The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-28

of the Howard Association; G. G. Fisher.
Chairman of the Citizens Relief Commit
tee: John. j. Teof, Secretary OF the Ohau-
Der of Commerce and Gotten Exchange.
VIcKSBURG, Aug. 57.--Heavy showers
last night and this morning. There were
1l8 new cases of yellow fever iD the past
twenty. hours, and twenty-four deaths,
among them DR.. w. Booth. The Howard
Association of Vicksburg wish to know
Representative j. r. Chalmers address,
WHEELING, Aug. 27.-A supposed case
Of yellow fever was reported in this city
to-day. The sufferer has been boating on
the Lower Ohio river.
The glass firm of Hobbs. Brockner 4
Co., of this city, and their employees, do
mated $500 to the suffering South.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.-Secratary Nc
Crary has ordered rations and medical
stores for 700 people for twenty days,
provided that train can be obtained to
run through from Chicago to Nieksburg:
CHICAGO, Aug, 27.-At meeting OF
the citizens general COMMITTEES for the re-
lief of the southern yellow fever sufferers
the secretary was directed to ask the may :
ors OF different southern cities to report
through the Associated Press the amount
of subscriptions received daily and how
disposed of, This, it is thought, will Sc
cure an equitable distribution.
Up to date the committee has received
| $4,S00. Carter Fl. Harrison has collected
$s47, Mark Thompson collected $40 from
the ice men, aud the Washington Ice
| Company will tomorrow forward to the
Howard Association at Memphis car
load of ice as donation. Many private
individuals are sending money.
i BURLINGTON. Ia, Aug. 28.-Congress-
man Shaw today. received a telegram
from Congressman Young. OF Memphis,
reporting a fearful increase of yellow fever
and appealing for relief. A meeting oil
citizens TO raise funds will be held at the
board of trade rooms Wednesday morning
|, The Burlington Hdsckeye and its employees
contributed $50 and have sent telegram
, authorizing draft for that amount fol
Vicksburg.
ST.. Louis, Aug. 27.-The Merchant'
Exchange yellow fever fund here excesd
$4,000. Secretary Morgan sent to day al
additional amount of $500 each to Mem
phis and New Orleans, $3.50 to Vicksburg
, to be used by the Howard Associations
; Various societies in the city are raising
. money and the aggregate sum so far sen
south from ST. Louis is about $4,000.
A dispatch from the Western Uniol
Telegraph manager at New Orleans, re
ceived by the manager at the office her
this afternoon, saying that several opera
tors there are down with the fever, an
!. asking for aid. Eighty-seven dollars wa
: Immediately raised and forwarded.
!. A concert is being given at Schm alder
. garden for the benefit OF the fever suffer
. ers and an immense crowd is present, Th
;. proceeds run into thousands, but the exat
amount cannot be stated tonight. Othe
gardens and several leading saloons {
the city will probably give beneG
; The Mexican circus, now here, will donai
: half its receipts Thursday afternoon az
u night to aid the good cause.
4 bale of new cotton, the first from lei
o nessee, sent by merchants and dealers
re Jackson, Tenn, to the Cotton Exchanl
here, to be disposed of for the benefit
Of the fever stricken people of Memphis al
il Vicksburg, was sold this afternoon f
1870, and the amount forwarded to tho
citizens by Secretary Simmons.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. q. The unde
s., signed have organized, with the conse
OF and approval of the mayor, charitat
y, ASSOCIATION during the prevalence OF [
IS, yellow fever, under the name of the M
le Orleans Peabody Subsistence Associate
% for the purpose of collecting provision
to breadstaffs and other articles OF food, a
distributing the same into rations to d
tribute in New Orleans. The depot
supplies will be at No. 80 Tcho pitou
IS street, and to the extent of the same
A questions upon our president. Proper O
a GERS of the different charitable associate
9st of New Orleans will be fled prompt
MS Signed: F. Dolhoude, President; W.
Ity Dewes, Abram Hirsch. Ben E. Chambe
oil Wm. Pelard, G. o. Cummings, John
Moore, Jr, John Scuriot, Westley La
renee, j. K. Newman. Frank RAIDER, j.
MAIDEN, Secretary Commissary.
m | cordially approve the moEement &C
oil templated by the above. Signed,
an. E. PILLsBURY, Mayor
he NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 81 The de;
ace list to day includes eight children uuf
seven years.
Port Eads reports one death and tn
new cases there. One of the two HI
- ards nurses left there by DR.. Stone is
ported sick.
,ck Collector Smith has been authorized
to the treasury department to purchase
ow gallons of carbolic acid to disinfect
,ge Custom House.