 4"
~ QUARANTINE AT CHARLESTON, ". "a.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, September IL
Owing to the yellow fever prevailing near
Gallipolis, the Board OF Health last night
ouarantined against all boats from below
landing at this city. The West Virgins
laid up at this place this morning. The
Boone is at Gallipolis. There is consider
able excitement and indignation here thai
the officers Of the boat and citizens O
Gallipolis should allow the John Porter tc
remain where it does, and let the disease
spread as it has, an 5tr
NEw ORLEANS, September 12. - Th'
weather Is clear cooland windy new case
2l2; deaths 81.
MEMPHIS, September 12.-The thermom
eter last night marked COZ. From 0 o'clocl
Yesterday TO noon to-day, " deaths ar
reported, among whom arc several OF IN,
most prominent citizens. Nurses from
! The Southern cities continue to arrive ant
, are much needed. A cool breeze Is blow
inr and hopesare entertained that at leas
there will be falling otfinthe number o
new cases, i.'si-
: l nocroRs AND NURSES DYING.
t vrcKsBuRa, Sept. 12.-Weather cloud!
and very cool, slight north wind sinc
Among the deaths to-day are G. a. Cul
ley, DR.. Pots, DR.. Bechfcldt, oil Chatta
nooca, who came here to aid our sufferer.
Two doctors, Bechfeldt and Morris, Wit
ten nurses came from Chattanooga; bot
!. doctors are dead and nine nurses are sick
= II is best for nurses and physicians ina